Past Events
Adaptation
12-17 February 2022
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Adaptation involves changing overtime. As humans, we are incredibly adjustable and have the ability to change under difficult periods. It is a dynamic process, both inevitable and essential.
Artists are designed to change over time. Differences and changes in our environment, technology lifestyles provoke responses. That’s why UNA has decided to launch our first exhibition titled ‘Adaptation’ from 12-17 February 2022 in the beautiful space of The Storey Gallery. Concept: Adaptation can apply to many things. From a book to a film, of individuals to society, of organisms to their environment, etc. We have been made hyperaware of the adaptations we make to ever-changing situations through the restrictions put upon us, but also the creativity that comes from that limitation. As artists, how do we reflect and respond to our inconstant environment? Through limitation, what have you boiled down to be the very essence? |
Transient
23-29 November 2020
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Full projections on our IGTV.
Youtube links to full video: PART I - PAINTING + DRAWING PART II - DIGITAL + VIDEO Virtual Gallery: PAINTING + DRAWING DIGITAL + VIDEO Thoughts are in constant movement within the virtual world, and we are becoming part of that movement; That’s why UNA has decided to launch our first exhibition in November titled ‘TRANSIENT’ from 23.11.2020 - 29.11.2020. Concept: The essence of TRANSIENT is to explore the connection between personal artworks and public spaces. The exhibition will move around the streets, shops and alleys of Lancaster, and also around the University campus. The plan is to exhibit your work amongst other applicants, through a projector in each of the seven chosen places, over a time period of seven days. The exhibition will be projected for one hour, each day. The locations chosen are public and private, accessible and non-accessible, and may be viewed by the public who happen to come across it. We will also be filming and streaming the hour-long exhibition on each of the seven days, via UNA’s Facebook and Instagram platforms for our virtual audiences. You can keep updated on the exhibition on our Instagram and Facebook, and you can experience the full exhibition virtually below. |
The Artist Survival Guide
13 -22 February 2019
Series of workshops in collaboration with Graft for "surviving" artists.
FIND OUT HOW TO SURVIVE THE ART WORLD……IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE.
13/02/2020, 6-8pm
TINY PAINTINGS: HOW TO RUN A CREATIVE WORKSHOPwith Beth Shapeero
15/02/2020, 3-5pm
ALTERNATIVE CAREERS DAY
with Jack Lewdjaw and Karanjit Panesar (East Bristol Contemporary)
22/02/2020, 3-5pm
HOW TO GET NOTICED
with Greg Herbert and Robyn Nichol
Series of workshops in collaboration with Graft for "surviving" artists.
FIND OUT HOW TO SURVIVE THE ART WORLD……IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE.
13/02/2020, 6-8pm
TINY PAINTINGS: HOW TO RUN A CREATIVE WORKSHOPwith Beth Shapeero
15/02/2020, 3-5pm
ALTERNATIVE CAREERS DAY
with Jack Lewdjaw and Karanjit Panesar (East Bristol Contemporary)
22/02/2020, 3-5pm
HOW TO GET NOTICED
with Greg Herbert and Robyn Nichol
un/covered
King Sreet Studios, Lancaster, LA1 1JN
Friday 22 - Monday 25 November 2019
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Up North Arts presents a collection of works shown in the context of dark and light spaces.
Exhibiting Artists:
Workshops by Núria Rovira and Kasia Tatys
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H(u)man
19 Mann Island, Liverpool L31BP
7th febuary 2019
The curation of H(U)MAN has been inspired by Open Eye's current exhibition, 'Wake Up Together' and discusses themes of what it is to be human in contemporary times.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
- Courtney Helsby - Ross Davies & Megan Teece Round - Aiden Handley-Griggs-Alice Sherlock - Annarin Chal - Bethany Lee - Charlotte Landrum
-Daisy Williamson - Ellie Sainsbury - Euen MacDonald - Joanne Fulton
-Kirsten Davis - Leonie Robertshaw - Lucy Gonnella - Megan Bowyer
-Nathalie Brockmeyer-Jones - Pablo Rubio - Aoibhin Maguire -
18/25
The Herbarium Bar- Lancaster
30th November 2018
AN EXHIBITION SHOWCASING A DIVERSE VARIETY OF PRACTICES FROM THE STUDENTS OF LANCASTER UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE AGE RANGE OF 18-25.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
-Courtney Helsby - Alice Sherlock - Annarin Chal - Aoibhin Maguire - Ruth Monks - Astrid Harris - Celina Loh - Daisy Williamson - Ellen Stanton - Ellie Riley- Ellie Sainsbury -Hannah Downing- Jack Roby- Joanne Fulton- Kirsten Davis - Levana Chow - Mia Oldham - Pablo Rubio - Rosie Allis - Ross Davis - Tia Fox
Balance of probability
5A King St, Lancaster LA1 1JN
6th - 10th March 2018
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Up North Arts presents a series of artworks that explore the tension between chance and control. The exhibition showcases a diverse range of contemporary artists from Lancaster University that draw upon nature within the methods and processes that they use. |
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Home is where the art is (pt.2)
84 Dallas Road, Lancaster
9th - 12th November, 2017
Up North Arts presents Home is Where the Art is (pt.2).
The home transforms itself from living room, to gallery space, and back again, settling at a midpoint where art and architecture collide. Featuring experimental works that are nestled in-between objects of our daily lives, you will experience artworks that will never be shown the same again. Featuring Lancaster Poetry Cafe, a series of live spoken word performances, moving throughout the exhibition space amongst the artworks.
Past Forward
Ashton Memorial, Lancaster
25th - 1st June, 2017
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Up North Arts presents Past Forward, an exhibition exploring reactivated and recycled historical ideas, positioning them within a contemporary context. Showcasing Up North Arts Members and other featuring artists. The exhibition was shared between two spaces, a formal gallery at the top of the memorial, and the cafe located adjacent to it. This meant that viewers not only experienced the works in a white cube setting, but came across artwork in their daily lives. |
Room with a View
The Storey - Gallery, Lancaster
13th - 17th March 2017
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UNA presents Room With a View, a selection of work created by Up North Art's members. Submissions were open, and present the current work produced by the artist collective. The show exhibits a diversity of disciplines and an engaging array of approaches to contemporary practice.
See more about the exhibition HERE. |
Concrete picnic
Camp & Furnace and The Baltic Social, Liverpool
26th-28th january 2017
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Concrete Picnic is a group exhibition which sets a sit for a synthesis of lively thought and practical approaches within contemporary artistic practices. The exhibition ranges from smell-able art to sculpture, and from sound to expanded painting.
The show's aesthetic is informed by its site - an old furnace in which materials resonate with 1960s construction and architecture. Playfulness features within this exhibition; one side focuses on construction aesthetics, the other explores interactions that form and take place within the built environment. These topics allude to new and ongoing discussions around contemporary art such as the role of a medium, situation and interaction. See more photos from the exhibition HERE. |
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Home is where the (he)art is
22A Lonsdale Place, Lancaster
11th - 13th November 2016
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Taking the form of a group show, a selection of artists from UNA comment on the condition of space and ownership: a foundation of the community. Within the show, the home transforms itself from living room, to gallery space and back again, settling in a midpoint where artworks and architecture collide. Ideas of homeliness are challenged by the art object, following the conventions of contemporary craft.
Through painting, photography, video and sound, the work infiltrates into the home, occupying the cracks and dispersing into spaces both architectural and digital. What is the importance of art's 'located-nedd' within architecture? How does living with an artwork affect experience? Home is where the Art is. |
Are artists' political views valuable?
Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University
February 2016
As part of Lancaster's 'Festival of Questions', UNA (formally, LUCA, Lancaster University Collective Artivation) held a special exhibition at the campus' Peter Scott Gallery. It featured work from different students of the university, concerned with the ideas of politics and individual's views.
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