Artist Sian Bonnell, Artist/Printer Charlie Meecham, Producer Tracy Marshall and a number of members of arts collective Trace - have harnessed the energy, generosity and goodwill of their photography friends and colleagues to produce an online art fair offering affordable work by international photographers in aid of the charities Crisis and Refuge. The work has been generously donated by 50+ artists as varied as Martin Parr, Helen Sear, Sian Davey, Peter Mitchell, Daniel Meadows, Susan Derges, Jem Southam, Brian Griffin, Tom Hunter, Joy Gregory, Tish Murtha, Clare Strand, Nigel Shafran, Ken Grant, Kate Mellor and many many more. From Thursday 30th April this work will be available to order for a limited period of 4 weeks via the dedicated website www.traceportfolio.com which will go live at 8am on Thursday morning. Each A4 print will be sold for £50 plus postage/packing and proceeds will go to the two charities Crisis who work directly with those experiencing homelessness to provide vital help and support to rebuild lives, and Refuge who support more than 6,000 clients daily, helping them rebuild their lives and overcome many different forms of violence and abuse. 

The image shows Kate’s photograph from the Topographies of the Image series - The Guggenheim, Museum, Bilbao, designed by Frank O. Gehry, completed in 1998.

The photography exhibition “Modelling the Animal” launches at Deanclough in February 2020. Showing work are five photographers - Liza Dracup, Terence Wright, Charlotte Mellor Meecham, John Darwell, Charlie Meecham and Kate Mellor - each focusing on human-animal relationships and the visual representation of animals. Both Liza and Charlie’s work is concerned with archive materials; with Liza it is animal skins kept in museums for reference while Charlie photographs the representation of the dodo. Often the models of the dodo are physically inaccurate with parts of other birds used in their make up. Terence and Kate photograph living creatures and the way they interact through the camera with humans. Terence photographs prize birds which have been trained to pose for the camera while Kate and Guilbert collaborate at play. John and Charlotte both reference childhood, John narrates a story about his obsession with sharks and Charlotte provides a photographic study of children’s ‘cuddlies.’

The launch of the BREXIT show is at the Dean Clough Crossley Gallery on 20th April 12 - 2pm

Over 20 artists are contributing to this exhibition including Bryan Tweddle, Steve Gumbley, Charlie Meecham.

Kate is exhibiting Goodbye to Language.

See the BREXIT Show Facebook page.