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OUR RESEARCH:

About:

Alongside our public programmes, we actively develop visual arts infrastructure in Great Yarmouth and position our work within wider regional, national and international ambitions. A core aim of this activity is to foster generative discussion in response to sector issues and agendas, placing originalprojects; within ongoing conversations about how artistic practice is supported, learned and sustained.

This research and development work takes multiple forms, from longer-term developmental programmes to public summits, workshops and cohort-based research trips. Together, these activities support professional development, collective learning and the growth of artist-led networks rooted in place and connected beyond it.

Summits & National Workshops
Public events and gatherings that convene artists, organisations and thinkers around shared questions and sector-wide challenges.

Field Trips & Research Visits
Cohort-based research trips with Great Yarmouth-based artists and creatives to peer organisations, exhibitions and art expos. These visits broaden awareness of developments elsewhere, foster new connections and relationships, and help integrate local practice into the wider arts infrastructure.

Developmental Research

Longer-term projects exploring new models for artistic learning, collaboration and place-responsive practice.

Dedicated pages for individual development programmes can be accessed via the links below:

 

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITY:

Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School
originalprojects;

Thanks to the Freelands Foundation for their support, providing us with the privilege of time and space to reflect upon these questions.

Throughout 2025, originalprojects; engaged in researching the proposition of “Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School".

This work explored the idea of the whole of Great Yarmouth as an Art School campus — not as a single building or institution, but as a dispersed learning environment shaped by its people, histories, infrastructures and everyday spaces. It considered how artistic learning might take place across streets, shops, community venues, studios, temporary sites and social encounters, and how this reframing could challenge conventional hierarchies of knowledge, access and authority.

The research asked how artists might work with place rather than within it: responding to local conditions, contributing to civic life, and learning alongside communities rather than operating in isolation. Central to this enquiry were questions of collaboration, shared responsibility and long-term presence, particularly in a town where creative activity is often fragmented or short-term.

Key research questions included:

  • What are the most radical and impactful ways that artists can work in Great Yarmouth to enable collaborative, place-responsive learning?

  • What does a truly collaborative local faculty look like — drawing together artists, partners, organisations and communities as co-educators rather than service users or audiences?

  • What forms of monitoring and evaluation can meaningfully capture process-led, relational and place-based learning, and enable this knowledge to be shared with the wider arts ecology now and in the future?

As part of this exploratory phase, we undertook international research visits to artist-led platforms including Supermarket Independent Art Fair (Stockholm), Sluice Art Fair (Iceland), and Juxtapose (Aarhus). These visits provided opportunities to test our questions against other models of self-organised learning, peer-led education and international collaboration, while also generating new lines of enquiry through conversation, exchange and shared reflection.

This opportunity was made possible through an invitation from Blackwater Polytechnic, as part of the Anglian Embassy — a collective delegation visiting key international art fairs alongside Grange Projects and artists from across the East of England.

Alongside this outward-facing research, we used these platforms to champion Great Yarmouth-based and affiliated artist-led initiatives, including Possible Worlds (Josh Hall), Red Herring Press (Lotte LS) and 303 Projects (Alex Costello). We also presented work by artists Jacques Nimki and Theo Gorst, situating local practices within wider international conversations and reinforcing Great Yarmouth as a site of contemporary artistic research and exchange. 

In parallel, the development of the Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School was grounded through locally rooted activity in the town. A key moment was Coastal Encounter in Great Yarmouth – Exploring an Artist-Led Campus, an artist-led programme hosted by originalprojects; as part of Shared Seas: Coastal Encounters. The programme helped platform emerging ideas with local artists, partners and communities, while hosting De Onkredienur and supporting connections with internationally facing learning institutions in the region, including the Sainsbury Centre. Together, this activity situated Great Yarmouth within wider international conversations around artist-led learning and practice.

SUMMITS AND NATIONAL WORKSHOPS: 

2024: 

CONTRAcurricular
A SUMMIT FOR RADICAL AND ALTERNATIVE ARTS EDUCATION
St George's Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Friday 22 March 2024
originalprojects;

Background:

CONTRAcurricular grew from the online workshop Razing the Agenda, considering the conditions that truly help places and communities thrive long-term through embedded creative opportunities to grow and develop together—lifelong learning and everyday connections to creative opportunities.

This in-person event provided a day of talks, case studies, and relationship-building, focusing on the changing landscape of arts education. Participants examined how the way we 'teach' the arts reflects or determines the culture we live in. Discussions highlighted how radical and forward-thinking organizations are bringing new models for teaching and learning to places traditionally ignored by legacy arts institutions. The event also explored how we can build collective and individual practices that enable ambitious work within ever-more-constrained material conditions.

Context Settting:

What Is Art School?

Panel chair:

Robin Deacon (SPILL Festival)

Speakers:

Provocation:

What Is Radical?

Panel chair:

Rosie Cooper (Wysing Arts Centre)

Case Studies:

Provocation:

What Is Alternative?

Panel chair:

Simon Willmoth (Norwich University of the Arts)

Case Studies:

Resources:

Visit our dedicated programme website: CONTRAcurricular and help build new futures in arts education.
[pending full documentation of the event's presentations].

2023: 

RAZING THE AGENDA:
a public workshop about artists’ priorities for/ in place
Hosted Online
Friday 26th May 2023
originalprojects;

Background:

Since 2022, originalprojects; have been considering what it means to live and operate in a designated priority and "levelling up" place, such as Great Yarmouth.

This workshop brought early findings, stories, and perspectives that emerged from collaborative research and discussions to a public audience. Pertinent themes included diversity, access, collaboration, and environmental sustainability, as well as the role of the artist in places of low arts infrastructure and engagement.

During this event activists, artists, and cultural, and community organisations came together to share their thoughts on the true impact of designations such as "Levelling Up for Culture Places" by the Department of Culture Media and Sport and "Priority Places" by Arts Council England. They explored how collective inputs could contribute to society, covering various aspects of cultural potential and engagement within priority areas.

This workshop paved the way for a National Creative Summit in Great Yarmouth in 2024, CONTRAcurricular.

Facilitator:

Sam Moon

Context Setting:

Dr Susan Jones

Case Studies:

Resources:

Supported by:

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Delivered with the support of University of East Anglia (Creative UEA and Civic University), Norwich University of the Arts and CVAN (Contemporary Visual Arts Network England).

This event was included as part of the Norfolk & Suffolk Culture Boards’ Roving Summit linking to the Culture Drives Impact Manifesto Theme 3 'Dynamism & Innovation'.

2019: 

St Georges Theatre, Great Yarmouth
14 May 2019

originalprojects;

Background:

originalprojects; has always taken a proactive approach to energising our community by repurposing empty spaces, including shops on the high street for creative use. This method harnesses the assets of our community, allowing us to test creative ideas and take risks, injecting vitality into our high street and previously vacant properties.

By showcasing the potential of "meanwhile" lease opportunities for landlords and communities, we've wanted to raise awareness and demonstrate what can be done, all while fostering a positive sense of possibility within our community and providing space for artists to thrive.

This event was a follow-up to the Creative Workspace Summit which took place in April 2018. This time exploring how creative organisations and individuals have specifically utilised spaces in town centres and high streets. We aimed to provide propositions for how communities can actively contribute to the vitality of these locations and draw people back to the centres of activity.

This event was a follow-up to the Creative Workspace Summit which took place in April 2018. This time exploring how creative organisations and individuals have specifically utilised spaces in town centres and high streets. We aimed to provide propositions for how communities can actively contribute to the vitality of these locations and draw people back to the centres of activity.

Keynote Speaker:

Bill Grimsey

www.vanishinghighstreet.com

"how and why the high street has changed so dramatically and rapidly as well as predictions for more changes to come?"

Bill Grimsey worked his way up from a butcher's boy in a local department store to being head of Iceland food stores and has earned a well-founded reputation as a turnaround specialist. He recently wrote the Grimsey Review, highlighting that radical transformation is required if our high streets can survive.

Case Studies:

Aims:

  • To explore some of the issues facing town centres and high streets today and the ways that creative approaches can offer radical and innovative solutions to place-making initiatives.
  • To share practical case-study experiences for inspiration.
  • To inform decision makers (civic leaders and private business owners) of the beneficial role creatives can play in creating great places, and how creative approaches can make the most of a town's potential, working with local communities to attract diverse visitors and serve the year-round economy.

Of interest to:

Architects, city and town planners, SMEs, councillors, planners, policy decision-makers, economists, business owners, estate agents, artists, creatives, students, budding entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in creating vibrant and dynamic town centres and high streets.

Supported by:

The Creative Centres Summit formed part of Making Waves Together, a wider partnership project led jointly by Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Waveney District Council and funded by the national Great Place Scheme, which is seeing communities and organisations in both areas work together to boost the cultural offer and drive cultural re-imagination as a way of supporting success in the seaside towns.

Great Places has been supported by a grant from Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players.

2018: 

St Georges Theatre, Great Yarmouth
20 April 2018

originalprojects;

Background:

Based on our experience of establishing an arts organisation in Great Yarmouth and recognising the limited number of identifiable creatives in the area, we sought to develop strategies for nurturing a thriving creative community. The Creative Workspace Summit delved into the role of creatives (both individuals and organizations) in cultivating vibrant places and how creative workspaces can optimise a town's potential.

The summit aimed to pinpoint the necessary conditions for creating a supportive infrastructure to gather a significant number of creatives in a location. It also explored the various ways that creative individuals and organizations have integrated into and enhanced the vitality of their communities.

The summit aimed to pinpoint the necessary conditions for creating a supportive infrastructure to gather a significant number of creatives in a location. It also explored the various ways that creative individuals and organizations have integrated into and enhanced the vitality of their communities.

Keynote Speaker:

Charles Landry

www.charleslandry.com

'Why' creative individuals and organisations are important to places?

Charles Landry is author of The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators (2000); The Art of City Making (2006); The Intercultural City: Planning for Diversity Advantage with Phil Wood and more) 

Case Studies:

Aims:

  •  To explore some of the issues facing creatives today and the ways that they are solving their workspace issues through innovative resourcing and place-making initiatives
  • To share practical case-study experiences that inspire artists, creatives, students, budding entrepreneurs and SMEs
  • To inform decision makers (civic leaders and private business owners) of the beneficial role creatives can play in creating great places and how creative workspaces can make the most of a town's potential, attract diverse visitors and serve the year-round economy.

Of interest to:

Artists, creatives, students, budding entrepreneurs, SMEs, councillors, planners, policy decision-makers, economists.

Supported by:

The Creative Workspace Summit was hosted by originalprojects; on behalf of East Contemporary Visual Arts Network.

It formed part of Making Waves Together, a wider partnership project led jointly by Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Waveney District Council and funded by the national Great Place Scheme, which is seeing communities and organisations in both areas work together to boost the cultural offer and drive cultural re-imagination as a way of supporting success in the seaside towns.

Great Places has been supported by a grant from Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players.

FIELD TRIPS: 

originalprojects;

SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND: Artists’ Research Trip
Great Yarmouth & Norwich – South-West England (Wiltshire, Devon, Somerset & Bristol)

Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 January 2025

This four-day research trip explored artist-led spaces, institutions and exhibition models across the South-West of England, offering participants a concentrated programme of visits, talks and studio encounters.

The itinerary included Roche Court New Art Centre, KARST, Nude Community Builders (Union Street), The Box, Field System, Positive Light Projects, OSR Projects, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Spike Island, Arnolfini, FORM-ica, and MK Gallery.

Alongside exhibitions and site visits, participants took part in artist talks and guided sessions with practitioners including Rhys Morgan, Pia Pack, and Simon Periton, as well as introductions from OSR Projects featuring artists Simon Lee Dicker, Sam Jukes and Andy Parker.

Travel was undertaken by shared transport over four days, with overnight accommodation in Bristol. Entry to exhibitions, hosted talks and artist-led sessions were included as part of the programme.

The trip was offered to current and former studio holders, with priority given to current members and those new to research travel. Learning was shared through informal discussion during the trip and a post-visit studio gathering, supporting collective reflection, peer exchange and the strengthening of the local artistic community.

originalprojects;

GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL: Artists' Research Trip

Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - Glasgow International (Glasgow/ Scotland) via Middlesborough & Rochdale

Wednesday 19 June - Sunday 23 June 2024

During this trip, we visited notable places such as MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), Apollo Pavilion, Glasgow International, and The Revelator.

Travel was by minibus for 17 people over five days, with accommodations provided for one night in Middlesbrough and three nights in Glasgow. Entry tickets and payments for artists' studio visits or tours were included.

This opportunity was offered to current and former studio holders, with priority given to current holders and first-time attendees. Participants shared their experiences in a post-trip studio meeting, fostering community learning and engagement.
originalprojects;

SOUTH EAST COAST: Artists' Research Trip

Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - Dover, Folkestone, Margate (Kent) & Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne (East Sussex) 
Thursday 4 January - Sunday 7 January 2024

During this trip, we visited Dover Arts Development (Dover), SD Projects (Folkestone), Wilkinsons Gallery, The Crab Museum, Turner Contemporary, and Resort Studios (Margate), as well as various organisations in Folkestone, Flatland Projects, Common Clay, De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill), Towner Gallery (Eastbourne), and Charleston House.

We traveled by minibus with 17 people over three days, with accommodations provided for one night each in Margate, Hastings, and Eastbourne. Entry tickets and payments for artists' studio visits or tours were included.
This opportunity was offered to current and former studio holders, with priority given to current holders and first-time attendees. Participants shared their experiences in a post-trip studio meeting, fostering community learning and engagement.
 
originalprojects;


LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL: Artists' Research Trip

Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - Liverpool (Merseyside) via Yorkshire Sculpture Park & Whitworth Gallery

Thursday 31 August - Sunday 3 September 2024

As part of the Arts Council-funded project Lifting the Horizon, originalprojects; organized a series of research trips to explore exhibitions, organizations, and events across the UK. Following two visits to London, the third trip was to the Liverpool Biennial, including studio visits and a stop at Economics the Blockbuster at The Whitworth in Manchester.

Travel was by minibus for 17 people over four days, with accommodations provided for three nights. All travel and accommodation costs were covered, along with a contribution towards subsistence.

This opportunity was offered to current and former studio holders, with priority given to current holders and first-time attendees. Participants shared their experiences in a post-trip studio meeting, fostering community learning and engagement.

OUR RESEARCH:

Alongside our public programmes, we actively develop visual arts infrastructure in Great Yarmouth and position our work within wider regional, national and international ambitions. A core aim of this activity is to foster generative discussion in response to sector issues and agendas, placing originalprojects; within ongoing conversations about how artistic practice is supported, learned and sustained.

This research and development work takes multiple forms, from longer-term developmental programmes to public summits, workshops and cohort-based research trips. Together, these activities support professional development, collective learning and the growth of artist-led networks rooted in place and connected beyond it.

Summits & National Workshops
Public events and gatherings that convene artists, organisations and thinkers around shared questions and sector-wide challenges.

Field Trips & Research Visits
Cohort-based research trips with Great Yarmouth-based artists and creatives to peer organisations, exhibitions and art expos. These visits broaden awareness of developments elsewhere, foster new connections and relationships, and help integrate local practice into the wider arts infrastructure.

Developmental Research

Longer-term projects exploring new models for artistic learning, collaboration and place-responsive practice.

Dedicated pages for individual development programmes can be accessed via the links below:

 

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITY:

Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School
originalprojects;

Throughout 2025, originalprojects; engaged in researching the proposition of “Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School".

This work explored the idea of the whole of Great Yarmouth as an Art School campus — not as a single building or institution, but as a dispersed learning environment shaped by its people, histories, infrastructures and everyday spaces. It considered how artistic learning might take place across streets, shops, community venues, studios, temporary sites and social encounters, and how this reframing could challenge conventional hierarchies of knowledge, access and authority.

The research asked how artists might work with place rather than within it: responding to local conditions, contributing to civic life, and learning alongside communities rather than operating in isolation. Central to this enquiry were questions of collaboration, shared responsibility and long-term presence, particularly in a town where creative activity is often fragmented or short-term.

Key research questions included:

  • What are the most radical and impactful ways that artists can work in Great Yarmouth to enable collaborative, place-responsive learning?

  • What does a truly collaborative local faculty look like — drawing together artists, partners, organisations and communities as co-educators rather than service users or audiences?

  • What forms of monitoring and evaluation can meaningfully capture process-led, relational and place-based learning, and enable this knowledge to be shared with the wider arts ecology now and in the future?

As part of this exploratory phase, we undertook international research visits to artist-led platforms including Supermarket Independent Art Fair (Stockholm), Sluice Art Fair (Iceland), and Juxtapose (Aarhus). These visits provided opportunities to test our questions against other models of self-organised learning, peer-led education and international collaboration, while also generating new lines of enquiry through conversation, exchange and shared reflection.

This opportunity was made possible through an invitation from Blackwater Polytechnic, as part of the Anglian Embassy — a collective delegation visiting key international art fairs alongside Grange Projects and artists from across the East of England.

Alongside this outward-facing research, we used these platforms to champion Great Yarmouth-based and affiliated artist-led initiatives, including Possible Worlds (Josh Hall), Red Herring Press (Lotte LS) and 303 Projects (Alex Costello). We also presented work by artists Jacques Nimki and Theo Gorst, situating local practices within wider international conversations and reinforcing Great Yarmouth as a site of contemporary artistic research and exchange. 

In parallel, the development of the Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School was grounded through locally rooted activity in the town. A key moment was Coastal Encounter in Great Yarmouth – Exploring an Artist-Led Campus, an artist-led programme hosted by originalprojects; as part of Shared Seas: Coastal Encounters. The programme helped platform emerging ideas with local artists, partners and communities, while hosting De Onkredienur and supporting connections with internationally facing learning institutions in the region, including the Sainsbury Centre. Together, this activity situated Great Yarmouth within wider international conversations around artist-led learning and practice.

Thanks to the Freelands Foundation for their support, providing us with the privilege of time and space to reflect upon these questions.

SUMMITS AND NATIONAL WORKSHOPS: 

2024: 

CONTRAcurricular
A SUMMIT FOR RADICAL AND ALTERNATIVE ARTS EDUCATION
St George's Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Friday 22 March 2024
originalprojects;

Background:

CONTRAcurricular grew from the online workshop Razing the Agenda, considering the conditions that truly help places and communities thrive long-term through embedded creative opportunities to grow and develop together—lifelong learning and everyday connections to creative opportunities.

This in-person event provided a day of talks, case studies, and relationship-building, focusing on the changing landscape of arts education. Participants examined how the way we 'teach' the arts reflects or determines the culture we live in. Discussions highlighted how radical and forward-thinking organizations are bringing new models for teaching and learning to places traditionally ignored by legacy arts institutions. The event also explored how we can build collective and individual practices that enable ambitious work within ever-more-constrained material conditions.

2023: 

RAZING THE AGENDA:
a public workshop about artists’ priorities for/ in place
Hosted Online
Friday 26th May 2023
originalprojects;

Background:

Since 2022, originalprojects; have been considering what it means to live and operate in a designated priority and "levelling up" place, such as Great Yarmouth.

This workshop brought early findings, stories, and perspectives that emerged from collaborative research and discussions to a public audience. Pertinent themes included diversity, access, collaboration, and environmental sustainability, as well as the role of the artist in places of low arts infrastructure and engagement.

During this event activists, artists, and cultural, and community organisations came together to share their thoughts on the true impact of designations such as "Levelling Up for Culture Places" by the Department of Culture Media and Sport and "Priority Places" by Arts Council England. They explored how collective inputs could contribute to society, covering various aspects of cultural potential and engagement within priority areas.

2019: 

St Georges Theatre, Great Yarmouth
14 May 2019

originalprojects;

Background:

originalprojects; has always taken a proactive approach to energising our community by repurposing empty spaces, including shops on the high street for creative use. This method harnesses the assets of our community, allowing us to test creative ideas and take risks, injecting vitality into our high street and previously vacant properties.

By showcasing the potential of "meanwhile" lease opportunities for landlords and communities, we've wanted to raise awareness and demonstrate what can be done, all while fostering a positive sense of possibility within our community and providing space for artists to thrive.

This event was a follow-up to the Creative Workspace Summit which took place in April 2018. This time exploring how creative organisations and individuals have specifically utilised spaces in town centres and high streets. We aimed to provide propositions for how communities can actively contribute to the vitality of these locations and draw people back to the centres of activity.

2018: 

St Georges Theatre, Great Yarmouth
20 April 2018

originalprojects;

Background:

Based on our experience of establishing an arts organisation in Great Yarmouth and recognising the limited number of identifiable creatives in the area, we sought to develop strategies for nurturing a thriving creative community. The Creative Workspace Summit delved into the role of creatives (both individuals and organizations) in cultivating vibrant places and how creative workspaces can optimise a town's potential.

The summit aimed to pinpoint the necessary conditions for creating a supportive infrastructure to gather a significant number of creatives in a location. It also explored the various ways that creative individuals and organizations have integrated into and enhanced the vitality of their communities.

FIELD TRIPS: 

originalprojects;

SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND: Artists’ Research Trip
Great Yarmouth & Norwich – South-West England (Wiltshire, Devon, Somerset & Bristol)

Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 January 2025

This four-day research trip explored artist-led spaces, institutions and exhibition models across the South-West of England, offering participants a concentrated programme of visits, talks and studio encounters.

The itinerary included Roche Court New Art Centre, KARST, Nude Community Builders (Union Street), The Box, Field System, Positive Light Projects, OSR Projects, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Spike Island, Arnolfini, FORM-ica, and MK Gallery.

Alongside exhibitions and site visits, participants took part in artist talks and guided sessions with practitioners including Rhys Morgan, Pia Pack, and Simon Periton, as well as introductions from OSR Projects featuring artists Simon Lee Dicker, Sam Jukes and Andy Parker.

Travel was undertaken by shared transport over four days, with overnight accommodation in Bristol. Entry to exhibitions, hosted talks and artist-led sessions were included as part of the programme.

The trip was offered to current and former studio holders, with priority given to current members and those new to research travel. Learning was shared through informal discussion during the trip and a post-visit studio gathering, supporting collective reflection, peer exchange and the strengthening of the local artistic community.

originalprojects;

GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL: Artists' Research Trip

Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - Glasgow International (Glasgow/ Scotland) via Middlesborough & Rochdale

Wednesday 19 June - Sunday 23 June 2024

During this trip, we visited notable places such as MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), Apollo Pavilion, Glasgow International, and The Revelator.

Travel was by minibus for 17 people over five days, with accommodations provided for one night in Middlesbrough and three nights in Glasgow. Entry tickets and payments for artists' studio visits or tours were included.

This opportunity was offered to current and former studio holders, with priority given to current holders and first-time attendees. Participants shared their experiences in a post-trip studio meeting, fostering community learning and engagement.
originalprojects;

SOUTH EAST COAST: Artists' Research Trip

Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - Dover, Folkestone, Margate (Kent) & Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne (East Sussex) 
Thursday 4 January - Sunday 7 January 2024

During this trip, we visited Dover Arts Development (Dover), SD Projects (Folkestone), Wilkinsons Gallery, The Crab Museum, Turner Contemporary, and Resort Studios (Margate), as well as various organisations in Folkestone, Flatland Projects, Common Clay, De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill), Towner Gallery (Eastbourne), and Charleston House.

We traveled by minibus with 17 people over three days, with accommodations provided for one night each in Margate, Hastings, and Eastbourne. Entry tickets and payments for artists' studio visits or tours were included.
This opportunity was offered to current and former studio holders, with priority given to current holders and first-time attendees. Participants shared their experiences in a post-trip studio meeting, fostering community learning and engagement.
 
originalprojects;


LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL: Artists' Research Trip

Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) - Liverpool (Merseyside) via Yorkshire Sculpture Park & Whitworth Gallery

Thursday 31 August - Sunday 3 September 2024

As part of the Arts Council-funded project Lifting the Horizon, originalprojects; organized a series of research trips to explore exhibitions, organizations, and events across the UK. Following two visits to London, the third trip was to the Liverpool Biennial, including studio visits and a stop at Economics the Blockbuster at The Whitworth in Manchester.

Travel was by minibus for 17 people over four days, with accommodations provided for three nights. All travel and accommodation costs were covered, along with a contribution towards subsistence.

This opportunity was offered to current and former studio holders, with priority given to current holders and first-time attendees. Participants shared their experiences in a post-trip studio meeting, fostering community learning and engagement.