C-Space

Visitors can view C-Space exhibitions at their leisure as the Entrance Gallery is open during Mid Pennine Arts office hours; Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm, Sat 10am – 4pm, closed Sunday. (NB Mid Pennine Gallery (main Gallery space) opening times: Wed – Sat, 10am – 4pm).

A Portrait of Burnley 

Pippa Pixley

7 June - 25 July 2009          

Never have two contemporaneous generations shared the same environment, yet inhabited such wildly different worlds, as the young and the old of the early 21st Century.

This collection of images taken in various locations in the town of Burnley during Spring  2009 naturally focuses on the polarised extremes of the young and the old, their diverse experiences, and their points of interaction. The physical environment has been altered in many ways since the old were young, and yet much remains unchanged: terraced rows, remnants of the mills, the parks, the canal, the weather. Meanwhile, our society has embraced new cultures and technologies.

Local artist and photographer, Pippa Pixley, is drawn to these two key groups, capturing the essence of their existences in a simple manner, reliant only on available natural light to illuminate her subjects.

Further work in this series will be on display at Towneley Hall, Burnley from Saturday 4th July 2009. To learn more visit www.pippapixley.co.uk

The Big Write and A Portrait of Burnley are projects supported by Arts Council England, who receive funding from The National Lottery.

Mid Pennine Arts is committed to supporting artists based in Pennine Lancashire through an ongoing series of C-Space exhibitions and projects in the Entrance Gallery at Mid Pennine Arts.

If you would like to submit a proposal or project for C-Space please click here for proposal guidelines or alternatively contact Emma Midgley, Gallery Coordinator at emma@midpenninearts.org.uk or call 01282 421986.