Bury Art Collective
A collective of creatives in Bury
Exploring Drawing
Drawing is a hugely diverse subject, and our group
will be investigating the many different different ways of drawing, different styles, mediums, subjects & presentations.
To be exhibited in the local Bury area.
Textile Jewellery Project
The Collective began a new project in October 2022, hoping to link up with the British Textile Biennial 2023 in September/October. The theme this time looks at the environmental and human cost of the fashion industry.
Follow the progress on British Textile Biennial Project 2023
Zigzags July/August 2022
Pieces for display in the Strada Dell Arte in Dueville, Italy. The theme was humans and the natural world.
See further details on the Zigzags page
Whispers Project May-July 2022
The group was first given an artwork to respond to...'The Burial of the Sardine' by Goya. Then there was a sequence of responses by one artist to another's work. This resulted in six threads of work. You can view them here
Emphemera 2017/18
This is a project that began in 2017, where members of the collective worked on individual squares of fabric using found emphemera and other materials.
It is an ongoing project, featuring an exhibition as part of the British Textile Biennial in October 2021 at Bury Leisure Centre
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The Ephemera Show
Our part in the British Textile Biennial Fringe 2021
The Ephemera project was a collaborative textile art work by members of Bury Art Collective which was begun before the pandemic took hold and just waited for its moment in the light.
Each artist worked to a set of rules to make a small square using only materials which were waste, recycled or already in their possession. Even the final presentation used old fastenings and second hand materials. The aim was to highlight the ingenuity and skill of each artist as they interpreted their random fabric and objects to create an engaging or thoughtful image.
Along the base of the Ephemera Project was another complementary display of textile work called “The Garden”. These are embroideries made by refugees in Bury supported by one of our Bury Art Collective artists. For these people it was their first time to have work shown in an exhibition and they were delighted to be part of this.
The Ephemera Project was a part of the British Textile Biennial which ran throughout October at many venues within easy reach of Bury. Check their website for exhibitions, workshops and events.
This show was part of the celebrations for Bury's time as the Town of Culture which was also interrupted by the pandemic. We tried to make up for lost time and hoped that the people of Bury would enjoy the innovation of the artists and reflect on the issues raised by our project.
The exhibition was in a novel location - displayed in the windows of the Castle Leisure Centre - so it was visible at any time in a Covid-safe format for everyone. Information was shown alongside the work and people could revisit any time!
Colouring Book 2016/7
Working with Bury Art museum to produce a colouring book for adults and children, bassed on images of Bury.
Copies of this can now be bought from Bury Art Museum, Moss Street:
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Capturing The MET transformation 2016
About 12 artists sketched and photographed the building work followed by two exhibitions of final work.
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WW1 Project 2014 -16
Working with Bury Archives Illustrating WW1 poetry book and 2 exhibitions at The MET.
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Book project, 2013 -15
18 artists took part. Making artist books filled with artwork from all participants.
2014 Exhibition and workshops at John Rylands Library and final exhibition at The MET in Bury.
One of the workshops
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