Orlando Greenwood, (1892-1989); Three Women Bathing (1920); figure studies, The Clive Beardsmore Collection, The New Art Gallery Walsall
Event

Here&Queer event in celebration of Walsall Pride

Alex Billingham, artist and LGBTQ+ community panel member, will be doing a pop-up performance on our Roof Terrace, in response to their chosen work in the Here&Queer exhibition, Three Women Bathing. Free, all welcome, un-ticketed, drop in anytime between 11am-2pm.


11am-3pm – Follow the Rainbow Heart Road family workshop, creating a celebratory trail through the Gallery in honour of the Here&Queer exhibition and Walsall Pride with artist Yasmin Agilah-Hood. Free, drop-in. All welcome.

2pm – In-conversation event with artist Michael Petry, who will reflect on the response to his 2004 exhibition in Walsall and the Here&Queer project with LGBTQ+ panel members. How far have we come in the last 20 years? Free, register through Eventbrite


3pm – Art in an Emergency panel discussion around artists’ responses to significant social and political events, chaired by LGBTQ+ panel member Hope Talbot. Free, register through Eventbrite

Here&Queer has been co-produced with members of the LGBTQ+ community. Community members have had the opportunity to take ownership of the Collections and the stories they tell, re-interpreting works from a queer perspective, and increasing the visibility of queer lives.