Artist Support Pledge
A GENEROUS SPACE2
Following on from the highly successful exhibition ‘A Generous Space’ at Hastings Contemporary, 25 November 2021 – 17 April 2022. The New Art Gallery Walsall will present ‘A Generous Space 2’. Director Stephen Snoddy has selected 50 artists signed up to the Artist Support Pledge and in turn asked each selected artist to select one further artist, to create an exhibition of 100 artworks by 100 artists.
Artists Support Pledge was founded by artist Matthew Burrows in March 2020 as a way of supporting artists struggling financially during the pandemic. Utilising the social media platform Instagram and using the hashtag #artistsupportpledge artists posted works on the platform for a maximum price of £200. Artists and buyers could liaise directly through messages to agree a sale. Every time an artist made £1000 in sales, they pledge to spend £200 buying work from another artist/s. Over the past 18 months Artist Support Pledge has become a global phenomenon and in 2020 it generated an estimated £60 million in sales for artists.
West Midlands Open Closing Event
Thursday 22 September, 6-8pm. Free, all welcome.
Join us at this closing event for the West Midlands Open exhibition on the evening of Thursday 22 September, in the company of exhibiting artists and Gallery Director Stephen Snoddy. Speeches will take place at 7pm in which the recipient of the Gallery residency will be announced, as well as the artwork voted by the public as the ‘People’s Choice’.
List of artists
A Matthew Burrows @matthewburrowsstudio
1 Catherine Knight @catknightart
2 Harriet White @harrietwhiteart
3 Tamsin Morse @Tamsin_morse
4 Nogah Engler @Nogah Engler
5 Jen Orpin @jenorpinpainter
6 Alison Friend @mcfriendly
7 Suzanne Holtom @Suzanneholton
8 Chris Kenny @chriskennt.art
9 Jack Shearing @JACKSHG
10 Stephen Dunne @stephendunnestudio
11 Christine Stark @stark.christine
12 Tony Antrobus @tonyantrobus27
13 Hannah Maybank @hannahmaybankartist
14 Clare Wilson @clarewilson8
15 Jonathan Ridge @jonridge
16 Neill Kidgell @neillkidgell
17 EC @ec_ismyname
18 Stephen Buckeridge @stephenbuckeridge
19 Rachel Addis @rachaeladdispaints
20 Sam Owen Hull @samowenhull
21 Carrie Stanley @carriestanleyartist
22 Fiona Chambers @fiona.m.chambers
23 Kay Bainbridge @Kay_bainbridge
24 Rosalind Faram @rosalindfaram
25 Ptolemy Mann @ptolemymann.art
26 Francesca Colussi Cramer @COLUSSICRAMER
27 Jo Melvin @Johannamelvin
28 Rod Melvin @ROD03INST
29 Matthew Collings @matthew.collings
30 Matthew Meadows @brixtonprintshed
31 Gordon Dalton @gordondalton666
32 Casper White @Casperwhitecasper
33 Jackie Crooks @Jackiecrooks.artist
34 Sophia Campbell @Sophiacampbell.art
35 Anne Lydiat @anneonrock
36 Helen Goodwin @helengoodwin.333
37 Layla Curtis @laylacurtis_artist
38 Nicky Hirst @nickyhirst63
39 Jamie Holman @jamie_holman_studio/
40 Sarah Hardacre @hardacre.sarah
41 Sarah Cooney @cooney_sarah
42 Emma Bennett @emma_bennett__
43 Vanessa Mitter @vanessamitter
44 Grant Watson @grant_watson_paintings/
45 Kate Boucher @misskateboucher
46 Billy Bagihole @Billybagilhole
47 Jane Pryor @jane_pryor_studio
48 Mark Beldan @markbeldan
49 Louise Evans @LOUISEALISONEVANS
50 James Michael Cliff @tuli_valo
51 Ben Walker @BENWALKERPAINTER
52 Daniel & Clara @daniel_and_clara
53 Greg Rook @greg_rook
54 Zoe Francis Spowage @zoefrancisspowage
55 Steph Fawbert @stephfawbertartist
56 Lara Cobden @laracobden
57 Simon Keenleyside @Simon_keenleyside
58 Will Turner @willturnerstudio
59 Broughton & Birnie @brobirn
60 Robin Dixon @robindixon_painting
61 Mikey Cuddihy @mikeycuddihy
62 Jane Gifford @janegifford1
63 Polly Townsend @polly_townsend
64 Zoe Benbow @zoebenbow
65 Esen Kaya @esenkaya.art
66 Catherine Spilman @catannedunlea
67 Eleanor Carter @ELECARTER_ART
68 Georgie Wheeler @G_wizz_wheeler
69 Henrietta Macphee @etta_mac
70 Lucy Duke @lucydukeart
71 Ian Seagrave @ IANSEGRAVE
72 Andrew Ekins @Andrewekins
73 Bess Harding @bessharding
74 Sophie Harding @harding_sophie
75 Paula MacArthur @paulamacarthur_
76 Pippa Gatty @pippagatty
77 Nick Davies @nickdaviesworks
78 Rob Hall @rob_hall_painter
79 Nicole Rowntree @nicolerowntree.studio
80 Evie Armstrong @evangeline.armstrong
81 Rachel Lancaster @rachel__lancaster
82 Narbi Price @NARBIPRICE
83 Ruth Philo @RUTHPHILO
84 Keith Ashcroft @keithashcroft
85 Iain Andrews @iainandrewsart
86 Tom Musgrove @tom_musgrove_
87 Henry Ward @henzward
88 Andee Collard @andeecollard
89 Jessica Voorsanger-Brill @jessicavoorsanger
90 Mary Yacoob @mary_yacoob
91 Birungi Kawooya @birungiart
92 Xhi Ndubisi @anotherdiasporan
93 Mary Griffiths @mary_griffiths__
94 Jason Rouse @sionrouse
95 Annie Cattrell @anniecattrell
96 Louise Cattrell @louisecattrell
97 Barbara Howey @howey.barbara
98 Jacqueline Utley @jacquelineutley
99 Callum Green @callum_green
100 Phoebe Mitchell @phoebejmitchell
20 May – 25 September 2022, The New Art Gallery Walsall
The West Midlands Open exhibition is an opportunity to celebrate the quality and diversity of the visual arts in the region and will take place at The New Art Gallery Walsall, in our spacious Floor 3 galleries from 20 May – 25 September 2022.
