ZEST Arts Collective

📣 OPEN CALL FOR CURATORS We are delighted to announce that we are partnering again with London Gallery Weekend to offer grants to support travel & accommodation costs for curators working at regional museums across the UK to visit London Gallery Weekend artfund.org/supporting-mus…

From guests building our culture wall earlier to now carrying the building blocks from Zest Collective’s interactive installation across to our reception, signifying how together, we will build and bring our City forward! 🧱

👏🏼 The morning is in full swing with our wonderful host @Veronica_Soton, founder of @OurVersionMedia, an art installation from @zest_arts for all to get involved with today, and a special message from Minister for Arts, Lord Parkinson! #SOFORWARD #SouthamptonForward

A collective creative endeavour providing the perfect metaphor at the end of a day spent exploring what's needed to ensure culture thrives in Southampton @zest_arts @SOCultureTrust @LabourSatvir @philgibby

@NatJWatson Thank you! It was fantastic to see the engagement and diverse responses

@zest_arts This was such a cool idea of gathering people's opinions of the city!

ZEST Collective, commissioned by @SouthamptonCultureTrust , delivered an exciting, large-scale interactive installation at the Southampton Forward Conference on Thursday.

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CALLING ALL ART WORKING PARENTS! Curators, gallerists, educators, techs, academics and the rest The Art Working Parents Alliance website is now LIVE - sign up to receive news about our campaigning work, and to join to regional and sector networks. artworkingparents.wordpress.com

Our lovely Jenny Andrews had her work put up at The Hidden Wardrobe recently. Make sure to to have a look when you go down Old Northam Road so you can see her beautiful glass tiles

And that’s a wrap! It’s been a very fruity year and we look forward to the next but we are off for the festive season now. Watch this space though there will be plenty more to come in 2023 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

Alex Sutherland, Untitled, clay, plastic, and wood This current work is a culmination of found materials, raw clay, sea trash, sheep wool, and wax. Although sourced from separate specific locations, they integrate and become a homage to the artist’s personal journey.

Jenny Andrews - ‘The poetics of space.' Prospect Passage was made in response to a visit to Derek Jarman's home and refuge 'Prospect Cottage' in Dungeness. “The house protects the dreamer; the house allows one to dream in peace.” “Gaston Bachelard.”

The emergence of fictional narrative in my practice has become core to my visual developments, where I began creating alternate mining futures that pictured open pit mines from Earth as if they were on the Moons’ surface.

Katie Mullender, Untitled Portraits, Oil pastel, pencil and acrylic paint on paper Figures appear to bleed into their environments, exemplifying the symbiotic relationship between person and space. @katiemullender

Contemplating the age-old question 'what goes on under a snail's shell?' my illustrations speculatively shed light on the potentialities of snail shell mechanics. @poppyfash

I am a contemporary multidisciplinary artist, who manipulates materials to make them move. Using motors, magnets, and natural forces I create kinetic installations and experiments with unpredictable outcomes. brynlloydfineart.co.uk @bryn_lloyd

Around a Great Eclipse, This installation transports the viewer on a journey out of the artist's studio window and 'Around a Great Ellipse', approximated by an animated sequence of photographs and digitally-sourced images. @ellen_gillett

In this wall hanging I allow myself to be my priority and challenge myself to take up more room in my life, not sacrificing my wellbeing and joy for those who do not appreciate it. It’s an ongoing thing though because that shit is hard in practice. @fredashthorn

I passionately believe that art can serve a greater purpose and that the message of my work is more important than the form, allowing my pieces to range in style and medium. This piece is different from my usual work and is inspired by a ZEST printing workshop. @jojolewisart

Shelf Life, Installation This work is a frustrating piece of how I was meant to make something small but couldn’t help make something large. Playing with the building making it squeeze and lean, and using the build at the tool. Kane Applegate