We’re Hiring: Communications Manager

At The Library are looking for an Arts Marketing professional to help to shape, lead and communicate our progamme, and share our work with new audiences and tell our story on a national stage. 

The Work We Share with Aisha Ajnabi/Umulkhayr

Exploring solidarity between women and the meeting point of the domestic and the political — we’re inviting womxn to join us for a lunchtime film screening, performance, and conversation over tea and cake with Welsh artist Aisha Ajnabi/Umulkhayr Mohamed.

RARE SILK (III)

A small gesture, curator Sabrina Henry is inviting Black Womxn to take a contemplative moment to connect with ancient Bantu-Kongo concepts of time and cosmology, and create a collective artwork in the process.

We're hiring: Creative Projects & Communications Assistant

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Case Study: Frances Disley

Since 2018, Frances Disley has been commissioned by Rule of Threes, to produce a body of work for our programme Human Libraries, beginning with RRR a performance/workout, and video installation. During the pandemic, as part of our programme of “commoning care”, we invited Fran to produce her first digital commission Freshly Cut Grass — a series of relaxation resources designed to make meditation more accessible, understandable and relatable. Audio-guided journeys were distributed to Human Libraries along with bespoke packs containing a printed guide, scents, and tea bags to make the calming experience fully sensory.

Semillas from la Sala: borlotti, carico, frijoles negros

Tending to the soil, planting seeds, watching them grow, harvesting beans, and drying them for next year, to share and grow again. A grounding practice that takes care of our place in a wider ecology, as well as a local, sharing economy. In tending to these things, and following their rhythms — slow, seasonal, circular — we learn better how to tend to ourselves and those around us. Each year, la Sala shares seeds – some local, some heritage varieties, all saved from last year’s crop. This year’s offering marks the week of the spring equinox.

Case Study: The Turnpike Gallery

A cornerstone of our practice, we help art organisations realise their true potential, and support plans for energetic and engaging programmes, aligning the needs of local people with the creativity and ambition of artists. Encapsulating the spirit of change-making in place, and example of our sustained partnerships, is The Turnpike — an independent art space who we have been working with closely since March 2020.

Fox Irving: Tarot cards & care practices

Tracing the phases of the moon, artist Fox Irving has created a series of Tarot cards, accompanied by care practices. Using different moon phases as signals, the practices encourage moments to check in with yourself and use the new moon as a marker to set intentions for the month ahead and the full moon to mark letting go.

Now Showing: in-conversation with Niloo Sharifi and Judy Mazonowicz organised by Cinenova.

Interview with Bella Milroy

To celebrate World Mental Health day, we caught up with artist Bella Milroy about good mental health, disabled joy and the beauty of working in a library context.