PROSEED Summer Exhibition

Local artist Daniel Ibbotson has organised an Exhibition and Pop-up Shop in Carlisle from August 21st to the 27th.

The old flower shop at 29 Scotland Road will host 40 local artists featuring affordable (less than £200) artworks, ceramics and jewellery by highly talented Cumbrian artists, illustrators, sculptors and makers.

“We’re all trying to move forward from the disaster of COVID and this is an attempt to help the arts community,” said Daniel. “We all had lots of things planned this year, all that is gone and it’s time to start back at a grassroots level.

The effects surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant collapse of national art exhibitions meant I wanted to find a way to safely exhibit artworks once more in the real world and as lockdown measures began to be relaxed, an opportunity to open a pop-up shop on one of Carlisle’s major trunk roads appeared. I decided to invite other Cumbrian artists to partake in the initiative and the response has been overwhelmingly positive which is just the attitude we all need in these challenging times.

In an effort to create space for new and emerging creatives, younger artists have been sought out who I hope will benefit from the experience of exhibiting alongside established, award-winning artists and in turn, bring their own vitality and spirit to PROSEED. The primary aim of the event is to grow a new, cohesive collective of Cumbrian artists and provide a platform to showcase contemporary artworks, ceramics and artisan jewellery in the non-tourist areas of the county.

I’m hopeful that future PROSEED events will take place in other pop-up venues elsewhere in Cumbria in the coming months and include performance art and public engagement. I offer sincere thanks to Andrew Watson for providing his generous graphic design skills and continued inspiration along with Martin Thomas.”

Follow @proseed2020 on Instagram for updates and participating artists.