Art dedicated to trans people opens

AN exhibition dedicated to promoting trans and gender variant art is coming to Manchester this month, showcasing the diversity of trans voices in 21st Century Britain.

Opening at the People’s History Museum on Saturday, Continuum is one of the first large-scale group exhibitions in the UK dedicated to promoting trans art, with 14 artists from a variety of backgrounds, working across a range of artistic media.

Part of the museum’s Never Going Underground season that explores the fight for LGBT+ rights, Continuum is the first exhibition curated by Artmob, which was established to raise the profile of trans and gender variant artists in the UK.

It focuses on the power of creativity to transform otherwise difficult and overlooked experiences and the ability of visual art to communicate, transform and connect.

As such, organisers say it moves away from the public scrutiny and sensationalism that surrounds trans people’s identities and bodies, and instead gets to the heart of what it is to be human.

On Friday, visitors are invited to join Artmob and the People’s History Museum for the public preview of Continuum.

Continuum opens on Saturday and runs until Sunday, September 3.

Entry is free with a suggested donation of £3.

To find out more visit www.phm.org.uk and follow @PHMMcr.