An all-womxn line-up for gallery’s exhibition
CREATIVE collective Girl Gang have curated an ‘all-womxn’ lineup for their new exhibition Everything I Know, I Felt at The Lowry galleries.
Curating the sixth in The Lowry’s innovative Edit series, Girl Gang are a Manchester based ‘all-womxn’ collective of artists, activists, academics and party instigators who produce accessible, fun and meaningful events with masses of passion and creative flair.
Available to view from Saturday, March 14 to Sunday, April 5, 2020, the Everything I Know, I Felt exhibition will feature new work by the collective alongside re-staged pieces and new commissions with ‘womxn’ artists across Manchester, including award-winning poet and playwright Jacki Hagen; writer, performance artist and producer Keisha Thompson; artist and performer Lowri Evans; and artist and celebrant Jenny Gaskell.
An array of different mediums spanning installation, illustration and performance will be used to explore and celebrate the diverse emotional experiences of ‘womxn’ in all their messy, multifaceted glory. The work embraces emotional intelligence and questions the societal value of vulnerability.
The term ‘womxn’ seeks to be actively inclusive of trans women and non-binary people.
Megan Marie Griffith, artistic director and executive producer of Girl Gang Manchester, said: “We’re so excited to commission the work of so many creative, powerful and accomplished artists.
“All the womxn involved are bringing something unique to the Edit - a different art form, a different life experience, a different attitude, a different emotion. I can’t wait to see it all in the same space open for audiences to explore and immerse themselves in.”
Michael Simpson, director of visual arts, said: “Girl Gang have a strong commitment to collaboration and bring something completely new to our galleries.”
The Lowry’s Edit series gives artists and performers physical space to work in the galleries and headspace to develop previously unexplored ideas into new works.
Alongside the exhibition is a programme of events from parties, panels and performances, to drink and draws, destruction, debates and a teen takeover:
● everything i know, i felt will be at the lowry from this coming saturday through to sunday, april 5, 2020, and is available to attend free of charge.