Opening new door for artists
THE arts and culture scene in the Bay is ever changing and so too is the way our community interacts and thinks about art. With contemporary, intimate and home-grown art galleries and enterprises popping up all around the city, it is no wonder that some of the newest kids on the block, Pulp Press, are getting so much attention.
Pulp Press is a new printmaking gallery, made up of a talented group of newly graduated Fine Art students, that supports, promotes and develops printmaking in the province.
The creative group was approached by community gallery artEC, in Bird Street, which offered them a space to showcase their work through regular exhibitions.
The team decided to seize the opportunity to make print-mak- ing more accessible to the public and provide a sustainable space for them, as well as others, to establish themselves as artists.
When asked where they saw Pulp Press in five years’ time and what they hoped to achieve from this venture, Pulp Press artist, creative director and curator, Kirsty Smith said: “We want this to be a sustainable project, where we can hopefully move into a bigger space that allows us to produce and showcase in the same building, as well as a space where we can interact with the community by providing art classes.
“We want Pulp Press to become a place that newly graduated students can work from and not feel that they need to leave the city in order to find space and work opportunities.”
Their current exhibition, The Academy of Sell-outs, running until June 24 at artEC, challenges the traditional genres of portraiture and landscapes, commonly used by artists to keep the income flowing.
Pulp Press print artist and liaison manager Nadine Marriday said: “We are trying to make a living and still keep our artist authority of having an opinion.”
For more information, visit their Facebook page or their exhibition at artEC from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday, and 9am to 1pm on Saturday.