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Nelson-ReimaginedTesting groundThe GatheringsThis is Nelson

An elaborate wooden structure that looks like a beehive or bug hotel

TIN Young People's Collective with Alina Akbar

A hand drawn map

Guided by Water

A large room with two floor to ceiling pillars, they are covered in a knitted cover showing a representation of an old greek style column

#end_of_empire

A dark blue etching that says from the mills to the hills

Artist in Residence

Close up of a log with a slice cut out and the words 'keep our quarry' painted on

Flourish

A hand holds a several glazed clay forms, there are ridges in them as if held in a hand before firing. The background is terracotta coloured

Held

a green and lilac abstract image

Testing Ground: Lydia Griffiths

Group of women next to a window with the words kill your desires on it

Kill Your Desires

Photos are strung up attached by pegs in a small wooden room

The Summit

Sepia toned image of a trig point on a hill, in the foreground are seedheads blurred out

Testing Ground micro residencies

A risograph style red and grey poster, text says: Do it ourselves journalism, a handbook. There's an image of a newspaper

Testing Ground

A grid of 9 people on a Zoom meeting

Digital Talking Society

three young people, one wears a VR mask

Future of Work

A metal grid on orange background, looks like the bottom of a shopping basket. There are a collection of rusty looking objects in there

Beyond The Dig

9 women sit and stand, wearing clothing in earthy tones, amongst stage set that looks like rocks and abstract shapes, they each hold instruments or sheet music

5 Verses on Six Sacks of Earth

Line drawings of cube shaped objects with texture on one side

Summit Stones

An older man with white beard, talks to a young woman wearing a headscarf

The Circle and the Square

A group of young people stand with hands up in front of a banner

Yes and...

White paper, a bee and a stamp, like an old library stamp, that says clean clear water, 18 may 2016

Clean Clear Water

7 people are reflected in water, we can see the sky behind them and pieces of screwed up paper on the water

The Northern Faculty of Social Arts Practice

A young man in a red cap spray paints onto a colourful mural

Fill the Mill

Two people sit on a red sofa, there's a large projected film in the background that they're watching. When you look closer it is a actually them on the same sofa. There's a camera filming them.

In-Residence: Zoya Siddiqui

A woman holds a large piece of sheer fabric taught - on a gravel path

In-Residence Autumn Knight

A large white flame like sculpture with blue sky behind.

40 @ 40

A man sits on a hill, the sky in the background and writes on a blackboard

In-Residence: Mike Chavez-Dawson

White smiley face on pink background

Five Ways to Wellbeing

A man with a beard holds a microphone. Behind him a turquoise image is projected

In-Residence: Helmut Lemke

Four people hold up postcards and look at the camera, behind them is a display of different postcards on a wall

International Networks and Local Landscapes

A composite image mock up of a library inside a small space, there are 3 people in the image too and hand drawn elements, speakers, a cabinet and a chair

In-Situ In Transit

A poster advertising an experimental food festival

Palette Cleansing Thinking

A group of people of all ages gathered round a paper map someone takes a picture of it with their phone

Re-Radicalizing, Re-Learning and Re-Connecting the Real

A group photograph of all of the artists involved

Nelson Re-Imagined

Archive leaflets for clarion house, Nelson and Lancashire Mill memories on a table

Entertainment, Gossip, Comradeship

A table outside in farmland, it is covered with a beige tablecloth and tote bags with patterns on. A woman in a deark coat and headscarf talks to another woman who is wearing a tote bag. The bags are also hung along a fence in the background

Sowing in Time

mist on the moors

Testing Ground: Georgia Lomax Thorpe

a cyanotype on blue tarpaulin

Trainee Artist in Residence

a picture of green leaves on a branch on a white background

Testing Ground: Eva Sajovic

Black pen line illustration saying Lone(ly) arts club

Lonely Arts Club

A grid of 4 cyanotypes

Testing Ground: Bethany White

People stand next to a red postbox wearing face shields, a red graphic sign says: Face mask got you covered

Covid Campaign

Night time scene, black sky and McDonalds is lit up, the road reflective with rain

Our Voice Our Time

An illustration with text of all of the elements of the Pendle Peat Pie

Pendle Peat Pie

A textured cork like surface to the right of the image, to the left is a far reaching view of hills

Pendle Mobile Hut Commission

A white gallery wall featuring a screen with video, decorative pieces on the wall, a patterned tablecloth and photographs on the wall. the carpet is green

Lost in Translation

Line drawing of a dandelion and leaves

What the Hill Heard

Two large windows with curved tops show a dusk sky, people are silhouetted in both. Text says: am I a refugee? Am I a human being? Who am I? That's my situation, there's no way out

Guests

a while background with a pink toned image of a man. Green text over the top says: If I had not come, I couldn't have been the person I am today, I am a better citizen for the time I've spent in Nelson

THE SHOP Residencies

A circle of people on white chairs inside a huge room with white columns and pale green walls

Shapes of Water Sounds of Hope

A group of around 16 people pose for the camera looking at someone taking a picture

CRASH 2016

A mill street, there are many pairs of different style red shoes

Presence of an Absence

A large piece of paper is attached to a wall and trailing on the floor. A woman is stood up a ladder reaching over to it. it looks like she could be drawing.

In-Residence: Lydia Heath

Young boy with blue long sleeve top looks up and holds a handle. behind him is an old stone wall

Ringing in the Good News

A silver cube with zip-able opening sits on grass in front of a Library.

In-Residence: Ingrid Pollard

A detailed drawing with bright yellow border, incorporating text and images

Courage of Conviction

A woman draws on a large piece of paper on the floor of what looks like a large room in a mill

Unlocked and Light Touch

A woman looks at a shop front called R.B audio

In-Residence: Amy Pennington

Three people dance in front of a wall decorated with photographs, one man is standing on his hands and they are slightly blurred suggesting movement.

Shift incl. Recorded Soul

Three women sit on a wooden porch, it's sunny and they are sat partially in the shade. There are a pair if shoes in front of them

Project Row Houses

A large group of people are watching a performance in Nelson town centre

This is Nelson

A hand illustrated map in greyscale of Nelson

Mapping Nelson

A group of women sitting around a table on a sofa

Thalaya Darr

An animation screenshot of a young boy looking out of a train window

Petra Szemán, POUT

A group of women are walking in countryside

Heart of Pendle

a super 8 frame of hills

Testing Ground: Jasmine Calland

text sits over two snowy images. Text one says voices to be heard passionate about covid 19 things I would change, text 2 reads Reflection, stand still

Testing Ground: Christian Bell

An illustration of the project

The Faculty

A line based illustration of a person carrying a large stone

Outlines

Black and white image of a man sitting on a table in a near empty pub, there's a patterned carpet and two men in the background

A Week in Nelson

A silver balloon like structure is lit up in a dark room

Testing Ground: Dr Amy Cutler

Three women, two wearing protective face shields sit on chairs and fill out papers on clipboards, there's plants around them

Together an Active Pendle

An overgrown railway platform

Connecting Brierfield

A sims game style image with a sign reading welcome to Pendchester

Pendle 2050

A mobile trailer is parked in front of a view of greenery and pendle hill

The Gatherings

A screen shows projection of a man and a woman and people silhouetted watching it

Home1947

Three people sit around a pile of paper on a table as if in discussion

Summer School

A field and gate, green grass and trees, layered artfully over the gate are 4 turquoise umbrellas

Fields on Prescription

an image of two young women on a white background, in the left hard corner there's another small abstract image

In-Fusion

A group of young people are sat on sofas

Make a Noise

a group of children and woman stand in the middle of a spiral stone wall. The sky is blue and there's grass around.

Burton Gardens

A poster for the Dear Reader Event at Brierfield Library

Dear Reader

A woman stands at the edge of a river bank holding two sticks and covered in detritus

Forever Flowing

Four people carry a heavy looking box between them at what looks like a railway platform.

In-Residence: Ruth Levene

water wheel sculpture on a bridge with a mill behind it

Rain Sheds Light

An old fashioned looking building with a wooden door. Books are neatly stacked up in front of the door, blocking the entryway

In-Residence: Jeni McConnell

A large piece of paper is stretched across several columns in a large mill room. Several people are looking at it

In-Residence: Jane Lawson

Four people stand in front of an abandoned brick building, they point at it and are mid conversation.

In-Conversation

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