July/August 2010 The UK’s best known Prison Arts Charity has invited Lubaina as a primary judge for the murals/portraits categories. Other Judges include Mike Leigh (film) Grayson Perry (oil/acrylic) Wendy Cope (poetry) David Blunkett (braille) and Emma Sergeant (portraits). www.justgiving.com/koestlertrust/
Lubaina Himid has been appointed as a Trustee of the Lowry Arts Centre in Salford For further info about the Lowry Arts Centre visit www.thelowry.com/
Lubaina will be showing canvas and paperworks in the exhibition Myth & History at the Bristol Gallery. The Bristol Gallery is sited on Bristol’s prestigious Harbourside development. Myth and History is a group exhibition curated by Dr Dorothy Rowe. The exhibition opens on
Tate Britain have acquired two more paintings by Lubaina Himid for their collection. The paintings – Ankle Deep (1991) and Carpet (1992) will join Between The Two My Heart Is Balanced (1991) in the Tate collection. All three paintings were part of the exhibition