Northern Art Prize – People’s Choice
Nov 2010 – Feb 2011 Northern Art Prize 2010 Lubaina Himid is this years winner of the Northern Art Prize – People’s Choice Award A packed crowd came to the prize giving ceremony at Leeds Art Gallery last night to
Northern Art Prize
Nov 2010 – Jan 2011 Lubaina Himid has been shortlisted for the Northern Art Prize 2010. The shortlist was chosen from an initial field of 22 artists, each chosen via another feature of the NAP, selection through curators of 11
Lubaina Himid MBE
Professor Lubaina Himid has been awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours 2010 announced on the 12thJune. Professor Himid has been recognised for her services to Black Womens Art. As an artist, writer and curator she has participated at
Football symposium
The International Football Institute is hosting a one-day Symposium at the National Football Museum on 5 June. The theme for the day is ‘Sport: Artistic Representation, Aesthetic Appreciation.’ Speakers include : Lev Kreft, Kath Woodward,John Hughson, Iain Adams, Ray Physick, Lubaina
Post Slavery and Culture
Post-Slavery & Culture – An international seminar on the cultural legacies of slavery. Keynote: Prof Lubaina Himid “Jelly Mould Pavilions for Liverpool” Other speakers: Prof Sabine Broeck (Bremen, Germany) Dr Daniel Williams ( Swansea, Wales) Prof Lisa Merrill (HOFSTRA, New York, US)
Jelly Mould Pavilions
27 March 2010 – 6 June 2010 Sudley House will be the starting point for a city-wide trail of jelly mould pavilion models by artist Lubaina Himid. Lubaina’s project questions how we commemorate people of the African diaspora and their contribution
Invitation to judge Koestler Trust Arts Awards
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/
Lowry Arts Centre – Trustee News
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/
Myth & History
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 Collection
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