How wonderful that our joyful project from 2015 sparked this wonderful response! We were so hopeful that policy makers and local leaders would take it up.’Benches are an open gesture of welcome,an invitation to linger’ Clare Rishbeth @clarerishbeth.bsky.social Ben Rogaly JasberSingh CAWR Coventry Diana Coman

Visiting the mural with his Dad, George David, Craig David says: “Dad, oh wow, it looks amazing, I’m proud of you”. bit.ly/3RpEYsk Southampton Solent University's Showcase Gallery's mural celebrates the Ebony Rockers, a ground-breaking reggae band who burst onto the scene in the 80s #BHM

An industry-first, British Council, @BFINETWORK & BAFTA partner to create this free Short Film Toolkit with insights and advice for aspiring talent from over 40 filmmakers, funders, festival programmers and distributors to help demystify your short film journey! @solentuni

A chance to work with our friends John Hansard Gallery !

As part of the Zimbabwean Society's annual celebrations, artist Olivia Twist was commissioned by the Gallery to create new illustrations based on a little-known story of Southampton’s part in Zimbabwe’s history.... bit.ly/3WqmPxh Southampton Solent University TUVAA (The United Voices of African Associations) Royal College of Art

Change The World Or Go Home Our set out a new intention for our curatorial activism.Co-curated with artist Craig Barnes, it brought together 11 artists w/ Jeremy Hutchison, jeremy deller & Sean Dower who questioned their place in a rapidly changing world bit.ly/3wgh9v2

As the Programming & Community Engagement team for Southampton's City of Culture here at Southampton Solent University Showcase Gallery we're thrilled our contribution helped achieve this!

This looks like a great show from STUDIO BAD , only on for the weekend of 20th Jan so don't miss it!

We wanted to share the results of the visual scribing from @SolentCivic's recent first Civic Exchange! Artist and Solent Showcase teamster Joe Ross did sessions teaching our @solentuni Illustration and Graphics students to visual scribe the event! bit.ly/3WorbVp

Solent Showcase is changing shape! And have a new shiny website, check it out! 👉 bit.ly/3wp0TYI After 12yrs with our gallery in Soton’s Cultural Quarter, Southampton Solent University Showcase is going mobile, continuing to support community groups to develop their creative project ideas

With an initially BARE gallery, our Arts Council England funded show 'Stand Together' saw artist Kev Munday gradually cover our gallery walls with work by the public & artist. The stories of what and who people chose to ‘Stand Together’ for were deeply moving bit.ly/3JhIwfK

We started working with Soton #UKCityofCulture2025 bid in summer of 2020 lockdown as the Programming & Community Engagement team. It has and continues to be a great journey, and we're #SOproud to have contributed to such a great result from Arts Council England 👉bit.ly/3JxDmwn

Our 2019 show 'Rebel Music' explored the impact of Jamaican music on British culture & the story of the ‘Shebeens’ or ‘Blues’ clubs that were a key part of Soton’s music scene in the 70s and 80s. Screening the amazing film 'Bass Culture' by Dr Mykaell Riley bit.ly/3Yl6FGF

🍋@ZEST_arts will be creating an interactive installation during our conference! Please join ZEST to share your thoughts and aspirations for the future and help build this colourful installation! The building will be filmed and shown at the evening reception at Southampton Solent University 🎨📽️

ART TO GO sees people coming together during lockdown, driven by the desire to reach children in care at risk of exclusion from digital content who might not have online access. We partnered up with other orgs in the city to make the project a reality bit.ly/3Yu6wk2

👏🏼 The morning is in full swing with our wonderful host @Veronica_Soton, founder of @OurVersionMedia, an art installation from ZEST Arts Collective for all to get involved with today, and a special message from Minister for Arts, Lord Parkinson! #SOFORWARD #SouthamptonForward

Interesting hearing about how the data from our consultation sessions for the #southampton2025 bid came together to inform the programming from archaeologist academic Fraser Sturt - #southamptonforward conference @SOCultureTrust

So proud that Solent Showcase was part of organising the @Manifestingtheunseen collective exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery in 2021. The first Islamic art exhibition of women artists in the city @SouthamptonCit2 Southampton City Art SouthamptonCC Arts Council England Southampton Solent University