Departures by Rob Padley Being unable to work or socialise properly, relief from the anxiety of Covid and the lockdown came in the form of routine: coffee, exercise, painting, eat, sleep. This regimented daily practice has helped to me to plan new goals and refocus on art.

Civoc by Carola Wochner Civoc is part of my personal experience of processing Covid when living in London during the pandemic with a small child Painting was vital to cope with our isolation and although subconscious at the time I assume the dots are what lurked in the background

While I Seek Out My Crooked Muse by Jezzelle H R Kellam 29.7cm x 42cm, Graphite on paper instagram.com/jezzellehrkell…

The Thread by Jenny Longshaw Inspired by my most psychologically negative extremes during the Covid 19 pandemic, this represents the frequencies of an extreme state of mind, metaphorically ready to snap, an intense buzz of adrenaline, sanity suspended by a high tension thread

Blackbird rainbow (ink image), Housewoman (ceramics), Ironing in the dollshouse (watercolour pencils), Magdalene egg (icon) by Frances-Ann Norton frances-ann.blogspot.com francesodonnellpoetry.blogspot.com

Untitled series (works on paper) by Andre Pace

I blink and the memory has already passed by Emma Healy Domestic nightmares and trauma of memory permeate the dialogue of her work. Her most recent work investigates the cognizance and acceptance of traumatic events and the influence of space and objects in the act of a trigger.

Art Lab May 2023 Dean Clough Monday 8 May 2023, 7pm Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax HX3 5AX Presenting: DATAMOSH and Dave Pugh & Bryan Tweddle eventbrite.com/e/art-lab-may-…

Rest by Susan Williams I made this intervention during the first covid lockdown when I started using the rooms in my house and my furniture to make artwork hoping to capture some of the wider feelings and issues. susanwilliamsart.com

From the sun to the Moon and back by Zorica Purlija Responding to the unprecedented social, environmental and economic impacts of the COVID- 19 global pandemic these images archive this discordant time. zoricapurlija.com.au

Changing the Narrative- No more Karma by Susan Holmes A sense of hopelessness has become a normal reality which is impressed upon us at a very young age maintaining a state of suffering. [..] magentapi.space

There is an angel on your shoulder by Perchik instagram.com/byperchik/

‘In transforming the material and scale of the original archival material, Fisher has reinterpreted the emotional weight of her subject matter.’ Alice Bradshaw reflects on Memorial Gestures at @HCN_hud: corridor8.co.uk/article/memori…

2) Self Portrait (2017-2018), 2017 - 2018 Alice Bradshaw One year collection of transparent plastic household waste Alice collected every item of transparent plastic waste that her family household produced during one year. community.axisweb.org/c/members-high…

Artist/maker open call! Dean Clough #artlabhalifax #halifaxart #halifaxartist #contemporaryart #artistssupportingartists #halifax #culturedale #calderdale #artiststalking curatorspace.com/opportunities/…

Next up! Gill Crawshaw Dean Clough Leeds Museums & Galleries Leeds Civic Trust eventbrite.com/e/art-lab-nove… #halifaxartlab #culturedale #halifax #calderdale

‘We are very lucky to have what we have as there are a lot of things that we can’t have, that we will never have.’ (Dr Alessandro Bucci) Alice Bradshaw meets the new Memorial Gestures cohort at Holocaust Centre North Holocaust Centre North corridor8.co.uk/article/memori…

A brilliant article about our Memorial Gestures residency programme by Alice Bradshaw for Corridor8👏

Next up! Art Lab May 2024: Helen Jones Mosaic Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX Monday 13 May 2024, 7-9pm eventbrite.com/e/art-lab-may-…

Translator Rey Conquer and writer Tom Hastings speak with our writer Alice Bradshaw and the Centre’s Head of Creative Development Andrew Key about joining this year’s ‘Memorial Gestures’ artistic residencies at Holocaust Centre North. corridor8.co.uk/article/memori…