This week our Culture Radar guest is Open Eye Gallery’s Joint Head of Social Practice, Sophie Mahon.
Loved: I’ve loved seeing our partnership programme with The Life Rooms develop. It’s been great to work with so many people from across Liverpool and get them excited about photography, from photo walks to pop-up exhibitions; this has been a real pleasure to be involved with!
The Life Rooms provide free, short courses aimed to enable people to become more active in their own health and support wellbeing. As part of our collaborative approach, Open Eye Gallery works in partnership with the Life Rooms to deliver a series of photography courses across all three of their sites in Walton (North Liverpool), Bootle and Southport (Sefton).
Looking forward to: I’m excited for The Flowers Still Grow, our socially engaged photography show at Open Eye Gallery! The exhibition showcases some incredible long-term, collaborative projects that photographers, writers and communities have been working on together throughout the last two years. This time, we’re celebrating the people who make up the communities of Anfield and Garston whilst reflecting on their concerns, experiences, and aspirations of the society around them. The exhibition launches on 12th September at 6 pm – everyone is welcome!
Trivia: Open Eye Gallery is more than just a building! We work with communities and venues all year round, and last year alone welcomed over 200,000 people to creative projects in other venues and communities across the city region – so there’s lots of ways to get involved with the work we do year-round!