Collecting
An exploration of the contribution of black visual art to the cultural landscape. Drawings paintings, prints and photographs by artists of the black diaspora.
Find out moreCollaborating
with museums to interrogate object and art collections in innovative ways. Exploring hidden social histories through creative visual practice. Excavating and preserving evidence of artists’ practice
Discover moreCurating
Supporting artists practice, interpreting and revealing creative contemporary visual art collections, enabling distinct areas of international excellence in contemporary arts research
Reveal moreSharing
information with larger partnership organisations and smaller groups committed to the development of new ways of writing about, talking about, making and showing contemporary art
Learn moreInvestigating
investigating British newspapers and their representation of black people
Uncover moreAn interdisciplinary visual art research project
based in the Centre for Contemporary Art (School of Art, Design and Performance) at the University of Central Lancashire. We are building on the success of our distinct areas of international excellence in contemporary art research. The project is led by Lubaina Himid MBE Professor of Contemporary Art and Christine Eyene Guild Research Fellow
- Creative Conversations: Black Women Artists Making & Doing on 16th January 2020 11:00 am
- Lubaina Himid in conversation with Falke Pisano on 7th June 2019 7:00 pm
- Claudette Johnson: I Came to Dance on 1st June 2019 10:00 am
- International Women’s Day 2019 on 8th March 2019 12:00 pm
- Artist’s Talk: Lubaina Himid with Maria Balshaw on 11th October 2018 6:30 pm