Like It. Lump It. We Are All Connected.(LILIWAAC)

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The Artist Behind The Artwork

Beth Barlow (BA, MA) has created socially engaged work since leaving university in 1996. Work as an education officer in a hostel for homeless young people and with an environmental charity fed into her artistic practise and led her to an MA. Here she questioned if art could be useful. Her work continues to be artistically interesting but also aims to have a wider use. Beth's mediums vary depending on the subject matter, audience and participating groups. The ideas determine the form. "Like It. Lump It. We Are All Connected" is the second major work Beth has created using yarn and craft techniques. Taken up as a hobby yarn work provided Beth with a welcome escape, a way to relax whilst still nurturing her need to produce. In 2010 she began a personal project which she called "Knit A Year". Her aim was to knit her moods for a year. As she began she saw that the idea could have a wider application. What started as a hobby became the focus of a 6 year project

The story behind "Like It. Lump It. We Are All Connected"

Enthused by the by the general election campaign that took place in June 2017, artist Beth Barlow found herself becoming increasingly politically engaged and activated. Alongside this sudden immersion in politics, the artist had been considering deeply the connectivity of everything on and within our planet. How each person, each animal, each action, each mineral or vegetable are deeply connected. Though we see ourselves as a definitively separate 'I' and 'You', 'We' and 'They', it could reasonably be said that we are all connected. Beth began to create works inspired by the rolling news and the ongoing debates and discussions of parliament whilst further exploring how these stories and those embroiled in them were connected. After some initial experiments using paint and wood, the artist decided that the notion of connectivity was better expressed by the loops and knots created in the art of crotchet. Crotchet also allowed for

LILIWAAC 2019 at a glance

After the sucess of LILIWAAC in 2018 we are pleased to announce two more exhibitions in 2019. Alongside the exhibiting of the existing work the installation continues to grow according to the funding we manage to secure. In 2019 we have secured a small fund from Cheshire Community Foundation to help those who are suffering ill mental health to explore good news stories. This part of the project will be running from Jan 2019-April 2019. The groups involved in this funded project are already established but if you have a group who would like to get involved in the LILIWAAC project do get in touch for a chat. 2019 Exhibitions: Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery, Wellington Rd , Stockport SK3 8AB Telephone: 0161 474 4453 Website: www.stockport.gov.uk/topic/stockport-war-memorial-art-gallery Follow on Facebook : stockport war memorial art gallery Follow on twitter:stockport art gallery Dates: Saturday 20th April-Friday 24th May Buxton Museum and Art G

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