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Jan 2023
New exhibition at Mercer shows work of artists with disabilities
The Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate has launched a new exhibition of pieces by local artists living with disabilities.
The World Through Our Eyes features pieces created over the last year by “differently able” artists working with Harrogate-based Artizan International.
The registered charity supports people with disabilities in the UK and in the developing world, through therapeutic arts and crafts workshops, training and social enterprise.
Liz Cluderay, Artizan’s UK director, said:
Artizan hold arts and crafts workshops every day from its town centre premises, overseen and guided by local artists helping to develop their skills and experience of different art mediums.
Hannah Alderson, who is studying at Harrogate College for an MA in Creative Practice, helped to curate the exhibition. She said:
The artists, whose disabilities range from visual impairments to learning disabilities, have selected their best pieces of work for the exhibition, which opened on Saturday.
The World Through Our Eyes will run for six weeks at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate. There will also be a private viewing, with the chance to speak with Artizan members, on Sunday, February 5, from 4.15 to 5.15pm.
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