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Exhibition

hand in water with grasses
Film still, Where We Will Go (2023) by Kate Sweeney

The Losing a Twin at Birth project film was recently exhibited at the Newcastle Contemporary Art Gallery.

Kate’s film, Where We Will Go, was included in the exhibition Communities and Change, which ran from 3-7 July 2023. Curated by the organising committee of the Memory Studies Association seventh international conference, the exhibition brought together installations by local and international artists exploring the role of memory in communities navigating change.

Other participating artists included the Amber Collective, Henna Askainen, I-Wei Wu, Pablo Martinez Capdevila and Tara Hipwood.

Thanks are extended to Catherine Gilbert and Alison Atkinson-Phillips for their kind invitation to participate.

You can read more about the exhibition here.

        

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Engagement and Place Award

Newcastle University Engagement and Place award 2023, glasswork by Robyn Hare
Photo credit: Anne Whitehead.

The project team for Losing a Twin at Birth were delighted to be the recipients of a 2023 Newcastle University Engagement and Place Award.

The awards were established to recognise and celebrate great examples of collaboration beyond the university. They showcase teaching and research that brings value to the social, cultural, or economic wellbeing of a place, whether that is the city of Newcastle, the broader region, or across the globe.

Our project was the winner under the category of ‘Engaging for Health, Wellbeing and Societal Benefit.’

We received the award at a ceremony hosted in the Common Room at the Mining Institute in Newcastle. Newcastle University head glassblower Robyn Hare created a beautiful artwork that was presented to us at the ceremony.

We felt honoured to be in the company of such inspiring colleagues, and we are grateful to the parents who participated in the project for their commitment and generosity.