The Art Explora Mobile Museum is set to visit Rotherham, when school children, community groups and adults will get the chance to view work from some of the world’s most famous artists.
The Art Explora Mobile Museum in collaboration with Tate and MuMo will visit Maltby from Monday 15 to Friday 20 April. Rotherham Council is working with the tour and partners to offer a first experience of art to local groups. Entry is free.
The Mobile Museum will host a specifically curated exhibition called ‘Soup, Socks and Spiders! Art of the Everyday’. This exhibition will bring together historic and present day works of art from Tate’s collection which present everyday objects in unexpected ways, making the ordinary extraordinary. Drawings, photographs, prints, film, digital art and sculpture by artists including Andy Warhol, Cornelia Parker, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Dorothea Tanning, Fernand Léger, Nam June Paik, Phyllida Barlow, Roy Lichtenstein, Vanessa Bell and Wolfgang Tillmans will all feature.
Rotherham Council Museums, Arts and Heritage Manager, Lisa Howarth, said: “We’re delighted to be able to bring this tour to Rotherham. Bringing this wonderful art to the town will give people the chance to see it without having to travel. It’s a real opportunity for lots of our community to get involved.”
Led by Art Explora in collaboration with Tate and MuMo, a range of local cultural partners are supporting the tour visit to Rotherham. This includes Rotherham Museums, Arts and Heritage, Rotherham Libraries, Flux Rotherham and Places Leisure.
Groups will be given a tour around the exhibition and will then be invited to join creative workshops, to participate in this artistic adventure and share a memento with their families. At the end of the week, families, neighbours and the local community will be invited to visit the exhibition of artworks made during the workshop sessions.
Frederic Jousset, founder of Art Explora, said: “Art Explora is based on the core belief that art should be accessible to everyone. We try to bring art to new places, new audiences and new communities. The Mobile Museum is an opportunity for thousands of people, and especially school children, to experience art for the first time, right on their doorsteps.”
Helen Legg, director at Tate Liverpool, said: “Tate is proud to be working with Art Explora on the Mobile Museum that will bring artwork from the national collection closer to more people across the country. It is rare that the collection is shown in this way, in non-traditional settings, but it is key if we are to breakdown perceived barriers and bring crucial encounters with art to young people and communities.”
Booking details go live Monday 15 April through Eventbrite and Art Explora:
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/art-explora-60296722053
Art Explora: https://www.artexplora.org/en/mobile-museum-uk
To book a visit for your school email mumouk@artexplora.org