Case Studies

Bend in the River

Bend in the River is an organisation that exhibits contemporary British painting from a Georgian warehouse adjacent to the River Trent. It hosts five shows a year, four of which are solo. It is also the driving force behind an ambitious project at the redundant church of St John the Divine, Gainsborough, called Slumgothic. At the church it provides a vast arts project space plus community rooms for mixed use. To date, its art activities have included an artist residency project, subsequent video installation within the church and a Big Draw event.

Sites of Meaning: Marker Stones for the Millennium

Sites of Meaning is an installation of stone and text around the parish boundary of Middleton and Smerrill in the Derbyshire Peak. Created by the local community, the project worked with professional artists, masons, photographers and poets to explore the parish's geography and heritage at the time of the millennium.