For the past eight years, Littlehampton Museum’s OPEN exhibition has brought together artists of all ages and abilities, from all over Sussex, and has resulted in hundreds of unique and stunning pieces of work being produced and shown to our visitors. This year, with the whole idea of togetherness seeming more important than ever, we have done same thing…with a little twist.
This year we invited everyone to submit something, anything created during lockdown. Here are the results...
Raising spirits on a bright and breezy VE Day
Patrick Riddy
Acrylic Paint on Canvas Board
I just had to capture the moment of VE Day during the hot month of May, and the colours in my front garden. The celebrations were a perfect release of emotion against the backdrop of Lockdown - portraying hope and resilience.
Lockdown - Shock
Sara Sadler
Composite Photography
This is from a series called "Seven Stages of Lockdown". People have compared lockdown to the stages of grief. This series depicts the different emotional states a lot of us went through during these strange times. This is the first in the series "Shock".
(above - Click on image to view in full)
Littlehampton Summer
Littlehampton U3A Art and Craft Group
Mixed Media
A communal project from our art and craft group mostly during lockdown, comprised of a textile, painted and 3D depiction of Littlehampton seafront with postcards around the edge of various highlights of the town and surrounds.