Turner Contemporary - Victoria Pomery, Director
Victoria Pomery will give a presentation on the latest developments at Turner Contemporary, focusing in the work they are doing with young people. Recently Turner contemporary made a successful bid to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills entitled Time of our Lives, an intergenerational project that aims to promote greater community cohesion between older and younger people. Working with the local community this project will help develop a major exhibition entitled Teenager planned for the new gallery in its opening year in 2011.
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Victoria Pomery talked of the exciting new building, designed by Chipperfield Architects, now taking shape, with completion on target for 2010 and the opening in Spring 2011. The building programme began in December 2008 and you can see photographs of the gallery’s progress by visiting: http://www.turnercontemporary.org/design. And while the new building will still be a local gallery for Margate, it will also be able to function on a national and international level.
But as well as building a major new gallery, Turner Contemporary also runs an exciting and challenging programme of historical and contemporary art, presenting a wide range of exhibitions and learning opportunities to promote the understanding and enjoyment of visual art. There have been numerous projects over the past few years, e.g. a Celebration of Pattern.
Turner Contemporary works will all age groups. Inspiring Spaces was a project that consulted with young people’s groups to determine what young people would like from new and existing buildings. Information provided from this was used to plan the new gallery and as a result the building will have many function rooms as well as a communal space.
Recently Turner Contemporary made a successful bid to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills entitled Time of our Lives, for an intergenerational project that aims to promote greater community cohesion between older and younger people. Working with the local community this project will help develop and feed ideas into a major exhibition entitled Teenager planned for the new gallery in its opening year in 2011. This exhibition will reflect on what it’s like to be a teenager both now and throughout the past with a video contribution from Tracey Emin describing the difficulties and issues she faced as a teenager.
The new building will have lots of spaces with different activities taking place, demonstrating that art has real relevance and value to everyone.
Q. Can young people join in now?
A. Yes, contact Esther Collins at Turner Contemporary on 01843 280261
Q. How long have these projects for being going on for and how do I get involved?
A.Time of our Lives began in September and runs until the end of March 2010.
You can find out more about all of the projects currently taking place with contact details by visiting the Turner Contemporary website at: http://www.turnercontemporary.org/learn
Q.We have never heard of these projects you need to publicise them more.
A.We are looking at new social media technologies, e.g. Twitter and Facebook to get the message out.
Mr Hayton thanked Victoria for her presentation and was very encouraged by the exciting programmes taking place now and planned for the future. The new Turner Contemporary Gallery fits well into the regeneration of Margate and there is no doubt that it will act as a catalyst and attract further investment in the area.