What is ‘Place Making’ and why should it matter? Place making is all about turning spaces into places people feel proud of and part of every day.
This new exhibition, curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, brings together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between Empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.
The gallery looks at how Ruskin established his collection in Sheffield to help people find inspiration in art and nature, and explores the relevance of his ideas today.
Sheffield Museums’ Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. It contains the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made Sheffield famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.
Drawn from Sheffield’s collections, this recently refreshed display explores artists’ enduring fascination with depicting people.
Sheffield’s art collection has been expanding and evolving ever since it was founded 150 years ago. Today, it continues to develop, celebrating artistic excellence that reflects the world we live in and helps us find our place in it.
Come along to learn about the freethinkers, activists, and reformers who dared to challenge the status quo and shape a more secular and ethical world, right here in Sheffield.
See how ideas around place and identity have been explored by artists including Fay Godwin, David Hockney, Mandy Payne, Frank Auerbach, Eric Ravilious and and Kateřina Šedá.
Coming to Sheffield's Ponds Forge International Centre on Saturday 25 October, this will be a great day for families, sci-fi collectors, fans, and every other kind of Comic Con Fan!
Sheffield has ranked joint 7th most popular English city for international association conferences in the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) annual Country and City Rankings, and 12th in the list of UK cities.