Shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2021!
Hastings is celebrating
Project Art Works’ Nomination for the Turner Prize!
Project Art Works’ collective of neurodiverse artists and makers and their caregivers have been Shortlisted for one of the world’s most prestigious art prizes, The Turner Prize.
The nomination is in recognition of its artistic practice that celebrates and raises awareness of the dynamic and extraordinary contribution neurominorities make to society, art and culture.
Project Art Works is the UK’s leading artist-led organisation working with children, young people and adults who have complex support needs. Neurodiversity is defined as autistic or other neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behaviour.
The jury praised the organisation’s continuing work through the pandemic, both online and in a residency at Hastings Contemporary where passers-by can still encounter work by the collective through the windows of the closed gallery until the 2nd of May.
The Project Art Works Collective will be part of the Turner Prize exhibition, which will open at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry in September 2021, with the winner announced on the 1st December 2021.
“We are so grateful for many of the partnerships and our supporters that have trusted us and enabled people who have complex support needs to represent themselves in art and culture. They are the change-makers.”
— Kate Adams, CEO/Artist Director
Project Art Works is a project partner of the ‘Town to Sea Creative Quarter’, a proposed Hastings Town Deal Investment Plan programme that includes a Wellbeing Centre with a Public Living Room, 12 homes for people leaving supported accommodation, and a gallery and event space, creative artist studios and a community hub. Working with Project Art Works, the space will become ultra-accessible, bringing those with support needs into the centre of our community.
Hastings’ Town Deal Investment Plan was submitted to the government in February 2021, along with 100 other bids from towns and cities across the UK. Hastings, along with 57 other towns, expect to hear from the government on its decision on how much funding will be allocated to Hastings’ bid in the next few weeks.
Image: Part of the Project Art Works Collective, Hastings Contemporary, May 2021 © Project Art Works
