Faye Claridge: We Bear tours to the Ann Arbor Art Fair
Installation view, Faye Claridge, We Bear (2021). Coventry Biennial 2021, HYPER-POSSIBLE, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. Photographer, Tegen Kimbley.
We Bear by artist Faye Claridge was commissioned for our third Biennial HYPER-POSSIBLE, alongside UK City of Culture 2021, a project working remotely with people in prisons in the UK and US.
We Bear asked participants to create new artworks inspired by themes around the Warwickshire symbol of the chained bear. She paired two folk art paintings from the two countries, showing different treatments of captive bears. These, as metaphors, provided inspiration for participants to explore personal experiences of incarceration throughout the global pandemic.
We Bear is part of the Ann Arbour Art Fair, presented in collaboration with PCAP and the Guild of Artists & Artisans, being presented at the largest juried art fair in the US (attracting almost half a million visitors).
Faye is inviting audiences to get an exclusive look into the makings of the compelling international collaboration. Hear from Faye Claridge, project creator, and a recently released participant, along with commissioners ourselves Coventry Biennial and UK prison education provider Novus.
Zoom webinar | Thursday 14 July 7pm GMT (2:00 p.m. US Eastern Standard Time). Click here to register.
We Bear is supported by Ann Arbor Art Fair, Arts Council England, Coventry Biennial, Guild of Artists and Artisans, Novus Foundations for Change.
by Tegen Kimbley