Assembly
Assembly is an annual exhibition programme of newly commissioned work by emerging artists based in the Black Country.
Initiated as part of Multistory’s artist development programme Blast Creative Network (BCN), the opportunity platforms emerging artists from across the region, and makes space for them to push their practice and experiment with making new work.
Assembly 2024
Community Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall
9 August – 17 November 2024
Preview: Thursday 8 August, 6-8pm. All welcome.
We’re delighted to be partnering with The New Art Gallery Walsall on the next iteration of Assembly. Over 6 months, 3 artists selected through open call will be supported curatorially and mentored by The New Art Gallery Walsall and Multistory teams, and have access to development opportunities and social networks through the respective TNAGW and BCN programmes.
In our first year of working in partnership on this project, we are delighted to be working with artists Leah Hickey, Jamal Lloyd Davis and Tomilola Olumide.
Assembly 2023
13 – 26 July, 2023
The Wolverhampton School of Art
Opening event: 13 July 2023, 5.30-8pm, with performance by Neoliberalizard.
This first exhibition of the programme contained works that responded to the wider Black Country, with its multiplicity of voices and communities and stories of migration. Artistic practice as a means of exploring our sense of place, the meaning of home, and the many identities that coexist within us.
Artists: Daya Bhatti, Susan Brisco, Thomas Jack Brown, Sukhjeven Chumber, Amelia Hawk, Shannel James, Neoliberalizard, Chantal Pitts, Isobel Scarsbrook, Natasha Stoianovska.
Exhibition poster design by The Swift Design.
Exhibition Handout
Still from The Fissure, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown. Still from The Fissure, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown.
Assembly 2023 Poster, designed by The Swift Design Assembly 2023 Poster, designed by The Swift Design
Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco
Self Portrait, Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts Self Portrait, Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts
Candala – Wah (3033) & Flip your mid (3033), Trippy Triptych, Neoliberalizard Candala – Wah (3033) & Flip your mid (3033), Trippy Triptych, Neoliberalizard
Where do I belong?, Shannel James Where do I belong?, Shannel James
Performance by Neoliberalizard, Assembly 2023 Performance by Neoliberalizard, Assembly 2023
Unnamed Queen of Fair Elfland, Mermaid of Marden, Isobel Scarsbrook Unnamed Queen of Fair Elfland, Mermaid of Marden, Isobel Scarsbrook
Self Portrait, Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts Self Portrait, Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts
Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts
Threads of Identity, Daya Bhatti Threads of Identity, Daya Bhatti
Flip your mid (3033), Trippy Triptych, Neoliberalizard Flip your mid (3033), Trippy Triptych, Neoliberalizard
Rhapsody with Nature film, Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco Rhapsody with Nature film, Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco
Pilgrimidj, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown. Pilgrimidj, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown.
Adaptation, Natasha Stoianovska Adaptation, Natasha Stoianovska
Adaptation, Natasha Stoianovska & Taste of Emotion, Amelia Hawk Adaptation, Natasha Stoianovska & Taste of Emotion, Amelia Hawk
Go Home, Sukhjeven Chumber Go Home, Sukhjeven Chumber
Rhapsody with Nature film, Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco Rhapsody with Nature film, Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco
Threads of Identity, Daya Bhatti Threads of Identity, Daya Bhatti
Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco
Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts
Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts
Mermaid of Marden, Isobel Scarsbrook Mermaid of Marden, Isobel Scarsbrook
Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts Nest of the Matriarchs, Chantal Pitts
Pilgrimidj, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown. Pilgrimidj, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown.
Noctiluca, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown. Noctiluca, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown.
Still from Rhapsody of Nature, Susan Brisco Still from Rhapsody of Nature, Susan Brisco
Still from Fissure, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown. Still from Fissure, From There to Here screening programme, Thomas Jack Brown.
Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco Plants as ink around the Black Country, Susan Brisco
Performance by Neoliberalizard, Assembly 2023 Performance by Neoliberalizard, Assembly 2023
Assembly 2023 opening event Assembly 2023 opening event
Assembly 2023 opening event Assembly 2023 opening event
