Ards Arts Centre is pleased to announce the opening of two new exhibitions: There and Back, a solo exhibition by Lisa Ballard and REFRAMING & CONNECTING, a group exhibition by Brain Injury Matters NI and Rachel Fitzpatrick. Both exhibitions will run from Thursday 30 April to Saturday 23 May.
There and Back by Donaghadee based visual artist Lisa Ballard, is an exploration into the processes used in her landscape painting, processes that serve to represent the blurred memories we have of places and allows the creation of a new imagined landscape. These landscape paintings will look beyond the physical to draw on emotional experience and memory of place, pushing towards abstraction.
Travelling has been vital in Lisa’s personal exploration of painting as a medium. This exhibition will feature a selection of new work inspired by past locations she has visited, both near and far.
Led by artist, researcher and designer Rachel Fitzpatrick, REFRAMING & CONNECTING features a new site‑specific installation co‑created with Brain Injury Matters NI. Drawing on Fitzpatrick’s practice at the intersection of creative health, craft and museums, and her lived experience of acquired brain injury, the work builds on past collaborations exhibited at Roe Valley Arts Centre in Limavady, Trinity College Dublin and Penn State University, USA.
Audiences can expect an immersive installation made from intricate paper crafts, exploring journeys of rehabilitation, reconnection and identity, and revealing often‑unseen narratives of life after acquired brain injury through collaborative making and storytelling.
An opening reception will take place on Thursday 30 April from 7–9pm, where visitors can enjoy a complimentary drink, meet the artists, and explore the work.
For more information on the exhibitions, visit; www.andculture.org.uk