2008 - exhibitions

November 25th - December 21st, 2008
Sheffield Artist's Book Prize Exhibition
The Sheffield Artist’s Book Prize is an open submission exhibition, held to coincide with the Off the Shelf Festival which takes place annually in Sheffield during the months of October and November. The inaugural exhibition was staged at Bank Street in November and December of 2008. One of the galleries at Bank Street was filled with armchairs and sofas, the books themselves placed on shelves around the room; visitors to the exhibition were given a voting form and asked to choose their favourite book(s).

We received over 200 votes from visitors to the exhibition.

The winning entry was Make by Katherine Johnson;

second was 'The Book of Trees' by Emma Parker,

and third was 'Wings' by Jenny Hughes.
The full list of participants was as follows:
Amalia Arfelt Frans Baake Caroline Barker Silvana Blasbalg Jackie Bowcutt Melanie Bush Glynis Candler Eleanor Jane Cardwell Jonathan Carson & Rosie Miller Lin Charlston Melanie Gibbons Shirley Greer Kaite Helps Pat Hodson & Liz Cashden Glenn Holman Jenny Hughes	Anna Johnson Katherine Johnson Mette Juul Michiko Kashiba Christine Kennedy Jane Kennelly Susanne Klary Verena Klary Niki Lederer & Hannes Priesch Linda Lewis Ricardo Liong-A-kong Victoria Lucas Lisa Mallette Graham McDougal Arnaldo Juan Orellana Emma Parker	Josie Panidou Eva Rader Lizzie Ridout Trudy Roe Jonathan Rowland Ailie Rutherford Wilber H Schilling seekers of lice Mark Smith Annette Thegenholm Ronald Lee Thompson Sandra Vick Georgina Vinsun Steve White Hayley Wright

November 15th - December 21st, 2008

Twelve Glass Cabinets

The cheap and cheerful IKEA glass cabinet seems to have become the display medium of choice in craft galleries, specialist jewellery shops and fairs around the country. Twelve Glass Cabinets was an exhibition paying homage to the cabinet and critiquing its use.
In a specially commissioned pre Christmas selling exhibition twelve jewellers were each allocated their own cabinet and each offered their own unique take on the exhibiting, display and selling of jewellery in general.

Jewellers: Jivan Astfalck, Elizabeth Callinicos, Lin Cheung, Shelby Fitzpatrick, Joanne Haywood, Julia Keyte, Anna Lorenz, Laura Potter, Zoe Robertson, Felicity Rowley, Abigail Stradling, Syan van Niftrik.

November 28th - December 21st, 2008
Ken Horne - Almost Precious
Ken Horne was the first Artist in Residence at Bank Street Arts from April to December 2008. Almost Precious was a show of new work at the end of that residency. Born into a mining community on the outskirts of Sheffield, Ken has lived and worked for most of his life in and around the city. Instead of working in the mining industry, he drifted from one job to another taking in farming, lorry driving, a spell in a circus, and a period as an industrial spy. Much of his working life has revolved around the construction and deconstruction industry, in which he still works part time to fund his work as artist. At the age of 50 in 2007 he graduated in Contemporary Fine Art from Sheffield Hallam University. His work then, as now, both draws upon and reflects his industrial experience. Ken works with a wide range of materials and media in both 2D and 3D. As part of the Galvanise festival Ken produced a new series of works using recycled metal, in particular copper, lead and steel. These and other reclaimed materials reflect his industrial experience in the construction industry. Repeated themes and processes involve layering, erosion and renewal, and the struggle between natural forces and human interventions. Through these ideas he also explores his personal psychological journey. The dance between freedom and constraint produces tactile work that engages the senses, often with a distinctly disturbing edge.

November 15th - December 21st, 2008
Twelve Glass Cabinets
The cheap and cheerful IKEA glass cabinet seems to have become the display medium of choice in craft galleries, specialist jewellery shops and fairs around the country. Twelve Glass Cabinets was an exhibition paying homage to the cabinet and critiquing its use. In a specially commissioned pre Christmas selling exhibition twelve jewellers were each allocated their own cabinet and each offered their own unique take on the exhibiting, display and selling of jewellery in general.
Jewellers: Jivan Astfalck, Elizabeth Callinicos, Lin Cheung, Shelby Fitzpatrick, Joanne Haywood, Julia Keyte, Anna Lorenz, Laura Potter, Zoe Robertson, Felicity Rowley, Abigail Stradling, Syan van Niftrik.