‘How We See Ourselves’ uses poetry, visual art and animation to move the lives, interests, talents and challenges of people with learning disabilities – as well as those who support them – from being a marginal conversation within communities to a central focus, with the exhibition providing a multi-media invitation for us all to pause and ask ‘how we see ourselves’ as individuals and as a collective, as well as reflecting on inclusion in its broadest sense.
Over the past four months, customers and staff of Trindlemoss Day Opportunities in Irvine, along with members of North Ayrshire Neighbourhood Networks groups, have been working on the project alongside poet Simon Lamb, visual artist Lynn McNally and filmmaker Jim Gibb to create the diverse range of artworks on display at the exhibition.
The exhibition runs until Saturday 21 October in the back gallery space of the Harbour Arts Centre, Harbour Street, Irvine.
Admission is free and no booking is required. Opening hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9.30am to 5pm on Fridays and 9am to 4.30pm on Saturdays.