From insightful social documentaries to intriguing showcases of local art, we’d highly recommend get stuck into these upcoming Sheffield-based screenings and exhibitions.
TV TIME MACHINE: ON THE MANOR
Showroom Cinema // 6 Jan // 6pm
Showroom Cinema and Yorkshire Film Archive celebrate the 35th anniversary of iconic series On the Manor, a four-part documentary detailing life on Sheffield’s largest council estate. Filmed over six months in 1987 against a backdrop of industrial closures, high unemployment and a looming general election, it’s an insightful snapshot of a community in flux.
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On the Manor, 1987.
STORIES FROM THE PANDEMIC: A LASTING TESTIMONY FROM SHEFFIELD
Millennium Gallery // 25 February – 5 March // Free
Stories from the Pandemic is a city wide project led by Opus, in partnership with Compassionate Sheffield and Sheffield City Council. This 10 day mixed media exhibition, set in rooms of homes during lockdown, draws from the extensive range of stories that have been gathered during the project. These will form a lasting testimony and historical record of the pandemic’s impact on the individuals and the communities they live in.
GEORGE FULLARD: LIVING IN A SCULPTURE
Graves Gallery // 14 Jan – 1 July // Free
George Fullard (1923–73) is one of Sheffield’s most celebrated artists. This new exhibition marking 100 years since his birth brings together a wide range of his drawings and sculpture to explore his work and the influences and experiences that shaped it. Beyond the exhibition, Fullard’s works are familiar Sheffield landmarks – you’ll find his sculptures outside the Winter Garden and in the Upper Chapel courtyard.
Three Women, 1958. George Fullard.
PLATFORM 22
Site Gallery // 26 Jan – 26 Feb // Free
Exhibited across three venues (Site Gallery, Yorkshire Artspace and Bloc Projects), Platform 22 features the work of five Sheffield based artists: Adebola Oyekanmi, Kedisha Coakley, Rian Treanor, Theresa Bruno and Tyler Mellins. Platform is an established artistic development programme which allows artists to explore new ideas in a public space, testing new thinking and research with engaged audiences.
FROM SKY TO SEA: ARTISTS AND WATER
Millennium Gallery // Until 12 Mar // Free
Sheffield is a city that owes its existence to water. Its rivers and streams provided the power that forged the ‘City of Steel’, but they also wrought devastation through the 1832 Cholera Epidemic and the Great Flood of 1864. This exhibition brings together painting, photography and works on paper to explore artists’ enduring fascination with water and our relationship to it.
The Head of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. James Poole.
