2011 artists in residence
Frances Priest and Lisa Gallacher
1 Jan 11 – 31 Dec 11

Yorkshire Artspace selected two artists for their residency programme in 2011: Edinburgh based artist ceramicist Frances Priest and Glasgow based artist Lisa Gallacher. Both artists developed new ideas for the creation of new work involving people from the Manor and Parson Cross neighbourhoods in Sheffield.  

Frances Priest

Frances exhibited stage 1 of New Manor Ware at Manor Lodge's Turret House on 24th September when 150 people visited her in the banqueting room where they were served gold leaf decorated ginger cake made by Green Estate's own master chef Anthony Dunn.  From 2nd to 11th November the work was shown at Persistence Works Gallery.

New Manor Ware, a new range of tableware inspired by the beautifully crafted decorative plaster ceiling of the banqueting room, depicts drawings and prints made by 86 people from local community groups with whom Frances worked over the time of her residency.  The drawings were incorporated in a complex design reflecting the richly layered history of the Turret House from 16thC to its present day.   

Frances trained as a ceramicist in Edinburgh. Her work is held in many museum collections in the UK and abroad. Frances is also very experienced art projects’ facilitator and has, over the last 5 years, worked with many different community groups in Scotland. She completed her residency in October 2011.  

Green Estate, our partner organisation at Manor Lodge will continue to work with Frances in 2012 to help design a commercial range of tableware which will go into production later this year. 

Lisa Gallacher

Artist Lisa Gallacher lives and works in Glasgow and has been developing her practice to a national and international level for the past 12 years. Her work focuses on designing and creating wearable garment collections then can be seen as artworks in their own right.

Recently Lisa has worked on arts projects with groups of young people addressing issues around identity, locality and fashion. In one of these projects 'From D&G to D&G' (from Dumfries & Galloway to Dolce & Gabbana to) Lisa worked with over 250 young people from Dumfries schools to explore their sense of self, community and place.

In anticipation of the new Knutton Road Artist Studios managed by Yorkshire Artspace within the SOAR Works development in Parson Cross, Lisa will work in the neighbourhood during 2011with a group of ten Parson Cross residents of different ages to develop the Parson Cross: Made to Measure project.

Lisa has been making regular visits to Parson Cross to work with her selected group of collaborators on developing their ideas and personal stories relating to their neighbourhood into designs for their unique 'Made to Measure' garments.

"Every person working with me over the course of my residency will develop their own unique garment inspired by family, community life and the locality of Parson Cross. My work is often the product of direct engagement with particular communities. I am drawn towards situations where I can explore what it means to belong (or not belong) to a particular place. The reason I was drawn to this residency being offered by Yorkshire Artspace was that it had a very specific location; Parson Cross. I hope that Parson Cross: Made to Measure will not only provide the chance for participants to exchange ideas and share skills but that during the course of the year I will understand a little better what it means to be from the Parson Cross.”  Lisa Gallacher, January 2011