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Join us for this special afternoon event to celebrate the Halima Cassell: From the Earth season. Join Laura MacCulloch and Corinna Henderson for a Curator’s tour of the display before hearing from the artist, leading contemporary sculptor, Halima Cassell in conversation with curator Becca Pelly-Fry.
Halima Cassell: From the Earth is a major exhibition celebrating Halima Cassell's work as one of Britain's leading contemporary sculptors. Bringing together objects from the artist's own collection - a number of which are rarely on public display - with new work created for the exhibition, this is the first solo exhibition by a contemporary artist to be shown at Watts Gallery.
Becca is an independent curator, facilitator and cultural consultant, currently based in SE London. Originally trained as a sculptor at Northumbria University, she specialises in working with emerging to mid-career artists, creating immersive experiences that encourage interaction and dialogue between art, artist and audience. Her curatorial practice encompasses an interest in materiality and the process of making, through to explorations of human/non-human relationships, symbiosis with the natural world, healing and spirituality. Becca was previously Director and Curator of Griffin Gallery (2013-2018), Head Curator for Elephant West, a large experimental art space in White City (2018-2019) and Public Programme Curator for Watts Gallery (2021-22).
Becca is also a Master Level Reiki practitioner, and a passionate advocate of holistic practices for individual and collective wellbeing.
Becca and Halima first met while putting together an early solo show at The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle upon Tyne, back in 2005.