Exhibition 2023
The Irregular Art School was an art exhibition showcasing a selection of artworks created during the research. It considered the barriers that artists at Pyramid have faced, as well as pieces which are outcomes of new and experimental collaborations with students and artists across the city.
The exhibition opened on Friday, 3rd February 2023, in the Project Space at the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies and closed on 24th February 2023. We also hosted a series of events where people could visit the exhibition with us.
A message from the curator
“Nature is irregular. Life is irregular. People are irregular. It’s time that higher education fits the people who use it and not the status quo. If higher education remains closed off to the many who cannot access it or do not feel welcome within it, then there will always be pools and pools of untapped creativity. Working on this project has, first and foremost, been an opportunity to work with vibrant and talented artists and be exposed to the rainbow of out-of-the-box thinking that they bring to the table. I have learned that making art education more accessible for people with disabilities can actually help everyone, not just those who live with impairments. Who doesn’t want to feel more welcomed and understood? To feel that their individual needs and interests are respected and fulfilled? To feel that their potential has been supported and unlocked through the higher education process, instead of stifled and limited…? Irregular Art Schools is a vision of what that could look like. All of us stand to lose out if we keep excluding those who don’t easily fit into the boxes those who came before us created and this research and the accompanying exhibition is proof of that.”