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The Nereids: An Exhibition from the Lettering Arts Trust
February 20th 2023 @ 12:00 am - March 10th 2023 @ 12:00 am
The Lettering Arts Trust continues its national tour of ‘The Nereids’ exhibition, and appropriately, this time they will be exhibited swimming in a unique location: Mosely Road Baths in Birmingham. The show will feature work by QEST David Blackburn Scholar Lisi Ashbridge.
The Nereids, attendants of Poseidon, were revered by the citizens of Ancient Greece and Rome as the benign goddesses of the sea’s rich bounty and protectors of sailors and fishermen. Numbering around 50, each Nereid represented a personification of a particular attribute of the sea. They were renowned for their beauty and were commonly found frolicking amongst the waves of the Mediterranean, and the Aegean Sea.
This free exhibition presents artists’ interpretations of Nereids in carved stone, wood, etching, and letter press print.
Private View from 6pm to 8pm on Monday 20th February. Please let us know if you would like to attend by emailing [email protected]
All works will be for sale from the venue or via our website.
As part of the exhibition programme the Lettering Arts Trust has organised a family workshop during half-term (on Friday 24 February) in which lettering artist Chrissie Nichols will encourage participants to interpret and create their own Nereids, with a focus on lettering. For more details please see our workshop page.