Join us! Adrianna Whittingham, Engagement Producer at Goldsmiths CCA will give a tour of the exhibition and share news of upcoming workshops for schools and the future programme. There will also be an update from LEAN on Lewisham's new Cultural Pledge and autumn conference.
Date: 11/06/2026
Time: 4.15pm-5.45pm
Location: Goldsmiths CCA Gallery, St James’, New Cross London SE14 6AD
Goldsmiths CCA’s upcoming Exhibition Flare-Up will run from 21 May-16 Aug, and will be the first institutional exhibition in London to bring together UK-based and international visual artists whose work engages with the poetics and aesthetics of illness, disability, neurodivergence and deafness.
A flare-up refers to the fluctuating intensity of symptoms associated with chronic conditions; in music, a flare is a surge in volume or energy – an escalation that can also be celebratory. The exhibition draws on this affective quality, presenting works that use light, sound and water to engage with transcendence, mourning and joy. Many works address the daily rituals of care – or survival – alongside the labour of access. They also attend to the spiritual and redemptive, whether through hope placed in a medical system where much remains unexplained, or through the bodily and emotional intensities of pain, exclusion and alienation, intercut with intimacy and pleasure.
Agenda
4pm Arrivals, tea & coffee, soft drink available
4.15pm Welcome, Exhibition tour with Adrianna
4.45pm Goldsmiths present current programme of workshops, offer for teachers and preview of autumn exhibitions led by Adrianna in Residents Space, short Q&A
5.00pm LEAN chairs discussion on Cultural Connector provision with opportunity for feedback, suggestions, requests and questions. Update on LCEP and Cultural Pledge and autumn conference.
5.15pm Wine and networking
5.45pm Event ends
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Image credit: Racheal Crowther, Qualified to Care, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Stephen James.
