As part of the Exploring the Collection: Colour exhibition which is due to open May 2025, Eve Oliver (Community Engagement Facilitator) will be writing a few blog posts about the project, this being the first.
Greys, blues, and blacks might remind us of a cold, wet, and gloomy winter. But at the same time, these colours hold special meanings—whether it’s in the clothes we wear, the way we decorate our spaces, or the calm we feel when looking at the ocean.
So why do some colours feel sad in one context but comforting in another? This is a question our exhibitions team will explore in our upcoming show, opening in May 2025.
The exhibition will display a “rainbow of colours” from our permanent collection. Since colour and wellbeing matter to so many people, we want to hear what colours mean to our local Salford communities. We’ll also ask how exhibitions like ours can improve wellbeing.
Starting this Christmas and running through to early 2025, including “Blue Monday” – known as the most depressing day of the year – we’ll work with local groups from Langworthy Cornerstone. Together, we’ll explore how exhibition elements can engage our audiences and learn how community ideas can shape the way we work at Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
We’re excited to collaborate with Langworthy Cornerstone, a community arts and wellbeing centre in Salford. The centre offers a wide range of services, including health and wellbeing activities, a GP surgery, a café, childcare and family support, educational activities and advice, men’s health support, smoking cessation, business training, employment support and volunteering opportunities.
Langworthy Cornerstone also partners with other providers to create new services for the community and regularly researches the impact of their work.
This project will be led by Amy Brunn, Exhibitions Manager and Caroline Alexander, Strategic Lead for Creative Health, with coordination by Eve Oliver, Community Engagement Facilitator.
We look forward to working with some new communities to create an inspiring and meaningful exhibition!
Eve Oliver, December 2024
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