Art in the Minster

Art In The Minster was a programme of contemporary art exhibitions at Grimsby Minster, produced in partnership with arts collective Our Big Picture.

The project presented works that had previously been exhibited at 20-21, within the setting of a busy working church and community hub. Special consideration was given to artworks that were appropriate to the setting, either responding to world religions, or that worked well within the architectural setting.

Grimsby Minster – 18 January to 15 February 2017

The Chandelier of Lost Earrings is the third in a programme of contemporary art exhibitions at Grimsby Minster organised by Our Big Picture in partnership with 20-21 Visual Arts Centre.

The result of a mass-participatory art project by artists Sharon Campbell and Lauren Sagar, this stand-alone sculpture was originally made as part of a series of installations in the courtyards of St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester.

In 2011 the pair put a call out for people to donate individual earrings that had become separated from their partners. A successful press and social media campaign followed resulting in them collecting over 3000 earrings over 12 months. From these earrings they made a 2.5m high chandelier that drips with glittering jewels and delicate threads of fine chain.

The Chandelier of Lost Earrings has now toured to several venues and connected with thousands of people. It tells hundreds of stories gifted in the form of a single, cherished earring – its pair having been lost.

The Chandelier of Lost Earrings was overall winner in the Arts category in the 2014 National Lottery Awards for the best Lottery funded art project in the UK.

Art in the Minster is funded by Arts Council England and the David Ross Foundation.

Other works in the programme:

• 8 March to 5 April 2017 – Tracey Holland – Ordinalia
• 6 April to 21 May 2016 – Richard Bartle – Deities at the Bottom of the Garden
• 14 September to 19 October 2016 – Robert Koenig – Memorial Structure