East Pallant House, 1 East Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TY Tel: 01243 534679 Email: [email protected] Date of Release: 18 May 2015 Ref: 3522 The Novium Museum in Chichester wins public vote to work with award-winning artist Thousands of people have backed The Novium Museum in Chichester and helped it come top in a national public vote to work with an acclaimed artist. The Novium Museum beat Hackney Museum, Compton Verney, the Museum of Oxford and Towcester Museum to become the winning venue for Culture 24’s national Connect! Museums at Night competition. The prize will bring award winning artist Yinka Shonibare MBE to Chichester to lead an event at the museum as part of the next Museums at Night festival in October. Shonibare will work with The Novium Museum to create Inventive Factory art spaces throughout the museum inspired by local inventor Colin Pullinger, whose own Inventive Factory was based in Selsey. The mini-festival of creative arts will explore Shonibare’s favourite theme of identity. It will be a collaborative event reaching out across the local community involving students, artists and community groups to create an Alternative Museum collection. “We are delighted to have won and would like to thank everyone who voted for us, we have been overwhelmed by the support from the local community,” says Cathy Hakes, Museum Manager. “It is such an honour to have been hand-picked by Shonibare as a venue he would like to work with, and winning the vote gives us a really exciting opportunity to bring something a little different to The Novium Museum.” Shonibare’s work explores issues of race and class through a variety of different media and has been exhibited at many prestigious venues across the globe. He is most known for his trademark bright ‘African’ batik material which he uses to question the meaning of cultural and national definitions. A Turner prize nominee in 2004, ‘Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle’ became his first public art commission on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2010. “We are looking forward to getting started on our project with Shonibare, and to host an exciting event which will involve and engage the local community,” adds Cathy. ENDS For further information, please contact Clare Hawkin, Public Relations Officer, on 01243 534679
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