Conflict & the Creative Arts
Exhibition

This exhibition features an array of artworks that respond to the theme of conflict. With pieces across film, photography, illustration and sculpture, the artists delve into narratives of conflict, from identity politics to armed conflict.

Event details

  • 21 October 2021 - 31 October 2021

    10:00-17:00 (GMT)

    UCA Canterbury

The Fight for Freedom (c) Jack Price

This exhibition coincides with UCA's inaugural Conflict and the Creative Arts Conference, 21 October 2021, bringing academics, artists, practitioners and researchers together to debate the role artistic practice plays in transforming the social reality of people in contexts of conflict. 

Visitors to UCA Canterbury can explore the display in the Cragg Corridor exhibition space. The artworks have also been brought together in a digital exhibition that you can discover below.

With thanks to the talented artists who contributed their work:

Laura Espinosa Loaiza, At Conflict with Conflict, Digital IllustrationJack Price, The Fight for Freedom, Photography 

Taylor Shaw, The Spaces In-Between, Sculpture 

Maxine Chester, Reach, Multi-Sensory Installation and Disappearing Act, Multi-Sensory Installation

Sharon McElroy, Disturb_ance, Video 

Visual Voices, Digital Graffiti and Storytelling App 

Eileen Harrisson, Street Violence, Mixed-Media Textile Piece and A Cape for Healing, Mixed-Media