Birth Rites \u2013 Various locations on Canterbury campus, 13 June \u2013 September<\/strong><\/p>\n The first and only collection of contemporary artwork dedicated to the subject of childbirth has arrived on the University\u2019s Canterbury campus. The collection was established by artist and curator Helen Knowles following a touring exhibition at the Glasgow Science Centre and Manchester Museum in 2008 and has since expanded to over 90 artworks, which include tapestries from the Birth Project (1981-83) by internationally renowned artist Judy Chicago, amongst many others.<\/p>\n All artworks are acquired through artist donation or commission and includes multiple art forms, including photography, performance, sculpture, painting, print, wallpaper, drawing, new media and film. Find out more about the collection\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n The Birth Rites Summer school<\/a> will be hosted on the Canterbury Campus in September.\u00a0 There are 3 bursaries offered to Kent staff and\/or students to attend.<\/p>\n Bison Mural \u2013 Cornwallis West, created 27 June \u2013 1 July<\/strong><\/p>\n To celebrate the introduction of European Bison into Blean Woods in the summer of 2022 as part of the\u00a0Wilder Blean project<\/a>, artist\u00a0ATMstreetart<\/a>\u00a0will create a mural on the University\u2019s Cornwallis building.<\/p>\n The Wilder Blean project is a ground-breaking initiative by Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust which aims is to restore biodiversity to Blean Woods, one of the largest areas of ancient woodland in the United Kingdom. Bison are ecosystem engineers whose natural behaviours will help transform the woods into a lush, thriving, biodiverse environment once more.<\/p>\n Fish and Chips \u2013 Templeman Gallery, 22 June \u2013 September<\/strong><\/p>\n This exciting exhibition, originally commissioned by Counterpoints Arts, explores how the history of Britain\u2019s favourite dish is rooted in migration, movement and global trade. Artist Olivier Kugler, and writer Andrew Humphreys, reveal stories of migration from fish and chip shop owners across Kent.<\/p>\n The display has been co-curated by a volunteer Research and Curation Group who have reflected on themes presented within the Great British Fish and Chips exhibition. Find out more\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unfiltered Coast \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Gulbenkian Arts Centre<\/strong><\/a>, 27 June \u2013 1 July<\/strong><\/p>\n The exhibition of artwork on coastal climate change by young people in Kent\u00a0returns to the Canterbury campus for a second showing at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre. Part of Unfiltered Coast \u2013 a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council that engages young people in climate research on the Kent coast \u2013 the exhibition gives young people with an opportunity to express their concerns about climate change and the water crisis through art.<\/p>\n The team also hope to bring the exhibition to Ramsgate later in the year. Find out more\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n YouNome \u2013 Jarman, Studio 3 Gallery, 4 July \u2013 14 August<\/strong><\/p>\n This exciting and thought-provoking art-science collaboration between artist Keith Robinson<\/a> and Biosciences researchers\u00a0Dr Gary Robinson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Professor Darren Griffin<\/a> explores genomics in a novel way through a series of Keith\u2019s self-portraits, demonstrating the impact of individual chromosomes. Find our more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kent\u2019s students will also be hosting an exhibition at The Beaney in Canterbury.\u00a0\u2018Unveiled\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>is a special exhibition curated by students on the University of Kent\u2019s\u00a0MA Curating<\/a>\u00a0programme which explores the relationship between revealing and concealing the self through masks, prints, paintings, film, and interactive filters. The exhibition, which is free, will run from Saturday 2 July to Sunday 31 July (Closed Mondays). Find out more\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n