Artist in residence – Claire Lucas “In My Element” | 14th – 18th October

Our latest artist-in-residence Claire Lucas has been hard at work since August, working on her project entitled “In My Element”.

Her residency culminates (or possibly starts its next phase!) in the week of 14th-18th October, when Claire will exhibit her work in the Elizabeth Treffry Room and deliver a talk about her time  with us. Over the last few months, she has been drawing small pencil portraits of members, volunteers and staff, as well as capturing their thoughts about the library, which will be on display. Over the course of next week, Claire will be working on more portraits, and asking anyone who’d like to, to help her create a collaborative piece of integrated art and writing, that celebrates the theme of ‘in my element’ in the library community.

Claire will be in situ in the Elizabeth Treffry Room all day Tuesday, Thursday afternoon, all day Friday and on Saturday morning, so please drop in to see her work and say hello, and take part if you would like to. The exhibition will be open to see all week.

Claire will also be giving a talk on Saturday the 18th at 2pm about her residency, and the process of using creativity to find your way home to yourself, and how place, space, surroundings and shared experiences can be the ‘element’ in which this process comes alive. Get in touch with the library to join the ballot.

You can read more about Claire, her work and her residency on this blog: https://morrablibrary.org.uk/clairelucas/