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Current and upcoming exhibitions

Current exhibition

Bethan Maddocks, Making the Cut

Darlington Library Gallery

Monday 22 November - Thursday 16 December 2021

Bethan Maddocks Making the Cut poster Bethan Maddocks Mushroom Circle Bethan Maddocks Ladder Tree Bethan Maddocks Studio Shot

Photo credit: Bec Hughes

Presented with thanks to The Dover Prize

Explore giant ladders, paper leaves and open books in this presentation of new work that celebrates the forests and trees of County Durham.

Making the Cut will share Bethan’s experiments with hand and machine cutting to present a series of sculptures and explorations in paper, Perspex and metal.

Artist Bethan Maddocks, winner of The Dover Prize 2019, works with light, paper, fabric and found objects to make sculptures and installations that audiences can touch, explore or add to.

During the last two years she has explored new technologies in paper cutting and paper sculpting techniques, to create a series of work and exhibitions developed with support from The Dover Prize

Having aimed to work closely with the community in 2020, Bethan shifted the focus of this work to instead reflect the landscapes and forests that both shaped the heritage and industry of County Durham and provided a salve of respite for the community in recent challenging times.

The Dover Prize is a 2-year bursary awarded to an artist to provide them with time to think, research, reflect and experiment with new ideas to create work premiered in Darlington.

bethanmaddocks.com [external link]

Upcoming exhibition

Library restoration

Following Bethan Maddocks exhibition we are expecting the exhibition programme in the gallery at Darlington Library to be put on hold for several months during the restoration of Darlington Library, which will include work to Darlington Library roof.

We will update you on this page when the exhibition programme in the gallery at Darlington Library re-opens.

In the meantime we always welcome approaches with proposals for exhibitions in Darlington.

Please contact the Creative Darlington Manager, Stephen Wiper, at [email protected] if you would like to bring an exhibition to Darlington Library.

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