Socket artist Helen Williams has been selected for inclusion in the MK Gallery‘s January Project Space exhibition ‘Wunderkammer’. The exhibition draws on the history of the Cabinet of Curiosities, and features contibutions from artists and collectors across a range of themes in a celebration of the practice of collecting.

‘The Gedye Light Trunk’ (detail), Helen Williams

The exhibition is open daily except Mondays until Sunday 2nd Feb 2014, and is free of charge. Visit the MK Gallery website for details of opening hours and related exhibitions and events, including the launch of  the associated exhibition ‘Treasures in MK‘ in the main galleries, Thursday 23rd January 2014.

Socket artists Barbara Clayton, Jane Pepper, Nicola Rae and Janet Turville are four of the artists who have been selected to make work for The Web of Water, an international art, heritage, and educational project exploring ways in which we relate to water.

Organised by Artcore, Derby, the Web of Water art exhibition is curated by Sandhya Gajjar, Saira Lloyd and by socket artist Tracey Kershaw and features responses by both Indian and English artists to perspectives on water in an exploration of the ‘Graphic Novel’ format.

The exhibition will launch at the The Atrium Gallery, ICCA, 99 Hucknall Road, Nottingham on Saturday 25th January 2014, 11am – 1pm. It continues until 28th March, before moving to other venues in the East Midlands throughout 2014, and ultimately to the MS University, Baroda, India.

Visit the Web of Water website for more details of the project.