Here & Now Exhibition

A fundraising exhibition and auction

50+ local artists have anonymously donated work for this exhibition and auction. Funds raised will go towards continuing and growing the museum’s pioneering work with families living with dementia.

The artworks will be auctioned between 6th – 20th June. Keep an eye on social media or join the museum’s mailing list for reminders and links to bid on these unique artworks.

The Monday Museum Club is for people with mild to moderate dementia. Using items from the museum’s historical collections and other resources, members participate in activities that help them stay in the ‘here and now’, i.e. nurturing connection, independence, and a sense of personal identity.

The Monday Museum Club was developed in partnership with Memory Matters and is designed to help with brain function to reduce memory loss.

Funds from the auction of the Here & Now artworks will go towards supporting and growing the Monday Museum Club.

£4,000 keeps one group running for a year

£8,000 keeps two groups running for a year

All the artwork in the exhibition is the same size, which is slightly larger than a regular postcard. They are all initially anonymous but signed on the back; the artist of each work will only be revealed after the auction is finished, but you can find a list of all participating artists below.

The exhibition is open for 2 weeks before the auction opens online on 6th June. It will close on 20th June during the evening event which brings the auction to a close.

Here’s a list of the artists involved:

Andrew Barrowman, Bec Appplebee, Simon Williams, Ilya Fisher, Sue Spence, Sally Atkins, Andrea Insoll, Anna Pope, Helen Trevaskis, Jill Randall, Michelle Costello, Lally MacBeth, Matthew Shaw, Penny MacBeth, Chris Insoll, Charlotte Bradberry-Axten, Daniel Cole, Caroline Wilkins, Tamsyn Trevorrow, Debbie Rudolph, Colin Mier, Isobel Terrell, Laura Frances Martin, Jane Ashdown, Paul Spooner, Sue Hill, Tony Plant, Andrea Summerskill, Nicholas Hughes, Jayne Elliott, Katie Hatherly, Matthew Johnson, Robert McKenzie, Julia McKenzie, Heather Shaw, Kit Johns, Keith Sparrow, Jess Holsey, Annabel Munn, Bev Campbell, Gillian Cooper, Philip Marsden, Charlotte Hobson, Anna Harris, Hayley Bennett, Simon Hall, Suzy Sharpe, Linus Firth, Lauren Campbell, Megan Gant, Emily Goddard.