Wearable Memories: Stones of the Grassland

Three silver pebble-sized brooches of abstract shape engraved with simple animal drawings

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Exhibition

PhD researcher Zihan Zhou presents jewellery and research work from her doctoral project.

Opening and preview event: Thursday 26 September, 4-6pm (open to all, no booking required)

This exhibition is part of Zihan's ongoing practice-based doctoral project, 'Wearable Memories: Contemporary Jewellery Practice Based on the Study of Nomadic Culture in Northern China'.

In this project, personal emotion and collective memory are explored through jewellery making as well as theoretical investigation, with a focus on the vanishing nomadic culture of her hometown, Inner Mongolia, Northern China.

Accessibility

There is step-free access into the gallery via a ramp and side door. During opening hours, there will be an invigilator on duty in the gallery. If you require their assistance, then please alert them on arrival by calling to them or waving at them – the entrance to the gallery is fully glazed and the main entrance door should be open.

For more information about the venue, including photographs, view the access guide for Martin Hall on AccessAble.

If you have any specific access requirements, then please contact LUArts@lboro.ac.uk in advance of your visit and we will do our best to accommodate them.

Facilities

There are toilets located on the ground floor of Martin Hall. Due to building work, the toilets currently in use are accessed through Martin Hall Theatre. Please follow the signs. There is step-free access into this building.

Martin Hall Cafe serves light refreshments and is open from 8.30am to 3.30pm weekdays only. It is located behind the gallery, accessed through the main entrance to Martin Hall.

Parking

Please note that visitors are now required to register their vehicle and pay to park on campus. There are various ways in which you can register and pay (both in advance and on arrival).

More information on visitor parking

Public transport

If you are travelling by public transport, you can take the Sprint Bus from Loughborough railway station or the town centre (Ashby Square) and alight at Loughborough College. Cross Epinal Way at the pedestrian crossing and keep going straight ahead to enter campus. This brings you onto Shirley Pearce Square, with Martin Hall on the left. 

View the full Sprint Bus timetable.

 

Image credit: ‘Stones of the Grassland’, Zihan Zhou 2023. Photo by Zihan Zhou.