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The pArtnership

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the pARTnership is a creative and professional development project for artists with a learning disability. It is led by Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool in partnership with lead artist Tina Dempsey, The New Langdale, (A Blackpool Council daytime service for adults with a learning disability) and with peer support from Venture Arts, Manchester. It is funded by Arts Council England as part of Grundy Art Gallery's National Portfolio funding status.

Now in its fifth year, the pARTnership has seen its artists exhibit locally, nationally and internationally. Work has been collected into public and private collections, the project has been profiled in local and national press and artists from the project are now represented by commercial galleries. 

To date, exhibitions include: Grundy Art Gallery and Abingdon Studios in Blackpool, The Manchester Contemporary (2021/2022/23), Manchester Art Galelry, The Horsfall in Manchester, Mura Ma in Marple, art fairs in Paris and New York and Outside / In national open exhibition at Sotheby's in London. pARTnership artist in represented by Jennifer Lauren Gallery, while artists Chloe Macfarlane, Kylie New and Samantha Bragg are represented by Outside In, a national organisation that provides a platform for artists who face significant barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance or isolation.

To find out more about the project, the artists and artwork please follow the projects own Instagram page at @thepartnership or contact Paulette Brien, Curator at Grundy Art Gallery 01253 478170

Location

Blackpool

Artists

Chloe Macfarlane
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  • Artist: Chloe Macfarlane Title: Me & Tom Date: 2024 Dimensions: 21 x 29.7cm Media: soft pastel on paper Photo credit: Tina Dempsey 
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