DASH on the press

Join Heather Peak, DASH Artistic Director/CEO, artist and Start the Press! printmaker, together with other artists who identify as Disabled and/or neurodivergent, as they use the printing press as a catalyst to create printed stationery for the new and evolving DASH library.

About DASH
DASH is a Disabled led visual arts charity. It creates opportunities for Disabled artists to develop their creative practice. These opportunities take many forms, from high quality commissions to community based workshops, the work it creates is centred around its vision and mission. DASH are currently a remote-working organisation, in residence at Ikon Gallery during 2024 and meeting as a team twice a month.

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First Floor

Suitable for all ages. Seating available

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VENUE

Ikon Gallery

1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS

Image Credits

1. Dash book collection. Image courtesy of DASH 2. Heather Peak, Printmaking Studio at Ikon Gallery (2024). Photo by Tod Jones

Exhibition 09.02.2024–21.04.2024

Start the Press!

The centrepiece of Start the Press! is a vintage, flatbed printing press from Wolverhampton School of Art, taking its position in the gallery as a form of protest or occupation in the tradition of the student art-school sit-ins of the 1960s, and in response to the current challenging economic landscape. A cohort of West Midlands printmakers will operate the press, producing original prints and filling the gallery walls as work is made in real time.

Events/Exhibitions 28.03.2024–30.03.2024

Printmaking Studio: Heather Peak

Heather Peak presents a Printmaking Studio as part of Ikon’s exhibition Start the Press! (9 February – 21 April 2024).

DASH on the press

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