Sunderland Pride of Place Project: 10 Years On
22 March – 11 May 2025
Launch: Friday 21 March, 6.30 – 8.30pm, all welcome!
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space
“A lot of people write off places they don’t even know about”
Jan Williams – The Caravan Gallery
In March 2015, The Caravan Gallery brought their weird and wonderful photographs celebrating everyday life in Britain to Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art.
Over a hundred colour photographs full of humour, joy and social commentary were exhibited in the exhibition extra(ordinary) Photographs of Britain by The Caravan Gallery at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, then based on Fawcett Street in Sunderland.
The exhibition was accompanied by a Pride of Place Project, in an empty shop unit on Fawcett Street, devised for Sunderland by photographers Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale of The Caravan Gallery. The shop unit provided a space to host events, workshops and informal conversations against a changing backdrop of locally submitted artworks, memories and interactive activities, exploring the heritage and folklore of Sunderland. This was all supported by their trademark travelling art gallery housed in a distinctive 1960s yellow caravan.
Ten years on we are revisiting this truly unique project with a new exhibition comprised of the material generated in Sunderland in 2015. The exhibition poses the questions – How has Sunderland changed in this time? What has Sunderland gained and lost? What makes you proud about Sunderland?
