BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11014@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251004T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251004T133000 DTSTAMP:20251001T151514Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/firehawks-exhibition-tour-and-po rtfolio-reviews-with-stephen-king/ SUMMARY:: Firehawks exhibition tour and portfolio reviews with Stephen King DESCRIPTION:Socially Engaged Photography Network North West Meet-Up \n\nSa turday 4 October / 1.30pm–3.30pm / Open Eye Gallery \n\nfree\, drop in for the tour / RSVP for a portfolio review\n\nJoin us for the next Social ly Engaged Photography Network’s North West regional meet-up with guest speaker and socially engaged photographer Stephen King\, who will discuss his current exhibition on a gallery tour of Firehawks.\n\nFirehawks is a project which is the first of its kind and the culmination of years of re search\, beginning with a collaboration with Open Eye Gallery in 2021\, wh ere Stephen explored his own experience of firesetting. After collaborati ng with London Fire Brigade Firesetting Intervention Scheme\, Northumberla nd Fire and Rescue Service and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service as well as numerous conversations and workshops with individuals with lived experi ence\, he has developed an exhibition of work borne out of his innate abil ity to listen and respond to people’s experiences and sensitively transp ose their accounts into visual\, metaphorical depictions.\n\nThe exhibitio n tour will be followed by a Q&\;A with you\, our audience.\n\nWe will also have optional one-one portfolio reviews\, where we’d like to see your own photographic or socially engaged work if you’d like to share it with us. Please RSVP via Eventbrite and we’ll then send you a link to choose a 15-minute slot for your portfolio review.\n\nWe will all then co me back together for a final group discussion.\n\nSchedule\n\n1.30pm–2pm : Introduction to SEPN and Firehawks gallery tour by Stephen King and Liz Wewiora (Head of Social Practice at Open Eye Gallery) with time for Q&\ ;A\n\n2.15pm–3.15pm: Optional one-one bookable portfolio review slots wi th Stephen King\, Liz Wewiora and Angy Williams (Firehawks Creative Produc er)\n\n3.15pm–3.30pm: Final group discussion and time to share work with the wider group.\n\nSEPN (Socially Engaged Photography Network) is a nat ional initiative which supports the discussion and acceleration of sociall y engaged photographic practice. This means projects where artists and com munities come together to co-author or co-produce work about topics which matter to them.\n\nStephen King is a socially engaged photographer with o ver 20 years’ experience of working across cultural\, educational and co mmunity sectors. His practice is varied but always involves collaborations with people and how they navigate society as individuals or part of a com munity. Moving from documentary and editorial work in 2008 to more persona lly instigated &\; collaborative work\, he has since collaborated on pr ojects with industrial workers\, miners\, prisoners\, LGBTQ communities\, veterans\, retail workers\, universities\, people with dementia\, homeless \, young people\, travellers\, sporting clubs\, medical institutions\, art ists\, writers and academics. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/10/WEB-1500px-72dpi-Stephen-King-Firehawks-Open-Eye-Gallery-JULY-20 25-©Rob-Battersby.jpg CATEGORIES:Talks,Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR