Current Exhibition:

A simultaneity of stories-so-far

Book to visit our current exhibition, A simultaneity of stories-so-far – an exhibition of sound, video and writing by artists Lucy Reynolds, Navi Kaur and Holly Argent. Curated by Laura Onions and Alice O’Rourke. Book here.

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Navi Kaur, film still *Mērā Ghar*, 2021.

Visiting Grand Union, Covid Information, July 2021

We are open and you are welcome to visit our current exhibition, A simultaneity of stories-so-far from Wednesday – Saturday 12–5pm. Booking is not compulsory, but is recommended.

Grand Union staff will be in masks, and we ask you to continue wearing your mask in indoor spaces, as well as to uphold social distancing with people outside of your household.

More information here.

**Freelance Opportunity: The Growing Project Evaluator**

We are looking to work with a creative evaluator over the next three years of The Growing Project. We are interested in hearing from individuals who could work with us on a freelance basis to help evaluate and monitor the project throughout its duration.

More information and how to apply.

Outdoor Performance: A Feminist Chorus / A Tender Map

Friday 30 July, 6.30 – 7.00 PM

To bring to a close our current exhibition, A Simultaneity of Stories-so-far, we are hosting a live performance of A Tender Map / A Feminist Chrous by artist Lucy Reynolds.

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Phyllis Christopher

September – December

Grand Union is delighted to be working with Phyllis Christopher on a solo exhibition of her work. Drawing from the surrounding queer community and her personal connections, her images depict lesbian pleasure, sex positivity and political movements.

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The Growing Project

The Growing Project is a community-led growing scheme working with organisations who support the vulnerably housed and people in crisis. Aiming to ‘Green-Sense’ the city, The Growing Project will improve sites across Birmingham by ‘growing food and creating green spaces’, sites that are developed, tended and nurtured by people experiencing difficult times.

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Cooking Sections
The Empire Remains Shop – Birmingham

2019 – 2022

The Empire Remains Shop -Birmingham is our long-term project with Cooking Sections, a public programme activating Junctions Works, a historical grade-II listed former Canal & River Trust Office in Birmingham. Owned by Homes England, Junction Works is the potential future home of Grand Union.

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On Tropism: Grand Union x UoB Art History & Curating

GU and seven University of Birmingham MA Curating students are working together to launch On Tropism, a project platforming new bodies of work by three Grand Union studio artists (Dan Cippico, Mengxia Liu and Adam Neal) opening in June 2021.

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Ed Webb Ingall
Forming a Resident’s Association

2020 – 2021

Grand Union is working with filmmaker Ed Webb Ingall to develop a new project exploring the role of video in response to the UK housing crisis. Holding a series of meetings, screenings and workshops, together, we will connect a national network of community and activist organisations with galleries and museums.

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Junction Works

2021 – 2023

Grand Union is leading a £3.25m project to bring a Grade II listed building on Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, back into use.

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Bruntwood Artists-in-Residence

2019 – 2025

Grand Union and Bruntwood are working in partnership to offer opportunity for Artists to be in residence in Bruntwood’s Cornwall Buildings in Birmingham city centre each year.

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Black and White 1914 photo. An athlete leans on a vintage car, wearing a jumper that says Trained on Veda Bread.

Laura Wilson
Trained on Veda

2020 – 2021

Trained on Veda is a malted loaf and evolving artwork by Laura Wilson connecting bakeries and galleries through veda bread. Developed with TACO, Grand Union, Site Gallery and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.

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Cooking Sections & Asad Raza
The Empire Remains Shop Birmingham & The Field Commission

2020-2021

Summer 2021 sees the launch of The Field Commission, a process of reimagining the public land adjacent to Junction Works. In collaboration with Homes England and Canal & River Trust, the project will, over five years, transform the canalside site through a series of year-long artistic commissions, programming and events.

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Alberta Whittle
Congregation (creating dangerously remix)

2021 – 2022

We have commissioned British-Barbadian artist Alberta Whittle to present a new long-term body of work, Congregation (Creating Dangerously Remix). Using public sculpture, film, workshops, and community gardening, the 2022 Commonwealth Games provides a crucial backdrop for this long-term project which will develop over the coming 18 months.

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A simultaneity of stories-so-far

Grand Union

Current Exhibition:

**Freelance Opportunity: The Growing Project Evaluator**

Upcoming Events and Exhibitions

Outdoor Performance: A Feminist Chorus / A Tender Map

Phyllis Christopher

Ongoing Projects

The Growing Project

Cooking Sections
The Empire Remains Shop – Birmingham

On Tropism: Grand Union x UoB Art History & Curating

Ed Webb Ingall
Forming a Resident’s Association

Junction Works

Bruntwood Artists-in-Residence

Laura Wilson
Trained on Veda

Upcoming Projects

Cooking Sections & Asad Raza
The Empire Remains Shop Birmingham & The Field Commission

Alberta Whittle
Congregation (creating dangerously remix)