Opening Times: 6 – 15 Nov | Tuesday – Saturday (11am – 5pm) | Sunday (11am – 4pm)
Location: Persistence Works (Yorkshire Art Space), 21 Brown St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2BS
About the exhibit
Kaleidoscope (n. a group of butterflies) is an interactive exhibit created by artists Paul Evans and Jon Harrison, informed by the work of Dr Andrew Parnell and Dr Nicola Nadeau. You are invited to create your own colourful butterfly to join the exhibit’s flock, while learning about conservation and the complex science behind these creatures’ structural colours.
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Opening Times: 6 – 15 Nov | Tuesday – Saturday (11am – 5pm) | Sunday (11am – 4pm)
Location: Persistence Works (Yorkshire Art Space), 21 Brown St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2BS
About the exhibit
The archaeological cave sites at Creswell Crags, including the UK’s first confirmed Palaeolithic cave art, serve as the key inspiration for Layered Presence. The installation was created by artist Vanesa van Vlerken and informed by the archaeological research of Dr Kevin Kuykendall. Step inside a sensory environment combining sound, scent and large-scale painting. The work explores how early humans experienced shared space and belonging, tracing connections across deep time. Expect to see gestural abstract paintings with varied, decisive mark-making.
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Opening Times: 6 – 15 Nov | Tuesday – Saturday (11am – 5pm) | Sunday (11am – 4pm)
Location: Persistence Works (Yorkshire Art Space), 21 Brown St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2BS
About the exhibit
Animal bones are rich cultural and scientific resources, preserving evidence of biology, human–animal relationships and environmental change across millennia. Informed by ongoing zooarchaeological research by Professor Umberto Albarella and colleagues in the School of Biosciences, artists Bevin Richardson, Mandy Keating, Akeem Balogun and Sarah Villeneau have collaborated to bridge academic study and visual art. Through diverse creative mediums, this exhibit invites you to examine bone collections through a new lens and explore fundamental questions of
Opening Times: 6 – 15 Nov | Tuesday – Saturday (11am – 5pm) | Sunday (11am – 4pm)
Location: Persistence Works (Yorkshire Art Space), 21 Brown St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2BS
About the exhibit
Mesothelioma is a rare incurable cancer, the only known cause is exposure to asbestos. Despite the UK having the highest global recorded incidence rate for mesothelioma, public awareness around the ongoing risks of asbestos remains low. A Toxic Heritage is a photographic series, informed by the work of health researcher Dr Sarah Hargreaves, the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre, and produced by photographer Les Monaghan in collaboration with patients, families, healthcare professionals, and support charities. Powerful imagery represents the connections between people, to illustrate the wider networks of support and care, the shared experiences and moments of positivity and hope.
Opening Times: 6 – 15 Nov | Tuesday – Saturday (11am – 5pm) | Sunday (11am – 4pm)
Location: Persistence Works (Yorkshire Art Space), 21 Brown St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2BS
About the exhibit
Step inside a larger-than-life phonebox, lift the receiver and listen to a collection of vivid and revelatory stories about, and set in, the town of Barnsley. Calling Barnsley is an interactive audio installation showcasing monologues adapted from interviews with people of Barnsley, and produced and performed by LUNG Theatre as part of the Storying Barnsley project. To accompany the installation, arts-based researcher Dr Ryan Bramley and LUNG Theatre will be running drop-in storytelling workshops where you can share your own stories. For more information visit sheffield.ac.uk/fotm.
Opening Times: 6 – 15 Nov | Tuesday – Saturday (11am – 5pm) | Sunday (11am – 4pm)
Location: Persistence Works (Yorkshire Art Space), 21 Brown St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2BS
About the exhibit
Can electricity help us spot disease earlier? This interactive exhibit created by Four Communications invites you to become a scientist for the day and explore cutting-edge research into electric-based cancer detection. Based on the work of an interdisciplinary team composed of Dr Rachel Furmidge, Dr Malwina Matella and Dr Mary Paterson, the piece takes you through the process of testing virtual models of healthy and cancerous mouths using specialised diagnostic devices. Put on your lab coat and goggles and discover how electrical currents can be harnessed to identify different types of mouth cancer.
Opening Times: 6 – 15 Nov | Tuesday – Saturday (11am – 5pm) | Sunday (11am – 4pm)
Location: Persistence Works (Yorkshire Art Space), 21 Brown St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2BS
About the exhibit
Ashes to Ashes is a body of artistic works created by the Heavy Water Collective and inspired by Dr Camilla Allen’s research on the cultural history of trees. The project explores themes of environmental change, impermanence and loss, with a focus on the impact of ash dieback on urban and rural landscapes.
