Cultivate@Courtyard Private View 2021

In July we were so pleased to host our annual Private View for the Cultivate@Courtyard project. It was a wonderful chance for the artists, family, friends and supporters to experience the art in person. The event was also accompanied by the wonderful sounds of Mice in a Matchbox performing live.

Maria Morgan mentored the four Cultivate Artists and oversaw their work throughout numerous lockdowns.

Anna Brennand, former Chief Executive of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, a world Heritage Site in Shropshire, adjudicated the exhibition. Anna has a wealth of experience in multi-million pound redevelopment projects and these projects have won many awards. A qualified accountant, Anna has previously worked at a senior level in a FTSE 100 firm of international money brokers and also in the leisure and hospitality industry as well as central Government. Most recently, Anna has been CEO of a rural regeneration charity in north-east Scotland developing plans for an historic whisky distillery. And now Anna is CEO for The Sidney Nolan Trust overseeing the gallery and Nolan’s art work.

As adjudicator, Anna had the role of awarding the artist that has best met the brief the grant. Matthew Harris was the winner of this year’s grant!

We hope to bring Cultivate@Courtyard back again in 2022! View the Cultivate@Courtyard 2021 exhibition virtually