You are warmly invited to join us in Margate to celebrate the Opening Day of Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way, which opens in our First Floor Galleries on Saturday 4 February 2023.

Saturday 4 February 2023

10.00 – 17.00 (last entry 16.00)

Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way

Commissioned by the British Council for the British Pavilion, the installation combines video, collage, music and sculpture to present a body of work that centres around the vocal experimentation of five Black female musicians.

Featuring Jacqui Dankworth, Poppy Ajudha, Sofia Jernberg, Tanita Tikaram, and composer Errollyn Wallen, these intergenerational musicians were brought together by Boyce at Abbey Road Studios in London and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm to improvise, interact and play with their voices. Colour-tinted video works take centre stage among tessellating wallpapers, created by Boyce, and golden 3-D geometric structures, which immerse the audience in the work through their highly reflective surfaces.

The commission expands on Boyce’s ‘Devotional Collection’, built over 20 years and spanning more than three centuries, which honours the substantial contribution of Black British female musicians to public life and transnational culture.

Feeling Her Way by Sonia Boyce OBE RA was commissioned by the British Council for the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, 2022.

Also happening on the day:

• Bernadette Hawkes DJ set – drawing from Sonia Boyce’s devotional collection, Bernadette will be DJing in our ground floor Sunley Gallery space from 13:00-15:00pm.

Bernadette is an independent radio show presenter, blogger and DJ, covering many genres including Soul, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Blues, R ‘n’ B, Nu-Jazz, Acid Jazz, Standards, Gospel, Nu-Gospel, Zydeco, Country-Soul, Country & Western, Reggae, Ska and World Music.

• Sonia Boyce in conversation with composer Errollyn Wallen, Foyle Rooms, 15.00-16.30pm. Please note this event is ticketed.

Exhibition Open

Saturday 4 February – Sunday 8 May 2023