A NEW exhibition will showcase subcultures through hair.

Called ‘Radical Hair’, this new exhibition by Free Radical Arts at Tullie House, in collaboration with the Museum of Youth Culture, combines locally submitted hair and youth-culture-themed images from people across Cumbria, from the 60s to the present day.

This is alongside nationwide submissions taken from the Museum of Youth Culture’s archive.

Curated by Mac Benson, from Carlisle, this will be the second art exhibition he has put on.

He said: “Free Radical Arts was approached by the Museum of Youth Culture earlier this year to be Outreach Champions for Cumbria for their Grown Up in Britain project, which documents 100 years of people growing up in various areas of the UK through submissions from the general public, all of which will now be part of Museum of Youth Culture’s archive, preserving and representing the stories of people growing up in Cumbria.

“Free Radical Arts and Tullie House have teamed up to exhibit a selection of the locally sourced images collected from Cumbria, with a free launch event which will include a panel talk hosted by the Museum of Youth Culture, on the process of putting the exhibition together, a hair themed photoshoot for people to get involved in, and free access to the Radical Hair exhibition and Tullie House’s ‘Hair: Untold Stories’ exhibition.”

On how the exhibition was put together, he explained: “Submissions for the exhibition were collected through social media call-outs and in-person scanning socials across Cumbria, where people were able to bring their images and memories for use in the exhibition.”

“If you’ve grown up as part of any sub-culture in Cumbria, you might see yourself or somebody who you know in the exhibition.

“People should come to the exhibition to see themselves represented alongside other images from Museum Of Youth Culture’s amazing archive.”

Lindsay Atkinson from Tullie House said: “It’s really important we collect people’s memories of growing up in Carlisle and Cumbria so that we have material that all people can relate to.

“Photographs are such brilliant conversation starters and can help people to talk to each other and socialise.

“Most people have something to say about their youth and what it was like.

“Working with the Museum of Youth Culture and Free Radical Arts allows us to reach more people and engage in new ways.”

The exhibition takes place at Tullie House on Saturday, November 12, from 6pm to 9pm.

Entry is free.

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