How can an illustrator give voice to a historical person?
How can an illustrator disrupt an archive or museum?
How can an illustrator represent a historical landscape or site?
Held in the Brontë Event Space at the Old School Room, ‘Of Mist and Moor’ is an exhibition of research documents created by L5 Illustration students at Leeds Arts University.
Students have explored how illustration as a practice can be used to highlight and uncover historical people - documenting the lives and works of the Brontë family, whilst filling in the gaps of their history in new and creative ways.
Heavily influenced by an initial research trip to the Brontë Parsonage Museum and the surrounding landscape of Haworth, students were inspired by insightful talks and commentary provided by the Visitor Experience team at the Museum.
From ‘Faith and Despondency’ by Emily Brontë:
"I dream of moor, and misty hill,
Where evening closes dark and chill;
For, lone, among the mountains cold,
Lie those that I have loved of old."
Join us in the Brontë Event Space at the Old School Room, on the 3 and 4 May, to view the students works.
Poster by @daemonishy @felixbooth.illustration_ & ob_illustration_
