Sarah commissioned for 20/20 project for Decolonising Arts Institute at UAL

Sarah has been commissioned for Decolonising Arts Institute at UAL. She will undertake a 15-month paid residency hosted by partner museums, galleries, and art collections, and participate in a peer support network, to develop her artistic practice. Sarah’s residency will be at at Bradford Museums and Galleries and will lead to the production of a commissioned artwork that will enter their permanent collection, with a print acquired by the 19 partner institutions.

20/20 was launched in November 2021 by UAL Decolonising Arts Institute, working in partnership with 20 UK public collections, museums and galleries. The project has been generously supported by a £300,000 grant from Freelands Foundation, a £300,000 grant from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants Programme and funding from UAL. 

The project was conceived in response to urgent calls for action within arts and culture in the wake of Black Lives Matter, as social inequities and racial injustices continued to be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The selected artists work across a diverse range of media, traversing painting, print, photography, filmmaking, animation, drawing, ceramics, and sculpture. The first cohort of 8 artists was announced in September 2021, and their residencies are currently underway, pairing a total of 20 artists with 20 UK collections and resulting in 20 new permanent acquisitions over the life of the project.

20/20 partners:

  • The Box, Plymouth

  • Bradford District Museums and Galleries

  • Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

  • Compton Verney, Warwickshire

  • Harris Museum, Preston

  • The Hepworth Wakefield

  • The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry

  • Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow

  • Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

  • Leeds Art Gallery

  • The Lightbox, Woking

  • Manchester Art Gallery

  • MIMA (Middlesbrough Museum of Modern Art)

  • National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA)

  • National Museums NI (Ulster Museum)

  • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Sheffield Museums Trust

  • Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool

  • Wolverhampton Art Gallery

  • Birmingham Museums Trust