The thinking behind our Exhibitions programme was mapped out under the Galleries tab in 2009, on our website, as follows:
Galleries@Bank Street
Housed in a row of listed Georgian terraces in the heart of Sheffield, the main gallery spaces occupy the ground floor of the three terraces at the front of the building, giving approximately 1200 sq ft of gallery space across five rooms. In addition to these rooms, there is also a glass covered atrium, a courtyard and basement spaces with barrel vaulted ceilings. All of these areas have been utilised as gallery spaces for exhibitions as artists and groups have found appropriate ways to use the diverse spaces available rather than rigidly restricting exhibiting space to particular rooms.
Our policy for use of the gallery spaces is still evolving; there are currently four identifiable strands to our programme:
- the gallery spaces are available to hire for a few weeks each year (we welcome enquiries from anyone interested)
- we have a programme of curated exhibitions which runs in conjunction with established Sheffield festivals
- our innovative residency scheme is used to inform and feed into our gallery programme
- open submission exhibitions and events as advertised on our website broaden access to anyone.
Whilst the weighting of these priority strands may have changed over the ten years of the organisation’s programming, we stayed faithful to this approach over the years to follow. Our curated programme branched out into more frequent collaborations with Universities and other other institutions and away from Festivals per se whilst our Resident Artists most certainly curated ever more of the content that made up our programming. A full list of exhibitions held from 2008 to 2015 appears below. Not all of these feature on this website but we would be happy to create links if you have them.
2008/9 Exhibition Breakdown
| Exhibition Title or Artist Name | Artist or Group | Type of Gallery Use | No. of Artists |
| 1st Sheffield international Artists Book Prize | 45 Book Artists | Open Submission | 45 |
| Twelve Glass Cabinets | 12 Invited Jewellers | Group Invited | 12 |
| Becky Bowley | Residency | 1 | |
| Berris Connolly | Invited Artist | Solo – Invited | 1 |
| In their Own Words | Invited Artists | Group Invited | 108 |
| 2nd Sheffield international Artist’s Book Prize | 78 Book Artists | Open Submission | 78 |
| New Works in Book Manipulation | Kathryn Johnson | Solo – Festival – Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| Bryan Eccleshall | Wall Drawings | Residency | 1 |
| The Big Hang | 40 Mixed Media Artists | Group – Invited from Open Submission | 40 |
| Sheffield Schools Project | Andrew Tebbs | Children’s Festival Project | 50 |
| No Laughing Matter | Gary Jenkinson Graham | Solo – Invited – Comedy Festival | 1 |
| My Cup of Tea | Schools Project | Schools – Children’s Festival | 250 |
| Sentimental Rabbit Suicide | Susannah Gent | Residency | 1 |
| I didn’t planet | Paul Matosic | Residency | 1 |
| Mohn Zahuri | Phd Degree Show | Solo – Hire | 1 |
| Upshot | 8 Photography Students | Group Hire | 8 |
| Almost Precious | Ken Horne | Residency | 1 |
| Total Number of Participating Artists 2008/2009 | 600 | ||
2010 Exhibition Breakdown
| Exhibition Title or Artist Name | Artist or Group | Type of Gallery Use | No. of Artists |
| In Camera: Nation | 14 Photographers | Group Invited | 14 |
| Holding Your Knife and Fork Properly | Lorna Barrowclough | Residency | 1 |
| Listening to the Building | Ian Baxter | Residency | 1 |
| Minutiae | Volunteer Curated Show | National Open Call | 28 |
| Ignorance is Bliss | 12 Platform 2 Volunteers | Group Hire | 12 |
| Catalyst | 8 Poets and 8 Photographers | Residency/Group Invited | 16 |
| Stand Up | Cameron Howard-Wight | Residency/Group Invited | 6 |
| Secrets on the Sea | Off The Shelf Festival | Photographer/Poet | 2 |
| Olympic Dreams | James Dodd | Residency | 1 |
| The Recycled Playground | Architects/Young People | Collaborative – Children’s Festival | 45 |
| Play On | David Kirshner | Solo – Invited | 1 |
| Artrovert | 4 Book Artists | Group Invited – Book Prize Winners | 4 |
| Sheffield 1988-2010 | Berris Connolly | Solo | 1 |
| Sheffield Photographer’s Group Show | 11 photographers | Group Invited | 11 |
| Wall works | Bryan Eccleshall | Residency | 1 |
| Sheffield Haiku | Invited Poets & Schools | Schools – Children’s Festival | 600 |
| Olympic Dreams | James Dodd | Residency | 1 |
| InCamera:Triptych | 12 Photographers | Group – Invited from open Submission | 12 |
| Performance Painting | Mark Rowan Hull | Residency | 3 |
| Food Heroes | Shaun Bloodworth | Solo – Food Festival | 1 |
| Ballroom | James Dodd | Residency | 1 |
| Motherland | Simon Roberts | Solo Invited / James Dodd Residency | 1 |
| Film and Media Degree Show | 12 Film Students | Group Hire | 12 |
| In Camera 1 | 25 Photographers | Group – Invited from open Submission | 25 |
| 101 Uses for an MP | Gary Jenkinson Graham | Solo – Comedy Festival | 1 |
| Memory Screen | Alan Halsey | Solo – Invited | 1 |
| Prism | Artists/Performance/Music | Group Invited / Prism Residency | 12 |
| The Big Sale | 38 Artists | Group – Invited from open Submission | 38 |
| Exploding Poetry | Noel Williams | Residency/Group Invited – ACE funded | 34 |
| The Knight’s Tour | 4 local artists | Group Invited from Open Submission | 4 |
| Music for Accountants | Ian Baxter | Solo show from Open submission | 1 |
| Umbrella | Trevor Tomlin | Group Invited from Open Submission | 5 |
| Heads will Roll | Liz Searle | Solo show from Open submission | 1 |
| Lost and found | Debbie Schofield | Solo show from Open submission | 1 |
| Catrap | Patrick Amber | Local Artists/Open Submission | 12 |
| Containing Nature and Reversing Space | 8 Art Students | Group Hire | 8 |
| Portland Works | Varied Practitioners | Group Invited from Open Submission | 11 |
| Mr and Mrs Andrews | Rob Brown | Solo show from Open submission | 1 |
| You are the Source | Nic Bate | Group Invited from Open Submission | 2 |
| Art Sheffield 2 | Gary Manton | Solo show from Open submission | 1 |
| Resonarium | Herve Perez | Group Invited from Open Submission | 5 |
| Total Number of Participating Artists 2010 | 938 | ||
2011 Exhibition Breakdown
| Exhibition Title or Artist Name | Artist or Group | Type of Gallery Use | No. of Artists |
| Going Nowhere | Claire Tindale | Solo – Artist’s Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| Sale | Lorna Barrowclough | Residency/Participatory | 1 |
| Occupation: Eye to eye | Tom Archer | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 1 |
| Occupation: Contamination | Natasha Spires | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 1 |
| Occupation: The Irreparable | Linsday Mendick | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 1 |
| Ken Horne – Installation | Ken Horne & Public | Residency/Participatory | 6 |
| Spontaneous Cities | Ann Rook | Solo – Artist’s Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| Occupation: The Street | 8 Architecture Students | Group – Invited from Open Submission | 8 |
| Occupation: Intricacies | Cameron Howard-Wight | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 1 |
| Occupation: Progress | Ruth Herbert | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 1 |
| Occupation: To My Knowledge | Heather Gilberthorpe | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 1 |
| Occupation: Absence makes the Mind Wander | Film and media students | Group – Invited from Open Submission | 6 |
| Resonance | 9 art students | Group Hire | 9 |
| Photo Group Show | 8 Photography Students | Group Hire | 8 |
| Art-T | Artist plus closed group | Group – Learning Difficulties | 11 |
| Post Hoc | Invited artists and writers | Residency – Bryan Eccleshall | 18 |
| In Camera: On Paper | All participants accepted | Open Submission | 37 |
| Metal: A Photographic Account | Clive Eggleston | Solo – Galvanise Festival | 1 |
| Addictions | Art Students | Group Hire | 6 |
| Death + The Gallant | Paul Evans and Chris Jones | Collaborative – Off The Shelf Festival | 2 |
| Occupation: Armed with Needles | 5 art students | Group – Invited from Open Submission | 5 |
| a + b | Ian Baxter | Residency | 1 |
| Occupation: AV_10 | Film Students | Group – Invited from Open Submission | 4 |
| Roots – Jewellery Exhibition | 15 jewellers | Group Invited | 15 |
| Graham Hutchinson’s Collected Drawings | Open Contribution | Residency/Participatory | 200 |
| The Painted World of Wildago | Wilda | Solo | 1 |
| Underground | Shaun Bloodworth | Solo – Sensoria Festival | 1 |
| Making Blobby | Stuart Faulkner | Residency | 1 |
| In their own words – reviewed | Invited artists, poets, jewellers | Group Invited | 108 |
| Finding Lost Time | 12 Invited International artists | Residency – Andrew Conroy | 12 |
| Quadrophonic | 4 Sonic Artists | Residency/Group Invited | 4 |
| Photo Finish | 15 Sheffield Schools | Children’s Festival | 900 |
| Norton College Foundation Degree Show | Students – HE | Group Hire | 32 |
| Norton College FE Show | Students – Tertiary | Group Hire | 63 |
| Archive of Exile | 4 academics/4 artists | Group Hire | 8 |
| Catalyst 2 | 7 poets/7 sonic artists | Residency/Group Invited | 16 |
| Art Invasion | 4 local artists | Group Invited | 4 |
| Dirty Face 10 x 10 | International Street Artists | Group Hire | 14 |
| D114 | 8 local artists | Group Hire | 8 |
| A4 Imprint | Frances Lewis | Solo Hire | 1 |
| Surface Tension | Andrew Conroy | Residency | 1 |
| I am Karen: re-interpreted | Sabine Dundure/Writers | Residency – Group Invited | 7 |
| Writing in the Home and Street | Academics/Artists/Public | Group Hire/Participatory | 15 |
| Stephen Carley | Work in Progress | Residency | 13 |
| Pandemic 1 | 5 Shows from Open Call | Residency – Open Submission | 15 |
| 3rd Sheffield International Artists Book Prize | International Open Call | Open Submission | 172 |
| The Sheffield Dozen | James Whitworth | Solo – Comedy Festival | 1 |
| James Price | Work in Progress/Peformance | Residency | 1 |
| Mark Gittins | Work in Progress | Residency | 1 |
| The Big Society | Si Barber | Residency – Andrew Conroy | 1 |
| Spike Dennis | National Open Call (80 entries) | Solo – Invited from open Submission | 1 |
| Jade Gilbert | National Open Call (80 entries) | Solo – Invited from open Submission | 1 |
| Louisa Parker | Work in Progress | Residency | 1 |
| Pandemic 2 | 5 Shows in one day | Residency – Open Submission | 30 |
| Becca Keely/Shelley Hughes | National Open Call (80 entries) | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 2 |
| Jane Mellor | National Open Call (80 entries) | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 1 |
| Health and Safety | 6 Artists and writers | Group – Invited from Open Submission | 6 |
| Total Number of Participating Artists 2011 | 1788 | ||
2012 Exhibition Breakdown
| Exhibition Title or Artist Name | Artist or Group | Type of Gallery Use | No. of Artists |
| The Big Society | Si Barber | Solo Invited (curated by Resident) | 1 |
| Stephen Carley | School VI Fom Group | Residency – Group | 12 |
| Louisa May Parker | Work in Progress – Drawing | Residency | 1 |
| Becky Gee/Jenny Core | National Open Call (80 entries) | Group – Invited from Open Submission | 2 |
| Liz Searle | Work in Progress | Residency | 1 |
| Andrea Fitzpatrick | Work in Progress | Residency | 1 |
| Jody Cliffe | Student – MA Final show | Solo Hire | 1 |
| Jane Mellor | National Open Call (80 entries) | Solo – Invited from Open Submission | 1 |
| The History Room | Karen Harvey | Residency – Public Engagement Project | 1 |
| Occupy Sheffield | Political Activists, artists | Group – Invited – Free Space | 10 |
| Selina Thompson | Performance Work/Live Art | Residency – Performance | 1 |
| James Copp | With Invited Group | Residency – Public Engagement Project | 12 |
| Jeremy Williams | Photographer | Solo | 1 |
| Joanna Hummell Newell | National Open Call (80 entries) | Solo – Invited from open Submission | 1 |
| Phil Hopkins | National Open Call (80 entries) | Solo – Invited from open Submission | 1 |
| n+1 | Students Sheffield Hallam | Group Hire | 6 |
| Nick Hersey | Public Engagement Project | Public Engagement Residency Project | 32 |
| Marcus Sarko | Student Hire Hallam | Group Hire | 17 |
| Andrea Fitzpatrick | Work in Progress | Residency | 1 |
| OperamVI | Student Hire Hallam | Group Hire | 6 |
| Matthew Herring | Wall Painting in Gallery | Residency | 1 |
| Art-o-graphs | World Snooker Exhibition | Solo – Charity Fund raiser | 1 |
| ArText | 8 small exhibitions | Mixed Group / Open call / Invited | 59 |
| Karen Harvey | Funded Residency Project | Group – Residency | 4 |
| Paul Munden | Text / Poetry / Photos | Solo | 3 |
| OCA Photography | Photography | Solo – Hire by Institution | 1 |
| Limpsfield Project | Resident Project with School | Schools Photography Project | 140 |
| Norton College Final Show | Students – HE | Group Hire by Institution | 24 |
| Norton College Final Show | Students – Tertiary | Group Hire by Institution | 52 |
| Embroidered Narratives Exhibition | Open Call (25 entries) | Selected from Open Submission | 15 |
| Tour de France | Photography | Solo (curated by Resident) | 1 |
| Tanya Ahmed | Photography | Solo – Hire by OCA as showcase | 3 |
| Sam Mellish | Photography | Solo (curated by Resident) | 1 |
| Elisabeth Tonnard | Sound Installation | Solo – Invited Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| Clare Rogers | Book Arts | Solo – InvitedBook Prize Winner | 1 |
| Blood Sweat and Tears | Jewellery and Artwork | Group – Hire | 15 |
| The Third Eye | Photography | Volunteer Led Project | 6 |
| Rachel Smith | Drawing | Residency – Performative | 1 |
| Kaho Kojima | Installation / Book Arts | Solo – Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| Nick Hersey | Paintings / Prints | Solo | 1 |
| James Whitworth | Cartoons | Solo – Comedy Festival | 1 |
| Bookworks | From Open Submission | Group – Selected | 34 |
| Jason Ruffell | Photography | Solo – Hire | 1 |
| The Restless Image | Installation | Group – Hire | 2 |
| Harry Pearce | Photography | Solo – Hire by OCA as showcase | 1 |
| Palestine Culture | Art / Photography / Cartoons | Group – Invited – Free Space | 8 |
| Mark Goodwin | Poetry / Photography | Residency | 3 |
| Bear with Snow | Promenade Theatre | Group | 20 |
| Linda Alton | 6 student artists | Group – Hire | 6 |
| 12/12/12 Exhibition | Invitation / Open Call | Group Volunteer Co – Curated | 60 |
| Total Number of Participating Artists 2012 | 576 | ||
| OTHER PROJECTS IN 2012 – LARGE ONE OFF EVENTS OR REGULAR EVENTS | |||
| Small Publishers Book Fair | 20 | ||
| ArText Conference | 24 | ||
| Last Saturday Live | 60 | ||
| Young Writers Festival | 40 | ||
| Push Pull | 30 | ||
| The Poetry Cafe | 80 | ||
| Anarchists Book Fair | 25 | ||
| APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF EVENTS/PRIVATE VIEWS | 52 | ||
| NUMBER OF EVENINGS CENTRE IN USE FOR CLASSES ETC. | 86 | ||
2013 Exhibition Breakdown
| Exhibition Title or Artist Name | Artist, Group or Medium | Type of Gallery Use | No. of Artists |
| 12 x 12 x 12 | All Media – Collaborative | Open Call – Invited | 60 |
| Kaho Kojima | Book Arts/Prints | Solo – Previous Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| Cabinets of Curiosity | Smaller Works | Group – Open Call | 6 |
| Bryan Eccleshall – Large Drawings | Drawing | Residency | 1 |
| Small Town Inertia | Jim Mottram | Solo (curated by Resident) | 1 |
| Stephen Chase | Performance/Live Art/Sonic Art | Residency | 5 |
| JUNE | Poetry/Video Installation | Residency Collaboration | 2 |
| Rachel Smith | Live Drawing | Residency | 1 |
| Here, Now | Bookworks – mixed | Residency Collaboration | 3 |
| Ben Sutcliffe | Video Games | Residency Collaboration | 5 |
| Books from Artists Book Collection | Artists Books | Group – Guest Selected | 30 |
| SU Photographic Society | Photography | Group – Hire | 32 |
| Element | Contemp Visual Art | Group – Hire | 4 |
| Deluge | Painting | Group – Hire | 3 |
| Witness – SHU | Photography | Group – Hire | 33 |
| Twelve | Bryan Eccleshall | Residency | 1 |
| Emannuel Street | Painting | Members Open Call | 1 |
| Exhaust Chairs | Furniture | Galvanise Festival – Solo Show | 1 |
| Jacqueline Hannah | Textiles | Members Open Call | 2 |
| The Motorway Service Station… | Photography | Group (curated by Resident) | 13 |
| Drawing on Steel – Galvanise Exhibition | 2D and 3D art | Galvanise Festival – Group – Open Call | 12 |
| Abi Ivall | jewellery and Sculpture | Galvanise Festival – Solo Show | 1 |
| Jacqueline Hannah – Rugs for Open Up | Textiles | Members Open Call | 1 |
| Postcard Poems | Poetry | Poetry Festival – Group – Open Call | 45 |
| Falun Gong Exhibition | Painting | Group – Hire | 40 |
| No Sky Visible | Computer Games/Poetry/Music | Residency Collaboration | 8 |
| Hannah Corbey exhibition | Textiles | Solo – Hire | 1 |
| Out of Context | Mixed – Open call | Open Call – Members Show | 32 |
| Tom Osman | Painting | Solo – Hire | 1 |
| Teo Greenstreet – Residency | Performance – Change Management | Residency Collaboration | 4 |
| SIABP | Artists Books – International | Open Call – 35 countries | 455 |
| SHU Interior Design students | Mixed disciplines | Group Hire by Institution | 28 |
| Total Number of Participating Artists 2013 | 833 | ||
| Artists | Visitors | ||
| Other Regular or One-Off Events in 2013 | |||
| Bare Project Presents Stainless | 20 | 80 | |
| Sheffield Poetry Festival | 58 | 450 | |
| Arvon Foundation – Arvon in the City | 4 | 24 | |
| Young Writers Festival | 20 | 60 | |
| Members Meetings | 8 | 120 | |
| The Poetry Cafe | 140 | ||
| Opening Up the Book Festival | 14 | 450 | |
2014 Exhibition Breakdown
| Exhibition Title or Artist Name | Medium | Type of Gallery Use | No. of Artists |
| Bryan Eccleshall – Drawing a Day | Drawing | Residency | 1 |
| Sylvia Causer | Installation | Solo – history Project | 1 |
| HMRC Collective | Performative | Residency | 4 |
| Atrium Installation | Installation | Residency | 3 |
| SU Photrographic Society | Photography | Group – Hire | 10 |
| Artists Books from the Collection | Books | Group | 45 |
| Stephen Chase | Performance/Live Art/Sonic Art | Residency | 5 |
| Teo Greenstreet | Research | Residency Collaboration | 6 |
| Bas Fontein | Installation/Books | Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| Montales Cuttlefish Bones | Inst/Poetry | Residency Collaboration | 3 |
| Ben Sutcliffe | Video Games | Residency Collaboration | 5 |
| The Art of the Book | Artist’s Books | Group – Selected | 30 |
| BSA History Project | Mixed | Funded Project | 12 |
| Ian Baxter | Sound Art | Residency | 1 |
| Els Ter Horst | Mixed | Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| OCA Photography Exhibition – Six | Photography | Group Hire | 6 |
| Postcard Poems | Poetry | Fesival – Group – Open Call | 45 |
| Skylines | Poetry | Members Open Call | 4 |
| Montales Cuttlefish Bones II | Poetry | Festval – Solo Show | 3 |
| Tributaries | Photography/Poetry | Festival – Solo | 2 |
| I Come From | Text | Festival – Group | 24 |
| Correspondences | Mixed | Residency Collaboration | 3 |
| Cut – Member’s Show | Mixed | Open Call – Members | 36 |
| Dying Swans | Photography | Residency | 2 |
| A Monument to the Unread – Robert Good | Ins/Performance | Residency | 1 |
| Art as Political Expression | Mixed | Group Hire | 35 |
| Erin K Schmidt | Photography/Books | Book Prize Winner | 1 |
| The Future of Reading | Digital | Group Hire by Institution | 24 |
| BSA History Project | Mixed | Residency | 10 |
| OCA MA Show | Mixed | Group Hire by Institution | 9 |
| Bethany Costerd | Painting | Member’s Show | 1 |
| Matthew Sweeney | Painting | Member’s Show | 1 |
| Blazej Zemeleduch | Painting | Member’s Show | 1 |
| Kieth Howe | Painting | Member’s Show | 1 |
| Total Number of Participating Artists 2014 | 337 | ||
| Artists | Visitors | ||
| Other Regular or One-Off Events in 2014 | |||
| Small Publishers Book Fair | 20 | 180 | |
| Bare Project Presents Echoes of Olympus | 20 | 80 | |
| Midsummer Poetry Festival | 58 | 870 | |
| Members Meetings | 8 | 120 | |
| The Poetry Café and writing groups (6 groups per month) | 650 | ||
| Festival of the Mind Participation | 20 | 40 | |
| Nutcracker | 20 | 165 | |
| Exhibition private views | 600 | ||
| APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF EVENTS/PRIVATE VIEWS | 72 | ||
| NUMBER OF EVENINGS CENTRE IN USE FOR CLASSES ETC. | 118 | ||