The Justice Project, an art exhibition organised by HHJ Paul Darlow, the Resident Judge, and HHJ Miranda Robertshaw, the Designated Family Judge for Devon, is thought to be the first of its kind in a UK courthouse.
Opened today 19th June at Plymouth Combined Courts in Armada Way, The Justice Project saw HHJ Paul Darlow and HHJ Miranda Robertshaw working closely with painter Ann Chester King and seven students from Plymouth College of Art’s BA (Hons) Painting, Drawing & Printmaking degree to bring plans for an exhibition of justice-related work to fruition. The exhibition will be open from Monday to Friday from 19th June until 21st July 2017 from midday until 4pm.
The Judges said: “All of us who work in the Court Service see this exhibition as our chance to show the importance we attach to the part the Criminal, Family, Civil and Tribunal Courts play in the Plymouth community. We hope as many people as possible will come to see the art on display. The enthusiasm with which the artists have embraced the project is truly humbling.”
Ann Chester King is a Registered Intermediary, working with vulnerable witnesses whilst they give evidence to the police and in court. She has created a body of work in response to her experience that portrays the impact of the criminal justice system on everybody involved. Ann said, “It has been really valuable and inspiring to see how individual students have developed their responses to and interpretations of the justice process.”
The students exhibiting work are Guy Barkley-Smith, Nigel Coles, Hannah Davis, Cherie McMillan, Ratna Saksena, Kate Targett and Jane Trevan. The theme of justice informs the work, which has been created specifically for the exhibition by all seven students, whose involvement with Ann in all aspects of the project complements both the creative and the professional practice elements of their study programme at Plymouth College of Art.
(Source: Plymouth College of Art)
