Small Things, Big Voices
11 November 2025 - 04 January 2026
Small Things, Big Voices
Curated by Pennie Elfick RWA
11 November 2025 - 4 January 2026
Exhibiting Artists
Jemma Appleby RWA; Malcolm Ashman RWA; Toni Davey RWA; Chris Dunseath RWA; Pennie Elfick RWA; Nicky Knowles RWA
Together, these works demonstrate how the smallest gestures can sometimes hold the biggest voices, revealing the power of intimacy, focus, and imagination.
Curator Pennie Elfick RWA invited her fellow Academician artists to explore their ideas within the physical constraints of four 24 x 24 cm panels and one 24 x 24 cm shelf. Within these modest limits, and with no other theme, each artist was encouraged to develop an idea in whichever medium felt most relevant. Their work could be a sketch, painting, drawing, sculpture, or simply a fragment of a larger thought.
The small scale became a site for experimentation — a place to test, question, and play with ideas.
Image banner (details) Pennie Elfick Deliberation 2, Toni Davey Comb 1, Nicky Knowles Deconstructed Dove I, Chris Dunseath Four Slices from the Star Cluster, Jemma Appleby #3111, Malcolm Ashman Happy Hour
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