25 For 25

Celebrating 25 Years Of The RBSA Gallery In The Jewellery QuarterHaving inhabited the same site on New Street, though in three different buildings, for almost 180 years, the RBSA Gallery moved to 4 Brook Street, just off St. Paul’s Square, in 2000.This exhibition celebrates 25 years of the RBSA Gallery in the Jewellery Quarter, and draws on the strong connections between members of the RBSA community and the Society’s permanent collection of artworks.Two groups of 25 individuals, including the President, Vice Presidents, Members, Associates, Graduate Artists, Gallery staff, and volunteers, have each selected an artwork or artefact from the collection; the brief being to choose something with which they felt a personal connection. Explanations of the selectors’ choices can be seen with the artworks on display, alongside portraits and text introducing the people behind the RBSA and its Gallery to visitors.As well as works by well-known artists including William Bloye (1890 – 1975), Frederick Thomas Lines (1808 – 1898), and John Salt (1937 – 2021), artworks by current Members including Rob Perry (1944 -) and Wayne Attwood (1970 -) have also been selected. Documents from the archive also feature in the show, including letters from, surprisingly, Buffalo Bill and, Birmingham born creator of St Philips Cathedral’s famed stained-glass windows, Sir Edward Burne Jones (1833 – 1898).