Shoes Have Names – New Brewery Arts in Gloucestershire, UK

Stories of homelessness have never been told like this before. Shelter has joined forces with conceptual fashion designer Jo Cope for the Shoes Have Names exhibition. The show features a collection of handmade artworks inspired by the personal experiences of real people facing homelessness. Ten international artists, shoemakers and designers were paired up with a person that Shelter has helped through its frontline services.

 Exhibition dates 
29 Jan – 2 April 2022

Monday 9am – 5pm
Tuesday 10am – 5pm
Wednesday 9am – 5pm
Thursday 9am – 5pm
Friday 9am – 5pm
Saturday 9am – 5pm
Sunday CLOSED

Location
New Brewery Arts 
Brewery Court
Cirencester
Gloucestershire GL7 1JH
United Kingdom

About Shelter: Shelter is the UK’s leading housing and homelessness charity and believes that everyone should have a safe home. It helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through its free emergency helpline, webchat service, and local advice, support and legal services. And it campaigns to make sure that one day no one will have to turn to Shelter for help. For free and expert housing advice visit England Shelter.  

About Jo Cope: Shoes Have Names director Jo Cope is a conceptual fashion designer and alumni of the London Collage of Fashion. Her work crosses the boundaries of Fashion, Art, Craft and performance, drawing from universal human experiences, psychology, philosophy and social trends. She has shown at many prestigious global events (Venice Biennale fringe festival, London Craft Week, London Design Festival) and her footwear artefacts have been exhibited internationally (including the Budapest Museum of Art, State Museum Russia and Decorative Arts Museum Paris). She defines her work as being focused on ‘the human side of fashion.’ Jo Cope

Shoes Have Names collaborators: Kobi Levi, Elisabeth Thorsen, Kristina Walsh, Liz Ciokajlo, Tabitha Ringwood, Daniel Charkow, Dr Ellen Sampson, Caroline Groves, Jana Zornik and Jackie Leggett.

A blog has been set up for the event, to track the designers thoughts and journey from design to creations: ShoesHaveNames.com 

Shoe ‘Home Void’ by Kobi Levi, photograph by Dan Lowe.