28/05/2026
The Shape of Acceptance is a youth-led immersive installation co-created by pupils from the Generation Hull Arts Council at Malet Lambert School in collaboration with artist Lauren Saunders.
At its centre is a shared act of hopeful imagination. Young people have built a parallel world where strange but compassionate Beings gather beneath a vast Heart Tree... a living presence connected through unseen roots to our own world.
When imbalance is felt across that connection, the Beings are drawn together. Their ritual is not spectacle, but compassionate response - a collective movement shaped by care, attention, and the possibility of change.
Through sculpture, storytelling and world-building, the group has created a mythology of their own making. It is shaped by their ideas and hopes around acceptance, identity and connection. Each Being holds traces of its maker - fragments of identity, emotion, resilience and hope - forming a shared narrative and mythology built entirely from their voices.
A celebration event will take place on Wednesday 24 June 2026, inviting audiences to experience the work as it comes to life through gathering and shared encounter. Please book a ticket so we know how many people to cater for. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exhibition-launch-the-shape-of-acceptance-tickets-1990383265928
Many thanks to those supporting this project: Generation Hull, Lauren Saunders, Arts Council England, Hull Libraries, Hull City Council, G . F Smith, Esteem, the Tree Stories Project, TimeBank Hull & East Riding Malet Lambert, and others.
