'Half A Mountain of Lard' was an exhibition in The City Gallery, Leicester in Conjunction with Ayling & Conroy's solo show. It sought to, cooperate with the large Education space in the gallery, situated before the main exhibition space. Ayling & Conroy’s curatorial strategy, is developed through the needs and wants of audiences and participants. 'Half a Mountain of Lard' was an attempt to engage with the families and children who visit the exhibition space and participate in the summer workshop programme, and actively involved children as audiences, and as artists.The artwork of twenty five young artists was curated from open submissions, themed on the surreal and bizarre. ‘Half a Mountain of Lard’ aimed to directly link the exhibition programme and education programmes together.