Events for 19th January 2024
Ongoing
This month the Box Gallery features work by three potters who make "functional Ceramics" Ian Morrison Ian’s work is a contemporary look a country pottery. He focuses on line, surface, and balance. Ian wants his pots to convey an honesty about why and how they were made and for him the salt glazing process is […]
Find out more »Julie recycles found objects, images and various materials to produce curious phenomena and new narratives. Trusting the process she focuses on the dynamics of form and space, colour, line and movement. Julie graduated from Sunderland University in 2005 with a distinction in MA Fine Art. Here, her tutor described her as a Swiss roll; by […]
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With a career spanning 40 years Louise has come a long way since her career began at Cambridge Art Foundation before going on to Sheffield and Camberwell. She has exhibited regionally and nationally including the Royal Academy and the Mall Galleries. I draw inspiration from my environment and try to capture the essence of a […]
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Winter Warmer Open Day at Wilderspin & National School Museum, DN18 5QP. FREE admission Handwriting workshops in Victorian Classroom on the hour Calligraphy and shorthand demonstration with Hilary Walker Talk about Vere Foster in partnership with Barton Civic Society Exhibition about Isaac Pitman and the invention of shorthand Chatty Cafe with reminiscence Free refreshments
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Having been born into a privileged, aristocratic family, Vere Foster went on to devote his life to the social betterment of the Irish poor in the nineteenth century. Jean Cannon describes how Foster helped emigrants to America, improve educational standards in Victorian Ireland, and promoted better healthcare for the poor. £4 non members
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Presenting the Yorkshire Gypsy Swing Collective! Featuring some of the region's hottest gypsy jazz and swing players, playing music inspired from legendry musicians Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli of the “Quintette du Hot Club de France”. Expect fiery solos, foot-stomping rhythms, burning ballads and even some Latin inspired piece. The collective remains in the spirit […]
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