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Museum News Main Gallery 19 January – 3 March 2019
Eduardo Paolozzi: General Dynamic F.U.N Presents 50 screen prints and photolitographs by the pioneer of Pop Art, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005). On loan from the Hayward Gallery, London.
Hall Gallery and Window Newcastle College Mixed Media Artwork Showcase 23 January – 24 February
Craft Cabinets We also have quality handmade gifts for everyone in our Craft Cabinets where you will find something for everyone even the most difficult person to buy for.
Regular activities for visitors Museum Prize Trail (cost 50p) – our themed trail around the museum for families costs just 50p and children will get a small prize when they find all the answers. Hunt high and low, upstairs and downstairs. Great fun for kids of all ages. We change the trail regularly so children will always find a new way to explore our museum. Paper Crafts (cost 50p)– always something different to colour and create. A simple paper activity to complete at our craft table or when you get home. Lots of fun and we regularly provide new themed paper crafts to try. Craft Packs – we create our own themed craft packs at prices ranging from £1 to £4 to buy and create at our craft table or when you get home.
Museum Talks Places are limited so pre-booking is essential. If you would like to book, or for any more information, please ring 01782 619705 or email [email protected]
Friends of Brampton Museum Talks
We have a regular programme of talks organised by our Museum Friends.
Please call the Museum to book a place 01782 619705
Friends of the Museum and non-members are welcome.
Therefore Victoria – A talk in two acts with Dr Ann Watkins, to celebrate the 200th birthday of Queen
Victoria in May. How did Victoria become Queen? Royal tales and gossip from the Friends of Brampton
Museum.
Act 1 (Talk 1- May 5, 2.30pm)
On November 6, 1817 the popular and much-loved Princess Charlotte (daughter of George – the Prince
Regent and heir to the throne of her grandfather , George III) died in childbirth, aged 21. At Windsor, the
piteously insane George III had a few more years to live. Of his fifteen children, twelve princes and
princesses remained.
All five princesses were childless or spinsters. The seven princes could not boast a single offspring who
was not either illegitimate or otherwise barred from succession.
Act 2 (Talk 2 – May 12 2.30pm)
At twelve minutes past two on the morning of June 20, 1820, King William IV died at Windsor Castle. In
great haste Archbishop Howley and Lord Conygnham, accompanied by the King’s physician, made the
early morning journey to Kensington Palace – arriving there at about 5am. They found the gates still
locked and the porter asleep, but were finally admitted. Sometime after 6am 18-year-old Victoria entered
the room where they waited. Wearing a cotton housecoat covering her nightdress and with her long hair
streaming down her back she would have seen three men fall to their knees and heard Lord Conygnham’s
explanatory phrase . The moment she heard “Queen” she shot out her hand for him to kiss.
Ticket prices
BOTH TALKS (The talk is designed for both “Acts’’ to be attended)
Friends of the Museum £7.50
Non-Members £9.00
SINGLE TALK (For those unable to attend both “Acts”
Friends of the Museum £4.50
Non-Members £5.00
You can call Brampton Museum on 01782 619705 to book your places. Tickets to be paid for on the day – payment to Friends of the Museum.
Friends of Brampton Museum
We have an established Friends group. Their aims are to support the work of the museum by:
Organising social events such as talks and social events (see the What's on page for details) Fundraising for the museum to purchase items for the collections and to support museum projects Being advocates for the museum in the community
If you join the Friends you will:
Be invited to social gatherings in the Museum Receive mailings about Museum and Friends events Be invited to Private Views Have a reduced admission for all talks Make new friends and have fun
By joining the Friends you can help the museum, meet like-minded people and get involved! The fees are: annual single subscription £6; family £8.50; OAP/student £5; joint OAP £7
Donations Making our museum even better. We want to improve the museum collections storage areas and create a research facility for the public to:
Improve our visitor facilities by providing a café, meeting rooms, better toilets and shop. With better meeting and education rooms we will be able to accommodate larger groups and expand the activities we currently offer to the public
Improve our temporary exhibition space so that we are able to accommodate larger exhibitions, touring exhibitions and loans from regional and national museums We need to raise match funding to help to pay for the costs of this project.
If you would like to support our project by donating money to our fund please contact the Museum on 01782 619705.
Meeting Room Hire For meetings, events or gatherings.
We have two meeting rooms available to hire for a wide range of activities for your business, groups or events.
Group meetings, talks, art workshops, yoga and wellbeing sessions, language groups, family gatherings are some examples of the types of activities that have been held at the museum.
For availability, bookings and to discuss your requirements please call or email us, or pop in for an informal visit and chat:
Rooms: The Red Room is situated on the ground floor of the original Museum building and features a bay window with a view onto the park, wooden parquet floor and original historical features. The Red Room also houses some of our topographical local paintings. There is a pull-down projector screen. The room can be closed off to Museum visitors. Toilets are accessed near the main entrance. Maximum occupancy: 25 people
The Green Room is accessed via a corridor from the Main Gallery space. The room features a sink and sideboard and is mainly used for education and arts and crafts, as well as meetings. This room has close access to toilets, kitchen facilities and direct access to a back yard area and parking. Maximum occupancy: 25 people
Prices: £26 per half day / £46 per full day
We also offer a community/charity rate. Please enquire to discuss if your organisation is eligible.
We can provide your tea and coffee (milk and sugar) with crockery at £1.60 per head, or you can opt to use our self-service coffee machine with prices at £1.20 for tea/hot chocolate or £1.50 for coffees. Groups may bring their own tea, coffee etc., refreshments and catering by arrangement. We can provide hot water and crockery included in the price however the group will be responsible for collecting, washing and returning the crockery at the end of the session. Please contact us for availability and more information either by phone, email or in person.
Opportunities
Opportunity Saturday Creative Workshops Brampton Museum
Date Contact us for availability
Details Are you a creative practitioner who delivers Art and Craft workshops?
We have two rooms available for you to hire on Saturdays throughout the year. You could hire one of our rooms to host your own creative workshop(s) in our Museum.
Rooms: The Red Room is situated on the ground floor of the original Museum building and features a bay window with a view onto the park, wooden parquet floor and original historical features. The Red Room also houses some of our topographical local paintings. There is a pull down projector screen. The room has a door so your event can be closed off to regular Museum visitors. Toilets are accessed near the main entrance. Maximum occupancy: 25 people
The Green Room is accessed via a corridor from the Main Gallery space. The room features a sink and sideboard and is mainly used for education and arts and crafts, as well as meetings. This room has close access to toilets, kitchen facilities and direct access to a back yard area and parking. Maximum occupancy: 25 people
Prices: £26 per half day / £46 per full day For availability and bookings and to discuss your requirements please call or email us, or pop in for an informal visit and chat: 01782 619705 [email protected]
Opportunity Open Art and Craft Exhibition 2019
Date 16 March-12 May Location Brampton Museum, Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 0LT
Details Our annual Open Art and Craft exhibition, featuring artist’s work, from across Staffordshire.
Application forms can be downloaded from our website (see below) or collected from the Museum. Application form
Pictured is last year's 1st prize winner Andrew Cliff, 'The Closer Domains'
Opportunity Workshops at unit twelve
Date various, see below
Location Tixall Road, Stafford ST18 0XX Details Skills for Spring.. We have lots of amazing workshop on offer to teach you new skills this spring,
such as: Paper Shirts workshop with Jennifer Collier on 2nd March Hand Stitched Fabric Lampshades with Jennifer Collier on 16th March Fabric Books with Jennifer Collier on 23rd March Weaving Light workshop with Jane Withers on 30th March. 2 places left Stitched Memories Brooches with Fran Buxton on 6th April Ceramic Jewellery Making with Alice Shields on 13th April. 2 places left Paper Flowers with Jennifer Collier on 4th May
Hanging Fabric Planters with Jennifer Collier on 12th May Stitch a Perfect Pet workshop with Karen Suzuki on 25th May Or for details of ALL forthcoming art workshops do check out www.unittwelve.co.uk
Opportunity Workshops with Belinda Latimer Designs Location Belinda Latimer Designs, STUDIO 33, ACAVA STUDIOS - SPODE WORKS, ELENORA ST, STOKE,
ST41QQ. 07545 865217 [email protected]
Dates Various, see separate posters Details
Home Ed 3D Course Join me at my Stoke studio for 4 weeks of 3D fun! Home Ed 3D Course. We will look at creating Sculptural pieces using Wire, Clay and Card, as well as mixing the media together! Every Thursday from 12-2pm starting on February 14th until 7th March. Play with each media type, express yourself and have a lot of fun. We will also look at drawing and designing as part of the creative process. Suitable for ages 5+ with parental support. To book one of the 8 spaces, pop me a comment on this event or message me via facebook. To reserve your space, payment is required upfront upon booking.
Spring celebration. Embroidered bunting workshop £55. Celebrate the coming Springtime with colour and creativity! Welcome the warmth and the joy of the new. Birds, flowers and hearts will all be incorporated in our celebratory Embroidered Garland. Join me at my Stoke studio for a full days workshop where you will learn how to create beautiful hand stitched shapes, from vintage fabrics. These will then be applied to ribbon lengths, ready to hang in your home as a statement for all to see. Why not bring your mum, daughter, sister, aunt or friend along? Enjoy a day together, to relax and enjoy a new creative opportunity, filled with joy and colour. £55 per space or 2 for £100. Including all materials and light refreshments. Limited spaces available, so please book your spots early to avoid disappointment.
Opportunity Bangles Workshop Location How to book: Contact The Artisan Boutique - 01785 815948 to book your place
The Artisan Boutique, 4 Radford Street, ST15 8DA Stone, Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom
Date Sunday 7 April
Details The perfect piece to wear with your spring and summer wardrobe...made by YOU!
You are invited to come and enjoy a creative few hours at The Artisan Boutique in Stone and make your very own bangle bracelet! You can choose to make any of:
-two thin bangles -a single thicker bangle -a thick cuff bracelet -two thin cuff bracelets
Skills taught include sizing your wrist, measuring the amount of silver needed, filing the metal, shaping the bangle, all you need to know about soldering, adding texture, and many other skills. All supplies, raw material and tool use are included in the price, and your bangle/s will go with you ready to wear at the end of the class!
Cost: £80
This workshop typically lasts around 3 - 3 1/2 hours in total and is aimed at complete beginners, but all are welcome. This is a very hands-on class.
Refreshments and home-baked goodies provided by Fleur at Home.
Safety: If you normally wear glasses for reading, we recommend you bring these. Please wear old clothes that are not loose and closed-toed shoes. Long hair must also be tied back. We currently have no strict age limit on classes but please email us before booking a space for anyone under the age of 16 just to confirm this with us.
Opportunity Stacking Rings Workshop Location How to book: Contact The Artisan Boutique - 01785 815948 to book your place
The Artisan Boutique, 4 Radford Street, ST15 8DA Stone, Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom
Date Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Details Due to popular demand, this extra date has been added for the spring! Whether given as a gift
to a creative friend, or just an opportunity for you to try something new, this course will give you a hands on chance to give silversmithing a try in a relaxed, small class environment.....
Enjoy a creative few hours at The Artisan Boutique in Stone and make your very own set of stacking rings! Lynn Davis from Unearthed Jewellery will be on hand to closely guide you and the other participants through each step, ensuring you make your rings yourself.
Make your own set of up to 3 sterling silver stacking rings to take home with you. You can choose to make any combination of:
-a chunky, textured ring, -a ring will a melted pebble, -a beaded ring or -a twisted wire ring.
The steps include sizing your finger, measuring the amount of silver needed, filing the metal, shaping the ring, using a blowtorch, adding texture, attaching a pebble jewel, and many other skills. Silver and tool use is included in the price, and your rings will go with you ready to wear at the end of the class!
This workshop typically lasts around 3 - 3 1/2 hours in total and is aimed at complete beginners, but all are welcome. This is a very hands-on class. If you normally wear glasses for reading, we recommend you bring these. Please wear old clothes that are not loose and closed-toed shoes. Long hair must also be tied back. We currently have no strict age limit on classes but please email us before booking a space for anyone under the age of 16 just to confirm this with us.
Cost: £65
Opportunity Centre Space Spode 2019 Exhibition Bookings
Contact https://centrespacespode.com/contact/ Details Welcome to Centre Space Spode We are a welcoming professionally run Gallery set
within the heart of the Spode Museum Trust Heritage Centre. Our gallery space can accommodate a multitude of art forms from 2D photography to large 3D based Sculptures.
Centre Space is an artist lead space that encourages all art forms. Our staff are at hand to help you to develop an exhibition that you will be proud of. We have over 10 years’ experience in developing exhibitions so you’re safe in our hands.
Opportunity Creative Poetry Workshops
Location Staffordshire Library & Information Service, Castle House, Barracks Road
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1BL, Tel: 01782-485305 Dates Monday 13 May 2019
Details
Funding No funding opportunities to display
Exhibitions and Events
Exhibition Brampton Museum Open Art and Craft Exhibition 2019
Location Brampton Museum, Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 0LT
Dates 16 March – 12 May Details Our annual Open Art and Craft exhibition, featuring artist’s work, from across Staffordshire.
Application forms can be downloaded from our website (see below) or collected from the Museum. Pictured is last year's 1st prize winner Andrew Cliff, 'The Closer Domains'
Event Arts Keele Programme
Location Various, see each listing
Date Various, see each listing
Details
VISUAL ART Subversive plasticity – Exhibition 12 Feb - 30 March | Free Keele University Art Gallery, Chancellors Building Subversive plasticity presents plastics from our everyday world in a new light. With exhibits exploring the interplay between materials and the forms they take in plastic objects, it challenges people to build their own ‘plastics literacy.’ https://www.keele.ac.uk/discover/events/2019/february/subversiveplasticity/eventtitle,221270,en.php
LECTURES Professor Raphael Hirschi: Using Computer Simulations of Stars as Virtual Extreme Physics Laboratories Inaugural Lecture 18 February | 6.15pm | Westminster Theatre, Chancellor's Building FREE https://estore.keele.ac.uk/product-catalogue/arts-keele/lectures/inaugural-lecture-professor-raphael-hirschi
MUSIC Keele Music Forum: Victoria Soames Samek Music Talk 20 February | 1.15pm | ClockHouse Lecture Room FREE Victoria Soames Samek: international renowned performing artist, professor of clarinet and saxophone, founder of the specialist CD label Clarinet & Saxophone Classics and director of Samek Music, with a Masters in Performance Science, delivers a talk which promises to be both entertaining and personal.
Taking you on her life journey she discusses how, in her uncompromising pursuit of excellence, she has combined creativity with sound scientific concepts to develop a unique approach to preparing for performance.https://www.keele.ac.uk/discover/events/2019/february/musictalkvictoriasoamessamek/eventtitle,224620,en.php
MUSIC Keele Concerts: The Villiers Quartet The Villiers Quartet encompasses the grand and iconic spirit of the extraordinary music tradition in London 20 February | 7.30pm | Westminter Theatre, Chancellors Building Hailed as one of the most charismatic and “adventurous” quartets of the European chamber music scene, the Villiers Quartet has developed an international reputation for its performances of British music. TICKETS: £16 | £5 STUDENTS | FREE KEELE MUSIC STUDENTS AND 16 & UNDER https://estore.keele.ac.uk/product-catalogue/arts-keele/music/the-villiers-quartet
FILM, LITERATURE, DRAMA Keele Hall Readings: Elizabeth Buchan 25 February | 7.30pm | University Common Room FREE Gather round the fireplace in the lavish University Common Room with readings from International Bestseller Elizabeth Buchan https://www.keele.ac.uk/discover/events/2019/february/keelehallreadingselizabethbuchan/eventtitle,224625,en.php
MUSIC Keele Concerts: Fibonacci Ensemble The Fibonacci Sequence has long been admired as one of this country's most distinguished chamber ensembles 27 February | 7.30pm Keele University Chapel TICKETS: £16 | £5 STUDENTS | FREE KEELE MUSIC STUDENTS AND 16 & UNDER https://estore.keele.ac.uk/product-catalogue/arts-keele/music/fibonacci-ensemble
VISUAL ART Three Counties Open Photography 2019 A range of photographs taken by talented photographers from Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire will be on display and there will be the opportunity to buy the work exhibited. This year there are three open briefs for photographers: Composite, Still Life and Environment. Centre Space, Spode Works
The Exhibition will run from 1-31 March
Exhibition ‘The Unveiling of Guillaume’ by Russell Gregory
Location New Vic theatre, Etruria Rd, Newcastle ST5 0JG
Date Running until 2 March
Details Open daily (except Sundays) from 10am-6pm
Event Forest Fables and foibles
Location Staffordshire Library & Information Service, Castle House, Barracks Road, Newcastle-under-
Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1BL Tel: 01782-485305
Date 20 March
Details
Exhibitions Trent Art 2019 Exhibitions
Location 19 Brunswick St, Newcastle ST5 1HF Details
Exhibition Nearly Neon
Location Unit Twelve Gallery, Tixall Heath Farm, Stafford ST18 0XX
email: [email protected] tel: 07811 460494
Dates 17 Jan – 27 April, open Thurs-Sat, 10-4pm: www.unittwelve.co.uk Details Nearly Neon will brighten up the Winter months and welcome in the Spring with vivid and
vivacious pops of colour. This exhibition showcases the best in contemporary craft that celebrates the use of bright and bold colour.
Exhibition Sandbach Art club – Exhibition and sale
Location Masonic Hall, Scotch Common, CW11 1FJ
Details