tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77030910237069200482024-03-13T04:04:31.402-07:00Swindon Museum & Art GalleryBarbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-141570518988077672011-07-16T07:55:00.000-07:002011-07-16T08:14:09.551-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3EiAf37IuLY/TiGqLxTtZ0I/AAAAAAAAAIk/nNDy65t0RkE/s1600/DSCN4466.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629968128381118274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3EiAf37IuLY/TiGqLxTtZ0I/AAAAAAAAAIk/nNDy65t0RkE/s200/DSCN4466.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mogSiX58KQA/TiGpsIZ0EoI/AAAAAAAAAIc/FebTZ4m47RM/s1600/DSCN4464.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629967584824922754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mogSiX58KQA/TiGpsIZ0EoI/AAAAAAAAAIc/FebTZ4m47RM/s200/DSCN4464.JPG" border="0" /></a>Highworth Roman Pot<br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Dr Phil Parkes from Cardiff University analysed the staples on our Roman Pot from Highworth on 20 June 2011 at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, where the pot is being conserved. </div><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Analysis was carried out using a hand-held X-ray fluorescence analyzer with the aim of identifying the metal alloy used to make the staples. The spectra from the analyses showed that the staples consist of lead. A small amount of iron was also visible due to dirt on the surface of the staples. </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Dr Phil Parkes says, 'The use of lead staples to repair vessels is well recorded in Roman Britain (Fulford and timby, 2001). Although more commonly associated with Samian Ware, it has occasionally been used with coarseware, where sherds can be found with a hole drilled near to a break edge for the staple repair. </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div align="left">The results of the analysis indicated that the vessel was repaired in Roman times. </div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-59077838298440564532011-05-11T08:42:00.000-07:002011-05-11T09:01:27.899-07:00Amazing Magic Lantern Show<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HqREeaX8lOM/TcqxCVYKULI/AAAAAAAAAHw/WV0fkCnw4Gs/s1600/P1050803.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605487339872342194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HqREeaX8lOM/TcqxCVYKULI/AAAAAAAAAHw/WV0fkCnw4Gs/s200/P1050803.JPG" border="0" /></a>A Magic Lantern Show by Patrick Furley will be held in the Art Gallery Friday 13 May 7.30 – 9.00 pm. This is a Museums at Night event.<br /><br />It is an entertainment from the days before the advent of the cinema and television and gives a little bit of magic lantern history too!<br /><br />Patrick will show many different kinds of magic lanterns and original slides from around 1860 to the 1920s.<br /><br />Plus you can see ‘Picturing the Past’ exhibition<br /><br />A journey through Swindon Museum’s collection of photographs and photographic equipment from magic lantern slides, Victorian family albums and stereoscopic viewers to digital technology including a great display of novelty cameras.<br /><br />Exhibition is free<br />Talk Tickets: £4.50, £3.50 (Friends of Swindon Museum and Art Gallery)<br />Telephone: 01793 466556Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-92176925901424387342011-05-11T08:23:00.000-07:002011-05-11T08:39:50.755-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cu7wj9O-jvs/TcqtBVaBDQI/AAAAAAAAAHo/Etrgi3GVIDs/s1600/SAM_1657_Ray_Ward.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605482924653743362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cu7wj9O-jvs/TcqtBVaBDQI/AAAAAAAAAHo/Etrgi3GVIDs/s200/SAM_1657_Ray_Ward.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Artist Ray Ward called in today to discuss an Open Studios project to be held at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery during this year's Swindon Open Studios in September. </div><br /><br /><div>On eight separate days between 7 September and 17 September Ray will stage 8 museum pop up exhibitions using quirky collections from elsewhere, one per day. The specific dates are:</div><br /><br /><div>7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17 September. </div><br /><br /><div>As we develop the idea, more news will appear in the blog so keep reading. </div><br /><br /><div>By the way, in the photograph, Ray is looking at a DVD he produced showing historic postcards from the museum collections which can be seen on Flickr at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonmuseumandartgallery">www.flickr.com/photos/swindonmuseumandartgallery</a></div><br /><br /><div>They show Swindon people and environs including outlying villages. </div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-57573560820864431572010-12-30T08:42:00.000-08:002010-12-30T08:58:05.296-08:00Collecting with an artist's eye - Hans Coper<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TRy6Bba7gOI/AAAAAAAAAHc/FgB-5d7rcd4/s1600/P1050580.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556520573971693794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TRy6Bba7gOI/AAAAAAAAAHc/FgB-5d7rcd4/s200/P1050580.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TRy5yviFzvI/AAAAAAAAAHU/CVYWAJHxIoA/s1600/P1050582.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The current ceramics exhibition 'Collecting with an artist's eye' features work by Joanna Constantinidis, Hans Coper and Lucie Rie. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Hans Coper allied himself with two groups of makers. Firstly with the anonymous potters of the distant past and of tribal cultures, whose artefacts were refined by endless repetition and who saw no separation between form and decoration. Secondly with certain twentieth century artists whose work is the result of a compulsion to get closer and closer to a basic truth. In Hans' own words, '... like a demented piano tuner one is trying to approximate a phantom pitch.' Hans Coper admired fellow artists such as Brancusi, Giacometti plus Beckett, Stravinsky and Chagall. LIke Coper they were all ex-patriates who left their home country and settled in another land where their art flourished.</span></div></div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-1923459458751103392010-12-08T08:46:00.000-08:002010-12-08T08:58:14.705-08:00Ceramics Photography<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TP-37bmtNVI/AAAAAAAAAHI/8zCHjxsZPLM/s1600/Ceramics%2BPoster.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548355497594008914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TP-37bmtNVI/AAAAAAAAAHI/8zCHjxsZPLM/s200/Ceramics%2BPoster.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Peter Benson, a professional photographer, who photographed the modern ceramics collection, delivered the photographs to us today complete with a poster idea shown on this page. The photographs are stunning! Peter photographed over 100 ceramic pieces and took great care to produce informative and aesthetically pleasing images. Many of these artworks are currently on display in the museum and art gallery. Why not come and visit? </span></div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-53113823350165263602010-11-26T08:34:00.000-08:002010-11-26T08:46:28.608-08:00Pottery 'Toys'<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TO_iMaLo3eI/AAAAAAAAAHA/GFCJ1Nn9DzI/s1600/P1050032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543898369130814946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TO_iMaLo3eI/AAAAAAAAAHA/GFCJ1Nn9DzI/s320/P1050032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We have three unusual ‘pots’ in the Swindon Collection of Studio Ceramics: a train set, a Volkswagen car and a row of Victorian houses all made out of clay, of course, and currently on display in the art gallery. </div><br /><div>The train tea set by “Wez” has an engine, a tender, trucks and barrels. The engine is a tea pot. The tender and trucks act as holders for the barrels from which one can drink tea, in theory at least as this is an art gallery piece. For pottery enthusiasts the set is slip cast.<br /><br />The green Volkswagen car was made by Shona Small when she was a student at Bristol College of art back in 1977. She kindly donated the piece to our collection. It is shiny dark green and black with red, orange, white and matt black enamels with silver lustre trims and black and white checks. A truly colourful object.<br /><br />By contrast the derelict terrace houses are very subtly coloured and very detailed. Victorian House 1977 by Ian Beamish is a realistic sculpture of three partly demolished five-storey Victorian houses. It is painted in subtle browns, pink and green and was purchased from the potter in 1977. </div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-8163996572893146882010-11-26T07:49:00.000-08:002010-11-26T08:11:03.495-08:00Visitor Comments<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TO_cD6MjcJI/AAAAAAAAAG4/lyYm3A5TKsU/s1600/P1050034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543891626035998866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TO_cD6MjcJI/AAAAAAAAAG4/lyYm3A5TKsU/s320/P1050034.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I just had to share with you the most recent comments from the art gallery comments book. They include:<br /><br />"Worth the train ride from Bristol. Thanks."<br />"A pleasure to visit this exhibition."<br />"It's wicked!"<br />"We enjoyed the children's room and making a puppet show, and this room is the biggest room I've ever seen in the world. From Freya (nearly 4)<br /><br />and my favourite:<br /><br />"Good use of the rates over the years"<br /><br />Why not come in and share your responses with us?</div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-58437227877436568892010-06-23T08:11:00.000-07:002010-06-23T08:32:45.324-07:00Curators choice on BBC Wiltshire<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TCIo1uGvAVI/AAAAAAAAAGo/TyGUNixLGPg/s1600/SMAG_Charles_Stone_Boat_Form.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485992199465140562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TCIo1uGvAVI/AAAAAAAAAGo/TyGUNixLGPg/s320/SMAG_Charles_Stone_Boat_Form.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I spoke on Curators Choice this week with BBC's Graham Rogers as Sue Davies who usually presents this programme was on holiday. Curators from around Wiltshire talk about objects from their museum's in this slot every Wednesday from 2.15 p.m.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I featured a ceramic by Charles Stone from the Swindon Collection of Studio Ceramics. The piece titled <em>Ceramic Sculpture </em>was made in porcelain in 1979. It is tiny and merits close observation. Its dimensions are height 8.5 cm; (3.5 ins) length 9.2 cm; width 5.6 cm. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">It depicts a walled, riverfront castle in front of a forest with 3 birds and a moored boat. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">It is made from several different coloured clays: light brown, grey, light grey, and body-coloured porcelain clays which have been rolled, cut and delicately modelled to produce the forms. Its surface shows various impressed textures and sgraffito used for architectural and folar detail. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">It is part of a currently available display called </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><strong>Clay and Water</strong> </em>which will accompany the next Art Gallery exhibition <strong><em>The Lure of Water</em></strong> opening on 15 July. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Pots in <em>Clay and Water </em>have been chosen for their connection with St Ives, the sea, beach and boat shapes. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-71001684186330699922010-06-18T05:35:00.000-07:002010-06-18T06:02:22.290-07:00Christopher Easdon's Art<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TBtuNHzUT5I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/8VijGyLPrFk/s1600/P1020196_Christopher_Easdon.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484098142965354386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TBtuNHzUT5I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/8VijGyLPrFk/s320/P1020196_Christopher_Easdon.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Today, 18<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>, June Chris <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Easdon</span> laid out all of his pictures on the gallery floor so that they could be photographed from above. Chris wanted to be able to show all of his pictures in one shot and the gallery provided the ideal location. He told me that he started this work in May when he got his new computer. He abstracts from photographs and manipulates the images using computer software.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Chris also writes books, one of which is called 'The Wonderful World of Wobbly Bob and Muggy Sam'.</span> </div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-24446199720348928402010-06-18T03:36:00.000-07:002010-06-18T06:13:49.280-07:00Parallel Lives with Artsite<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484099333520071698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/TBtvSa9rnBI/AAAAAAAAAGg/RvNqRVxa83k/s320/P1020176.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Around 20 Artsite artists have each chosen a picture from the Swindon Collection of Modern British Art. On Friday 11 June, the artists came to the art gallery to view their chosen pictures and to read the archived information related to each artwork. </span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Paul Ricketts and Tim Carroll got the pictures out of the store for the viewing and I provided the accompanying information. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">There was a tranquil studious atmosphere in the gallery as the artists worked. Some made drawings; other made notes. Andy Preston shot video footage while others clicked away on their mobile phones and cameras. We also photocopied photographs and texts from the folders. It was really satisfying to be able to make all these resources available to artists from our area.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Artsite artists will use their responses to the Swindon collection pictures to make their own artworks to be shown in an exhibition <em>Parallel Lives </em>which will be at The Post Modern gallery, Swindon in September 2010.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">For further information about Artsite, visit <a href="http://www.artsite.ltd.uk/">http://www.artsite.ltd.uk/</a></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-36710410738574009102009-07-10T09:04:00.000-07:002010-06-18T06:13:25.237-07:00Children's Art Day with artist Jill Carter<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/SldoTsZ8ZuI/AAAAAAAAAF4/nDcZ5bMtRbA/s1600-h/Jill"></a> On 9 July Jill Carter, photographer and filmmaker worked with children from King William Street School taking inspiration from the Gilbert and George 'Four Knights' picture. The children performed a range of characters such as lords and ladies dressing up in appropriate costumes. They clustered together while in character to form a composite picture. Jill took photographs of the children at various stages of the event and will later use the material to create an artist's film, which will be on display in the art gallery.<br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-21904040116004168432009-07-02T07:35:00.000-07:002010-06-18T06:13:10.212-07:00A Missing Manet?Antal Neville, a student at The American University of Paris, emailed to find out if we have a painting by Manet previously owned by HJP Bomford. Mr Bomford generously donated a number of important pictures to our collection but unfortunately not the Manet painting.<br /><br /><br />If you would like to know more:<br /><br />Antal is taking part in a research project for The Letters of Samuel Beckett, the first volume of which was published in February by Cambridge University Press. In one of his letters, dated from August 1848, Beckett mentions having seen a painting by Manet entitled "Madame Manet dans la Serre" at the Living Art Exhibition at the National College of Art in Dublin, which took place from Aug 11 to Sept 12 1948. Antal has tracked down this painting to the National Gallery in Oslo, but according to their records it hasn't left Oslo since the 1930's. However, it appears that there may have been a duplicate painted by Edouard Vibert, Madame Manet's nephew, which was owned by H.J.P. Bomford in 1957. I know that many paintings from the Bomford collection were on display at the Living Art Exhibition.<br /><br />If you know the current location of the painting please let me know and I will pass the information on to Antal.Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-13477222652487790012009-06-30T08:45:00.000-07:002009-06-30T09:06:38.216-07:00Donation of John Maltby Ceramic<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/Sko3Kd7QEkI/AAAAAAAAAFw/ML5VmU5JbMg/s1600-h/Mike+Yates+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353151760054620738" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/Sko3Kd7QEkI/AAAAAAAAAFw/ML5VmU5JbMg/s320/Mike+Yates+006.jpg" border="0" /></a>Mike Yates came to the gallery today for the official handover of the John Maltby ceramic <em>Site Seers (Greece) </em>2006 which he has most generously donated to the Swindon Collection of Studio Ceramics. The work is on display in the exhibition <em>Necessary Pots: Studio Pottery in the </em><br /><em>South West.</em><br /><br />The exhibition showcases a selection of key studio potters from the South West region and includes pots by Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, who was based at Coleshill near Swindon, and works by David Leach, Hans Coper and other influential ceramicists based in the West Country.<br /><br />The exhibition has been organised in collaboration with Kirsty Hartsiotis, Decorative Arts Curator from Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. Cheltenham Art Gallery has loaned two ceramics, a cider jar and jug, by Michael Cardew from Winchcombe pottery in Gloucestershire.<br /><br /><div>Swindon Museum & Art Gallery started collecting studio pottery in 1965 and continues to collect works, such as our most recent acquisition, John Maltby's <em>Site Seers (Greece)</em> 2006, donated by Swindon based collector and author, Mike Yates.<br /><br />For further information, contact Barbara Dixon on <a href="mailto:bdixon@swindon.gov.uk">bdixon@swindon.gov.uk</a> and 01793 466560. Swindon Museum & Art Gallery Tel. 01793 466556.</div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-57861317220863527892009-06-25T05:34:00.000-07:002010-06-18T06:12:19.641-07:00GCSE Colouring Books<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/SkN7iDZGj3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/_-8dKpfLhTw/s1600-h/IMG_8512.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/SkN7WTnXOsI/AAAAAAAAAFY/rBPi5Xes4hM/s1600-h/IMG_8501.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351256405398993602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/SkN7WTnXOsI/AAAAAAAAAFY/rBPi5Xes4hM/s320/IMG_8501.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Students from the John of Gaunt School have combined drawings inspired by Jake and Dinos Chapman with outline drawings from children's colouring books to make their own surreal compositions.<br /><br />The workshop led by Brian Britton, former Head of Art at Ridgeway School and now freelance educationalist, is linked to GCSE Art and Design programmes. The young people study the works in the Chapmans' touring exhibition on show in the art gallery and draw on Surrealism and Dada to create their own artworks through drawing and collage.<br /><br />Tamar McCreary, Art Teacher, said the workshop is 'invaluable experience for art students, with superb guidance and linked directly to their project. The students learned a huge amount and were completely engaged with the art works'.<br /><br />Other members of staff accompanying the students were Emma Palmer and Julia Davey. Emma is a Teaching Assistant who is doing a Postgraduate Certificate in Education with Plymouth University.<br /><br />Julia will be teaching a BTEC course at Cirencester College from September. She said, 'It's a really lovely workshop for the course I am starting to run. It will tie in with the units I will be teaching. This kind of thing can draw a lot out of the students'<br /><br />Julia expressed interest in the portraits workshops which will be available from 7 July to the end of the Autumn Term 2009.<br /><br />For further information on education, contact Elaine Bennett on 01793 466556 or <a href="mailto:ebennett@swindon.gov.uk">ebennett@swindon.gov.uk</a> </div>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-52137966931251598852009-06-19T08:38:00.000-07:002009-06-19T08:57:11.705-07:00Art Publications - Paris and LondonI've had two calls today requesting images for publications, one from Paris and the other from London.<br /><br />Our painting by Roger Fry, The Black Sea Coast, 1911 will be shown in an exhibition on the Bloomsbury Group at the museum of Roubaix (France) from November 2009 to February 2010.<br /><br />The Éditions Gallimard are going to publish the catalogue of the exhibition. This afternoon I received a call today from the publisher asking for a high quality picture.<br /><br />I also heard from Fiona Candlin from Birkbeck College, London who has written a book entitled, Art, Museums and Touch. Fiona has requested a image of Ben Nicholson, Composition in Black and White, 1933 for inclusion in the publication.<br /><br />It is always good to see our pictures reproduced in publications as it helps to raise the profile of this important collection, Swindon Collection of Modern British ArtBarbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-1466902135050516702009-06-18T02:35:00.000-07:002010-06-18T06:11:50.851-07:00Monsters and Beasts<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JEWxWgAOg4w/SjoqkLp7UjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/EOXLEa2lPHA/s1600-h/Lethbridge+005.jpg"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Over 140 five to seven year old children from Lethbridge School in Old Town Swindon are creating monsters and beasts in the art gallery this week and next. The children are taking inspiration from 'Jake and Dinos Chapman: My Colouring Book' exhibition and Maurice Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things Are'.<br /><br />The session combines storytelling, drama and drawing<br /><br />The children play picture consequences to create fantastic beasts and design their very own monsters in chalk, charcoal and pastels.<br /><br />Each session finishes with a 'wild rumpus'!<br /><br />If you are a teacher who would like your pupils to have a thoroughly creative time here, contact Elaine Bennett, Education Officer on 01793 466556 or </span><a href="mailto:ebennett@swindon.gov.uk"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">ebennett@swindon.gov.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />Sessions like this one are designed around school-based themes.<br /><br />We also have off-the-shelf sessions on Art, the Egyptians and Romans.<br /><em></em><br /><em>Jake and Dinos Chapman: My Giant Colouring Book</em> is a Hayward Touring Exhibition, from Southbank Centre, London, on behalf of Arts Council, England.</span><br /><br />For further information about Lethbridge School:<br /><a href="http://www.lethbridge.swindon.sch.uk/">http://www.lethbridge.swindon.sch.uk/</a>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703091023706920048.post-8448295887072750652009-06-02T04:38:00.000-07:002009-06-18T04:57:47.938-07:00Jake and Dinos Chapman's work comes to Swindon<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Jake and Dinos Chapman: My Giant Colouring Book exhibition opened in Swindon on Saturday 30 May at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery.<br /><br />A series of etchings with dark undercurrents, montrous creatures, and fantastic landscapes, based loosely on join-the-dots drawings from children's picture books. The 21 etchings, published by the Paragon Press, London in 2004, offer a fascinating insight into the imaginations of two of Britain's most inventive and subversive artists.<br /><br />The exhibition runs from Saturday 30 May to Saturday 27 June and admission is free.<br />This is a Hayward Touring exhibition, from Southbank Centre, London, on behalf of Arts Council, England.<br /><br />Jake and Dinos Chapman's work is being shown alongside pictures from the Swindon Collection of Modern Art including works by Maggi Hambling, Timothy Hyman, Lucian Freud, Eileen Cooper, Paul Gough, William Roberts, Louis le Brocquy and more.<br /><br />For further information, visit www.swindon.gov.uk/artsandculture</span>Barbara Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527490622069932400noreply@blogger.com0