Current Exhibitions are listed here. This list holds the details of
the galleries that are regularly holding curated exhibitions and their
current shows / events.
The
Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster LA1 1QE
- (01524) 598500
The Dukes Gallery is
generally open Monday - Saturday 10am to 10pm but please call
the Dukes on 01524 598505 to check if you are travelling specifically.
Free
until 17 July 2008
‘I am an American’:
Video Portraits of Post-911 US Citizens Ten days after 9/11, the American Ad Council broadcast its famous public service announcement (PSA) ‘I am an American’. The PSA ‘sought to celebrate the ideals that keep this country (USA) strong by highlighting the nation’s extraordinary diversity.’ It features a montage of individual US citizens of diverse ages, races, and religions who look directly into the camera and declare, ‘I am an American’. The PSA concludes with the US motto E Pluribus Unum – Out of Many (differences), One (nation), underscoring the idea that these living portraits of individual citizens combine to create a single US public with a shared vision of the US nation. According to the Ad Council, the PSA ‘helped the country unite in the wake of the terrorist attacks’.
Five years after 9/11, Cynthia Weber began on-camera interviews with US citizens of various ages, races, religions, sexes, and ethnicities caught up in the security and immigration crossfire of the ‘war on terror’. Each US citizen was invited to reflect upon their experiences of citizenship and patriotism after 9/11, to create a pose (often with the US flag) that epitomizes their experiences, and to encapsulate their experiences into a sentence that includes the words, ‘I am an American.’ This exhibition assembles this material into a series of moving and still video portraits. A video diary loops short individual interviews of these US citizens together, interspersing them with ensemble clips like a critical remake of the ‘I am an American’ PSA. Still video portraits of these US Americans in their chosen poses captioned with their ‘I am an American’ statements line the gallery walls. As both moving and still images, these video portraits beam conflicting images, ideas, and experiences of US citizenship through the gallery space. The overall effect is to announce US publics whose experiences of citizenship fragment, de-idealize, and refigure US national myths about identity, citizenship, tolerance, and patriotism.
Lancaster office:
Unit 6.4.4, Alston House, White Cross, Lancaster, LA1 4XQ
Tel: 01524
388550
E-mail: Contact
folly
Web site: www.folly.co.uk
folly is a leading digital arts organisation. Working in Lancashire, Cumbria and online, folly is committed to enabling new audiences to explore art through technology.
folly delivers creative projects, events, workshops and exhibitions in Lancashire and Cumbria. Specialising in new media, folly is involved with projects involving moving image, the web, creative and open source software, mobile communications and animation.
folly has embarked on an ambitious development process as part of Lancaster City Council's project to establish a new Storey Creative Industry Centre (SCIC), a dynamic new cultural quarter for the city. It is envisaged that the development will provide space for a new exhibition venue and media lab for folly, due to re-open in 2007/08.
As a result, folly is currently non-venue based and resident in a new office space at White Cross, Lancaster.
folly offers events, training and education opportunities including computer applications, creative photography, moving image, sound, digital image manipulation and more. See their site for details - where you can also subscribe free to their fortnightly folly eNewsletter or to the weekly FOIL (folly Opportunities, Information and Listings).
Entry
£2 / £1 (Charges may vary.) Children (accompanied)
free. Season Ticket: Adult £5 / Family + Friends £8.
Opening times:
From Good Friday - 30 June: Mon - Fri 1-4pm, Sat + Sun 12-4pm.
1st July - 30th Sep: Mon - Fri 10am-4pm; Sat + Sun 12-4pm
1st - 31st Oct: Mon - Fri 1-4pm, Sat + Sun 12-4pm
Permanent: Old master + impressionist paintings. Museum of Childhood includes 'Out of the
Showcase' Playroom and a collection of dolls toys + games from the
18C to present day. Attend class in the Edwardian schoolroom.
Acclaimed collection of Gillow furniture.
Lancaster's 18C connections with the slave-trade are explored in
a series of portraits.
Trace the history of the 'beastly' Thomas Covell, witch-hunter and
jailer, central in the capture, trial and execution of the Pendle
Witches.
The City Museum is
housed in Lancaster's former Town Hall, built in 1781-3 to the
designs of Major Thomas Jarrett and Thomas Harrison. The Museum
itself was founded in 1923 and its newly redisplayed collections
illustrate the history and archaeology of the city of Lancaster,
the most northerly and rural part of Lancashire. It contains the
King's Own Regimental Museum
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19 July – 20 September 2008 NATURAL CURIOSITY – Uncover Nature’s Secrets Stuck for something to do over the summer holidays? Come and explore the natural world at Lancaster City Museum. Natural Curiosity is our latest exhibition and with lots to see, learn and touch - there is something for everybody.
Do you know the difference between an entomologist and a zoologist? What about a naturalist and a taxidermist? Find out about the people who helped shape our knowledge and understanding of the natural world. Explore geology, botany and conchology. Sort shells, rub a rock and even touch a mink.
There are lots of events happening to link with this exhibition, and they are all free! Join us on Friday 25 July for face painting and craft making. A series of five workshops start on Thursday 31st July (and the following four Thursdays) that will uncover and explore nature’s secrets. Families can have fun together making and creating on Super Saturdays, 2nd August and 6th September. Come rain or shine, there is something for the young and young at heart to enjoy together.
Contact the museum on 01524 64637 for further information. Some events need to be pre-booked.
Permanent: 'Dressed to
Kill' Lancaster Military Meritage Group, King's Own Royal Border
Regt.
Open Daily. Easter to October:
11am - 5pm
November to Easter: 12.30 - 4pm
Admission: £3 adults, £2 concessions.
Free to Lancaster residents.
This museum occupies two
historic buildings on St. George's Quay, the main 18th century harbour.
It was opened in 1985 and has won many awards. The former Custom
House of 1764, designed by Richard Gillow, contains displays on
the history of the Port of Lancaster and the local fishing industry,
with a gallery for exhibitions. In the adjacent warehouse are displays
on the Lancaster Canal and the ecology of Morecambe Bay. Several
preserved vessels are also displayed, including 'Sir William Priestley'
and 'Coronation Rose'. There is a cafeteria and shop and parking
is available at the rear.
May 23 – August 17 2008 Echoes of the Lune
A new contemporary art
exhibition drawing together work inspired by the theme of the river Lune. The beauty, light, movement, mirrors and echoes of the river are all incorporated into the work ranging from glass and ceramics to wall hangings, oil paintings and sculptures made by the Echo group of artists (Dawn Blackmore, Diane Fay, Patricia Haskey Knowles, Janette Ireland, Barb Madoc, Vicki Mulligan and Catriona Stamp).
Works are for sale.
Image: ‘Time & Tide’ by Dawn Blackmore, glass
THE MUSIC ROOM
Cafe, Arts & Jewellery
Sun Street Sq, Lancaster LA1 1EW - (01524 65001)
Open 10am - 5.30pm Mon - Sat.
Unique jewellery by a
range of Polish artists - various styles and a broad range of
prices. Regularly rotated exhibitions of international and local
artists. Cafe specialities include traditional Polish-style home
baked cakes.
The Storey Gallery in Lancaster is an artist-centred gallery which presents high quality contemporary visual art. The programme includes exhibitions and projects by artists with national or international reputations, together with educational activities, workshops and talks.
The Gallery is housed in a splendid Victorian art gallery in the Storey Institute, a grade II-listed building in the centre of Lancaster. Plans are underway for the whole building to be refurbished as a Creative industries Centre.
The adjoining walled garden includes The Tasting Garden, a permanent environmental artwork by Mark Dion.
The gallery is currently closed while undergoing refurbishment of the entire building into the SCIC (Storey Creative Industries Centre). "As a means of continuing a public profile the gallery has developed an off site programme. We saw this as an opportunity to try new things, work in new ways and develop new projects that could continue when we move back in to the building in 2008.
See www.storeygallery.org.uk/blog".
50 North Road Lancaster
England LA1 1LT UK
Tel: +44 (0)1524 68014 Fax: +44 (0)1524 68013
Local art shop and gallery
- "Our Gallery features a wide selection of self published Limited
Edition Prints and originals." Features arts, crafts, graphics,
gallery and art materials.
The
Sultan of Lancaster Art Gallery displays work by local and international
artists on a regular basis as well as a thought-provoking
insight into art inspired by Islamic values and principles. The gallery also contains a spacious
Booker-award winning food court and is a lovely place to eat or
take a coffee.
"We combine a diverse collection
of art from some of the finest collectable artists with handcrafted
framing. Our selection includes the finest figurative, landscape,
sporting and contemporary work. We try to make collecting art easy.
We offer many services including home viewing, free delivery and
you can even spread the cost over 3 months."
Alexandra Gallery, Alexandra
Building, University of Cumbria,
Bowerham Road Lancaster LA1 3JD
Tel: +44 (0) 1524 384312
Open Daily 9.30am-5.30pm. Free.
At weekends and holidays viewing is by arrangement
(07793 200542).
email info@cumbriaarts.co.uk If you want to find out more about studying Art at the
University of Cumbria, visit the website at www.cumbria.ac.uk
or call 08080 024 024.
2nd
Floor, Ashton Memorial, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Tel: (01524) 33318
Open daily from April to
September between 10am and 4.30pm
Open daily from October to March between 11am and 3.30pm.
Until 13 July 2008 “Landmarks and Landscapes” An exhibition
By Patricia Haskey-Knowles.
Patricia was born in Australia but spent much of her childhood in South Yorkshire. She moved to Lancashire to study art at the Storey Institute, when it housed the art annexe of the University of Central Lancashire and graduated in 1980 with a degree in Fine Art.
Patricia’s paintings are distinguished for their colour and expressive dynamism. Always experimenting, her evolving method uses layers of gouache paint on top of textured watercolour washes to convey a highly individual vision which many find exhilarating and uplifting.
The award-winning building
Ruskin Library holds the world's largest collection of material
relating to the great writer, artist and social critic John Ruskin
(1819-1900).
18 - 25 June 2008 Departure Lounge
An exhibition of artwork by final year undergraduate degree students from the Art section of the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts.
The
History Of Hest Bank Wharf The Hest Bank Hotel
Shifting channels and sands have suddenly exposed the stonework
of this nineteenth century wharf. A further shift could lead to
its being buried again - possibly for ever! Exhibition of images
and artefacts at the Hest Bank Hotel, by arrangement with the Slyne-with-Hest
Local History group, relating to this once key - and now almost
forgotten - feature of the village life and economy. See more at
http://www.members.aol.com/SwHHistory/
Photo courtesy of Dave Mowle, Slyne with Hest Local History Group)
12 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria LA6
2AE
Tel: 015242 73747
Email: info@finestragallery.co.uk
Open Mon - Sat: 10am to 5pm, Sun: 11am - 5pm.
Late night opening each Thursday in December. Free.
In addition to the free exhibitions listed below, there is a continuous
display of original paintings, contemporary glass, jewellery and
furniture on show at the gallery.
Until 15 August 2008
‘Coasts and Countryside’
An exhibition by David Allen and Alan Hayman
The work of pastellist David Allen RSMA, from Harrogate, and oil painter Alan Hayman based on the west coast of Scotland. Both artists paint coastal landscapes, and making fantastic use of colour, and they capture a different, but very individual view of the areas they visit.
Image: Horse Chestnuts Harewood by David Allen
24 November to 22 December 2007 ART MARKET
At QSand, Mona House, 1 Deansgate Poulton, Morecambe
Open Wednesdays to Saturdays 11am - 3pm.
Tel: 01524 851283 / 425773 / 417417
Choose something special from an affordable range of paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, artist made books, textiles, jewellery and cards.
Contemporary and traditional
artwork is available by comission or just simply come and visit
the studio and browse in my gallery on the first floor. My studio
is available for other local artists to exhibit a selection of artwork,
at my discretion, for a set fee. We also stock limited edition prints,
hand crafted, locally made silver jewellery and Charles Rennie-Macintosh
style silver jewellery.
'We make the experience of buying Modern art a pleasurable
one, either by purchasing our paintings directly from our gallery,
or commissioning your own style of artwork.'
Image: Coffee Lounge Art No 1 by Kevin Pearson.
Poulton Heritage
Group Display Case. Some items of historic interest such
as share certificates for the Winter Gardens and the West End pier;
there are also souvenir programmes and a collection of china, porcelain
and bottles.
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MORECAMBE
PROMENADE
The City Council and the
RSPB have commissioned work from local primary schools, which has
been made into 'globos' projecting images onto the pavement after
dark. The winning selection of images come from St Peters CP School,
Morecambe Bay CP School and Morecambe Rd CP School - their entries
for the Tern public art project.
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MORECAMBE
COMMUNITY SHOP
Yorkshire
St, Morecambe
Opening times are 10am to 4pm Mon-Friday. Info tel: 01524 413064.
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Perm.
Photography by Rob Daniels
Morecambe Community Shop, Part of the Folly Contact
Scheme. Rob Daniels has two bodies of work showing at the space,
An Aesthetic Evaluation of the Cooling Tower and Six Works on Water,
both of which are abstract but also beautiful and accessible.
Miklos Bansaghi Fine Art
4 Windermere House,
Middle Street,
Lancaster, LA1 1JZ
mob: 07939159942
email: mbansaghi@gmail.com
Research, examination, restoration and sale of European Paintings (from Old Masters to 20th century). 16 years of experience ranging from the Canadian National Gallery to the well known Grassi Studio in New York City. Rare combination of two master's degrees in the field of fine art conservation, one in sculpture, and one in paintings conservation. Experience in architectural restoration.
Donald
Taylor www.donaldtaylor.org.uk/gallery Donald Taylor's online gallery features work by several
artists from this area and all around the UK.
Wolf House Gallery Gibraltar, Silverdale, Carnforth LA5 0TX
Tel/Fax: 01524 701405
Open April to December, daily ex Mon: 10:30am - 5:30pm.
Surrounded by ancient woodlands, wells and coastal meadows this
uniquely beautiful and tranquil place attracts visitors from far
and wide, while regular visitors and local people drop in for a
coffee or a light lunch and to see what's new in the fantastic collection
of both traditional and contemporary arts and crafts.
Perm.
Landscape,
Natural and Still Life Photography by Jeff Woodman in
the Jeff Woodman Hallway, Stairs + Landing Gallery, Regent St, Lancaster.
Viewing by appt. No parking for coaches, sorry. tel: 01524 33410.
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Maps for most places in and around town.
N.B. Images on the web have a maximum resolution of 72dpi and a limited colour range. The average holiday snap is several thousand times better quality - so sadly, images of artists' work shown here are just vague shadows of the real thing - which will generally be a lot bigger, have much richer detail and colour tones and, well, reallness. Go to the shows and see for yourself!
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'We make the experience of buying Modern art a pleasurable
one, either by purchasing our paintings directly from our gallery,
or commissioning your own style of artwork.'
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