Life Drawing Sessions With A Difference At Beverley Art Gallery

Life Drawing Sessions With A Difference At Beverley Art Gallery
June 7, 2018

On Saturday, 16 June, Beverley Art Gallery will be hosting two rather unusual life drawing sessions. Two clothed life models will appear in the gallery space in poses inspired by exhibited artworks.

The morning session will focus on the artworks in the gallery’s own collection, and the afternoon session will involve David Sprakes’s Rhythms in Sculpture exhibition.

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Jane Yerbury Sweeney – A Tribute From Her Son

Jane Yerbury Sweeney – A Tribute From Her Son
June 4, 2018

My mother Jane Yerbury Sweeney, who was born on 7th. January 1920 and died on 1st. June 2018 at Newbegin House in Beverley, was an extraordinary woman. Brought up in Kensington and Sussex, she was educated at home, mostly by herself. She read widely, but obtained no formal qualifications.

Her mother had been expelled from boarding school while her parents were living abroad, and her father, although he eventually qualified and became an eminent doctor with a successful practice in Kensington, had hated school, so the couple decided to keep Jane and her younger siblings at home.

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Stunning Open Bridges Film Showcase At Beverley Art Gallery

Stunning Open Bridges Film Showcase At Beverley Art Gallery
May 10, 2018

A ‘stunning and unique’ film documenting the day Hull was split in two by the Open Bridges project will be screened in the Art Gallery at Beverley’s Treasure House this month.

The 20-minute film, which is free to view and open to the public in normal gallery hours, will be on continuous loop until mid-June as part of a new display.

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Beverley Art Gallery Host New Sculpture Exhibition By David Sprakes

Beverley Art Gallery Host New Sculpture Exhibition By David Sprakes
April 30, 2018

A new solo sculpture exhibition by David Sprakes will be at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House from Saturday, 5 May to Saturday, 30 June.

The free exhibition includes fifty sculptures with drawings and research. The work is inspired by landscape and east coast vistas where sculptures in bronze, aluminium, steel, marble and acrylic evoke a sense of ageing, time and weathering.

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Last Chance To Join The Cultural Pilgrimage From Beverley To Hull

Last Chance To Join The Cultural Pilgrimage From Beverley To Hull
November 21, 2017

There are only two weeks left to visit the colossal artwork by Gary Saunt – ‘A Cultural Pilgrimage from Beverley to Hull’ – on display free of charge at the Treasure House in Beverley until Saturday, 2 December.

The huge digital painting – measuring over 20 metres in length – has been produced to celebrate the transformational impact of Hull UK City of Culture 2017 on Hull and the East Riding.

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Curator Hopes Exhibition Will Introduce Digital Art To People

Curator Hopes Exhibition Will Introduce Digital Art To People
October 20, 2017

Dr Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker, curator of the exhibition that showcases digital painting and sculpture will help introduce digital art to a wider audience.

The new exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery called ‘A Cultural Pilgrimage from Beverley to Hull’ features the work of Gary Saunt, an artist based in Beverley and sculptures by his daughter Kat Saunt.

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A Pilgrimage From Hull To Beverley – Colossal Artwork Comes To Beverley

A Pilgrimage From Hull To Beverley - Colossal Artwork Comes To Beverley
October 17, 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has commissioned a colossal artwork by Gary Saunt, which goes on display free of charge at the Treasure House in Beverley on Saturday, 21 October, as the latest stage of its contribution to Hull UK City of Culture 2017

The huge digital painting – measuring over 20 metres in length – has been produced to celebrate the transformational impact of this cultural event on Hull and the East Riding. Gary’s artwork takes the viewer on a cultural pilgrimage from Beverley to Hull.

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Heritage Open Day At The Treasure House In Beverley

Heritage Open Day At The Treasure House In Beverley
September 2, 2017

As part of Heritage Open Day, there will be a chance to go behind the scenes at the Treasure House in Beverley on Saturday, 9 September, from 10am – 4pm.

Visitors will be able to come to the Treasure House and discover a fascinating display of stories and tales about the East Riding’s cultural heroes.

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Edgelands : Exploring The Margins Of Urban Living’ Coming To Beverley

Edgelands : Exploring The Margins Of Urban Living' Coming To Beverley
August 31, 2017

A new free exhibition is coming to Beverley Art Gallery on Saturday 2 September : ‘Edgelands : Exploring the Margins of Urban Living’ will run until Saturday 14 October.

‘Edgelands’ was a name dreamt up some 20 years ago to describe aspects of the changing face of Britain. The paintings in this exhibition are by artists from the recently formed Contemporary British Painting group.

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Meet Artist Susan Beaulah At Beverley Art Gallery

Meet Artist Susan Beaulah At Beverley Art Gallery
July 27, 2017

Susan Beaulah, the artist responsible for the current exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House – ‘Red Earth and Blue Water : Studies of Indian Life’ – will be holding free ‘Meet The Artist’ days this Saturday, 29 July, from 1pm-4pm, and the following Saturday, 5 August, 1pm-4pm.

Beaulah has been painting and exhibiting regularly since the 1980s in watercolour and oil. In recent years, her works have been mainly produced in India– from Rajasthan in the north to Kerala in the south.

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Nature of Animals Tests Local Schools Wild Life Photography Skills

Nature of Animals Tests Local Schools Wild Life Photography Skills
July 18, 2017

From Saturday 22 July, 2017, and throughout the summer holidays, the Treasure House in Beverley will be hosting a display of pictures from the recent ‘Nature of Animals’ Schools Photography Competition.

During the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition held at Beverley Art Gallery earlier this year, schools across the East Riding were invited to take part in a wildlife photography competition.

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Red Earth And Blue Water – New Exhibition At Beverley Art Gallery

Red Earth And Blue Water - New Exhibition At Beverley Art Gallery
June 28, 2017

A new exhibition opens at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House this Saturday (1 July): ‘Red Earth and Blue Water; Studies of Indian Life’ by Susan Beaulah.

Beaulah has been painting and exhibiting regularly since the 1980s in watercolour and oil. In recent years, her works have been mainly produced in India– from Rajasthan in the north to Kerala in the south.

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Private Collection Of Neo-Romantic Art Goes On Display At Beverley Art Gallery

Private Collection Of Neo-Romantic Art Goes On Display At Beverley Art Gallery
May 3, 2017

Over fifty works from the private collection of Nicholas and Frances McDowall will go at on display at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House on Saturday, 6 May.

The exhibition will include engravings by William Blake and Samuel Palmer – the 19th century father figures of the neo-romantic movement – and feature works by leading 20th century artists including Michael Ayrton, Edward Bawden, John Piper and Graham Sutherland.

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Last Chance To Visit Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition

Last Chance To Visit Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition
April 13, 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding residents that the hugely popular free exhibition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, closes on Saturday, 22 April.

The touring exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House has been open since 10 February, but its ten-week run in the East Riding comes to an end at 4pm on Saturday 22 April.

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Thousands Of People Go Really Really Wild At The Treasure House

Thousands Of People Go Really Really Wild At The Treasure House
February 21, 2017

Staff at the Treasure House in Beverley are celebrating the success of the Really Really Wild Day.

A stunning total of 2500 people visited the event, which featured Ben Shires from CBBC; a chance to see and interact with a polar bear; handle and learn about a range of animals; and be entertained by Professor Bumble the Badger and Headmistress Miss Nutella Nutkins of the Acorn Academy with their little gyspy cart.

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