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5 August Had a lovely morning with the Hazlehurst artists at Old Town Bloom, their celebration of everything artistic and green fingered in the middle of Runcorn today. Follow @Studio_73a for pictures of the fabulous creativity that can happen when […]
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Today I have been working my way through our collections project database, finding all the items in our local collections which are related to World War I. This is in preparation for an exhibition at the Brindley in October and […]
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For various reasons I haven’t posted in a while, but it’s nice to be back. I’ve been kept busy with the great news that the Heritage lottery Fund bid I was working on with colleagues has been successful. Working Lives: […]
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I seem to have been doing all kinds of things in the past week – and seen a lot of people. On the 25th and 26th April I was accepting works for our annual Open art exhibition. We had 92 […]
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16.4.14 A lot going on here at the Brindley this week. Our latest exhibition Castlefields of Dream & Inside, Outside In-between is being well received by visitors – it’s been a great opportunity to showcase the talents of local young […]
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We’ve been getting some great comments about our Inspired Responses show, and some local press coverage, but as usual once the exhibition is up I’m on to the next thing. We have exciting workshops coming up led by artists Jeni […]
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So a week of madness goes by and the exhibition is all installed. This year students have been very ambitious in Inspired Responses. They have created beautiful artists books, mini installations, a large scale installation involving a tree, nests, insects […]
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8.1.14 So, been back at work for a few days and enjoying planning for the year ahead. I’ve been out to two of our local schools, The Grange and St. Chad’s to see the work being done by students for […]
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19.12.13 Almost time for the Christmas break, but just finishing up a few last minute things. Getting our latest exhibition – Heritage Detectives – online here at a-n in Interface, plus making a to-do list for the New Year. Lately […]
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Another hectic day, sorting out after the Domesticity exhibition closed, needing to send copies of the comment cards out. Meanwhile we have a second talk by Michael Kenna confirmed, on 11 October in the afternoon. I am off soon to […]
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A great lunchtime / afternoon working with @HazlehurstCraft on business planning and development. So many great ideas.
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After installing our lovely Domesticity show, and a week’s holiday in sunny southern England, I have been fighting my way through the email backlog. Now out the other side and getting excited about various projects in the planning stages. Working […]