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Church Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8BL
Tel: (01235) 771447 Email: museum@wantage.com

Opening Times: Open all year Monday to Saturday (not Bank Holidays)
Main Galleries and Visitor Information: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Café and Temporary Exhibitions: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

 

The Upper Gallery

 

Spring Exhibition by The Vale Potters

Tuesday March 16th - Saturday March 27th

After their popular exhibition in 2009, The Vale Potters return to the museum for a 2010 Spring Exhibition. The group was created by an enthusiastic band of  amateur potters who attend a weekly Adult Learning Class in Wantage.  Members vary in age, interests and in the style of ceramics they produce. Reflecting their wide range of interests and techniques, the exhibition will include everything from kitchenware to three dimensional pictures and sculptures.

Niki Herring, group member and exhibition organiser, says , “We all love trying different methods of finishing and firing our work and meet outside of class to try out these ideas. Exhibiting our work is a way of sharing our passion -and maybe inspiring others to give it a go!”

There is a chance to find out more about 'The Vale Potters' when members of the group will be in the Upper Gallery between 1pm and 3pm on Saturday March 20th.

 

Ice Spectacle and Wildlife of Patagonia and the Antarctic

Photographs by Amanda King of the stunning scenery and wildlife of an unihabitable area

 

Tuesday March 30th - Saturday April 10th 2010

10 am - 4pm  Monday - Saturday (Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays)

 

Illustrated gallery talk by Amanda King: Wednesday March 31st    2pm - 3pm

Free but space limited.Please reserve your place in advance. Tel 01235 771447

 

Meet the Artist: Saturday April 3rd in the Upper Gallery. Times to be confirmed.

 

Amanda King returns to the Upper Gallery to stage her latest exhibition of fascinating wildlife images captured on her travels. Following her extraordinary adventures out in the Rainforests of Costa Rica, Amanda staged her first photographic exhibition in the museum last year. Since then she has visited the Camargue in France and the Masai Mara in Kenya  with the sole purpose of photographing wildlife. She now returns from trekking and camping out in Patagonia and Antarctica to show images of the stunning scenery and wildlife she encountered in this uninhabitable area. Don't miss the chance to see photographs of some of the 'coolest' wildlife on the planet!

 

 

 

Spaces and Places – a Personal View

Tuesday April 13th - Saturday April 24th
10 am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday (closed Sunday and Bank Holidays)


Sue Klemencic ‘s  love of drawing is apparent in her latest solo exhibition .  Sue, who tutors adult art classes for both Swindon W.E.A and Denman College, explains, “Drawing has always been my main passion ever since art school days when a lot of time was spent drawing from the figure.”

 

 Sue’s hours of study were rewarded when she won the drawing prize in her final year of a Fine Art degree course at Wimbledon Art School.  Of her style of drawing, she says “I am attracted to creating strong compositions that display depth, texture and perspective, utilizing buildings together with the landscape. I enjoy working from older buildings of character placed in a modern setting, often interacting with people.”

 

The pictures in her exhibition feature places Sue has visited on holiday and still-life studies. She explains, “I have always preferred working directly from source, be it landscape or buildings although using photography has allowed me the freedom to experiment more with materials.”

 

Talking about her latest exhibition Sue says, “Concentrating on details of structure and materials of buildings provides an opportunity to work in a more graphic way - a new direction for a fine artist!”




 

 

 

 

 

 

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