BrushStrokes.AN exhibition this weekend marks the closing of Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. Sites of Memory is an exhibition of objects salvaged from the hospital site and tells the hospital's history through the personal stories of staff and patients. It's on show at the hospital in Stoney Stanton Road from 11 am-4pm tomorrow and Sunday. WORK by Textile Connection, a group of eight people who produce stitched textiles, is on srhow at the Jane Powell Art Studio Gallery 2 in Kenilworth. The group say they are "designer makers" and create their work by drawing, printing and painting, then use fabric and thread in various ways including scratching, tearing and scrunching to make the final pieces. LANDLOCKED landlocked adj. referring to a parcel of real property which has no access or egress (entry or exit) to a public street and cannot be reached except by crossing another's property. Worcester is the venue for a summer exhibition of art normally associated with the seaside. A new Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition called Spotlight on St Ives brings 25 paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures from the Arts Council Collection The Arts Council Collection is the largest loan collection of modern and contemporary British art in the world. With presently over 7500 works of art spanning more than sixty years, the Collection can be seen in exhibitions and displays at home and abroad, as well as through to the city's art gallery and museum. BIRMINGHAM'S Barber Institute of Fine Arts The Barber Institute of Fine Arts is an art gallery and concert hall in Birmingham, England. It is situated in purpose-built premises on the campus of the University of Birmingham. has been acquiring works by German artists over the past few years, and is now showing them in the gallery's Print Room 2. The display includes works by artists including Durer, Holbein, Kathe, Kollwitz and Max Beckmann, and focuses particularly on German expressionism. A FREE public art trail guide to encourage visitors and residents of Rugby to visit art throughout the town is now available. The guide includes 13 pieces of public art and a map to guide visitors to each one. The art ranges from the William Webb Ellis William Webb Ellis (November 24, 1806 – January 24, 1872) Salford, England is often credited with the invention of Rugby football. The story of how he founded the game is apocryphal. Nevertheless his name is firmly established in the lore of rugby football. statue and the William, Webb and Ellis donkeys in Newbold Road, to the Icarus and the Mermaid mural in Brownsover. Copies of the guide can be obtained from Sam Berry, arts development officer, on 01788 533205 or visit Rugby Art Gallery and Museum or Rugby Visitor Centre. |
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