St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery

Here's our calendar of events.
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• For all ages!
  These are drop-in sessions with no booking necessary.

  Come along to a series of workshops where you will work with the artist Carlos Cortes to create Dazzle patterns and designs in a variety of media. These designs will be used in our final Dazzle celebration event.

  Wed 1 Aug: Design / costume workshop
  Thurs 2 Aug: Design / costume workshop
  Fri 3 Aug: Design / costume workshop
  Wed 8 Aug: Design / costume workshop
  Thurs 9 Aug: Design / costume workshop
  Fri 10 Aug: Design / costume workshop
  Date TBC: Final Dazzle celebrations

  Participants can attend as few or as many of the workshops as they wish.

  No booking required, but feel free to register your interest or find out more by contacting rosalyn.goulding@stbarbe-museum.org.uk or calling on 01590 676969.

• Drop-in 11am to 12:30 (no booking necessary)
  Thursday 2, 9, 16 & 23 August
  Craft activities based on our exhibition ‘Dazzle’.

  Will you dazzle yourself? Learn about dazzle in nature? Find out more about Dazzle in World War One? Lots of fun activities to enjoy and learn.

• Martin Andrews – Lecturer in typography and graphic design, Reading University and now an artist and printmaker.

  This talk will outline the career of Allen Seaby and explore his printing techniques. An inspirational teacher and Professor of Fine Art at Reading University, he is best known as a leading exponent of woodcut printing in the Japanese style, an artist and illustrator of wildlife, and later a prolific author of books about ponies – many of which featured the New Forest; an area he constantly visited.

  Friends of St Barbe talks are held at Lymington Baptist Church, opposite St Barbe Museum, in New Street, Lymington.
  Doors open at 7pm and talks start at 7.30pm.
  The talks are free for Friends and £5 for non-members

• Five sessions developed exclusively for St Barbe, this course will build your skills of drawing and painting in ink and watercolour under the expert tuition of Kim Whitby. Participants to bring their own materials (a comprehensive list will be provided). Additional items can be purchased on the day.
  17, 24 Sept, 1, 8, 15 Oct
  Price £250: Limited places available
  (with one hour break for lunch – not included)
  Call 01590 676969 to book or drop in to the museum

• On Tuesday 18th September 2018 from 6pm-8pm the Friends will be hosting a Reception in the beautiful grounds of Pylewell Park. This is not only a fundraising event for St Barbe but also an opportunity for Friends to meet the new Director, Maria Ragan, and the Team managing the Museum and Art Gallery.

  Tickets for this exclusive Friends event are on sale at the Welcome Desk £10 each or £17.50 for two.

  Not a Friend? There are many reasons why you should join us please take look here https://bit.ly/2IYHYN2

• This exhibition explores the work of two of the greatest exponents of colour woodblock prints, Allen William Seaby (1867-1953) and John Edgar Platt (1886-1967).

  Japanese colour woodcut prints had a big influence on European art from the end of the 19th century.
  Seaby and Platt’s work married English landscape and wildlife subjects with a Japanese aesthetic. Delicately coloured and very evocative of their time, these prints are now once again fashionable and highly sought after.

  This is a unique exhibition of both printmakers’ work in partnership with the artists’ families. The exhibition also looks at the paintings of Platt’s son Michael and the prints of Seaby’s grandson Robert Gillmor, as well as featuring prints and drawings made by Seaby during regular camping trips to the New Forest.

• Sarah Newman, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum Manager and former St Barbe Community and Exhibitions Officer

  An illustrated talk about this unique Victorian villa, built by hoteliers Sir Merton and Annie Russell-Cotes on the cliff top of Bournemouth in 1901. East Cliff Hall was both a lavishly decorated home and a showcase for their eclectic collection of fine and decorative arts and natural history and ethnography gathered on their travels around the world.

  Friends of St Barbe talks are held at Lymington Baptist Church, opposite St Barbe Museum, in New Street, Lymington.
  Doors open at 7pm and talks start at 7.30pm.
  The talks are free for Friends and £5 for non-members

• An introduction to wood engraving, with a day will looking at tools and the marks they can make, and how to use them to create tones, and a second day engraving your own image onto wood. Suitable for those with some drawing experience; no need to have prior knowledge of printmaking. All materials provided
  Thurs 11 and Fri 12 October
  (lunch not included)
  Price: £100. Limited places available

  “On the first day, we will look at the specialist engraving tools and the variety of marks they make; the second day will be spent engraving your own image onto wood. At the end of each day, you will print your block by hand-burnishing. Every step of the process will be explained and there will be many demonstrations, as well as guidance on composition, the use of contrast and printing papers. The teaching will involve both group instruction and one-to-one guidance. This course will be suitable for those who have some drawing experience and would like to print; however, there is no need to have any prior knowledge of printmaking.
  Of all artists’ printing methods, wood engraving has the advantage of needing the least equipment. It does not require a press but may be printed by hand. The cost of the basic tools and materials needed to produce a print is small, as is the space required to engrave and print a block. It requires minimal ink and small quantities of solvent, so there is little mess. Together these qualities make it very suitable for the keen amateur and it may be practised happily at home. It is a quiet, contemplative process, yet one that often results in characteristically strong images and has a deep tradition in Britain.”

• A chance for older residents to look at photographs and objects and share their memories of times gone by. Bring your friends and join us for a cup of tea and a chat. There will be a different theme each session, today’s is Wellworthy.

• Using the art materials scattered around the gallery, be inspired by our current exhibition and unleash your inner artist – including chalking on the terrace.
  Included with admission. No booking necessary

• OCTOBER SPEAKER: Julian Sheppard, Wildlife Ranger – Hampshire Countryside Services
  A fun hands-on activity morning with New Forest Ranger Julian
  Sheppard. Learn about how rare birds are looked after in the National Park and along the Solent coast, then make your own bug hotel and bird finger puppet to take home.

  MY Museum Children’s Club (MC2) is a project designed by St Barbe Museum specifically to inspire children to be involved in the cultural shaping of our community. Using the museum as a platform, child-friendly – suitable for 6-11 years old – talks are hosted in the museum on the third Sunday of every month from 11.00am-12.00pm.

  Further information on MC2 here

• Natural Selection Learning will be helping us discover more about the natural world with hands-on activities in this Halloween inspired workshop. Get the chance to examine real animal bones, construct a full-size skeleton, discover creepy crawlies that glow in the dark, and gather body bits for a witch’s spell. Note: No live animals used
  £3 per child (does not include admission to the museum)
  One adult free of charge per child.

• Drop-in 11am to 12:30 and 13:30-15:00 (no booking necessary)
  A mash-up of Halloween and Bonfire Night crafts, such as spooky window pumpkins and sparkling cardboard fireworks, to keep the kids amused and your house decorated for the coming festivals.

• Make your own Halloween lantern then stay late at the museum to hear spooky ghost stories by lantern-light. Suitable for 5+ (please note the scary stories may not be suitable for our youngest visitors, though the event is aimed at children).

  £5 per child. One adult free.

• Rev E. L. Berthon and the folding boats that he designed
  By Phoebe Merrick, Chairman Romsey Local History Society

  When, on the 18 June 1850, the SS Orion was wrecked off Portpatrick, Revd Clark, a survivor, wrote to Revd Berthon: “Can not you think of a way in which boats, enough for all on board, be stowed on a passenger steamer without inconvenience?” This led to Berthon’s development of the Berthon Collapsible Lifeboat.

  Friends of St Barbe talks are held at Lymington Baptist Church, opposite St Barbe Museum, in New Street, Lymington.
  Doors open at 7pm and talks start at 7.30pm.
  The talks are free for Friends and £5 for non-members

• Become a Mini Curator of St Barbe Museum for the day. Learn how to care for your toy collection, go on a bug hunt to discover what beasts are a danger to the museum, and create your own mini exhibition using real museum objects. Tour happening every hour on the hour.Included with admission. No booking necessary.

• Get a ‘behind the scenes’ look at our archive, learn how to care for your family treasures and pick up some research tips.
  Free of charge (entrance to King Research Room only)

• Join Sarah Wilkins of Corbins Florist, Brockenhurst to create your own beautiful wreath for Christmas. All flowers and materials provided.
  Price £45. Limited places available.

• The first of a series of invited artist exhibitions in which we bring together leading contemporary artists working in a range of media to explore their responses to a common theme. Coast: its atmosphere, landscapes, wildlife, activities and communities are all examined in this first exhibition which includes work by Richard Bawden, Alison Bolton, Jeremy Gardiner, Angie Lewin, Ffiona Lewis, Howard Phipps, Pine Feroda, and Michael Porter. The exhibition will explore how aspects of the British coastline have inspired each artist’s practice and its incredibly varied character will be reflected in an eclectic celebration of the shoreline. This will be a selling exhibition.

  Gallery 3 will host a local history exhibition exploring how the coastline has changed over time.

• An oil painting workshop with Kim Whitby.
  Create a still life oil painting for that special someone this Christmas. Bring along items which are significant or evoke memories of the recipient (or maybe things that will remind the recipient of you), and you’ll end up with the perfect gift for the person who has everything!
  Price: £35. Limited places available
  (with 1 hour break for lunch – not included)

• Explore the museum, spot all the hidden Christmas crackers and collect a prize from our front desk.
  (please see our Christmas opening times for specific days)

• Wonderful winter themed crafts for all the family.
  Included with admission or £3 per child without admission.
  Children must be accompanied. No booking necessary.