St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery

Here's our calendar of events.
You can also download our brochure HERE

• 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.

  The workshop starts at 3pm and costs £45.
  Book your place now by calling us on 01590 676969, emailing rosalyn.goulding@stbarbe-museum.org.uk or dropping into the museum

• 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 – no experience required. 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! Click here for information
  Price: £35. Limited places available
  (with 1 hour break for lunch – not included)

• Please join us at St Barbe for Mulled Wine and Mince Pies to celebrate this festive season.

  This is John Ward’s last event as Chair of the Friends after 10 years of dedicated service to the Museum. John and his wife Sheila (who until recently organised our Volunteers) have been a real mainstay of St. Barbe and we encourage you to come along and share your thanks with them and all our best wishes as they move on to pastures new.

  We will also have a review of 2018 showing how much money we raised and how the funds have been used. Alongside this will be a look at 2019 and how we are planning for the future.

• This months MC2 speaker is Jerry McFadden, member of the Southampton Beekeeper Association

  A lot of work goes into one jar of Honey… “ A Busy bee might visit as many as 2000 flowers in a working day”

  A little Honeybee will fly 500 miles in a lifetime – that’s like going from Lymington to Edinburgh. Come along to see and hear how the Honeybee lives.

  Find out all about how to join in here

• 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.

• 10am-4pm | DROP-IN FREE
  Take part in our photography competition and let everybody see
  what a great wildlife picture you have taken! Every child (6-15) can take part in the competition with 1 picture each.
  Categories are as follows Aged 6-8 / 9-11 / 12/15. Drop your photos in to our Welcome Desk and complete an entry form by 25 January. All entries will receive a certificate.

• To coincide with our Coast exhibition, St Barbe Exhibitions Curator Steve Marshall will explore the work of the artists included in the exhibition with a look back to other notable artists who have been inspired by the landscape and atmosphere of the British coast.

  Friends of St Barbe Talks are held on the first Friday of each month. Members are free, Guest are welcome £5 per person.
  Held at the Baptist Church, opposite St Barbe on New Street.
  Doors open at 7pm with the talk starting at 7.30pm – lasting roughly an hour

• The British Wildlife Photography Awards celebrate the beauty and diversity of British wildlife as captured by amateur and professional photographers. This exhibition presents the winning pictures chosen from thousands of entries and is a showcase for the country’s leading photographers.

  This stunning collection comprises around 90 photographs chosen across fifteen categories including coast and marine life, animal behaviour, plants, habitats, the seasons and urban wildlife. There are also categories for film and junior photographers. Each image is accompanied by the photographer’s personal insights into the circumstances and inspiration behind the shot.

  These incredible photographs give us a chance to marvel at the wonders of British wildlife from the spectacular to the everyday, all presented in thought-provoking and eye-catching compositions.

  Any children interested in photography? Details of our competition here

  Image: Ivan Carter aged 17

• Join Pete and Aimee Durnell for an enjoyable day learning how to design and print linocuts. Equipment and materials will be provided but you might want to bring along some favourite objects or pictures for inspiration.

  10am-4pm | Limited places available | PREBOOKED £60 per workshop (with 1 hour break for lunch – not included)

  To book a place or find out more, please call 01590 610021 or email pdurnell@hotmail.com or aimeegrug@hotmail.co.uk.

• Meet Nature Reserve Manager Pete at Normandy Farm for a
  birdwatching tour of the Marsh. Please wear dark clothing and
  sturdy footwear, bring waterproofs and don’t forget your binoculars!
  Suitable for all ages.
  10am-1pm | Limited places available | £5 per person

  Book your place with pdurnell@hotmail.com

• Photographs taken as part of our wildlife photography competition will be displayed in the window of our McCarthy Room for everybody to admire.

• Ian Francis ARPS from the Highcliffe & Infinity Photography Club and IFY Images will talk about wildlife photography, to coincide with the British Wildlife Photography exhibition (in our Rathbones Gallery 18 January – 17 March 2019)

  Friends of St Barbe Talks are held on the first Friday of each month. Members are free, Guest are welcome £5 per person.
  Held at the Baptist Church, opposite St Barbe on New Street.
  Doors open at 7pm with the talk starting at 7.30pm – lasting roughly an hour

• Join Pete and Aimee Durnell for an enjoyable day learning how to design and print linocuts. Equipment and materials will be provided but you might want to bring along some favourite objects or pictures for inspiration.

  10am-4pm | Limited places available | PREBOOKED £60 per workshop (with 1 hour break for lunch – not included)

  To book a place or find out more, please call 01590 610021 or email pdurnell@hotmail.com or aimeegrug@hotmail.co.uk.

• Meet Nature Reserve Manager Pete Durnell at Normandy Farm for a
  birdwatching tour of the Marsh. Please wear dark clothing and
  sturdy footwear, bring waterproofs and don’t forget your binoculars!
  Suitable for all ages.
  10am-1pm | Limited places available | £5 per person

  Book your place with pdurnell@hotmail.com

• Come and play our ‘Wildlife Find and Match’ game – build nature
  puzzles inspired by our wildlife exhibition and use your phone to take a selfie with our special guests, popping straight out from the exhibition… careful, some may bite!

  10am-4pm |WITH ADMISSION

• CHILDREN’S PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
  New Forest Wildlife Children’s Photography Competition –
  Award Ceremony at the MC2 Club at St Barbe Museum. Three
  participants in the competition will be presenting their work and receiving prizes. Others who entered will receive a certificate. MC2 takes place on the third Sunday each
  month.
  11am-12pm | PREBOOKED £2.50

• This workshop will extend the drawing repertoire for participants and cover a set of useful techniques to take away and apply when drawing in the future. Suitable for anyone wishing to develop their drawing skills.

  10.15am-4.30pm | Limited places available | PREBOOKED £40
  (with 1 hour break for lunch – not included)

  Book your place on 01590 676969

• A day-long extended session in which participants produce an
  observational drawing over several hours with individual guidance from an experienced qualified artist/teacher.

  10.15am-4.30pm | Limited places available | PREBOOKED £40
  (with 1 hour break for lunch – not included)

  To book your place on 01590 676969

• An introduction to wood engraving, back due to popular demand!
  On day one you will look at tools and the marks they can make
  and how to use them to create tones. On the next day you will
  engrave your own image onto wood. Suitable for those with some
  drawing experience. No need to have knowledge of printmaking.
  All materials provided.

  10am-4.30pm | Limited places available | PREBOOKED £100

  Please call 01590 676969 to book your place.

• Paola Palma, our Learning and Engagement Officer at St Barbe, will share her knowledge of the British coast and the shipwrecks that pepper it, most of which are of historical or archaeological value.

  With the changes in the environment and cuts to research funds, the management of these sites is becoming increasingly difficult. The environment is changing fast to the detriment of the preservation of the past for the enjoyment of future generations. What are the scientific threats posed to the underwater cultural heritage? What can archaeologists do to establish priorities and avoid the permanent loss of potentially fundamental historical data?

  This talk aims to explain what has scientifically being achieved so far and what, if anything, is left to do.

  Friends of St Barbe Talks are held on the first Friday of each month. Members are free, Guest are welcome £5 per person.
  Held at the Baptist Church, opposite St Barbe on New Street.
  Doors open at 7pm with the talk starting at 7.30pm – lasting roughly an hour

• Join Pete and Aimee Durnell for an enjoyable day learning how to design and print linocuts. Equipment and materials will be provided but you might want to bring along some favourite objects or pictures for inspiration.

  10am-4pm | Limited places available | PREBOOKED £60 per workshop (with 1 hour break for lunch – not included)

  To book a place or find out more, please call 01590 610021 or email pdurnell@hotmail.com or aimeegrug@hotmail.co.uk.

• Join Kim for an exploration of some of the common approaches
  used by artists to compose two dimensional artwork, and an
  opportunity to explore some of these using paper collage later
  in the day.

  Suitable for all visual artists wishing to develop their compositional skills.

  10.15am-4.30pm| Limited places available | PREBOOKED £40
  (with 1 hour break for lunch – not included)

  Please call to book your place 01590 676969

• Quiz night and Fish & Chip Supper in the Robert Hole Room at Lymington Community Centre 7pm.

  Returning by popular demand! Tickets £10 – please note end time is approximate depending on if there is a tie break!

• KEY DATES
  Website open for online submissions: Sat 2 February 2019
  Deadline for submissions: Sun 24 February 2019
  There is no theme restrictions, however please click ‘Terms and Conditions’ for size / cost etc

  Click here for Information for Entrants

  Click here for Terms & Conditions

  We appreciate that not all artists have access to a computer or are able to enter online. If you know someone who is struggling, please ask them to call Penny or Michelle on 01590 676969.

  In 2018 the St Barbe 19th Open made a very successful transition to the new gallery spaces and a new online entry method with the largest ever submission and just under a hundred works exhibited. The resulting exhibition was the best yet and we hope that this year’s exhibition will prove even more popular. Since it was established in 2000 the Open has become one the highlights of the local arts calendar, drawing artists from Hampshire, Dorset and beyond.

  The exhibition is open to paintings, prints, drawings and three-dimensional works and is selected by a panel of professional artists and curators. A host of prizes and a chance to exhibit in the new galleries are drawing more and more entries. The stiff competition for selection means that the standard gets higher every year, providing a treat for our visitors and a chance to buy high quality affordable art. This is a selling exhibition.

  This year’s prizes include:

  Specsavers, Lymington People’s Choice Award (£250)

  The Blake Morgan Award for best painting (£250)

  The Mary and John Symons Memorial Award for best print (£250)

  The Coastal Gallery Award for best contemporary abstract work (£100)

  The Ted Marsh Award for best work by an artist aged 18-21 (£100)

  The Beaulieu Fine Arts Award for best work by a non-professional artist (£50 of framing)

  Image: Deep Winter by Maureen Davies entry from 2018

• 2018 saw the inaugural Young Artist’s Open exhibition to encourage budding artists to take part in the Open exhibition. It got off to a flying start with 89 entries, all of which were shown in a vibrant display alongside the main Open exhibition.

  There are three age groups:
  Under 7s / 7 – 11 / 12-17 / Artists aged 18 and over should enter the main St Barbe Open exhibition.

  Art board and entry forms can be collected from the museum between Mon 21 January – Sun 17 February 2019 – PLEASE NOTE we will only accept entries on the official art board.

  Click here for further information

  This year’s prizes include:

  Ted Marsh Memorial Award for Under 7s (artist’s materials worth £25)
  Ted Marsh Memorial Award for 7 – 11s (artist’s materials worth £50)
  Ted Marsh Memorial Award for 12-17 (£75 cash prize)

• Art and craft activities to welcome Spring in the museum and to
  help prepare our window display.
  2.30pm–4pm | PREBOOKED £3

  Please call Paola Palma to book your place 01590 676969

• Kay Mitchell – Senior Research Manager, Critical Care Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

  Kay works with Xtreme Everest. This group has undertaken field, laboratory and clinical research on human responses to low oxygen levels. She will outline how this improves understanding of critical illness and improves patient outcomes. She will present results: some leading to changes in practice, and what may be next. She will share anecdotes of her three visits to climb Everest.

  Friends of St Barbe Talks are held on the first Friday of each month. Members are free, Guest are welcome £5 per person.
  Held at the Baptist Church, opposite St Barbe on New Street.
  Doors open at 7pm with the talk starting at 7.30pm – lasting roughly an hour