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The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford: May 2014
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Friday, May 23, 2014. Four girls, who were part of a group of 15 students from Beauchamp Middle school who curated the highly acclaimed exhibition, Fatal Attractions. For the opening of The Higgins Bedford in June 2013, have gone on to achieve their Bronze Arts Award at the museum. Imogen, Kezia, Rachel and Rhianna used their individual contributions to the design, layout and interpretation of Fatal Attractions. For further information contact. And visit www.artsaward.org.uk. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford: October 2012
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Thursday, October 25, 2012. Picture of the Week - Thomas Gainsborough. Thomas Gainsborough RA (1727-88). Study for Diana and Actaeon,. 1784-5, black chalk and wash, heightened with white on paper. The study from the Cecil Higgins Collection is the final study of three for an oil painting, now in the Royal Collection (you can see the work here. The story of Diana and Acteon is told in the Third Book. A spacious grotto, all around o'er-grown. With hoary moss, and arch'd with pumice-stone. Gainsborough had ...
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The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford: December 2012
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Happy Christmas from all at The Higgins! Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989) Advertising Material for The Titfield Thunderbolt: Christmas Card '. Reginald P. Baker and. 1952 © The Edward Bawden Estate. An amazing 2012 and we’ve really enjoyed seeing so many people at events,. And outreach sessions throughout Bedford and the surrounding Borough. But we’re looking forward to 2013 and the reopening even more. Or 5,351 artefacts. Out and about too. 6,000 school children. 8217; Collectio...
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The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford: March 2012
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Friday, March 9, 2012. We have some fun things planned to keep you all entertained during the Easter holidays. Tuesday 3rd April and Wednesday 4th April there will be a Humpty-Dumpty puzzle hunt on and around Castle Mound as well as the chance to paint some Easter Egg designs onto the hoardings around the Art Gallery and Museum site. The event runs from 11am - 4pm and there is no need to book. Come join us! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Return to our website homepage. News from the stores.
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Out and About: April 2012
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The World Around Us. 26th April – 31st May at the Tourist Information Centre, St Paul’s Square, Bedford. We have been working in partnership with Carers in Bedfordshire to create artworks inspired by the work of Edward Bawden. The work produced during their six-week course will be on display at Bedford Tourist Information Centre. If you are a Family Carer and would like to join please contact sally.petre@carersinbeds.org.uk. Visit http:/ www.carersinbeds.co.uk/. This group will...
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News from the stores: Collections Online
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You can browse through our collections by following the links below. We are currently working on providing a fully searchable database. We also regularly post about collections on our News from the Stores. The Cecil Higgins Collection of Fine and Decorative arts. Picture of The Week. Ethnography and Foreign Archaeology. Paper and Art Collection. Created with flickr slideshow. We hope to use this blog to bring you insights, highlights and other interesting morsels from our collections. Simple template....
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The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford: March 2013
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013. We Can't Wait to See You! We're re-opening on 21st June 2013. We are very excited to announce that we will be re-opening on the 21st June 2013 with a Dawn till Dusk celebration. The Mayor of Bedford Borough, Dave Hodgson, said:. Robyn Llewellyn, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund East of England, who have supported the project with a £959,000 grant said: “. It's exciting to see this project come to fruition. These are wonderful collections and it's fantastic that they are going ...
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The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford: February 2013
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Thursday, February 7, 2013. 128 paintings from The Higgins Bedford’s collection are featured in a major new initiative intended to showcase the UK’s entire collection of oil paintings, and we are marking the occasion with a series of postcards to collect and an interactive project for everyone to enjoy. This February there will be events across the UK celebrating the completion of the nation's Your Paintings website. The Mayor of Bedford Borough, Dave Hodgson, said: “We are marking the Higgins Bedf...
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News from the stores: March 2012
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Friday, March 30, 2012. Frank Wild's Final Journey. Shackleton’s right hand man, Antarctic Explorer Frank Wild has recently been re-discovered and his memoirs, after years in obscurity, have finally been published by author Angie Butler in her book 'The Quest for Frank Wild'. Frank Wild on the cover of his published memoirs and biography by Angie Butler. Frank Wild was born in Skelton Yorkshire on 10. Wild’s memoirs, which he began in 1934 but never completed, provide an insight into life on polar ...
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News from the stores: December 2012
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012. A Face from the Past - Tiles from Warden Abbey. This almost life size clay tile of a youngish, bearded man looking straight out at the world is rare survivor from the 14. John Sell Cotman, Door to the Abbots. Hall, Rievaulx Abbey,. And black lead, 1803. Trustees of. The Cecil Higgins Art Gallery. The tile is part of a group of rare Picture tiles found at Warden Abbey. The Abbey was founded in 1135 as a daughter house of Rievaulx Abbey in. Luckily most of the tiled pavements w...
