Exhibitions in 2012

Exhibitions 2012

Maritime Museum

Unsinkable: Commemorating the Titanic in Lancashire - 5 April – 30 0ctober

2012 marks the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic on the night of 14th April 1912. This new exhibition at Lancaster Maritime Museum explores not only the disaster and what happened on that terrible night, but also Lancashire's connections to the tragedy.

   

The Gallery in the Ashton Memorial, Williamson Park

11 February – 11 November – daily

`Witch Hunts, Then and Now` - a multi-media exhibition spanning time and place:

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Lancaster 1612 – You are a poor widow with three children. You and your children are accused of murder by witchcraft. You are sentenced to death by hanging.

Nigeria 2012 – You are a poor child from a large family. Your mother has died and you are accused of witchcraft and of bringing misfortune to the family. You are beaten and banished from your home.

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Please check with the Park on 01524 33318 before making a special journey to this exhibition as it is being loaned out to schools from time to time.

The Dukes in Lancaster

`In The Frame`

The work of a dozen artists from across Lancaster district is currently on exhibition at The Dukes gallery.

The artists are all members of Luneside Studios, an arts collective dating back more than 25 years which provides space for those working in various media, especially oil and canvas.

Luneside Studios was based on St George’s Quay for many years before moving in 2008 to its current home behind the Storey Creative Industries Centre in Castle Park.

Frame: A Selection of Work from Lancaster’s Luneside Artists Studios sees a variety of pencil drawings, collage, printmaking and painting on display at The Dukes until April 21.

The Dukes gallery is open from 10am to 11pm, Monday to Saturday.  Please call the box office on 01524 598500 to check opening times if you’re making a special journey as occasionally the space is closed to the public. 

  

Carnforth Station – Bateman Gallery

‘Commercial Vehicle Exhibition’ - 4th April – 29th June

‘Titanic Centenary Exhibition’ - 9th July –14th September        

Exhibition courtesy of Phoenix Railway  Photographic Society - Sept, Oct, Nov

  

Judges' Lodgings, Lancaster

Spellbound: Superstition, stories and the silver screen
1 April – 3 November 2012
Witches and witchcraft as shown in popular culture.

Lancaster City Museum

A Wonderfull Discoverie: Lancashire Witches 1612-2012
21 July - 29 September 2012
Exploring the case and its context, investigating superstitions and beliefs.

`Light and Colour`
 
Lancaster City Museum is holding an exhibition of vibrant landscape and still life paintings by celebrated local artist, Paula Velarde.
The exhibition is titled 'Light and Colour', which is particularly apt. as Paula liked to paint outside in all weathers and her delight in her surroundings (she lived in Dolphinholme), especially the changing colours of the seasons, is evident in all of her work.
 
This exhibition runs from 5 May to 4 July

Open Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5 pm

City Museum
Market Square
Lancaster
Tel: 01524 64637

 Ruskin Library, Lancaster Universary

The Library Edition of the Works of John Ruskin: A Centenary Celebration
23 April – 21 September 2012

The thirty-ninth and final volume of the Library Edition of the Works of John Ruskin, one of the greatest works in the history of editing, was published in May 1912.  This display marks the centenary of its completion, only nine years after the first volume appeared.  The editor was Sir Edward Tyas Cook, one of this country’s great but unsung men of letters, who made his mark in journalism as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, the Westminster Gazette, and the Daily News from 1895 to 1901.  His assistant in the edition of Ruskin – still regarded as definitive – was Alexander Wedderburn, a former pupil of Ruskin’s at Oxford.

The Ruskin Library houses the largest collection in the world of material relating to Ruskin, and the display will include books, photographs and archives, alongside many of the drawings and watercolours used as illustrations in the Library Edition, such as Ruskin’s Rosslyn Chapel, Walls of Lucerne and Brezon, looking towards Geneva.