Lakeland Arts: Whats On Spring 2016 by Lakeland Arts

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Welcome to spring at a unique gallery, museum and historic house

Lakeland Arts offers you a warm welcome to Abbot Hall Art Gallery, the Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry in Kendal and Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-onWindermere. We hope you will come and visit us this spring to see the exciting exhibitions and enjoy the events, talks and family activities. Abbot Hall is an award winning Art Gallery and Kendal’s finest historic house. The exhibitions in 2016 include works by European masters, great British artists and artists with strong associations with Cumbria. The Georgian rooms feature works by eighteenth and nineteenth century painters including George Romney, one of the greatest portrait painters of the period. Abbot Hall’s coach house and stables are home to the Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry, or MOLLI, as we affectionately call the Museum. Recreated period rooms and trade workshops show how local people lived, worked and played. Families love the vintage street and the colourful shops. Abbot Hall park and children’s play area is next door. Overlooking Windermere is Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, one of the best Arts and Crafts houses in the world. We invite you to relax and soak up the atmosphere of the house and magnificent lake view. Come and learn about the people who made Blackwell their home. Leave time to treat yourself to lunch, freshly baked scones and cakes in the Tea Room and to browse the Contemporary Craft Shop to find the perfect gift or something to treasure. We hope you enjoy your visit and return again and again. Gordon Watson Chief Executive

Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry, Kendal, Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere, are all in the South Lakes and easily accessible from the M6, junction 36. 2

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Exhibitions and events diary Date

Exhibitions and Displays

Venue

Until 14 February

Canaletto: Celebrating Britain

Abbot Hall

Page

13 February - 3 September

Yards of Industry

MOLLI

Until 28 February

Fifty Shade of White

Blackwell

Until April

Richard Slee and Carol McNicoll

Blackwell

Until March

John Harden: Artist at Leisure

Blackwell

Until March

The Baillie Scott Folio: House for an Art Lover

Blackwell

11 March - 4 September

Laura Ford: Seen and Unseen

Blackwell

11 March - 25 June

Laura Ford: Seen and Unseen

Abbot Hall

19 March - 15 May

Rembrandt: Self Portrait at 63

Abbot Hall

19 March - 15 May

The Changing Face of Lady Anne Clifford

Abbot Hall

Date

REGULAR EVENTS

Venue

Every Monday

Insights at Abbot Hall

Abbot Hall

Every first Tuesday of the month

Sessions for people living with dementia and their careers Abbot Hall

Every Wednesday

Crafty Talks and Demonstrations

MOLLI

Every Friday

Blackwell House Tours

Blackwell

Every Friday (during term time)

Crawl at the Hall

Abbot Hall

Every Friday

Sessions for people living with dementia and their careers The Factory

Date

Family ACTIVITIES

Venue

16 April

Drop in session for families

Abbot Hall

14 May

Drop in session for families

Abbot Hall

14 May

Country Dance Night

Blackwell

Date

ADULT LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

Venue

Page

5 Page

14 Page

18 February

Lecture: Charlotte Turner Smith

Abbot Hall

2 March

Lecture: John Ruskin

Blackwell

6 March

Ceramic workshop

Blackwell

24 March

Lecture: William Morris

Blackwell

14 April

Lecture: Annie Garnett

Blackwell

21 April

Walking Tour Arthur Simpson

Blackwell

12 May

Lecture: Rembrandt

Abbot Hall

28 May

Painting workshop

Abbot Hall

Every last Thursday of the month

Sewing workshop

Blackwell

Date

School holiday activities

Venue

Page

15 - 19 February

Craft week: drop in workshops

Blackwell

15 - 19 February

From Fleeces to Felts: drop in workshops

MOLLI

26 March

Puppets: creative workshop

Abbot Hall

26 March

Easter egg hunt

Blackwell

29 March - 1 April

Sculpture: creative workshop

Abbot Hall

29 March - 1 April

Pinhole camera: workshop

MOLLI

4 April - 8 April

Portraits: workshop

Abbot Hall

30 May - 3 June

Story telling and activity workshop

Abbot Hall

30 May - 3 June

Story telling and activity workshop

MOLLI

30 May - 3 June

Story telling and activity workshop

Blackwell

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Abbot Hall Art Gallery

Exhibitions Canaletto: Celebrating Britain Continues until 14 February This will be the final opportunity to see these outstanding paintings and drawings by Canaletto that have been brought together as an overview of the artist’s time in Britain. It features significant works on loan from major collections, including the Royal Collection Trust, the British Museum, Compton Verney and Dulwich Picture Gallery, as well as private lenders. Sponsored by

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour: Rembrandt, Self Portrait at the Age of 63 19 March - 15 May Thursday 21 April and Thursday 12 May Late night opening until 8pm This work was painted in the final year of Rembrandt’s life and is one of his last pictures. Rembrandt painted more self portraits than any other artist of the seventeenth century. In this late picture, the artist wears a deep red coat and a beret, his hands clasped before him. The viewer is confronted by his steady gaze. Rembrandt painted and etched self portraits throughout his life, but those executed in his final years, in which he presents himself in a reflective mood, are among the most poignant and challenging. ‘This is not like looking at a painting. It is like meeting Rembrandt. You have no idea what to say to him, and fear what he is about to say to you’. Jonathan Jones, Critic, The Guardian. Sponsored by

The Changing Face of Lady Anne Clifford 19 March - 15 May While Rembrandt is on display we are showing works from our own collection of Lady Anne Clifford who was alive at the same time as Rembrandt. Also on display will be the monumental The Great Picture triptych painted in 1646 featuring Lady Anne’s family history and accomplishments. Follow us on twitter: @lakelandarts

Top: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards the City (detail) Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016 Above: John Bracken, Lady Anne Clifford,1670 © Lakeland Arts Trust Left: Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669 © The National Gallery, London

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Laura Ford: Seen and Unseen 11 March - 25 June Also at Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House: 11 March - 4 September (see page 11) Laura Ford is one of Britain’s most original sculptors and is well-known for her portrayals of animals, through which she explores aspects of the human condition - although, in fact, Ford describes her own work as sculptures dressed as people who are dressed as animals. Deploying a nightmarish imagination she uses humour and acute observation to engage with social and political issues. Abbot Hall’s classically-proportioned Georgian galleries will provide a perfect foil for Ford’s startling creations: works, such as the fur-clad Medieval Cloud Girls skulk in Abbot Hall’s opulent silk-lined saloon, creating a somewhat less jubilant counterpoint to the dancing children in George Romney’s The Gower Family. Ford will be showing a new series of sculptures that explore the dynamics of couples - their strengths, their weaknesses, their glory and their madness. The works are personal and particular but, at the same time, reference the

historical couples represented in the sculpture and painting of ancient Greece and Rome, the Renaissance and the early twentieth century. This exhibition is a collaboration between Lakeland Arts, Strawberry Hill House and the New Art Centre, Roche Court with support from Arts Council England. Watercolour Gallery Permanent display

The Lakeland Arts Trust has a superb collection of late-eighteenth and earlynineteenth century British watercolours comprising masterpieces by artists such as JMW Turner, John Constable, Joseph Wright of Derby and John Robert Cozens. A regularly-changing selection of works on paper from this extensive collection will be on display in the Watercolour Gallery throughout the spring. Check the website for more details. Above: George Romney. The Gower Family: The Children of Granville, 2nd Earl Gower c.1776-77. On display in Abbot Hall’s Saloon. © Lakeland Arts Trust Right: Laura Ford, Medieval Cloud Girls, 2015. Photograph © Gautier Deblonde.

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Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry

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Displays Recreated period rooms and the workshops of lost trades reveal how rural people lived, worked and played Take a walk down our vintage street scene gazing into colourful shop windows and pay a visit to our chemist and toy shop. Explore an eighteenth century farmhouse kitchen, a townhouse parlour and a bedroom full of vernacular furniture and furnishings. Visit our industry galleries to learn about farming and other local trades. Permanent Displays: Stories of the people who have left their mark on the area Arthur Ransome is best known for writing the exciting Swallows & Amazons series of books. You can learn about his varied and interesting life as fisherman, sailor, journalist and perhaps even spy in our Ransome Room. In the Arts and Crafts gallery, learn how the movement flourished in the Lake District with hand crafted furniture by Arthur Simpson and Stanley Webb Davies, exquisite textiles from Annie Garnett’s famous workshop, The Spinnery, and metalwork from the Keswick School of Industrial Arts. Yards of Industry: The Working Life of Kendal’s Yards 13 February - 3 September The yards of Kendal are a unique part of the town’s history, once bustling patches of life and industry they still shape the distinctive feel of the town today. This display looks at the history of these unique spaces. How did they come about, and how did they get their names? Who lived and worked there? We look at the industries that flourished in the yards and bring together dozens of objects to illustrate these stories.

Right: The parlour, chemist shop and bedroom Left: Joseph Hardman, Stramongate, Kendal © Lakeland Arts

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Exhibitions Laura Ford: Sculpture and Drawings 11 March - 4 September Also at Abbot Hall Art Gallery: 11 March - 25 June (see page 6) Ford’s work sits particularly well in domestic interiors. Blackwell’s warm, richly-carved Arts & Crafts rooms provide a perfect foil for Ford’s startling creations: works, such as Armour Boys, lie crumpled in Blackwell’s baronial Main Hall and a shaggy bronze beast, Old Nick, plays a devilish tune by the fireplace in the Dining Room. Outside, a series of recent bronze sculptures, Days of Judgement pace the south lawn at Blackwell in various states of deep thought, these cats appear like a group of existential poets gripped by their own inner anxieties The cats, prowling in the grounds against the spectacular backdrop of the Coniston fells, generate an atmosphere of courtliness but their featureless faces convey an uncanny blankness onto which we are able to project our own concerns. Elsewhere, it might appear that Beatrix Potter’s much-loved Lakeland characters have fallen on hard times, with a Mrs Tiggy-Winkle-like hedgehog transformed into a bronze bag lady, and a badger who has resorted to foraging in dustbins.

Consumers’ Corner: Richard Slee and Carol McNicoll On display throughout Spring Select work by two of Britain’s most important contemporary ceramic artists are on display at Blackwell this spring. Carol McNicoll was part of the ‘New Ceramics’ group, along with fellow makers such as Richard Slee, introduced a radical element to ceramics in reaction to the austerity and minimalism of more traditional potters such as Bernard Leach. Slee makes the functional unusable, and imbues his brilliantly-crafted objects with a surreal and subversive British humour. His exuberant ceramics take the rich, sometimes garish, hues of children’s toys and plastic goods as the inspiration for their lustrous glaze. McNicoll’s work is subversive yet, unlike Slee, often remains functional. Her use of recycled materials can be read as a reaction to, and critique of, our throwaway consumerist culture. Side by side they are a colourful contrast to the Fifty Shades of White ceramics on display at the beginning of the year.

The exhibition also highlights other aspects of Laura Ford’s practice such as her ceramic works, including Bear, In Remembrance and Needy Greedy, along with new ceramics made in direct response to Blackwell which fit brilliantly with Lakeland Arts’ collection of historic and contemporary pottery. This association is taken a step further through the artist’s series of prints inspired by the most celebrated of the Arts & Crafts ceramicists, William De Morgan, whose lustrous tiles adorn many of Blackwell’s fireplaces. The show also presents other graphic works, in which Ford not only explores ideas and variations relating to her sculpture but also allows her imagination to run free, creating delicate line drawings and vivid watercolours that exist as finished artworks in their own right.

Right: Richard Slee, Shoes, 2008. Photography © Tony West. Left: Laura Ford, Rag and Bone with Bags. © the artist.

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Displays Fifty Shades of White On display until 28 February From the winter snows cloaking the Lakeland Fells to the elegant simplicity of Blackwell’s whitewashed exterior and the meditative calm of the White Drawing Room, white will challenge your senses. Fifty Shades of White brings together a selection of vessels and ceramics from Lakeland Arts’ collections. It includes makers from around the world, such as Taiwanese potter Chun Liao, Danish ceramicists Bodil Manz and Inger Rokkjaer, London-based Japanese maker Nao Matsunaga, and master potter Edmund de Waal. John Harden: Artist of Leisure On display until March John Harden was an accomplished amateur artist who lived in the Lake District for over 40 years. The brilliantly executed drawings in this display provide a uniquely fascinating and entertaining insight into the everyday lives of the Hardens and their acquaintances on the shores of Windermere and inside their homes in Ambleside and Edinburgh. The Baillie Scott Folio: House for an Art Lover On display until March In the December 1900 issue of an influential German publication, Journal of Interior Decoration, a competition was announced to encourage new thinking in modern design; competitors were to design a large country house for an art lover. Baillie Scott’s entry included many designs which had proved highly successful in his ambitious recent commission, Blackwell. This is an opportunity to see Baillie Scott’s entry which was awarded the highest prize, praised for the ‘surpassing artistic quality of the interior arrangement’.

Top right: Philip Eglin, Madonna. Fifty Shades of White exhibition. Middle right: John Harden, Ladies sewing. Bottom right: MH Baillie Scott, plate from the House for an Art Lover.

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Rediscover Blackwell Unveiling two permanent exhibitions and a spectacular Arts & Crafts Bedroom Opening Spring Blackwell: An Arts & Crafts Story This permanent display explores Blackwell and the Arts & Crafts movement with objects on loan from the Victoria & Albert Museum and William Morris Gallery. The School Years Memories and photographs of the girls and boys who studied at Blackwell from 1941 to 1976. Opening Summer Master Arts & Crafts Bedroom Textile historians and furniture specialists have created a new bedroom in the style of Blackwell’s architect, Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott.

Top: The White Drawing Room was used as a class room when Blackwell was a school. Bottom: MH Baillie Scott (1865 - 1945) (designer), J.P. White, The Pyghtle Works (makers). The Latin inscription, ‘FESTINA LENTE’, translates as ‘hurry slowly’. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Activities for people living with dementia Every First Tuesday Abbot Hall Art Gallery First Tuesday of the month 2 - 4pm £5 per session, accompanying carer free Booking essential Part of Lakeland Arts’ programme of activities and events designed to engage people living with dementia and their carers. Sessions are informal and social, stimulate lively discussion, generate creative ideas and enhance feelings of well-being. We enjoy conversation, poetry and creativity inspired by the exhibitions and displays, followed by tea and cake. In The Moment Sessions are held at Unit 31, The Factory Over the river from Abbot Hall Art Gallery Every Friday 1 - 4pm A weekly art and poetry group for people living with dementia. Sessions inspire creativity, stimulate conversation and generate moments of pleasure. Using a range of art materials the sessions provide opportunities to learn new skills, to express feelings and be imaginative. In the Moment is now an established part of Kendal’s provision for people living with dementia. Feedback is striking, with participants describing the positive and long term benefits that creative experiences and friendship can have on those with a diagnosis of dementia and their carers. In the Moment is supported by the Alzheimer’s Society.

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Make more of your visit with free talks, tours and demonstrations Free with admission Insights at Abbot Hall Abbot Hall Art Gallery Every Monday at 2pm for 20 minutes Join us for a talk about the history of the Gallery, one of the artworks on display, or a tour of the exhibition. Crafty Talks & Demonstrations Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry Every Wednesday at 2pm for 20 minutes Learn about the trades, customs, crafts and industries from South Lakeland through the collection of objects on display at the Museum. Blackwell House Tours Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Every Friday at 2pm for 20 minutes Join us for a short tour around this spectacular house to learn about the craftspeople who made it and the family that called it ‘home’.

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Family activities Crawl at the Hall Abbot Hall Art Gallery Every Friday during term time 10.30 - 11.30am Children free, £3 per session per each accompanying adult, booking essential Our weekly event for the under-fives is inspired by the art work and museum objects. They are playful and exciting sessions involving a range of processes and media. These are memorable moments, enjoyed by adults and children alike. Five Friends Abbot Hall Art Gallery Saturday 16 April 11am - 4pm £3 per child, normal admission for adults Drop in session, no booking required Inspired by historic paintings and contemporary sculpture on display at Abbot Hall, this session will enable children to create five finger puppets a cast of characters that tell stories. Shadows and Silhouettes Abbot Hall Art Gallery Saturday 14 May 11am - 4pm £3 per child. Normal admission for adults Drop in session, no booking required

Family dance night at Blackwell Country Dancing Saturday 14 May 6 - 8pm £3 per child, Friends free Normal admission for adults Did you know that Blackwell used to be a school and the children enjoyed line dancing in the House? Bring your dancing shoes and join us for music and party games.

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Adult lectures and workshops

Lecture: Great Lives - Charlotte Turner Smith Abbot Hall Art Gallery Thursday 18 February 4 - 5pm £10/£8 Friends, includes coffee Booking essential The first in this series of talks about the great lives behind some of the works of art in Abbot Hall’s permanent collection will look at the extraordinary life of Charlotte Turner Smith. The beautiful pastel drawing of Charlotte Turner Smith by George Romney is on permanent display in the saloon. Series continues later in the year with George Romney, Kurt Schwitters and Lady Anne Clifford. Lecture: John Ruskin - Man vs. Machine Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Wednesday 2 March 6 - 7.30pm £10/£8 Friends, includes a glass of wine Booking essential This is the first in our Shakers and Makers series of lectures introducing the revolutionary thinkers and local artists behind Britain’s Arts & Crafts movement. Ruskin promoted craftsmanship when skilled workers were being outpaced and outpriced by machines. Stephen Wildman, Director of the Ruskin Library at Lancaster University, explores Ruskin’s influence on the Arts and Crafts Movement and the relevance of his ideas today. Top left: William Morris as a young man c.1850. © William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest

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Workshop: Vase Making Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Sunday 6 March 9.30am - 4pm £50/£40 Friends, includes admission to Blackwell, lunch and materials Booking essential Gwen Bainbridge is a well known ceramicist who’ll show you how to make your own porcelain vase and candle holder with textured detail. You will use lace and handmade sprig moulds to create delicate patterns and textures. Gwen’s work is available in Blackwell’s Contemporary Craft Shop. Lecture: William Morris The Politics of Craft Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Thursday 24 March 6 - 7.30pm £10/£8 Friends, includes a glass of wine Booking essential William Morris was born on 24 March 1834 so on his birthday, Anna Mason from the William Morris Gallery explores Morris’s socialist views outlined in his utopian novel News from Nowhere - and how they evolved out of his experiences as an artist and entrepreneur.

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Lecture: Annie Garnett Weaving in Windermere Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Thursday 14 April 6 - 7.30pm £10/£8 Friends, includes a glass of wine Booking essential Discover Annie Garnett’s naturally inspired textiles and examine the role she played in reviving hand spinning and weaving in the Lake District with Professor David Ingram, author of The Gardens at Brantwood. Walking tour: Arthur Simpson Kendal’s Craftsman Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Thursday 21 April 6 - 7.30pm £10/£8 Friends, includes a glass of wine Booking essential An in-depth look at Simpson’s signature woodworking techniques. Led by Hugh Wright, antique furniture restorer and author of The Beautiful Furniture of the Simpsons of Kendal. Lecture: Rembrandt Abbot Hall Art Gallery Thursday 12 May 6 - 7.30pm £10/£8 Friends, includes a glass of wine Booking essential

Being Human Workshop Abbot Hall Art Gallery Saturday 28 May 11am - 4pm £20/£16 Friends, includes admission to the Gallery and materials, booking essential The Laura Ford sculptures will be joined by a live model and the artist Catherine MacDiarmid for a workshop which explores gestures, movements and expressions possible within the human form and how these can be communicated in drawing. Participants will draw in the gallery using a range of dry media, followed by a sustained observational study of the human head using both paint and drawing media. Based in Kendal, Catherine has a strong commitment to portraiture. She has been exhibited widely and featured in the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2014. Sit and Stitch Embroidery Workshop Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Last Thursday of the month 2pm £10/£3 Friends, per session, materials provided, booking essential Learn the techniques of hand embroidery and enjoy an afternoon of stitching in the White Drawing Room. Great for all ages and skill levels.

Dr Allison Goudie from the National Gallery will explore Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at the Age of 63 and consider why self portraiture played such an important role in Rembrandt’s career. Book online at lakelandarts.org.uk

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Holiday activities February half term

Easter

Beat half-term boredom with these family workshops. Fun for all ages at MOLLI and Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House. Monday 15 February - Friday 19 February 11am - 3pm £3 per child, normal admission for adults Friends free Drop in session, no booking required

There is something to do everyday of the Easter holidays at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, MOLLI and Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House. £3 per child, normal admission for adults Friends free Drop in sessions, no booking required The Puppets that Live at Abbot Hall

Craft Week Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Create amazing art inspired by nature in this fabulous Arts and Crafts house. From Fleeces to Felts Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry Inspired by the fleeces on display in the Museum and the wonderful photographs taken by Joseph Hardman. Children will be able to handle raw fleece before then working with wool tops and wire to create their own mini sheep sculpture.

Abbot Hall Art Gallery Saturday 26 March 11am - 3pm A creative workshop inspired by the sculptures of Laura Ford and the portraits that fill the gallery walls. Come along and make your own character and imagine that they really do live at Abbot Hall.

Blackwell family Easter egg hunt Saturday 26 March 11am - 3pm £3 per child, Friends free Normal admission for adults Search for chocolate eggs in Blackwell’s garden terraces and follow a trail of clues to find the Blackwell Bunny!

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May half term Heads and Tails Abbot Hall Art Gallery Tuesday 29 March - Friday 1 April 11am - 3pm Drop in fun for creative families! The sculptures by Laura Ford will inspire us as we construct ‘heads’ and ‘tails’ to transform our appearance. Pinhole Camera Workshop Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry Tuesday 29 March - Friday 1 April 11am - 3pm Drop in to explore the wonderful world of cameras. Make a simple pinhole camera and test your photography skills in the Museum. Powerful Portraits Abbot Hall Art Gallery Monday 4 April - Friday 8 April 11am - 3pm Drop in to enjoy the portraits on display and create your very own Rembrandt inspired powerful portrait.

Story Telling Week: Trails and Tales at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, MOLLI and Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House. Monday 30 May - Friday 3 June 11am - 3pm £3 per child, normal admission for adults Friends free With titles like Headthinker VIII and the Medieval Cloud Girls, Laura Ford’s sculptures at Abbot Hall immediately grab your attention and the rooms at Blackwell have some intriguing visitors. The Armour Boys, the Rag and Bone Hedgehog and the Sorrow Filled Cat - what stories could they tell if only they could speak? Abbot Hall Art Gallery Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Inspired by Laura Ford’s intriguing sculptures and Beatrix Potter’s anniversary create your own cast of characters using wire or collage and place them in their very own story. Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry Full of curious objects, the Museum is a great place to let your imagination run wild and tell stories! Join us as we make shadow puppets and then entertain visitors to the Museum with your shadow puppet performance.

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Artists and makers in our shops Our shops reflect the collections and character of each of our venues. Your purchase supports craft makers and the Lakeland Arts programme and activities. The product range on offer is different in each shop. Stock changes regularly so keep calling in to see what we have. Abbot Hall Gallery Shop Here you can treat yourself to a very special artist’s product or limited edition print, or choose from a selection of your favourite postcards or greetings cards. There are also gifts, jewellery, stationery, childrens books and a great selection of books about British art, history and culture and exhibition catalogues. Blackwell Contemporary Craft Shop We work with a wide array of creative talent from established caftmakers to young designers at the start of their career. The shop stocks pottery by William Plumptre and Chris Keenan, glass by Gillies Jones, jewellery, scarfs, leather bags and woodwork, all beautifully and individually made. Visitors return again and again for our excellent range of books about British and international Arts & Crafts. MOLLI Gift Shop The Museum gift shop has a wide selection of crafts and books on local interest, including a collection of books and CDs of stories by Arthur Ransome. There is a large range of postcards, prints and stationery and a selection of traditional toys for children. Skilfully crafted gifts by local craftmakers include pottery by Hans Ullrich, Karen Griffiths’ unique rag rugs and handbags and Phil Bradley’s beautiful baskets.

Left: Chris Keenan, whose work is on display at the Blackwell shop Right from Top: Abbot Hall Gallery Shop, glass designer Stephen Gillies whose work is on display at the Blackwell shop and ragworker Karen Griffiths whose work is on display in MOLLI’s shop © Chris Keenan, © Gillies Jones, © Karen E Griffiths/Redragwork

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Enjoy a tasty treat with a great view

Blackwell Tea Room A visit to the Tea Room is an essential part of your visit to Blackwell. Our chefs bake every day so you can enjoy fresh cakes and scones with our locally roasted coffee and speciality teas. We use fresh locally sourced ingredients to create a unique and flavourful lunch menu which brings visitors back again and again. On warmer days you can enjoy your meal outside on the terraces and marvel at the stunning Lakeland views.

Love Blackwell: Valentine’s Lunch Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 February 2 Courses, £17 per person Telephone booking essential: 015394 46139 Combine a visit to one of the most romantic houses in the Lake District and enjoy a special lunch, lovingly prepared by our chefs. Pan fried sea bass served with Boulangère potatoes, cavolo nero, parsnip puree, French beans and roasted vine tomatoes served with a beurre noisette sauce or Wensleydale and leek soufflé with Boulangère potatoes & cavolo nero served with a Dijon cream Chocolate mousse roulade with raspberry coulis

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Mother’s Day at Blackwell Sunday 6 March £10 per person (minimum 2 people) Telephone booking essential: 015394 46139 Treat your Mum to our Blackwell afternoon tea. Delicate finger sandwiches, mouth-watering pastries and cakes, and a pot of Lakeland tea - or make it a special celebration with some Prosecco! (Additional charge of £3.50 per glass) The Contemporary Craft Shop has the perfect gift for Mothers Day. Select something from a wide range of jewellery and textiles or bring Mum along to choose something special for herself either way, it will be a gift she’ll cherish. Our chefs will be welcoming in the Spring with a long weekend of Easter lunch specials inspired by the local and seasonal produce - please check our website for the menu or follow us on twitter to keep updated.

Abbot Hall’s Coffee House is temporarily closed after the recent floods across Cumbria. We will be opening a temporary cafe soon (see website for details). In the meantime we can recommend a couple of cafes very near the gallery. Our staff will be able to give you recommendations and directions.

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Windermere Jetty will be a unique and world-class museum in a famously beautiful location. A working destination, committed to conserving, saving and sharing the internationally important Windermere boat collection. Here we will tell the stories behind these boats and actively involve you in the crafts and tradition that built them. Every visit will give you an invaluable insight into a vital part of our national and local history while making you part of life on the lake. Windermere Jetty is due to open in 2017, in the meantime follow our progress at windermerejetty.org

Volunteers

Volunteering is a great way to be part of Abbot Hall, MOLLI, Blackwell and Windermere Jetty. Details about different opportunities are on the website lakelandarts.org.uk/volunteer Book online at lakelandarts.org.uk

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Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry Tel: 01539 722464 email: info@abbothall.org.uk info@lakelandmuseum.org.uk GPS Location: N54°19.38 , W2°44.72 To assist in planning your visit: abbothall.org.uk or lakelandmuseum.org.uk Gallery and Museum Admission Open Monday - Saturday 10.30am - 5pm 4pm November - February The Coffee House is being renovated, see website. Adult Gallery only £7 (without donation £6.35) Canaletto exhibition £9 (without donation £8.15) Free admission for children up to 16 and full-time students.

Facilities Parking is available at the Gallery and Museum. The Gallery and Museum are next to Abbot Hall park and children’s play area. Kendal town centre is a level walk beside the River Kent. Gallery Access The stair lifts throughout the gallery are able to accommodate manual wheelchairs only. We have a manual wheelchair available. Museum Access There is limited access to some areas for wheelchair users. Public transport Kendal train and bus stations are a short level walk from the Gallery and Museum. Oxenholme main line train station is 2 miles away.

Adult Museum only £5 (Buy one day get 12 months FREE). Joint Gallery and Museum Adult £9 (without donation £8.60) During the Canaletto exhibition £10 (without donation £9.50).

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To assist in planning your visit: blackwell.org.uk Admission Open daily 10.30am - 5pm 4pm November - February (Closed 25 & 26 Dec) Adult £8.50 (without donation £7.70) Free admission for children up to 16 and full-time students. Access Free parking for visitors. Stair-free access is by means of a lift. There are some rooms that are not accessible to wheelchair users. Only service dogs are allowed in the house and on the garden terraces. Level walks around the terraces with seating areas. Public transport The main West Coast train line has links to Windermere.

Free admission for children up to 16 and full-time students. Partners of

Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Bowness-on-Windermere Cumbria LA23 3JT Tel: 015394 46139 email: info@blackwell.org.uk GPS Location: N54°20.572 , W2°55.319

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Lakeland Arts welcomes you to Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry and Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House. Windermere Jetty, Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories, is due to open in 2017 - windermerejetty.org