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WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS & CULTURE EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS MARCH - APRIL 2017

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MICHAEL BRENNAND-WOOD: SEEDS OF MEMORY ART GALLERY 11 March – 7 May Seeds of Memory looks back over the 40-year career of internationally renowned textile artist Michael Brennand-Wood, exhibiting retrospective pieces such as Archive and The Art of The Stitch alongside nine new specially commissioned works.

Sketch for Light and Paint. © Guy Sherwin, 2017. Wall painting under the influence of coloured light.

GUY SHERWIN: LIGHT AND PAINT 2017 ART GALLERY 7 March – 2 April Experience colours, shapes and movement in this latest work by film-maker and artist Guy Sherwin.

Light and Paint is a return to Guy Sherwin’s early practices where acrylic painting is animated by projected light.

Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in the late 1960s before

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being drawn to the radical film practice of the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative (now LUX) where he taught printing and processing during the mid-’70s. He is a senior lecturer in Fine Art (video) at the University of Wolverhampton and has run classes in artist film production at the San Francisco Art Institute.

In this latest work Sherwin further explores his early interest in colour as an example that nothing in this world is fixed. As with music it requires the viewer to spend time with the artwork, listening and watching with curiosity.

The New Worlds series was produced for this touring exhibition and has allowed Michael to explore the seeds of his own creativity. The exhibition provides an insight into the artist’s creative process and is enhanced with a new short film featuring Michael Brennand-Wood in his studio which documents him making some of these new pieces.

Seeds of Memory is a touring exhibition from The National Centre for Craft & Design New Worlds - Spells, Michael Brennand-Wood 2015 Hand & machine embroidery, interlacing, fabric, collage, animated tape, text, braids, wire, resin, blocks, acrylic on wood base. Image © Peter Mennim

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BOWLS, BUCKETS, AND BEDSTEADS: BILSTON INDUSTRIES BETWEEN THE WARS BILSTON GALLERY Until 26 March Black Country Memories Club draws on its extensive collection of Bilston heritage to tell the story of local manufacturing in the 1920s and ‘30s. The period between the wars is often remembered for economic depression, but Bilston industries, large and small, kept producing the goods. Come and see what they made and how Bilston’s industrial heritage kept going throughout hard times. Featuring products from firms such as Beldray, Sankey and Phoenix Glass.

A tea break at GKN Sankey in 1937 (Image Courtesy Wolverhampton City Archives)

DISCOVER DINOSAURS BILSTON GALLERY 8 April - 13 August Discover what makes a dinosaur!

Our new family-friendly exhibition at Bilston Gallery explores the prehistoric world of the dinosaurs. Uncover fossils of these fearsome creatures that dominated the planet over 65 million years ago and lived alongside aweinspiring marine reptiles and pterosaurs.

Be inspired by our full-size T rex skull; be dwarfed by our replica Baryonyx dinosaur and get to know Beaky, our resident

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Pterosaur. Join us as we learn more about the life of dinosaurs, discover the difference between herbivores and carnivores and unearth links between these incredible creatures and modern creatures such as birds and crocodiles.

Chill out in our ice age experience with Fluffly, our life-size mammoth.

Also on display will be ‘The Map That Changed the World’ the first geological map of England and Wales by William Smith in 1815, with a small exhibition.

BLACK AND GOLD: IMAGINARY WORLDS OF JAPANNED WARE BILSTON GALLERY Until 26 March Welcome to an imaginary world, in black and gold, featured in the gallery’s collection of japanned ware. The natural world and its curious creatures feature as golden landscapes and patterns set on lacquered black backgrounds. Three hundred years ago, Bilston led the way for japanned ware manufacture and this exhibition celebrates this pioneering spirit.

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Chila Burman, ABSOLUTELY, mixed media / collage 2015 © the artist

Interlocking Pink and Vermilion with Blue: April 1970 © The Estate of Patrick Heron. All rights reserved, DACS 2016

CHILA BURMAN - BEYOND POP ART GALLERY

SPECTRUM: COLOUR AND ABSTRACTION ART GALLERY

Until 26 March

Until 26 March

Chila Burman’s work is informed by popular culture, Bollywood, fashion, found objects as well as our ideas and celebration of South Asian femininity. Born and brought up in the back streets of Bootle, Liverpool, her art has always had strong roots in Indian culture.

For more than twenty years she has worked across print, collage, mixed media, painting and photography with a specific autobiographical focus.

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Make the most of this rare chance to see the best of the art gallery’s collection of twentieth-century abstract paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures in an exhibition featuring renowned artists Joan Miro, Patrick Heron, Gillian Ayres, Joe Tilson, Gary Hume and Bridget Riley. Informed

by the colour spectrum, this spectacle of pure pigment and form, will delight the eye and inspire visitors’ own creativity. There is opportunity for visitors to create and display their cut-paper abstract collages in the gallery space. An exhibition to brighten up any dark dull day.

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EXHIBITIONS WOLVERHAMPTONART.ORG.UK Transport of Delights. Keith Newstead, 2010, wood, brass and rubber. Image Courtesy of Keith Newstead Automata

CHINESE OPERA PUPPETS BANTOCK HOUSE Until 31 March Puppet theatre in China has a long history and is recognised as a major component of the Asian theatre genre. String Puppets, known as ‘Tixian Muou’ in Chinese, can be traced back to many regions with distinct differences between the north and south. This exhibition looks at the opera string puppets from the southern region, including Hong Kong, which can be traced back as far as 1190.

Tuschara Kiewpukdee, The School of Art, detail (2016), oil on wood panel and canvas 200 x 260 cm, © the artist

NEW ART WEST MIDLANDS ART GALLERY Until 14 May We are giving the next generation of exciting contemporary artists the chance to show their work as we take part in New Art West Midlands 2017. This is an annual showcase for exciting new contemporary art by Fine Art or visual arts graduates of the five University art schools in the region: Birmingham City, Coventry, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton and Worcester plus for the first time this year Hereford College of Arts.

The venues hosting and curating this year’s exhibitions are Waterhall Gallery at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, mac Birmingham, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Worcester City Art Gallery. Come and support emerging new talent and enjoy the show.

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A CURIOUS TURN: MOVING MECHANICAL SCULPTURE ART GALLERY Until 21 May Moving mechanical sculpture is brought to life in this exhibition featuring 30 pieces of extraordinary automata.

Brilliant sculptures are brought magically to life by sequences of cogs, cams, and levers. They have delighted and bewitched people for centuries.

Visitors will be able to turn, push and crank to see many of the pieces in action, while newly commissioned films will show other pieces in motion.

From the humorous to the macabre and from the playful to the satirical. Works on show take a look at key automata makers such as Rowland Emett, famous for creating the elaborate inventions of Caractacus Potts in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

A Crafts Council Touring Exhibition in association with Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, exhibition consultant.

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LOCAL HISTORY WOLVERHAMPTONART.ORG.UK

JACKIE HARRISON – QUEEN STREET – FROM CROFT TO GEORGIAN SPLENDOUR? CITY ARCHIVES 8 March, 5.30 - 6.30pm

WHEN QUEEN VICTORIA CAME TO WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY 17 March, 2 - 3pm

The research is part of the community element of the City Council’s successful bid for Heritage Lottery funding to maintain the historic frontages of Queen Street’s buildings.

Following on from last year’s successful 150th anniversary celebrations of Wolverhampton’s iconic statue of Prince Albert – fondly known as the ‘man on the horse’ city archivist Heidi McIntosh investigates the events leading up to Queen Victoria’s visit to Wolverhampton.

She unveiled the statue of her late husband in 1986. Find out how the visit had an impact on the people of the then town and what it means for Wolverhampton today.

£2 per person, please book in advance by calling 01902 552055

£2 entry. To book a place please call 01902 552055

This talk uses old maps, deeds, trade directories, and other documents to explore the history of Queen Street. You will discover which businesses flourished or faded away and learn about the lives of those who worked along this important city street.

KATE HARTLAND-WESTWOOD – A PAROCHIAL PRENTISE – WOLVERHAMPTON PARISH APPRENTICES 1830 - 1844 CITY ARCHIVES 12 April, 5.30 - 6.30pm The Poor Relief Act of 1601 (Old Poor Law) allowed the parish officials to bind a pauper child to a master, most of whom arranged to remove the child as a financial burden to the parish. Many were sent miles from home as cheap labour in factories or as unpaid servants. Others were contracted out to local families for a period of seven years and were used by the master as low paid labour.

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An 1801 Act of Parliament required the Paris to keep a register of these apprentices. Wolverhampton’s 1830-44 register is a rare survivor. Kate HartlandWestwood has explored the register to give an insight into the lives of these unfortunate children. £2 per person, please book in advance by calling 01902 552055

TEMPERED NOT QUENCHED – THE BATTLE FOR BILSTON’S STEELWORKS CITY ARCHIVES Until 29 March Bilston’s battle for Lizzie, the last blast furnace to grace the Black Country skyline, is the subject of this fascinating local history exhibition.

Find out about the local steel men of Bilston and their fight to keep the furnance, fondly known as Lizzie, open.

It was a battle which was lost on 5 October 1980 when Lizzie was torn down taking with it more than 200 years of iron

and steel making in the Black Country.

Since February 2015, a group of volunteers have collected material about the final years of Bilston steelworks.

Featuring the personal testimonies of key witnesses; previously unseen archive material; historical photos and rare artefacts; the ‘Tempered Not Quenched’ exhibition explores this overlooked period of in Britain’s industrial relations history.

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FAMILY & ART EVENTS

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SILVER SCREEN SATURDAYS CITY ARCHIVES

CRAFTPLAY EXPLORERS BILSTON GALLERY

CRAFTPLAY LITTLE EXPLORERS BILSTON GALLERY

25 March, 10.30 - 11.30am

10 - 11.30am & 1.30 - 3pm

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Watch local history come to life in the first Silver Screen Saturdays here at the city archives. Each month come and enjoy a different archive film showing Wolverhampton as you’ve never seen before.

Become a Craftplay Explorer and join our weekly stay and plays to discover, play and create with your child.

The first films we are screening were shot by Thomas Wood around 1925, and transferred onto modern media by the Media Archive for Central England (MACE).

This DVD copy was purchased through assistance from the Friends of Wolverhampton Archives. £2 per person. To book a place call 01902 552055. The films are:

Call Craftplay to enquire about joining on 01902 552414.

Explore your senses in our weekly Little Explorer sessions for children and babies up to 2 years. Explore, discover and meet new friends.

Suitable for 0-4 year olds. £3 per child.

1. Bilston, Wood’s Palace Cinema (c 1925)

Call Craftplay to enquire about joining on 01902 552414.

Suitable for 0-2 year olds. £3 per child.

2. Carriages and Pier Scenes (no date) 3. Civilian March and Parade (c 1925)

SILVER SCREEN SATURDAYS CITY ARCHIVES 29 April, 10.30 - 11.30am Our second in a series of archive film showings and this time we focus on a series of Wolverhampton road safety films, from 1950 - 1973. Be amazed at the roads and the traffic on them sixty years ago! £2 per person. To book a place call 01902 552055. The films are: 1. Live and Let Live - produced for Wolverhampton Accident Prevention Council by Wulfrun Cine Club. (1950s) B/W, silent, 16 minutes.

2. Opening of Wolverhampton Traffic Training Ground, St Christopher’s Park. (1957) B/W, silent, 8 minutes.

3. Cavalcade of Transport Through Wolverhampton Town Centre. (1950s) B/W, silent, 3 minutes.

4. Keep Looking, Keep Listening, Keep Living. (1973) Colour, sound, 3 minutes.

5. Wolverhampton Traffic Training Ground at St Christopher’s Park - filmed for Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Accident Prevention Council by Harry Brown. (1957) Colour, sound, 18 minutes.

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CRAFTPLAY SATURDAY STAY & PLAY BILSTON GALLERY First & Third Saturday of the month 11am - 12.30pm & 1.30 - 3pm Create, explore and play with unusual materials in Craftplay’s inspiring space.

Meet other families and get lots of easy, low cost ideas to try out at home.

Booking required online http://bit.ly/CraftplayBookings or by calling 01902 552414.

Suitable for 0-7 year olds. £3 per child.

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FAMILY & ART EVENTS

If there’s one thing we’re brilliant at, it’s getting creative, and sometimes a bit messy too. All of our sites have great family-friendly activities throughout the year. From Craftplay sessions for babies and a toddlers through to ArtForum for those aged 14-25 we’ve got all the bases covered.

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BABY BALLET BANTOCK HOUSE

RHYTHM TIME BANTOCK HOUSE

UNDERSTANDING ART: SCIENCE AND ART

Every Friday 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 March 9.30 - 11.30am

Every Tuesday 7, 14, 21 & 28 March 4, 11, 18 & 25 April Toddler Sessions: 9.45 & 10.25am Baby Sessions: 11:05 & 11.45am

This four-week course explores connections between science and art using the varied collections and exhibitions from four regional galleries.

For boys and girls, babies and young children, come and enjoy our awardwinning pre-school dance classes in the wonderful setting of Bantock House.

Baby Ballet is aimed at children as young as six months to six years. Dance classes include ballet and tap.

Tots - £4 Tinies - £5 Movers - £5 Tappers - £1.50 More information at: www.babyballet.co.uk

Rhythm Time offers award winning, multi-sensory and fun music sessions for babies, toddlers & pre-schoolers across the Wolverhampton area. Each ageappropriate course has been created to enhance every child’s development.

To book a free trial near you, visit: www.rhythmtime.net/je9

Interlocking Pink and Vermilion with Blue: April 1970 © The Estate of Patrick Heron. All rights reserved, DACS 2016

Through looking, discussion and debate, this four-week course explores the connections between arts and science using the varied collections and exhibitions of regional galleries.

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NEW! MUSICAL STEPS ART GALLERY

FAMILY FESTIVAL OF COLOUR ART GALLERY

Tuesday Mornings 28 February then 7, 14, 21 & 28 March & 4 April

Sunday 19 March 12 - 3pm

Toddler Troupe: 10.30am - 11.10am (40 mins) £5 - First visit free Baby Band: 11.20am - 11.50am (30 mins) £4.50 - First visit free

Join us for a fun-packed festival inspired by the Festival of Colour of India and Nepal. There will be live music, dance, craft activities and face-painting for all of the family to enjoy.

Musical Steps classes are fun-filled, educational music classes for babies, toddlers and their parents/carers. Our unique, award-winning music classes help develop communication, language, creativity and co-operation. We use instruments, nursery rhymes, songs and more to create a fun-filled experience which everyone loves. Come along and join the fun. You’ll be amazed at what your child can achieve, and you’ll soon see why our class members tell us it’s the highlight of their week!

To book a FREE trial class contact Liz on 07572 789033 or email liz.browne@musicalsteps.co.uk

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SPECIAL EVENTS

• Happy, colourful face painting to make everyone smile • Colourful craft workshops - make decorations • Live music from DJ Mr Moon, All Hands Sounds and Culture Dub Orchestra Quartet • Dance and drumming from Wolvez Bhangra Society Our award-winning cafe will be serving a south-Asian menu.

Drop-in, everyone welcome. £5 per person.

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ANTIQUES FAIR BANTOCK HOUSE

COUNTRY NIGHTS BANTOCK HOUSE

DOLLS HOUSE FAIR BANTOCK HOUSE

Wednesday 29 March Wednesday 26 April 11am - 12pm

5 March, 2 April & 7 May Trade: 9 - 10am Public: 10am - 3.30pm

25 March & 29 April From 7pm

23 April 11am - 4pm

Relax and enjoy a chat in our conversation club aimed at people aged 50 and over.

We have a topic each month which links to our exhibitions.

Enjoy a lazy Sunday stroll around this popular antiques fair full of interesting stalls – who knows what you will discover? Don’t forget Bantock is now home to an antique and collectors centre - six rooms of antiques, furniture and collectibles.

Where else can you listen to four live bands for a fiver? Our regular Country Nights in the Tractor Shed at Bantock House and Gardens feature house band The Emma Swindells Band plus another three acts on the bill. Tickets available on the door.

Join our stallholders for a fantastic dolls house fair where you can see wooden cottages, doll’s houses and caravans for sale in the most popular scales. Our stallholders also offer all of the intricate details you need to complete your scene including wooden furniture, soft furnishings such as rugs , cushions and curtains, lamps, fireplaces and kitchenware.

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BANTOCK GIFT AND CRAFT MARKET BANTOCK HOUSE

VINTAGE FAIR BANTOCK HOUSE

24 March 1.10pm

11 & 12 March 11am - 4.30pm

19 March 10.30am - 4.30pm

We’ve got lots of very talented young musicians in Wolverhampton and this regular series of lunchtime concerts gives them a chance to showcase their talents. Enjoy beautiful music in a classic setting. Free admission.

Join us at Bantock for our regular craft fair. Gorgeous stalls selling ceramics, fused glass, needle craft, textiles, paperart, candles, shabby chic homewares, contemporary and vintage inspired jewellery, hand thrown cotton balls, home grown plants, handmade chocolate, sweet bouquets, children’s activities and much, much more!

Free admission.

Join us for a fun fantastic vintage fair at Bantock House with more than 30 indoor stalls offering the very best of vintage and vinyl. All manner of vintage and retro goods will be on sale including clothing, accessories and homewares.

There’s lots to talk about at our conversation club but if you just want to listen that’s fine too.

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£1 admission, Under 12s Free

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HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES WOLVERHAMPTONART.ORG.UK

BRICK WONDERS OF WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY

MINI MODEL CLAY CITY ART GALLERY

GARDEN IN A GLASS ART GALLERY

VAISAKHI MONTH AT THE GALLERY ART GALLERY

10 April 11am - 2pm

11 April 11am - 2pm

15 April – 14 May

Have fun making your own clay house in air drying clay to take home and play with. Be inspired by Wolverhampton’s Queen Street, its buildings, history and people from past. This session is part of Wolverhampton’s HLF Queen Street Heritage Gateway project.

Get gardening for spring and plant up your own ‘Garden in a Glass’ to take home. Decorate your garden with bees, butterflies and a paper windmill - keep your garden watered and watch it grow! Be inspired by our Michael Brennand-Wood’s ‘Seeds of Memory’ exhibition.

Family Friendly, everyone welcome. Drop-in, £2 per child.

Family friendly, everyone welcome. Drop-in, £2 per child.

Saturday 8 April 11am - 3pm Join us for a plastic, bricktastic Saturday and have fun building with LEGO® bricks to celebrate the launch of our new exhibition by Warren Elsmore.

Think it’s just for children? Adults can escape the everyday in our grown up LEGO Lounge for a small donation to Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

There are BRICK WONDERS workshops for everyone to drop-in and enjoy:

Our workshop spaces have a maximum capacity of 20 participants so during busy times it may be necessary to queue.

• Bricktastic City • Mayhem Play-Den • Superhero Dress-up • Facepainting • Brick-wonder Gallery

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Buy tickets for the Brick Wonders exhibition here: http://bit.ly/brickwonderstickets £5 per child (no fees) Drop-in.

Celebrate Vaisakhi with us here at the gallery – this harvest festival originated from the Punjab region of India and is traditionally celebrated by the Sikh community. We have a specially curated case of artefacts inspired by Vaisakhi, you can plant a seed to take home and grow, and enjoy arts and crafts activities – available in the gallery every day of ‘Vaisakhi Month.’

FREE - Available daily in the gallery.

AMAZING AUTOMATA ART GALLERY 19 April 11am - 2pm Make your own amazing paper and card automata paper sculpture inspired by our ‘A Curious Turn: Moving, Mechanical Sculpture’ exhibition to take home and

impress your family and friends.

Family Friendly, everyone welcome.

Drop-in, £2 per child.

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SUPPORTING CREATIVITY

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WOLVERHAMPTON YOUNG WRITERS’ GROUP ART GALLERY 11 March & 1 April 1.30 - 3.30pm Love writing? Want some inspiration and the chance to meet other young authors - then come along to the Writing West Midlands creative writing group for young people aged 12–16. Led by poet Ruth Stacey, the group looks look at all sorts of creative writing to inspire creativity, expression and confidence in young people and a chance to make new friends.

Costs £5, booking required online http://www.writingwestmidlands.org/ wolverhamptonyoung-writers-group

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ART FORUM ART GALLERY

Nestled at the top of the building the Gallery Café is the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of city life; pop in and enjoy really good food, great drinks, and friendly service all in inspirational surroundings.

1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month 1 & 15 March 5 & 19 April 4.30 - 6.30pm Work with practicing artists and experiment with new art techniques at Art Forum. Aimed at 14-25 year-olds the sessions also give you an insight into careers in galleries, museums and archives.

Booking required, to book email artforum@wolverhampton.gov.uk

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The menu has everything from an early morning bacon sandwich to a tasty pastry and healthy lunchtime meals to fantastic cakes; perfect for an afternoon treat. Whatever time of day your visit there’s certain to be a treat to tempt you.

WE’RE OPEN Monday - Saturday 11am - 4.15pm Sunday 11am - 3.30pm

And for visitors at Bantock House and Park we’ve got a popular café with outdoor eating where on a sunny day you can soak up the sunshine and enjoy good food in a lovely setting.

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FRIENDS & PATRONS

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FRIENDS CHARITY Everyone needs a friend and we are very fortunate to have active friends groups across all our sites.

benefits you to as you can meet new friends, see fantastic exhibitions, enjoy event outings.

Members are from all ages and backgrounds with the same aim supporting and promoting the interested property. All our sites benefit from the fundraising and by joining the group it

To find out more information on how to join a friends group contact Marguerite Nugent on 01902 551998 or email marguerite.nugent@wolverhampton.gov.uk

PATRONS’ SCHEME We’ve also launched a Patrons’ Scheme giving members access to unique events, one-off functions and exclusive behindthe scenes tours. Become a Patron of Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Museums and get closer to what you love.

Wolverhampton Art Gallery is proud to work with FBC Manby Bowdler to promote the Gallery’s programme showcasing the best of

contemporary video art.

Did you know that you can sponsor and event or an exhibition for as little as £100? We are always keen to work with new sponsors and supporters so if you are interested in discussing sponsorship packages then please contact Marguerite Nugent on 01902 551998 or email marguerite.nugent@wolverhampton.gov.uk

HIRE US! Looking for somewhere unique and inspiring to hold your event? We’ve got well-equipped rooms and beautiful galleries for hire whether it’s for a large business conference, an impressive launch event or a special party.

Want somewhere for regular community

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group meetings or a cool place to network then please get in touch. We’ve got all types and sizes of space. We provide great catering and not just at the art gallery there’s The Slade Rooms, Bantock House, Northycote Farm, Bilston Craft Gallery and Wolverhampton City Archives, all available for hire too. Contact us on 01902 552055.

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JIMMY CAR - THE BEST OF, ULTIMATE, GOLD, GREATEST HITS TOUR CIVIC HALL - 3 NOVEMBER 2017

JOEL DOMMETT - LIVE 2017 CIVIC HALL - 22 NOVEMBER 2017

JON RICHARDSON - OLD MAN CIVIC HALL - 30 NOVEMBER 2017

RUSSELL BRAND - RE: BIRTH CIVIC HALL - 1 NOVEMBER 2018

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