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| Image courtesy of The National Media Museum, Bradford |
August at the Shire Hall Gallery
Activities & Events
Art Cart
Every Sunday
1:00 - 3:30
Every Tuesday during school holidays
10:30 - 3:30
With a helping hand from our friendly staff, you can have fun creating your own piece of artwork to take home. Based on the gallery's changing exhibition programme, there's always something new to try!
FREE drop in suitable for all
Best of Bollywood!
19th July - 7th September
During our 'Inspired by Bollywood' exhibition, Stafford Gatehouse theatre will be screening a selection of Bollywood films. For further details and showing times, visit
www.staffordgatehousetheatre.co.uk
Baby Bounce and Art Cart
Wednesdays 23rd July - 13th August
Bounce: 10.30 - 11.00, Art Cart: 11:00 - 11:30
Baby bounce is an interactive way to introduce babies and toddlers to nursery rhymes, action songs and simple percussion music. Followed by baby-friendly art and craft sessions using recycled materials and non-toxic paints. Stick, paint, make and discover!
FREE drop in recommended for the under 5s
Rangoli
Wednesday 20th August
10:00 - 4:00
Use your artistic and mathematical skills to help Ranbir Kaur, winner of the Hind Rattan award for contribution to Indian culture 2006, to create Rangoli - a traditional symmetrical design made from rice, sawdust and flower petals.
FREE drop in suitable for all ages
Yoga Adventure & Mandala Making
Saturday 16th August
Yoga: 10:30 - 12:30, Mandala: 1:30 - 3:30
Relax, stretch out, and calm your mind as you try out yoga with Sharlene Poole - or have a go at creating a mandala (a cosmic diagram inspired by your life). Attend either session or stay for the whole day.
£2/£4 - Recommended for ages 7-12
Intaglio Print and Chine-Collé Collage
Saturday 9th August
10:00 - 4:00
Taking Indian culture as your inspiration, Bill Chambers will help you to inscribe a design onto a transparent plastic dry point plate, showing you how to arrange and layer imagery. You'll print your design onto a richly coloured background created from your own collage of delicate hand made Indian papers.
£12 - Recommended for adults
Shisha Mirror Embroidery
Saturday 23rd August
10:00 - 4:00
Join Ranbir Kaur, winner of the Hind Rattan award for contribution to Indian culture 2006, as you work with bright silk threads and learn everything from simple freestyle stitching to complex folk embroidery and highlight your work by attaching small round mirrors.
£12 - Recommended for adults
Exhibitions
Inspired by Bollywood
19 July - 7 September
This exhibition encompasses all things 'Inspired by Bollywood' - from film posters & costume to contemporary printmaking & sculpture.
Iconic images from the National Media Museum, Bradford will be on show alongside contemporary work by Bill Chambers, Andy Jupp & Val Hunt. Also on show will be 'Bollywood Stills'- an exhibition drawing on the large action stills archives from Kamat Foto Flash in Mumbai, India. The images chart the history of stills production from its heyday in the 70s and 80s to their transformation into digital photography. This is a partnership project between Punch Records, Shisha, Kranti Media and Manchester University.
During the exhibition Stafford Gatehouse Theatre will be screening a selection of Bollywood films, for further details see www.staffordgatehousetheatre.co.uk
There are Children's Activity sheets for this exhibition
Bollywood Bazaar
19 July - 7 September
To compliment the Bollywood theme this exhibition showcases work by contemporary designer/makers who are inspired by the various patterns & vibrant colours of South Asia.
A wonderful array of work will be on display from beautiful, ornate jewellery inspired by Mughal architectural patterns to prints exploring the luxurious embellishments of Indian textiles.
This collection of work celebrates the richness and diversity of a culture bursting with colour.
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05/08/2008 14:27:17
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