The Spring 2017 Art Exhibition has now begun in the Chapel Gallery at Ruddington’s Framework Knitters Museum. The exhibition – the museum’s fifth in total and fourth in partnership with the Nottingham Society of Artists – features work by three popular local artists: Doreen Hunt, Richard Simkins and 94 year old Nigel Corlett.
Having opened on Saturday 4th March, the exhibition will run until Saturday 27th May – taking in the Easter school holidays and benefiting from Sunday opening days at the museum, which start on Easter Sunday.
The Chapel Gallery opened in spring 2016. Regular exhibitions are held in partnership with the Nottingham Society of Artists, and the gallery has also hosted an exhibition of artwork by local schoolchildren. These are enhanced by a varied events programme, such as the ‘Behind the Music’ show and tell evening held in the Chapel Gallery in November 2016.
Nicola Wood, the museum’s manager and curator, who took the helm in December 2016, comments. ‘2017 will be a really exciting year for the museum as a whole, with the Chapel Gallery no exception! We’re really looking forward to developing our relationship with the Nottingham Society of Artists, whilst rolling out an ambitious new events programme at the same time. Many of our activities will take place in the Chapel Gallery, which forms the perfect backdrop to cultural events such as talks, poetry recitals and musical evenings.’
Nigel Boughton-Smith from the Nottingham Society of Artists, added, ‘Nottinghamshire has some amazingly talented people and it’s extremely rewarding to get them in the public eye, in such a unique location. The three artists currently exhibiting in the Chapel Gallery represent a range of different styles from some the county’s best-known artists.’
The Chapel Gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday, 11.00am to 4.30pm and, from Easter Sunday, also on Sundays from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Last admission is at 4pm. Entrance to the gallery is free, whilst normal admission fees apply to the museum. The museum shop and café are open to all visitors as well as the public, to purchase refreshments and souvenirs.
You can get further information about the participating artists and the Framework Knitters’ Museum >>HERE<<.
