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14 July 2021

activities, art, Bingo, Family, Family Fun, kettering, park, trail, walk, walking, Wellbeing

Families looking for things to do can explore the town’s green spaces, thanks to the free Keep Discovering Kettering Park Bingo passport trail.

The trail invites you to discover green spaces across Kettering to find more than 20 animals and other characters on wooden posts around the town’s parks. Participants can place their passport over the stencil and use a crayon to colour it in.

Printed passports contain a guide to the locations of the posts, you will need to explore the park to find the post and a blank space for your rubbing so you can collect them all. Passports can be picked up from several venues across Kettering.

For more information and to download your passport online, visit: www.thisiskettering.com/keephealthy

26 August 2020

Reopening, Town Centre art, Installation, reopening

Local artist, Susan Williams, will be showcasing her Ribbon Art Installation on the gardens opposite the Council offices, by St Peter and St Paul’s church and the Manor House Museum.

The installation will be on display from this Friday 28th – Sunday 30th August.

Susan Williams MRSS studied at Kingston University and the Royal Academy, London and was an Award Winner to the Royal Society of Sculptors. She has exhibited widely in the UK and also internationally, including exhibiting in USA, Spain, Iceland, Germany and Korea.

The ribbon installation is based on a rainbow theme and links to the pandemic in a variety of ways.

The ribbons flutter in the wind, suggesting the sudden appearance of a stream of butterflies, reflecting the idea of people emerging from their cocoons after lockdown.

From other views the work captures and reflects light in different ways including that of glowing candles.

The ribbons also close up when wet emulating some varieties of flower, almost responding to atmospheric conditions. There are other references also. Please feel free to come and chat about the artwork.

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2 May 2020

Alfred East, art, gallery, kettering, painting

An exhibition of oil painting of British actors in their dream role at the Alfred East Art Gallery.

18 March 2020

art, Friends, gallery, kettering, Talk

Come along to Shipwreck! The History of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a talk by Mike Alcock at the Alfred East Art Gallery.

Admission is £4 per person and FREE to friends of Kettering Museum and Art Gallery.

For further information, call 07808 262644

19 February 2020

Alfred East, art, Friends, kettering, museum

The Friends of Kettering Museum and Art Gallery and Museum present an evening of looking into the development of the footwear trade from cottage industry to factory mechanisation, its triumph and decline, and highlighting what is left today of Northamptonshire’s boots and show manufacturing heritage.

Taking place at the Alfred East Art Gallery.

With Peter Perkins – secretary of the Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group.

For further information, contact: davidbrowndoc40@gmail.com or call 07808 262644

Only £4 admission.

2 November 2019

Alfred East Art Gallery, art, Exhibition, kettering, Rosanne Wilson

Rosanne Wilson exhibits Art Arounf Us at The Alfred East Art Long Gallery for the first time.

19 October 2019

Alfred East Art Gallery, art, kettering, Purple flag, Workshop

Alfred East Art Gallery
£50 Adults / £40 Kettering Leisure Pass holders

This workshop will guide you through creating and drawing a pencil portrait. Participants will use a portrait photo provided at the workshop, although they can work on their own reference photo if required.

Cordell will provide advice on general head proportions and anatomy, including techniques to develop your drawing skills. The aim of the workshop is to give you the skills and the confidence in approaching portrait drawing.

For more information about our upcoming art workshops, including how to book your place, please visit the art workshops section or call the Gallery on 01536 534274.

21 September 2019

art, Competition, Exhibition, gallery, kettering

This exhibition at the Alfred East Art Gallery is open to all, so if you have a flare for the creative, then why not submit some work? The standard is always competitive with many prizes to be won as well as the opportunity to win the gallery space in 2020 for your own solo exhibition.

Please check the gallery for further details and submission forms.

7 September 2019

Alfred East Art Gallery, art, kettering, Purple flag, Workshop

Alfred East Art Gallery
£50 Adults / £40 Kettering Leisure Pass holders

This workshop will cover a range of techniques and tools for drawing with ink. It will be a relaxed and informative workshop, suitable for all abilities, with qualified art teacher and professional artist, Catherine Matthews, as your teacher.

All materials are included, plus a card mount for your favourite finished drawing.

For more information about our upcoming art workshops, including how to book your place, please visit the art workshops section or call the Gallery on 01536 534274.

17 July 2019

Alfred East Art Gallery, art, kettering, Manor House Museum, Photography

A friends evening talk by Duncan Webster, ARPS and President of the Kettering District Photographic Society at the Alfred East Art Gallery.

The evening begins at 7:30pm and admission is £4, or free to Friends of Kettering Art Gallery and Museum.