The Lyndhurst Dyslexia Centre’s Trip to Tate Britain

2 Feb 2011

“Somebody has given something that they used in the olden days but given new thought to it.”

The kids from the Lyndhurst Dyslexia Centre came to visit Tate Britain and spent some time thinking about the art in relation to the Great British Art Debate question: Does the art of the past say anything about the world of today?

They recorded their responses and made this video about Harrier and Jaguar, the Duveens Commission that was installed at the time, featuring two decommissioned jet planes:

Lyndhurst Dyslexia Centre’s Trip to the Tate Britain from charlie henry on Vimeo.

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A Crisis of Brilliance: The Slade School & 20th Century British Art

2 Feb 2011

Event name: A Crisis of Brilliance: The Slade School & 20th Century British Art

Date and time: Thursday 7 April, 18.00 – 20.00

Venue: Norwich Castle

Description: A special lecture from Dr David Boyd Haycock, author of A Crisis of Brilliance. Presented in association with The Art Fund.

Admission: £12 (includes a glass of wine and private view of Restless Times)

Contact: For more info about this and other events at Norwich Castle, call 01603 495897, email museums@norfolk.gov.uk or visit the official site.

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The Age of Emancipation: Women on the War Path

2 Feb 2011

Event name: The Age of Emancipation: Women on the War Path

Date and time: Saturday 26 March, 14.00 – 15.00

Venue: Norwich Castle

Description: A special lecture from Virginia Nicholson, author of Charleston and Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men after the First World War.

Admission: Advance booking essential. £6, Conc. £5.50, Members £5

Contact: For more info about this and other events at Norwich Castle, call 01603 495897,  email museums@norfolk.gov.uk or visit the official site.

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We’ll Meet Again

2 Feb 2011

Event name: We’ll Meet Again

Date and time: Tuesday 5 April, 14.30 – 15.30

Venue: Norwich Castle Cafe

Description: Can art help us to understand our own ‘restless times’? Join an impromptu Cafe Conversation led by Dr Anna Green, World Art & Museology, UEA, and Charlotte Crawley, Director of the East Anglia Art Fund.

Admission: Free admission to the Cafe at the Castle.

Contact: For more info about this and other events at Norwich Castle, call 01603 495897,  email museums@norfolk.gov.uk or visit the official site.

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Run Rabbit Run!

1 Feb 2011

Event name: Run Rabbit Run!

Date and time: Tuesday 5 April, 12.30 – 13.00

Venue: Norwich Castle Rotunda

Description: Come and listen to the White Woman Junior School choir sing a medley of favourite songs from the 1930s and 40s.

Admission: Free admission to the Castle Rotunda.

Contact: For more info about this and other events at Norwich Castle, call 01603 495897,  email museums@norfolk.gov.uk or visit the official site.

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Dividing Time

1 Feb 2011

Event name: Dividing Time

Date and time: Saturday 26 February, 13.00 – 16.00

Venue: Norwich Castle

Description: An interactive event at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, led by their Youth Forum, looking at art from between the two world wars as part of the Restless Times exhibition.

Admission: Free

Contact: For more info about this and other events at Norwich Castle, call 01603 495897, email museums@norfolk.gov.uk or visit the official site.

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