Interwoven
Thursday 21st September – Sunday 29th October 2000
Throw away your misconceptions of basketry. Interwoven, an exhibition from
the Crafts Council Collection, will prove that even the most ordinary looking
basket can demonstrate the extraordinary skills of its maker. But the exhibition
will go beyond that. The last fifteen years have seen many changes in the basket
making craft. A new generation of artisans have begun to create new forms and to
use recycled materials and colour. For instance, Susie Thompson’s fan shaped
basket is a result of her search into "how willow can be moved and transformed
naturally." Dail Behennah has also exploited the potential of willow to the full
in her complex dish comprising of stacked willow grids.
Open: Tues – Sat 10am – 4pm, Sun 11am – 5pm
Free
Fleeting Arcadias
Thursday 2nd November – Sunday 26th November 2000
By the 1970s a number of photographers began to take pictures that questioned
the ideal of the landscape as a source of lyricism and nostalgia. Fleeting
Arcadias is a Hayward Gallery National Touring Exhibition of 35 framed
photographs selected by artists and writer John Stathatos which address issues
such as ecological concerns and commercial exploitations.
Open: Tues – Sun 10am – 4pm
Free
‘Sparkle’ Christmas at the Babylon Gallery
Wednesday29th November – Saturday 23rd December 2000
At this exhibition of fine and applied arts by local professional artists
works range from paintings and prints, sculpture and pottery, to jewellery and
textiles. All the works are for sale, providing an unusual and high quality
choice for Christmas presents.
Open: Tues – Sun 10am – 4pm
Free
East Cambridgeshire A-Level Art
Tuesday 9th January – Sunday 4th February 2001
Annual exhibition of works from A-level Art students from Ely Sixth Form
Centre and the King’s School. This year the exhibition also includes work from
local students studying in Cambridge.
Open: Tues – Sun 10am – 4pm
Free
Matisse Jazz
Saturday 10th February – Sunday 11th March 2001
This Hayward Gallery National Touring Exhibition shows 20 prints from
Matisse's well-loved Jazz series. In 1942 Henri Matisse, at the age of 73 and
troubled by ill health perfected his cut-out technique and created an
astonishingly vivacious and innovative body of work. With the technical
assistance of the fine art publisher Tériade a book of twenty images with
accompanying text called JAZZ was completed in 1947, in an edition of 270.
Open: Tues – Sun 10am – 4pm
Free
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