Re-Construct
Friday 7th - Sunday 9th
December 2018
Castle Room
View a collection of drawings and
photographs presenting the memories of home of Syrian refugee
families living in Bedford.
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about the exhibition here >
Celebrating 100 Years of Polish
Independence - An Exhibition of Polish Heritage in Bedford
11th November 2018 - 11th November 2019
Great Bedfordians Gallery
Images Courtesy of Dani Vaughton
Explore the stories of Bedford's Polish community in celebration
of the 100th anniversary of Polish Independence. Follow their
experiences of early life in Poland, memories
of migration, journeys to Britain and life after settling in
Bedford.
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'Paved with Gold': Bedford's Windrush Generation
6th October 2018 - 24th March 2019
Connections Gallery - Free Entry
Explore the stories of Bedford’s Windrush Generation. This year
will mark the 70th anniversary of The Empire Windrush's arrival
from the Caribbean to England and to celebrate this, The Higgins
Bedford will showcase the memories of the people who settled in
Bedford in 1948 and after.
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We are Five - The Higgins Art Collection Favourites Chosen by
the People of Bedford
6th October 2018 – 24th March 2019
Wixamtree Gallery – Free Entry
It has been five years since The Higgins Bedford reopened
following redevelopment work. To celebrate, we have asked some of
the communities, organisations and people we have worked in
partnership with to choose their favourite paintings and prints to
exhibit.
Enjoy highlights from Bedford’s internationally renowned Cecil
Higgins Art Gallery collection as well works that have not been on
display since we reopened.
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The Young Turner: Ambitions in Architecture and the Art of
Perspective
22nd September - 16th December
2018
Sir William Harpur Gallery -
Free entry
J.M.W Turner (1775 – 1851) The
High Street, Oxford, 1810
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
JMW Turner’s painting of The High
Street, Oxford is touring the region. Celebrating a successful
campaign by the Ashmolean Museum to acquire this masterful view of
Oxford, the painting is accompanied by an exhibition exploring the
young Turner’s interest in architecture and perspective.
Young Turner BSL Tour
Saturday 8th December 11am
Enjoy a BSL tour and workshop on perspective drawing as
part of our current exhibition The Young Turner. In partnership
with Access
Bedford
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about the exhibition here >
Bawden’s Beasts
10th February 2018 - 27th
January 2019
Edward Bawden Gallery – Free
Entry
Edward Bawden (1903-1989) Aesop's Fables: Ant
and Grasshopper, 1970 Copyright The Edward Bawden Estate
Celebrated artist Edward Bawden’s lifelong
preoccupation with all manner of creatures – from delicate insects
to farm grazers and domestic pets, and from exotic jungle and
desert dwellers to fantastical shape-shifting beasts – are the
focus of this enchanting exhibition drawn from the Cecil Higgins
Art Gallery Collection.
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the exhibition here>