ART & ARCHAEOLOGY IN LINCOLNSHIRE
The Collection and Usher Gallery is Lincolnshires' premier contemporary Art gallery and Museum. The buildings sit side by side in the centre of the city close to Steep Hill and enjoy spectacular views of Lincoln Cathedral.
The Collection includes a wealth of artefacts from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, Roman, Saxon, Viking and Medieval eras as well as fine, decorative and contemporary visual arts. The Collection has a vibrant contemporary exhibition programme.
Don’t forget the OPEM Exhibition is still on at The Collection until 3 May if you haven’t been yet. Spot your friends in my video installation ;-)
join in on the Fair Trade Fun at the Collection, looks to see, lots to buy..come over, wiggle out of your winter blues and enjoy the day.
Sat 12th March 10am - 4pm
First Light By Martin Griffith - Light Scuplture Installlations at The Collection and Lincoln Cathedral
March 1st - 31st
Natural light flows through Griffiths dual-faced sdculpture at The Collection to present optical opposites, giving polarised experiences of absorbed and transmitted light. Lincolshire artist Martin Griffith uses natural light to make sculpures in which light becomes an object of contemplation.
TASKSCAPE
Exhibition at The Collection has had a re hang and added some exciting objects!!
Saturday 29th January to Saturday 26th March 2011
TASKSCAPE at The Collection by Lincolnshire based artists Kate Genever and Adam O’Meara. The exhibition is a collaboratively produced installation developed specifically for the space and will explore notions of landscape, journeying and contemporary collecting.
Contemporary Artist Lecture Series 2011 - 22 February
1.00 - 2.00 admission free
In partnership with Lincoln University practicing artists talk about their latest work.
Come and join in on our OPEM trail!!
OPEM exhibition trail
Investigate art and have a go at our fantastic gallery trail to explore local contemporary art in the
OPEM exhibition. Be creative, engage and discover
FULL FORMS CAN BE COLLECTED FROM THE RECEPTION
The Lemon Tree and Me - John Newling
This last vestige of the tree sits in my studio like some ancient relic. But what an amazing relic it is. The roots of the lemon were the core of where the constructed soil met the natural systems of the tree; both ecological station and vehicle; a matrix as both heart and an echo of the complexities of the relationship.
The Lemon Tree & Me evolved as an intense co-relationship where the material expression of the work was the result of that relationship; a working from life; a love song; sung for 688 days…
Art in Colour - Family Fun Art Day, 24 February, 10.00 – 4.00
£1 take-away crafts and FREE activities
No need to book. Children must be accompanied.
Explore the magic of colour mixing and create beautiful art using a range of vibrant materials to take home.
Harvest for the World - Family Activity and Film Day, 23 February 2011, 10.00am – 4pm
£1 take-away crafts and FREE activities
No need to book. Children must be accompanied.
Celebrate foods and all things growing on this film and fun day for all ages. Including £1 film entry.
Design fruits for our forest, make your own recycled bag to take home your goodies, learn about and taste foods from the past and from around the world, and much more
