Support and Seduction
Saturday 28th May 2011 - Sunday 13th May 2012
Three hundred years of practical, fashionable and seductive underwear for men and
women. Taken from the Museum’s important fashion collections this exhibition includes eighteenth century
stays, Victorian corsets and crinolines, Edwardian combinations, 1950s waspies and 1970s Y fronts.
The display will explore our relationship with the most intimate parts of our wardrobe
from its design, manufacture, promise and attraction.
There are a number of
talks relating to this exhibition, see Support and Seduction Talks
Held in the Fashion Gallery's Changing Room.
Usual museum entry Prices apply, however entry to the Fashion
Gallery is free two hours before closing each Wednesday.




The Blind Fiddler - Home Entertainment 1806 - 2012
Saturday
14th January - Sunday 11th March 2012
An
exhibition brought together by
artist Paul Conneally. Paul Conneally, transform's Cultural Forager, discovered
that The Blind Fiddler was painted in the kitchen of Coleorton Hall Farm in 1806 - the same farm that
the great poet William Wordsworth lived in with his familly. The picture was commissioned by Sir George
Beaumont and given by him to the nation and now forms part of the TATE collection.
The
exhibition will feature artefacts held by Leicestershire County Council's Museums Service, new works
by Conneally, other artists and local communities where the picture was originally painted.
Usual
museum Prices
apply to enter the museum.
An Exhibition of Mining Couture
Saturday
14th January - Sunday 11th March 2012
Installations within the Snibston
galleries by Transform artists Claire Barber and Steve Swindells.
A series
of works exploring the connections between
the language, tools and textures associated with the
mining heritage and extensive fashion collection at Snibston.
Usual museum
entry Prices apply.
Remember, entry to the Fashion
Gallery is free two hours before closing each Wednesday.

Ibstock Art Club Annual Show
Sunday
15th January - Sunday 4th March 2012
Annual display of art created by
Ibstock Art Club.
Held
in the Community Gallery
Admission
to this exhibition is
but usual museum Prices apply to enter
the museum.
King Edward VII College Annual Art Show
Thursday
8th - Thursday 22nd March
2011
Annual display of art created by students from King Edward VII College.
Held
in the Community Gallery
Admission to this exhibition is
but usual museum Prices apply to enter the museum.
Drawn to Danger
Saturday
24th March - Sunday 10th June 2012
Exploring the work of five contemporary
War artists, who have either experienced conflict at first hand or in their capacity as war artists or serving officers.
Their experiences are often described as "living life at the sharp end". Some works are a
documentation of conflict while others are a response to events and experiences.
Matthew
Cook is an illustrator for the Times who has also served in the Territorial Army, Arabella Dorman has
completed two tours as an official artist for the British Army in Iraq and Afghanistan, Jules George
completed a two week tour of Afghanistan that resulted in an exhibition and a sale at Bonham's to raise
funds for "Combat Stress". Doug Farthing is a retired officer who still works for the army
- painting in his spare time - some of his works are completed on re-cycled ammunition boxes. The fifth
and final artist is Steve Pratt a retired SAS officer who was featured on the Culture Show documentary
in November last year - Art for Heroes - investigated veterans who are using art therapy to counter
past traumas.



Usual
museum Prices apply to enter the museum.
Ashby Guild of Artists Exhibition
Saturday
31st March - Wednesday 16th May
A fantastic exhibition of work by a co-operative
of local artists who aim to make a positive contribution to the cultural development of art in the area.
Held in the Community Gallery
Admission
to this exhibition is
but usual museum Prices apply to enter
the museum.
Coalville Photographers Exhibition
Sunday
27th May - Sunday 22nd July
Annual exhibition by Coalville Photographers
Society.
Held in the Community Gallery
Admission
to this exhibition is
but usual museum Prices apply to enter
the museum.
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