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Mining Couture
Saturday
14th January – Sunday 11th March
2012 at Snibston
From January, Claire Barber and Steve Swindells from
Huddersfield University, will be revealing new works from their commission Mining Couture.
These
new works have been developed as a result of their explorations into the connections between the
mining heritage of Snibston and the extensive Fashion collection that is held at Snibston.
New
pieces, creations
and a publication will be revealed in the coming months. To find out more about when these new works
will be revealed follow our Transform Twitter account and on this website.
The Blind Fiddler
Saturday 14th January – Sunday 11th March
2012
at Snibston
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
Blind Fiddler Home Entertainmnet 1806-2012 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.
You
can follow Pauls explorations into family entertainment on his blog
New Age of Discovery - live performance event at Snibston
Saturday 10th March 2012, 6-9pm
Join us for a performance of a future lifetime!
Tops hats, corsets, clockwork and brass – something very strange is happening at Snibston.
The museum has closed, the country park is deserted, but in the colliery mighty machines are beginning to clank and rumble. Is this the past? Is this the future?
In 2100 the oil has run out and renewable energies have failed, the fate of the world lies with cogs, steam and clockwork. At Snibston there are cracklings in the ether as a band of hardy adventurers prepare to bring coal to the surface again. Coal that will power a different kind of future; a steampunk future...
Join this unique performance event and promenade the site as the past becomes the key to a very different kind of future.
Food and drink, music and light, film and performance will inspire and intrigue.Tickets:
- £15 per person
- 20% discount for Season Ticket holders
- 20% discount available for groups of 10 or more call the box office and quote NAOD 12 D
- Includes light refreshments, drinks and a limited edition gift
Tickets on sale now – limited availability! Call 01530 278 444 (9am-5pm, Mon-Fri). Tickets available online at Go Leicestershire
Follow the transform twitter account @ArtsTransform and #sniblets for hints, clues and background!
Created by Transform artists ADEPT, this project is funded by Arts Council England and Leicestershire County Council. Drinks kindly provided by Hendrick’s Gin.
Sniblets
Sniblets are facts about the site and quotes from people who used to work here. The Sniblets have been released everyday through @ArtsTransform, since January. See the Sniblets that have been released so far here.
Sniblets are facts about the site and quotes from people who used to work here. The Sniblets have been released everyday through @ArtsTransform, since January. See the Sniblets that have been released so far here.
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