The Wellness Series – Immersive Yoga

Well-known amongst the local art community for her gregarious personality, Elke Pollard created a wide body of work in a variety of media and styles predominantly colourful large-scale portraits and floral still lifes. Alongside her art, Pollard worked as a designer and seamstress. This exhibition will showcase art and design highlights from the life of this influential and prominent Northampton artist.

Coming soon, an exhibition in The Temporary Exhibition Gallery at Northampton Museums and Art Gallery Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Saturday 16 March - Sunday 9 June 2024 Vivienne Westwood was seen as the Grand Dame of fashion design for over 50 years. Her work with partner Malcolm McLaren defined the look of punk in the 1970s and subsequent fashion collections shaped the fashion world of the late twentieth century. This exhibition showcases a small part of an extensive personal collection that features her iconic shoes and outfits from her career defining collections such as Seditionairies, favoured by the Sex Pistols and Pirate. The Vivienne Westwood brand was not involved in the curation or organisation of this exhibition.

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Saturday 2 March - Sunday 1 September A celebration of the 20th century paintings, prints and sculptures in our collection that all share an abstraction of form, from large oil on canvas paintings to angular metal sculptures. This exhibition is a presentation of this central stream of modern art production, investigating abstract art’s unique voice, freedom of expression and artistic origins.

NN Project Space at Vulcan Works, Fetter Street, NN1 1EW Opening Hours Wed - Sat 11am - 5pm   Featuring: Emma Davies,  Annabelle Shelton Priya Chohan-Padia, Stuart Moore, Dylan Fox, Minnie Teckman, Emi Fujisawa, and Carol Jacobs   From April 4th to April 13th the exhibition will feature creative works stemming from a year-long project developed in Northampton.   Led by Emma Davies and Annabelle Shelton, Lead Artists for C2C Social Action, along with six artists, this iteration expanded on a project initiated by Sally Sheinman in 2019. Collaborating with three organizations across Northampton, Shelton worked with women participants from C2C, while Davies led artists working with mixed groups at Sol Haven and Northampton Hope Centre. Through artist-led workshops and a person-centered approach, participants explored various art forms, fostering collaboration and expression. The exhibition highlights the transformative influence of art within the A-I-R program, enriching the cultural landscape and advocating for inclusivity.

Set sail on an unforgettable journey on the high seas in this stunning new retelling of Moby Dick. In search of fortune and adventure, a humble schoolmaster boards a whaling ship due to sail East off Cape Cod, only to find a Captain hell-bent on revenge – on the whale that lost him his leg. So begins the quest for Moby Dick. From the award-winning ensemble that brought A Passage to India to such dynamic life on the Royal stage in 2018, Simple8 conjure the spirit and atmosphere of Herman Melville’s masterpiece, creating a captivating world at sea with wooden planks, tattered sheets and rousing sea shanties, as the hunt for the most famous whale on earth is ingeniously brought to life.

Set sail on an unforgettable journey on the high seas in this stunning new retelling of Moby Dick. In search of fortune and adventure, a humble schoolmaster boards a whaling ship due to sail East off Cape Cod, only to find a Captain hell-bent on revenge – on the whale that lost him his leg. So begins the quest for Moby Dick. From the award-winning ensemble that brought A Passage to India to such dynamic life on the Royal stage in 2018, Simple8 conjure the spirit and atmosphere of Herman Melville’s masterpiece, creating a captivating world at sea with wooden planks, tattered sheets and rousing sea shanties, as the hunt for the most famous whale on earth is ingeniously brought to life.