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Trainers: a global obsession - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-10-13 | Northampton Museum And Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Rd,, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP, United Kingdom
The training shoe has been around for over 100 years but in the last 50 years it has developed into a multibillion dollar global industry. In this exhibition we take a closer look at the design, technology, cultural influences and environmental impact of the trainer and showcase our own trainer collection, the largest owned by a public institution.

Mini museum explorers - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-10-14 10:15 - 11:45 (Europe/London)
Friday 16 September – Friday 21 October
10.15 â€“ 11.45am
£4 per child per session and £24 for a series ticket (includes refreshments)
Join us for hands-on fun sessions for the under-fives. Explore the museum with stories, music and art and craft activities, whilst making new friends and creating memories in an engaging and family-friendly environment. With a different theme and activities each week.
These sessions are for pre-school children (2-5 years) and their parent and carers. Booking essential as places are limited.

All the World’s a Stage – Theatre and its histories in art history - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-10-14 10:15 - 12:15
Art history lecture series
Friday 30 September – Friday 21 October
10.15am â€“ 12.15pm
£6 per lecture or £20 for the whole series ticket (includes tea/coffee and biscuits)
Enactment, the public display of theatre and makebelieve, have long been part of human social and religious interaction, fostering communal participation and understanding as well as different forms of interpretations and ways of seeing. Join us as we explore four distinctly different phases of public display and storytelling through the art historian’s eye. Our journey starts with the enactments of medieval mystery plays, halts at the Italian Commedia dell’Arte and its importance particularly for the arts of Rococo Europe, reaching its apogee in exploring how William Hogarth and Richard Garrick immortalized the theatre. Our final session will address the use of art in the theatre of war. Please note that this lecture series runs in conjunction with the current exhibition at Abington Park Museum which until December 2022 charts the history of Northampton’s Masque theatre group.
Booking essential.

Christmas pudding workshop with Carmela Sereno-Hayes - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-10-19 10:00 - 13:00
Saturday 19 November
10am â€“ 1pm
£30 including all materials
In this workshop on the weekend of ‘Stir up Sunday’ Carmela will demonstrate how to make her delicious festive rocky road fridge traybake and her intricate twisted biscuits, studded with blanched almonds. You will be able to enjoy both of these treats with a cup of tea or coffee. This will be followed by chocolate truffle making, dipping
chocolates into crumbled pistachio nuts, cocoa powder and smashed hazelnuts. Perfect to give as any gift. Carmela will finish by demonstrating to you all, how to make her signature amaretto and cranberry Christmas pudding, and you will all make this plump fruity pudding to take home and steam.
All ingredients supplied. You will be advised on booking of all equipment you need to bring with you
Booking essential.

Museum mornings for the over 60s - Northampton Museum And Art Gallery
2022-10-20 10:30 - 11:30
8 September â€“ 15 December 2022
10.30 â€“ 11.30 am
£3 per talk, £24 whole series ticket.
A series of talks on various subjects with tea/coffee and biscuits. Booking recommended.

Trainer trail - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-10-22
Trainer trail
Saturday 22 – Sunday 30 October
During opening hours
£2
Get your trainers on for a themed trail around the museum – find all the iconic trainers hidden around the building and some fun trainer facts to win a prize.

An Introduction To Portrait Painting In Oils With Cordell Garfield
2022-10-22 10:00 - 16:00
A one-day workshop based on a step by step process to create a portrait from a photographic reference.
The Process will cover:
-using oil paints
-The typical proportions of the face
â€“ Measuring and mapping out key features from the photograph
-The use of line, tone and value to create and portrait
Cordell is an experienced painter who will also provide supporting handouts as part of the workshop to explain and demystify the technical terms and techniques involved. At the end of the workshop, you will have created a portrait that you will be able to take away with you.
Tea and coffee will be provided. please bring a packed lunch or lunch is available to purchase from the museum cafe.
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An introduction to portrait painting in oils - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-10-22 10:00 - 16:00
Saturday 22 October
10am â€“ 4pm
£65
A one-day workshop based on a step-by-step process to create a portrait from a photographic reference.
The process will cover:
Using oil paints
The typical proportions of the face
Measuring and mapping out key features from the photograph
The use of line, tone, and value to create the portrait
Cordell is an experienced painter who will also provide supporting handouts as part of the workshoto explain and demystify the technical terms and techniques involved. At the end of the workshop you will have created a portrait that you will be able to take away with you.
Tea and coffee will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch or lunch is available to purchase from the museum café. Price includes all materials. Booking essential.

Create and decorate a cardboard trainer workshop - Northampton Museum And Art Gallery
2022-10-29 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday 29 October
10am â€“ 12pm and 1 -3pm
£4 per child
In this workshop you will be supplied with all the materials to make your very own pair of cardboard trainers based on a pattern by designer Bobby Nangla. Create your favourite high-tops by decorating them with a distinctive design inspired by the trainers on display.
Ages 7 – 12 years. Booking essential.

Behind the scenes with the Northamptonshire Regiment and the Yeomanry museum collection - Northampton Museum And Art Gallery
2022-11-02 10:30 - 12:00
Wednesday 2 November
10.30am-12pm
Free
An exploration of the Northamptonshire Regiment and Northamptonshire Yeomanry through recently donated objects to the collection. Led by Jon-Paul Carr, our Military Registrar, volunteers will talk about objects that they have researched as part of a project to catalogue and safely pack objects recently donated to the Northamptonshire Yeomanry and Northamptonshire Regimental collections.
Suitable for over 14 years. Booking recommended.

Talking Trainers
2022-11-03 13:00 - 16:00
Join us in a collaboration with the University of Northampton for an afternoon exploring and celebrating the training shoe. come and meet with and hear customizers. Itâ€™ll be great event for you to fully immerse yourself in trainer culture and wear your favourite pair too.

Of matter and method: An art lover’s guide to techniques and terminologies- Northampton Museum And Art Gallery
2022-11-04 10:15 - 12:15
Art history lecture series
Friday 4 November – Friday 2 December
10.15am â€“ 12.15pm
Our latest series of art history lectures takes its inspiration from our current exhibition strand exploring artists’ techniques and processes, which will be showing in Gallery 2 at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery until February 2023. If you have ever wondered what separates slipware from stoneware or how to tell an engraving from an etching, this lecture series is for you. Join us as we explore some of the creative processes’ artists have deployed over millennia and de-mystify the jargon surrounding techniques as diverse as pottery, medieval and modern sculpture, printing and tempera painting.

Talk trainers - Northampton Museum And Art Gallery
2022-11-05 13:00 - 16:30
Pair of menâ€™s blue and yellow Nike Waffle trainers, 1970s

Join us in a collaboration with the University of Northampton for an afternoon exploring and celebrating the training shoe.

Fully immerse yourself in trainer culture by meeting and hearing from trainer designers, collectors, manufacturers and customisers, including designer Bobby Nangla talking about his partnership with Converse, local artist and digital footwear illustrator Amar Shah and Goodsoles founder Liam Wood about his charity project upcycling trainers for the homeless. Remember to wear your favourite pair!

Talk trainers - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-11-05 13:00 - 16:30
Saturday 5 November
1 â€“ 4.30pm
£10
Join us in a collaboration with the University of Northampton for an afternoon exploring and celebrating the training shoe. Fully immerse yourself in trainer culture by meeting and hearing from trainer designers, collectors, manufacturers and customisers, including designer Bobby Nangla talking about his partnership with Converse, local artist and digital footwear illustrator Amar Shah and Goodsoles founder Liam Wood about his charity project upcycling trainers for the homeless. Remember to wear your favourite pair!
In partnership with the University of Northampton. Suitable for over 14 years. Booking recommended.

The stories behind the shoes - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-11-08 13:00 - 13:30
Lunchtime talks
Tuesday 11 October – Tuesday 6 December
1 â€“ 1.30pm
£4 per talk or £10 for the whole series
A chance to meet senior shoe curator Rebecca Shawcross in this lunchtime talk series and learn more about some of the shoes in the collection.
Booking recommended

Italian embroidery workshop with Sharn Matthews - Northampton Museum And Art Gallery
2022-11-12 10:30 - 12:30
Saturday 12 November
10.30am â€“ 12.30pm
£12 including all materials
Learn a historic quilting technique using simple stitches which can be used as a standalone technique, or in combination with other embroidery stitches, to add texture to your traditional or contemporary creations. In this workshop Sharn will briefly outline the history of corded quilting, including showing a 250-year-old example from the museum’s collection. She will then help participants produce a small sample in a ‘sew along’ session that can be used to make a Christmas card. The workshop will conclude with ideas of how to combine corded quilting with other sewing techniques and which designs work best.
This workshop is suitable for both people with limited stitch experience and more experienced embroiderers looking to add to their technique library. Booking essential.

Northampton remembers: A walking tour of the towns war memorials - Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
2022-11-12 11:00 - 12:30
Saturday 12 November
11am – 12.30pm
2 â€“ 3pm
£8
On this weekend of remembrance join a tour of the war memorials in Northampton town centre with David Parish MBE of the Western Front Association.
Please meet at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery. Suitable for over 16s. Booking essential.

Trains, boats and cranes
2023-03-01
This exhibition by John McGowan includes work from his entire art output, from an early piece of pure
colour abstraction through to a print sequence about the Northampton Canal, a subject to which he has
recently returned. The exhibition will explore and explain a variety of techniques and styles, particularly
screen printing. Victorian signal boxes, warehouses and bridges also provide themes for his prints
and paintings.
Free entry

Art for all – the art of prints and printing
2023-03-03 10:14 - 12:15
From the early mass-dissemination of biblical stories to highly prized limited edition art works, prints have been used to communicate ideas across the globe. The subtlety, variety and expressiveness of the print medium secured its enduring appeal as a form of individual expression long after more mechanical means of reproduction emerged. This series explores the history of the artist’s print, a subject that leaves lasting impressions to this day, and runs alongside Northampton Museum and Art Gallery’s exhibition showcasing the works of print-maker John McGowan.
Lectures will focus on an artwork from the museum’s art collection, providing either an exclusive chance to view it or highlighting works on display. Includes tea/coffee and biscuits. Booking is essential.

The stories behind the shoes
2023-03-07 13:00 - 13:30
A chance to meet senior shoe curator Rebecca Shawcross in this lunchtime talk series and learn more about some of the shoes in the collection. Booking recommended

Thursday morning talks
2023-03-09 10:30 - 12:00

Rosalba Carriera unframed
2023-03-14 11:00 - 12:00

From Northampton for all
2023-03-27 18:30 - 20:00
Master cordwainer, shoe historian, and calceologist (shoe archaeologist) Brett Walker will introduce the topic of Northamptonâ€™s renowned shoemaking industry during Britainâ€™s proto-industrial ascendancy in the global market, during an era when superlative-quality handmade shoes were still accepted as commonplace. Drawing on over 23 years’ experience as a traditionally educated boot- and shoemaker and professional historian, Mr. Walker presents an engaging look at what was one of the most common skilled trades in Great Britain. Highlights will include examples of shoes within the collection of the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, and previously unpublished information on contemporary calceology discoveries.

Elmer and Friends: The Colourful World of David McKee
2024-07-30 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-31 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-01 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-02 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-03 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-04 12:00 - 17:00
Something for all the family with this summer exhibition in the art galleries.
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Saturday 6 July â€“ Sunday 8 September
As if by magic, Elmer, Mr Benn, and Bernard will be appearing at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery as the colourful world of David McKee is brought to life through original paintings, storyboards and illustrations, film, and interactives. There is something for big and little kids to discover as these well-loved characters are revealed. An exhibition from Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books.
Full details at www.northamptonmuseums.com/directory-record/479/
Plan your visit

Pop in Wednesdays
2024-07-31 12:00 - 16:00
Wednesdays on 31 July, 7 August, 21 August, 28 August
12-4pm
Free, donations appreciated based on what you can afford to pay.
Pop in to the museum as a family to enjoy some fun hands-on activities.
Suitable for families. Drop-in no booking required.
