September 2008

Plymouth Summer Festival

May to September 2008

An exciting calendar of local, national and international events has been unveiled as Plymouth launches its second Summer Festival.

The Plymouth Summer Festival brings together under one banner the huge range of maritime, music, arts and street events taking place in the city over the summer months. For more information, visit the Plymouth Summer Festival website.

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A Fish Sale... Explored

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Drake Circus
Throughout the month

A new exploration of the iconic Newlyn School painting, 'A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach', by Stanhope Forbes – one of the most admired paintings in the Museum’s collections.

The exhibition will use photographs, natural history specimens and other archival material to bring the historic context surrounding the painting to life.

Admission to the exhibition is free. Opening hours are 10am to 5.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturdays and Bank Holiday Mondays.

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Free Museum lunchtime talks

Tuesday 2 September: Stanhope Forbes
Tuesday 9 September: A Musical Journey Through Life
Tuesday 16 September: A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach... Explored
Tuesday 23 September: The Real Story Behind the Fish Sale
Tuesday 30 September: Lieutenant Pye: Collector

At Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Drake Circus, starting at 1.10pm. Admission is free and there is no need to book in advance.

For full information visit the Museum's talks page.

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Introduction to Plein-Air Sketching

Thursday 11 September, 10.30am to 3pm
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Drake Circus/The Hoe

Learn how to sketch the way the Newlyn artists did with this free adult workshop led by artists Charlotte Gunn and Adam Milford.

Meet at the Museum at 10.30am to look around the A Fish Sale… Explored exhibition. Then make your way to The Hoe for some sketching in the open air.

No previous experience is necessary and basic materials will be supplied.

Please bring along your own sketchbooks and materials if you have them, plus a packed lunch.

Advance booking is essential due to limited places. Please call 01752 304774 to reserve your place.

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Heritage Open Days

Elizabethan House, Merchant's House and Smeaton's Tower
Saturday 13 September

Enjoy free admission to some of the city's finest historic sites for one day only as we celebrate Heritage Open Days 2008. Please click on the links above to visit the relevant pages for opening times and access information for each of the sites or contact the Museum on 01752 304774.

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Geometry of Fear

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Drake Circus
13 September to 14 October

Works from the post-war period by important British sculptors including Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi and WilliamTurnbull. This is a Hayward Touring exhibition from Southbank Centre, London on behalf of Arts Council England.

Admission to the exhibition is free. Opening hours are 10am to 5.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturdays and Bank Holiday Mondays.

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Hidden in the Rocks

Ford Park Cemetery, Ford Park Road
Sunday 14 September, 11am to 1pm

Join Wild About Plymouth to investigate the rocks that make the gravestones and discover the men from a time when geology was a new science.

Admission is free and there is no need to book in advance. Meet us at the chapel at Ford Park Cemetery. If you’ve got one, bring a magnifying glass with you. Recommended bus route is Plymouth City Bus 31.

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Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery 16th International Concert Series

Sulki Yu - violin
Alexander Karpeyev - piano
Thursday 25 September, 1pm

Sulki Yu, the highly acclaimed South Korean virtuoso will be accompanied by the Russian prodigy Alexander Karpeyev. Their programme will include works by Schubert, Debussy, Ysaye and Ravel.

Tickets are £6.50 and can be purchased at the Museum or by post. Visit the Museum's concerts page for full details.

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