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Firing Up exhibition at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

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Posted by administrator on August 16, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

An exhibition of ceramic artwork made by students from several local secondary schools as part of the Crafts Council’s Firing Up scheme is currently on display in Museum Street at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (SMWG).  Firing Up is a… Read more

Take a look at what our visitors and staff are enjoying in the ‘Family Matters’ exhibition

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Posted by administrator on August 7, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

Dianne, from our Front of House staff, is admiring her favourite painting in the exhibition. She says, “I love it because it’s a picture of a father’s pride and hope for the future. And the boy does look like his… Read more

What’s Your Story? Discovering Family History – The Milburn Jug

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Posted by administrator on July 19, 2012     Permalink     Comments (8)

When I heard that What’s Your Story? Discovering Family History, a Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums travelling exhibition, was coming to Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (SMWG), I was keen to get involved. As an artist working with this venue’s … Read more

‘Young Anglers, Barras Bridge’, painted by Thomas Miles Richardson: a picture of old Barras Mill-pond?

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Posted by administrator on April 16, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

Thomas Miles Richardson’s idyllic scene of ‘Young Anglers, Barras Bridge, depicts a scene in Pandon Dean. Now completely obliterated, the dean was known for its beauty in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The scene can be located at Barras Mill-pond opposite the present-day Civic Centre. The picture was painted by Newcastle’s leading artist of the time, TM Richardson, senior (1784-1848). Read more

Marguerite hidden beneath 100 years of dirt

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Posted by administrator on March 15, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

The Art for Sunderland Exhibition is designed to give an idea of what goes on behind the scenes in a museum. I was lucky enough to get to choose a painting to work on in gallery.   I chose ‘Marguerite… Read more