Morecambe 5km Fun Run: 'Save our Sculpture' Venus & Cupid Arts Trust is running a fundraising campaign because the Venus Sculpture was badly damaged in the hard frosts of Spring 2018. The tiny ceramic tiles of the mosaic patterns came away from the surface in many patches as the grout had crumbled underneath them. The … Continue reading ‘Save our Sculpture’ – Morecambe 5km Fun Run
MAC member Gilli Slater has her work included in a collaborative show at Inspire Gifts & Gallery in Lancaster from 23rd February to 30th March. Gilli's work is mainly inspired by the beautiful landscape of the Arnside and Silverdale area. It comes from an imaginative recollection of the textures, light and feelings she has experienced, rather than true life. Her … Continue reading Textile Pictures: Gilli Slater
The annual Morecambe Christmas Tree festival is approaching. The festival, which takes place each year at Morecambe Parish Church in Poulton is a lovely, community festival (with craft fair attached). Community groups, schools and more decorate a Christmas tree for the display and this year, MAC will be adding an artist tree to the display. … Continue reading Morecambe Christmas Tree Festival
Art Auction at the Midland Hotel The fundraising campaign to bring A Time and Tide Bell to Morecambe continues with an Art Auction to be held at the Midland Hotel on 11 October 2018 at 7.00pm. Announcement - a Call to Artists Donations of artwork are needed now! Morecambe Artist Colony (MAC for short) which is organising … Continue reading Art Auction for a Morecambe Time & Tide Bell – a call to artists
The new show at Morecambe's White Elephant Contemporary Art Gallery brings us a gleaming look into the art of John Baldwin, a 1960's New York contemporary of Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns and Ulan Nagardo, and sometime resident at Leeds Art School. Opening night is Friday 31st August at 6.30pm (free entry) and the show runs till … Continue reading Lost Years: John Baldwin
Our friends over on the East Coast at the Lincolnshire Time and Tide Bell like MAC are currently fundraising to site a Time & Tide Bell recently asked artists to create works in response to each of the 200 fish species found in the North Sea. Our own Johnny Bean and Shane Johnstone have contributed pieces … Continue reading #200Fish
(Guest post by Stephanie Province) When we reopened The Ship in Overton in March 2016, Phil and I decided to promote live music and art exhibitions as an integral part of our pub. We now host regular music nights and we’ve created two art galleries: Edge at Overton is our main gallery where we have temporary exhibitions changing … Continue reading Pictures at the Pub
Inspire Gifts & Gallery are delighted to be hosting MAC member Dawn Latham’s latest exhibition, Bathers, Swimmers & Divers, in the Haselgrave Room at Inspire Gallery, Lancaster. Dawn’s work evokes bygone times when life was simpler, summers more summery and the lido was well and truly in fashion. Come along to the exhibition and wind back … Continue reading Bathers, Swimmers & Divers at Inspire Gifts & Gallery
new art gallery opens this week in Morecambe
Graham and Lin Dean's exhibition is currently on show at Inspire Gifts and Gallery. We asked Graham to tell us a little more about the show... "Normally there are months to prepare for an exhibition – but we put 'The Bay and Beyond' together in just over a fortnight – and managed to include a number … Continue reading The Bay and Beyond