SEPTEMBER – There is no vanishing point by  Ciara Heaton & David Hulston

The brand new exhibition at Kendal Museum’s People’s Gallery will showcase the work of father and daughter duo David Hulston and Ciara Heaton. The opening is on September 26th, with the gallery preview the following evening on September 27th from 6 pm to 8 pm. The exhibition will conclude on

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AUGUST – Skulduggery by Fliss Watts – Exhibition

About Skulduggery This exciting new exhibition at Kendal Museum’s People’s Gallery will showcase work by Cumbrian artist Fliss Watts from 15th August until 21st September. Skulduggery incorporates and expands on work by Fliss Watts previously shown in Carlisle and at Florence Arts Centre, Egremont, under the title ‘Living is easy

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JULY – Hiraeth by Seren Shaw – Exhibition

About the exhibition Hiraeth: An Incomplete Journey of Art & Belonging is an ongoing project by Cumbrian artist Seren Shaw. This new exhibition at Kendal Museum’s People’s Gallery will launch Shaw’s fascinating and locally embedded practice and demonstrate creative synergies between archaeological collections and our natural world. The exhibition runs

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The Cry of the Curlew exhibition

A celebration of the curlew through original artwork, photography, poetry, sculpture and conservation – free admission! Cry of the Curlew celebrates the return of these iconic birds to upland habitats for the breeding season – as they have done since time immemorial. The arrival of these graceful birds quickens emotions

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ARTIST CALL-OUT FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS

Kendal Museum is launching a summer call-out for exhibition proposals to be considered for our People’s Gallery 2025/6 programme — deadline 31st August. About The People’s Gallery The People’s Gallery is a large exhibition space on the lower level of Kendal Museum, one of the oldest museums in the UK

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MAY – Rock Solid? 2 – Exhibition

Rock Solid?2  is a group exhibition that explores Lake District coast atomic waste burial. Visit this new group exhibition in our People’s Gallery from the 9th May until 29th June 2024 The exhibition brings together heavyweights of the Cumbrian and international art world at The People’s Gallery, Kendal Museum, alongside an art

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NOVEMBER Amy Bateman – My Journey to Forty Farms – Exhibition

Visit the new exhibition by Amy Bateman in our People’s Gallery from the 16th of November until the 23rd of March 2024. Amy is British Life Photographer of the Year. She is the author and photographer behind the Lakeland Book of the Year – ‘Forty Farms.’ A storytelling, photographic exhibition

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MAY Di Meth-Cohn -THE LAST FEW YEARS- Exhibition

Artist Statement Di Meth-Cohn I was born and grew up in Manchester, before moving to the South Lakes area in 1987, when my first son was 8 months old. Breath-taken by the beauty of the area and overwhelmed every day, by the changing scenery, particularly the colours and shapes of

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MARCH Sam Harrison & Ray Green -Colours of Cumbria- Exhibition

Sam Harrison Sam is an abstract and expressive landscape artist based in Ulverston, Cumbria. “Growing up in Kendal gave me a life-long love of the fells and the dramatic beauty of the Cumbrian landscape. My passion is to convey that feeling through unique, atmospheric, and tactile paintings that are triggered

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