Emma Sparks Joy With New Art Exhibition
Abstract impressionist painter Emma Butler is to bring her vibrant, colourful landscapes to Darlington with the opening of her first solo exhibition. Entitled Joy, Emma will showcase her beautifully bold work at Gallerina, in Darlington, which is home to some of the country’s best contemporary fine artists.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 12th April
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. From Friday 12th April Back To Black (12a) Marisa Abela is Amy Winehouse in this biopic from director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy).
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 5th April
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. From Friday 5th April Monkey Man (18) Dev Patel stars in and directs this critically acclaimed action thriller, which comes from producer Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us).
Yorkshire Coast Walk Inspires Acclaimed Print Maker Jason Hicklin
From the towering, seabird-shrouded cliffs at Bempton to the expansive sandy beach at Filey, artist Jason Hicklin’s walk has inspired a collection of etchings that provide a dramatic new vision of Yorkshire’s heritage coast. Seven prints created from the etchings, some 1 x1.5 metres in size, will get their premiere at an exhibition at Watermark Gallery in Harrogate between 12 and 27 April.
Skinningrove’s Bright New Welcome For Visitors
Andrew Liddle talks to two men who worked together on a very special local project The village of Skinningrove, hidden in a steep valley on the north-east coast between Port Mulgrave and Saltburn, is easy to overlook.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 29th March
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. From Friday 29th March Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (12a) Prepare yourselves for a new empire in the MonsterVerse!
Call For Curatorial Volunteers For Film Tracing Coalmining History
A Teesside University academic is calling for volunteers to get involved in the creation of a new film about the region’s coalmining history.
Painting The Town With David Robinson
Andrew Liddle talks to a local graphic artist about his posters of Preston David Robinson is a Prestonian through and through and the clean lines of his clear, bright retro travel posters, many of them done in blues and whites and creams – “Preston colours” - are buzzing with the talk of the town where he was raised and still lives.
Demystifying Curiosity: The Bowes Museum
There is a scene in Moonraker where James Bond has just landed in California, searching for the eponymous stolen space shuttle. He is helicoptered to the home of the evil Hugo Drax and is astonished to see the mansion that, although filmed at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, in France, for the purposes of the script, 007 has been told was recreated brick by brick on the Drax estate.
Annual Sunny Bank Mills Exhibition Attracts A Record Number Of Entries
A Yorkshire annual art exhibition has attracted a record number of entries this year. The Ones To Watch exhibition at the Sunny Bank Mills Art Gallery in Farsley, between Leeds and Bradford, is now open and runs until April 21. It is focused on talented emerging artists and makers with Yorkshire connections.
Looking Forward To Looking Back At The Bingley Gallery
Andrew Liddle talks to David Starley about his latest exhibition of local artists from the past Acclaimed Yorkshire artists like Joe Pighills, Percy Monkman and Tom Clifton Butterfield will be among the 30 local artists from the past whose work will be on view at The Bingley Gallery.
Epic Installation ‘Soundscapes’ In Skipton
Soundscapes - an immersive audio-visual installation that invites audiences on a sensory journey through the Yorkshire Dales - is now open to the public until June. Created by the immersive media artist Michaela French and composer Ben Crick, Soundscapes will showcase the diverse scenery of the Yorkshire Dales.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 15th March
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases.
National Science And Media Museum Celebrates Photography Pioneers For Women’s History Month
To mark Women’s History Month, the National Science and Media is celebrating female photography pioneers, Anna Atkins and Julia Margaret Cameron who were both instrumental in the development of modern photography.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 8th March
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. From Friday 8th March Imaginary (15) This new horror from Blumhouse sees all far from well with Chauncey, a young girl’s imaginary friend, who resides within her teddy bear.
Newburgh Priory To Host An Exciting Series Of Art Courses
The historic Newburgh Priory in Coxwold, one of Yorkshire’s "most beautiful country houses", is hosting a series of on-going art courses this year. These one-day Retreats will be tutored by award-winning Yorkshire artist Patrick Smith.
Dean Clough Secures Major Deal With Calderdale College For New Creative Hub
Dean Clough, the successful 22-acre business and leisure destination in Halifax, has agreed a deal to let 12,835 sq ft of state-of-the-art workspace on a new five-year lease to Calderdale College. The College is expanding its digital creative skills hub at Dean Clough following a £700,000 Government funding boost.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 23rd February 2024
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. From Friday 23rd February Wicked Little Letters (15) This British black comedy is based on the outrageous true story!
National Science And Media Museum Reveals The Story Of Photography Through Historic Images Of Pets
Ahead of National Love Your Pet Day on 20 February, the National Science and Media Museum reveal how photography and photographic processes have changed over time through archive images of beloved animal companions. Mr Burbank’s favourite cat This might look like a drawing, but it is in fact a photographic print.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 16th February 2024
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. Still Showing… Bob Marley: One Love (12a) One Love, People Get Ready for this incredible story about the life of a legend.
The Apprentice Is Back … Again!
Yes, like A Nightmare on Elm Street, it’s the franchise that just keeps on going, if not giving. So here we are again, series four hundred and ten of The Apprentice. It seems like it's been going since the dawn of time. When will it stop? Will it ever?
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 9th February 2024
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. From Friday 9th February The Iron Claw (15) This biographical sports drama from A24 could be one of the dark horse picks for the best movie of 2024.
Thackray Museum Unveils Ground-Breaking Exhibition: Fragile Microbiomes
Thackray Museum of Medicine has announced the launch of its newest and most innovative exhibition, 'Fragile Microbiomes,' featuring the captivating works of internationally renowned artist Anna Dumitriu.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 2nd February 2024
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. From Friday 2nd February Argylle (12a) This spy action/comedy comes from Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman, Kick-Ass) and is an explosive, hilarious and twisty affair.
Spring Exhibition For North Yorkshire Open Studio Artists
The artist-run collection, North Yorkshire Open Studios (NYOS), has announced a spring exhibition ahead of its annual open studio event. Each summer, North Yorkshire’s artistic community invites the public to take a peek inside their studios. It’s a chance for artists to meet, promote and sell their work direct to the public.
Epic Installation ‘Soundscapes’ Premieres In Skipton
Soundscapes - an immersive audio-visual installation that invites audiences on a sensory journey through the Yorkshire Dales - premieres in Skipton on 14 March, 2024. Created by the immersive media artist Michaela French and composer Ben Crick, Soundscapes will showcase the diverse scenery of the Yorkshire Dales.
The Magic Of Glassblowing Inspired By Rockpools
A new exhibition of Joanne Kenny’s glass work opens at York’s Pyramid Gallery today, inspired by her trips along the beach at Whitby, peering into rockpools. But it has not been all plain sailing, as she tells Group Editor Andrew Palmer about her inspirational story. There is something quite magical and mesmerising about glassblowing.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 26th January 2024
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases.
Still Lives Exhibition Opens This Spring At The Hepworth Wakefield
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Opening on 1 March, The Hepworth Wakefield will present a new exhibition focusing on the theme of still life. Still Lives will display more than 70 works by over 50 artists across two galleries, illustrating the enduring nature of the still life genre throughout different epochs in art history, including post-impressionism, British modernism, surrealism and contemporary art.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 19th January 2024
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.