with Karina Savage Linocut is a relief printing process in which the lino block is cut away and the remaining raised areas are inked up and printed. During this one-day course, you will learn how to plan and transfer your image onto a 15 x 15 cm lino block and how to use specialist tools...
Live music with visuals + new video game demo FREE ENTRY Join us for WaterPortals’ celebratory closing event in the Landscape Studio at Gainsborough's House. Submerge yourself in WaterPortals for the final time, and experience the premiere of a live audio visual performance by Henry Driver, there’ll also be the chance to play a demo...
The Warm Welcome Coffee Club (WWCC) takes place in the Hills Room to enable Gainsborough’s House Volunteers access to a warm and social space. Drop in and say hello from, 10:30am–12:30pm. This is a space that allows volunteers to meet with one another, especially those from different roles across the site. It is a safe...
With Dr Steven Parissien in collaboration with Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership & Greater Anglia Coming of the Railway, lecture 1: 11am–12pm Exploring British Railway Stations, lecture 2: 2–3pm To help celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Gainsborough Line, Dr Steven Parissien presents two lectures: the first exploring how the coming of the...
with Sally Weatherill Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking technique, in which an image is incised into a plate with a hard-pointed needle. Drypoint relies not only on the groove provided by the needle but on the burr that is created when scratching the surface, giving the line a fluctuating and beautiful velvety character. During this...
Stellarum's repertoire ranges from exquisite church music to more traditional songs and pop favourites. In the special garden at Gainsborough's House on 4 July 2024, their "California Dreamin'" programme will include songs by The Mommas and Poppas and the Beach Boys as well as some current American coral classics. Stellarum is a San Diego...
10am – 4pm On this two day course, you will learn the art of wood engraving from a recognised expert in the field. As well as fine line engraving on a variety of end-grain woods using a wide range of bespoke tools, Anne will teach hand burnishing on Japanese papers, printing with a press, and...
This exhibition is the first to chart the phenomenal artistic careers of Cedric Morris (1889–1982) and Arthur Lett-Haines (1894–1978), who were partners in love and art for sixty years. With over eighty loans from Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and a wealth of private collections, the range of their art becomes apparent. Morris is...
Winner of the national Finnis Scott Foundation Botanical Art Award Dr Siân Dawson inspired the idea and coordinated the illustrated catalogue of paintings called Sir Cedric Morris Florilegium. It is a book by leading botanical artists who painted the Florilegium of the unique award-winning irises bred by Sir Cedric Morris (1889–1982), artist and gardener who...
Join Sue Marsdon with the life drawing group on the first Saturday of every month. Enjoy a full day of life drawing at Gainsborough’s House with lots of different poses throughout the day. While Sue will suggest some poses and techniques, this session is untutored, and therefore best suited to those with some drawing experience....
Be inspired by our beautiful garden at the heart of Gainsborough's House, and our amazing Florilegium exhibition. Create using natural materials, discover our geology cabinet, and have a go at drawing and collecting from nature. 10am–1pm, family drop-in sessions £5 per child with up to two accompanying adults Recommended age from 3–12 years All...
This event is now fully booked. with Patsy Rathbone Screen printing is a way of creating an image on paper or fabric by pushing ink through a screen mesh with areas blocked off by stencils. Stencils can be made from paper, drawing fluid, screen filler or a light-sensitive emulsion. This one-day introductory course will explore...
