Art gallery celebrates climax of anniversary year.
Visitors to Compton Verney Art Gallery can enjoy two festive weekends on 6th and 7th December and on 13th and 14th December. This year the gallery has taken inspiration from its current British Folk Art exhibition for its Christmas activities in a celebration of the hand-made, traditional Christmas. This is the last chance to see the current exhibition British Folk Art, which brings together 180 works from all over the UK to reveal this untold story of British Art.
Throughout the weekends, there will be a wide variety of activities for all ages to experience, which include the opportunity to see the amazing art installation of the 7.5 kilometres bunting which has been created by the gallery’s supporters throughout 2014 in celebration of their tenth anniversary year.
Younger visitors can listen to enchanting traditional stories and the whole family can get hands on with the fun Christmas paper craft activities making garlands, gift tags and wrapping paper or make 3D models of your family to add to the Compton Verney Presepe (nativity scene).
There will also be a programme of live music and dancing – full details are listed below
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th December:
2pm and 3.30pm Music performed by the Cantamus Choir in the Folk Art Objects gallery
Saturday 13th December:
2.30pm Music performed by The Shakespeare Morris Men of Stratford upon Avon
Sunday 14th December:
1.30pm and 3.30pm Music performed by Holy Trinity Choir Stratford upon Avon
2.30pm and 4.15pm Performance by the Coventry Mummers
On Sunday 14th December at 5.15pm there will also be a grand finale to this special celebratory anniversary year with a firework display. Last admission is at 4.30pm.
The Restaurant will be serving a traditional festive menu. There is also the chance to do your Christmas shopping at the gallery shop, which has a wide selection of gifts for all the family and the final opportunity to purchase a year’s membership to Compton Verney for you or as a gift before prices rise in 2015.
Season Passes are £5 child, £12 adult; £24 family (two adults and up to four children) and enable you to enjoy unlimited access to the collections, the grounds and children’s playground and family activities for twelve months during the gallery’s open season. Membership gives all this plus access to four stunning exhibitions Canaletto: Celebrating Britain, The Non-Conformists: Photographs by Martin Parr, Arts and Crafts House: Now and Then, and Periodic Tales: The Art of the Elements. Membership is £26.00 individual; £48 joint; £52 family.
