What's On

Are you creative? Is your work new, of good quality, does it have something to say? If you would like to exhibit your work, please call the Museum today for an application form and selection details or download them from the museum’s web page. The deadline date for all applications is now set for Friday 21st May 2010. 
 
The Museum has three galleries devoted to temporary exhibitions, all varying in sizes. Whether you are a solo artist, group, painter, sculptor, animator, craft-maker, illustrator, photographer or 3-D artist – we want to show your work in our Museum. 
 
Please note that terms and conditions apply to accepting an exhibition slot at the Museum. Incomplete applications will not be considered.  The application process is competitive and not all applications will be successful. 
 
Visit www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/museum to download the forms online. 
 
Please contact the museum's Exhibition Officer if you have any further enquiries.

Now running for over sixty years, Nuneaton presents its highly popular Festival of Arts. The Art Exhibition is the second of three ‘Festival of Arts’ exhibitions which will take place at the Museum & Art Gallery. 
 
This exhibition features a large variety of work separated into two categories for children and adults in the White and Yellow galleries at Nuneaton Museum. Artists of all ages have entered this exhibition. Prizes awarded for each category.  Come and see the results for yourself. Some of the entries in the Adult category will be on sale. 
 
All of the work has been judged by external professionals in Art organised by the Festival Committee. This year, the judges include Hammond Smith, a Fine Art dealer and academic of the local area. 
 
Councillor John Waine, Portfolio Holder for Recreation & Culture stated: 
 
“Nuneaton Festival of Arts has become an essential part of the town’s heritage. I remember it from when I was at school, though I was never sufficiently talented to participate!  However, I’m proud to have a couple of Third Place certificates from 1964, when I entered some of the photography classes. 
 
That the Festival has endured for over 60 years is a testament to the dedication of those volunteers who have helped to organise it, year after year, and to the high quality of the work submitted by local people of all ages. It is also a tribute to the support provided by our Museum & Art Gallery staff over the decades. The people of Nuneaton may feel proud that our town has been able to sustain such an important event for so long.” 
 
The Festival of Arts began in 1948. Organised by a team of volunteers, the Festival offers an opportunity for both individuals and groups to show off their artistic talents. 
 
If you are interested in exhibiting in the Needlecraft and Craft Exhibition in April, free Festival of Arts Syllabuses are available to download from the Festival of Arts website. Visit http://www.nuneatonfoa.org.uk

Presented by Judith Vardy Studios of Performing Arts. 
 
An evening of dance and song from some of the region’s finest performing arts students.

Presented by Nuneaton Lions Club. 
 
North Warwickshire College Concert Band – talented young musicians from North Warwickshire and Hinckley College - lead an evening of nostalgia under the musical direction of James Norden in the style of the world-famous Royal Albert Hall Concert – Last Night of the Proms – with all the pomp and pageantry culminating in the Rodesky March and Pomp and Circumstance.

With John McNally, Frank Allen, Spencer James and Eddie Rothe 
 
 
With such classic hits as Sweets For My Sweet, Needles and Pins, Don’t Throw Your Love Away and When You Walk In The Room, The Searchers have contributed enormously in establishing the UK as the world’s leading nation in the music industry. With total record sales well in excess of 40 million, their recent compilation album “The Very Best of The Searchers” which includes all of their hits, has seen a recent welcome and deserved return to the UK charts. No doubt the decade that gave us The Beatles, The Searchers and many others was unique and pervades all cultural and age barriers today. 
 
Their fully self-contained concert includes all their famous hits, plus many of their original album recordings, B-sides and a selection of other collector and well-known favourites.