August at the V and A Museum
June 25th 2010 01:10
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Link: www.vam.ac.uk/moc
IN AUGUST 2010
www.vam.ac.uk
EXHIBITION - LAST CHANCE TO SEE!
1:1 ARCHITECTS BUILD SMALL SPACES
15 JUNE - 30 AUGUST 2010
This summer, the V&A has commissioned seven architects at the forefront of experimental design to create their first built structures in the UK. The structures are installed in a number of locations across the Museum and designed as immersive spaces - places both of encounter and reflection - where visitors can escape the chaos of everyday life and directly experience the architecture first hand.
FREE
GALLERIES
CERAMICS STUDY GALLERIES
OPENED 10 JUNE
The V&A has opened its Ceramics Study Galleries this summer as one of the world's leading resources for scholars and artists. These house the Museum's unrivalled study collections.
Here visitors are able to see more than 26,500 objects in striking and coherent displays presenting almost the entire history of ceramic production from 30,000 BC to the present day.
The extensively refurbished galleries complement and complete the V&A Ceramics Galleries, which opened to wide acclaim in September 2009.
FREE
DISPLAY
GRACE KELLY: STYLE ICON
17 APRIL - 26 SEPTEMBER 2010
SPONSORED BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The spectacular wardrobe of Grace Kelly, one of the most popular actresses of the 1950s, is now on display. Featuring dresses from her films High Society and Rear Window, as well as the gown she wore to accept her Oscar in 1955, the display examines Grace Kelly's glamorous Hollywood image and enduring appeal.
It also explores the evolution of her style as Princess Grace of Monaco, from the outfit she wore to her first meeting with Prince Rainier in 1955 to her haute couture gowns of the 1960s and '70s by her favourite couturiers Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Yves St Laurent.
(Pounds) = 6 in person, fees apply to phone and online bookings. To book call 0844 209 1770 or visit www.vam.ac.uk/tickets
DISPLAY
THE OTHER BRITAIN REVISITED: THE NEW SOCIETY COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS
Until 26 SEPTEMBER
The pioneering weekly publication New Society was founded in 1962 and continued as an independent magazine until 1988. This display comprises a selection of photographs taken by twenty-three photographers, alongside covers and spreads from the magazine.
FREE
FREE ART FUN FESTIVAL
ARABIAN NIGHTS
8 AUGUST 2010; 10.30 - 17.00
Returning to the V&A for a second year, Arabian Nights is a one-day family festival celebrating Arab and Islamic culture. As part of the V&A's Free Art Fun programme, Arabian Nights will invite adults and children to learn more about the Arab world through performance, music, design workshops and storytelling.
There will be the opportunity to try Middle Eastern drumming, hear classical Arabic music and sample Arabian food.
Part of the Arab World Family Learning programme supported by the Said Foundation
FREE; DROP-IN
EVENT
FRIDAY LATE: RETRO HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR
27 AUGUST; 18.30 - 22.00
Hollywood Glamour is the inspiration behind this month's Friday Late, from Grace Kelly to Marlon Brando.
FREE; DROP IN
DEMONSTRATION
THE ART OF WOOD CARVING
1 AUGUST; 11.00 - 13.00 & 14.00 - 16.00
Watch sculptor Michael Madden demonstrate the skills and techniques of Renaissance carvers.
FREE; DROP IN. Part of the Robert H. Smith Renaissance Sculpture Programme
FREE ART FUN
BACK-PACKS
Families can pick up an activity Back-Pack, get creative at Drop-in-Design or go on a gallery adventure trail.
Back-Pack adventure tours of the V&A: Packs are filled with jigsaws, stories and games to explore the collection.
Activity Cart: Fantastic hands-on art fun for children to create a Samurai helmet, a silver goblet or an elephant mask to take home.
FREE; drop-in. Suitable for children aged 4 to 11.
GENERAL INFORMATION
FREE ADMISSION
The V&A is open daily 10.00 - 17.45 and until 22.00 on Fridays. The nearest underground station is South Kensington (Piccadilly, District and Circle lines).
For general information call 020 7942 2000 or visit www.vam.ac.uk Box office 0207 942 2211
WHAT'S ON AT THE V&A
MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD IN
AUGUST 2010
www.vam.ac.uk
EXHIBITION - LAST CHANCE TO SEE!
A CHILD FROM EVERYWHERE
7 MAY - 30 AUGUST 2010
Photographer Caroline Irby spent one year tracking down a child born in every country in the world (now living in the UK), then photographed and interviewed each one. The photographs make up this display alongside a series of short films featuring some of the interviews, providing an insight into the effects of globalization.
FREE
EXHIBITION
BLING: JEWELLERY STORIES FROM THE EAST END
26 JUNE - 14 NOVEMBER 2010
An exhibition in partnership with London College of Fashion, taking a closer look at the history of jewellery in east London, with emphasis on how the ornaments we use to decorate our bodies often have great personal and cultural significance. Bling combines the work of local school children, Foundation Diploma students from London College of Fashion and contemporary jewellers with East End connections. In partnership with London College of Fashion
Supported by The Wates Foundation
FREE
EXHIBITION
SIT DOWN: SEATING FOR KIDS
6 FEBRUARY - 5 SEPTEMBER 2010
Taking the classic children's tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears as its starting point, Sit Down: Seating for Kids invites the visitor to consider just what makes a successful seat.
Spanning four centuries, the exhibition features over 80 examples of seating made for children, ranging from school chairs to armchairs, saddles to swings and highchairs to potties. Designs by Charles Eames, Vitra and El Ultimo Grito are on display, as well as the Modernist high chair by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld and Spotty, a 1960s paper chair designed by Peter Murdoch.
Supported by Ercol Furniture Ltd
FREE ADMISSION
EVENT
SUMMER FESTIVAL
1 AUGUST 2010; 11.30 - 16.30
The Museum's annual summer festival returns. There will be live bands, street performers, rickshaw rides, activities and food.
Drop-in, all ages.
SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITY
FUNKY FRIDAYS
FRIDAYS, 30 JULY - 27 AUGUST 2010
Over the summer holidays the Museum of Childhood is hosting a series of special events every Friday featuring musicians, artists, performers and storytellers.
EVENT
POP-UP STORYTELLING
6 AUGUST; 11.00 - 16.00
Storytellers and live musicians will be around the Museum and its gardens inventing fun and interactive stories inspired by some of the strange toys in the collection. There will also be the opportunity to make a pop-up picture at the arts and crafts table (14.00-16.00)
Drop-in, Age 3-12
EVENT
MUSICAL MIX
13 AUGUST; 11.00 - 16.00
Experience the musical cultures of South America and South Africa with musicians from the Grand Union Orchestra. Make a musical instrument at the arts and crafts table (14.00-16.00), and there will also be family workshops (11.00 & 14.00) and short performances (12.00 & 15.00).
Drop-in; Age 3-12. Tickets will be available for the workshops at the Information Desk on the day.
EVENT
CLASSICAL INDIA
20 AUGUST; 11.00 - 16.00
A day of interactive family workshops and performances with Indian Kathak dancer Indrani Datta, who will tell stories through dance, poetry and sounds. There will be an arts and crafts table (14.00-16.00), family workshops (11.00 & 14.00) and short performances (12.30 & 15.30).
Drop-in; Age 3-12. Tickets will be available for the workshops at the Information Desk on the day.
EVENT
SOCIETY OF WONDERS
27 AUGUST; 11.00 - 16.00
A day of music, art and games led by artists. Make a Thinking Cap at our arts and crafts table (14.00-16.00)
Drop-in; Age 3-12
www.vam.ac.uk
EXHIBITION - LAST CHANCE TO SEE!
1:1 ARCHITECTS BUILD SMALL SPACES
15 JUNE - 30 AUGUST 2010
This summer, the V&A has commissioned seven architects at the forefront of experimental design to create their first built structures in the UK. The structures are installed in a number of locations across the Museum and designed as immersive spaces - places both of encounter and reflection - where visitors can escape the chaos of everyday life and directly experience the architecture first hand.
GALLERIES
CERAMICS STUDY GALLERIES
OPENED 10 JUNE
The V&A has opened its Ceramics Study Galleries this summer as one of the world's leading resources for scholars and artists. These house the Museum's unrivalled study collections.
Here visitors are able to see more than 26,500 objects in striking and coherent displays presenting almost the entire history of ceramic production from 30,000 BC to the present day.
The extensively refurbished galleries complement and complete the V&A Ceramics Galleries, which opened to wide acclaim in September 2009.
FREE
DISPLAY
GRACE KELLY: STYLE ICON
17 APRIL - 26 SEPTEMBER 2010
SPONSORED BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The spectacular wardrobe of Grace Kelly, one of the most popular actresses of the 1950s, is now on display. Featuring dresses from her films High Society and Rear Window, as well as the gown she wore to accept her Oscar in 1955, the display examines Grace Kelly's glamorous Hollywood image and enduring appeal.
It also explores the evolution of her style as Princess Grace of Monaco, from the outfit she wore to her first meeting with Prince Rainier in 1955 to her haute couture gowns of the 1960s and '70s by her favourite couturiers Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Yves St Laurent.
(Pounds) = 6 in person, fees apply to phone and online bookings. To book call 0844 209 1770 or visit www.vam.ac.uk/tickets
DISPLAY
THE OTHER BRITAIN REVISITED: THE NEW SOCIETY COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS
Until 26 SEPTEMBER
The pioneering weekly publication New Society was founded in 1962 and continued as an independent magazine until 1988. This display comprises a selection of photographs taken by twenty-three photographers, alongside covers and spreads from the magazine.
FREE
FREE ART FUN FESTIVAL
ARABIAN NIGHTS
8 AUGUST 2010; 10.30 - 17.00
Returning to the V&A for a second year, Arabian Nights is a one-day family festival celebrating Arab and Islamic culture. As part of the V&A's Free Art Fun programme, Arabian Nights will invite adults and children to learn more about the Arab world through performance, music, design workshops and storytelling.
There will be the opportunity to try Middle Eastern drumming, hear classical Arabic music and sample Arabian food.
Part of the Arab World Family Learning programme supported by the Said Foundation
FREE; DROP-IN
EVENT
FRIDAY LATE: RETRO HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR
27 AUGUST; 18.30 - 22.00
Hollywood Glamour is the inspiration behind this month's Friday Late, from Grace Kelly to Marlon Brando.
FREE; DROP IN
DEMONSTRATION
THE ART OF WOOD CARVING
1 AUGUST; 11.00 - 13.00 & 14.00 - 16.00
Watch sculptor Michael Madden demonstrate the skills and techniques of Renaissance carvers.
FREE; DROP IN. Part of the Robert H. Smith Renaissance Sculpture Programme
FREE ART FUN
BACK-PACKS
Families can pick up an activity Back-Pack, get creative at Drop-in-Design or go on a gallery adventure trail.
Back-Pack adventure tours of the V&A: Packs are filled with jigsaws, stories and games to explore the collection.
Activity Cart: Fantastic hands-on art fun for children to create a Samurai helmet, a silver goblet or an elephant mask to take home.
FREE; drop-in. Suitable for children aged 4 to 11.
GENERAL INFORMATION
FREE ADMISSION
The V&A is open daily 10.00 - 17.45 and until 22.00 on Fridays. The nearest underground station is South Kensington (Piccadilly, District and Circle lines).
For general information call 020 7942 2000 or visit www.vam.ac.uk Box office 0207 942 2211
WHAT'S ON AT THE V&A
MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD IN
AUGUST 2010
www.vam.ac.uk
EXHIBITION - LAST CHANCE TO SEE!
A CHILD FROM EVERYWHERE
7 MAY - 30 AUGUST 2010
Photographer Caroline Irby spent one year tracking down a child born in every country in the world (now living in the UK), then photographed and interviewed each one. The photographs make up this display alongside a series of short films featuring some of the interviews, providing an insight into the effects of globalization.
FREE
EXHIBITION
BLING: JEWELLERY STORIES FROM THE EAST END
26 JUNE - 14 NOVEMBER 2010
An exhibition in partnership with London College of Fashion, taking a closer look at the history of jewellery in east London, with emphasis on how the ornaments we use to decorate our bodies often have great personal and cultural significance. Bling combines the work of local school children, Foundation Diploma students from London College of Fashion and contemporary jewellers with East End connections. In partnership with London College of Fashion
Supported by The Wates Foundation
FREE
EXHIBITION
SIT DOWN: SEATING FOR KIDS
6 FEBRUARY - 5 SEPTEMBER 2010
Taking the classic children's tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears as its starting point, Sit Down: Seating for Kids invites the visitor to consider just what makes a successful seat.
Spanning four centuries, the exhibition features over 80 examples of seating made for children, ranging from school chairs to armchairs, saddles to swings and highchairs to potties. Designs by Charles Eames, Vitra and El Ultimo Grito are on display, as well as the Modernist high chair by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld and Spotty, a 1960s paper chair designed by Peter Murdoch.
Supported by Ercol Furniture Ltd
FREE ADMISSION
EVENT
SUMMER FESTIVAL
1 AUGUST 2010; 11.30 - 16.30
The Museum's annual summer festival returns. There will be live bands, street performers, rickshaw rides, activities and food.
Drop-in, all ages.
SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITY
FUNKY FRIDAYS
FRIDAYS, 30 JULY - 27 AUGUST 2010
Over the summer holidays the Museum of Childhood is hosting a series of special events every Friday featuring musicians, artists, performers and storytellers.
EVENT
POP-UP STORYTELLING
6 AUGUST; 11.00 - 16.00
Storytellers and live musicians will be around the Museum and its gardens inventing fun and interactive stories inspired by some of the strange toys in the collection. There will also be the opportunity to make a pop-up picture at the arts and crafts table (14.00-16.00)
Drop-in, Age 3-12
EVENT
MUSICAL MIX
13 AUGUST; 11.00 - 16.00
Experience the musical cultures of South America and South Africa with musicians from the Grand Union Orchestra. Make a musical instrument at the arts and crafts table (14.00-16.00), and there will also be family workshops (11.00 & 14.00) and short performances (12.00 & 15.00).
Drop-in; Age 3-12. Tickets will be available for the workshops at the Information Desk on the day.
EVENT
CLASSICAL INDIA
20 AUGUST; 11.00 - 16.00
A day of interactive family workshops and performances with Indian Kathak dancer Indrani Datta, who will tell stories through dance, poetry and sounds. There will be an arts and crafts table (14.00-16.00), family workshops (11.00 & 14.00) and short performances (12.30 & 15.30).
Drop-in; Age 3-12. Tickets will be available for the workshops at the Information Desk on the day.
EVENT
SOCIETY OF WONDERS
27 AUGUST; 11.00 - 16.00
A day of music, art and games led by artists. Make a Thinking Cap at our arts and crafts table (14.00-16.00)
Drop-in; Age 3-12
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