New Gallery to display The Portland Collections at Welbeck

The Harley Gallery is delighted to announce a new building which will display historic works from The Portland Collections.  It will be situated next to the existing gallery on the Welbeck Estate, Worksop.

The Portland Collections are the historic fine and decorative arts collections of the Cavendish-Bentinck family. The family, currently headed by William Parente, grandson of the 7th Duke, have lived at Welbeck for over 400 years and through the generations have developed a beautiful and intriguing collection. The Portland Collections include examples from some of the most highly regarded artists of each era. Mr Parente, who is chairman of the Trustees of the Harley Foundation, commented:

‘The overwhelming interest shown in exhibitions like the Harley Gallery Open Competition and The Harley Gallery’s displays from the Portland Collections has shown that there is a tremendous appetite in our area for the arts.  The new Gallery is a marvellous opportunity for us to share the Collections, which were built up by my family over generations. We will be able to develop a changing programme of different displays in over 800 square meters of exhibition space. These displays will show the breadth of these Collections which different family members have added to over the centuries; each expressing their own aesthetics, interests and artistic preferences’.

The new Gallery will be designed by Hugh Broughton Architects who were appointed to the project after winning a tightly fought competition. Their previous projects include the Halley VI Antarctic Research Station which earned them the title of ‘International Breakthrough Architect of the Year 2013’ at the recent Architect of the Year Awards.  Exhibition design is being undertaken by John Ronayne who is currently working for Sheffield Cathedral and whose past clients include the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Lisa Gee, Gallery Director, says:
‘We’re very excited to be working with an internationally renowned  architect to create a new building on the Welbeck Estate. Welbeck has a tradition of astounding architecture and we hope that the new Gallery will inspire visitors for generations to come.’

Work on the site is expected to start in 2013 and it is hoped that the Gallery will open to visitors in 2015.

Notes to Editors

We are currently developing a complete information pack on the Gallery project, which will be available in early summer 2013.

If you have specific areas of interest such as the architecture or specific art forms such as ceramics or paintings then do get in contact, so we can ensure we meet your needs as the project progresses

If you would like to receive the information pack or to discuss further press opportunities, please email Rebecca Wombell, Marketing Officer at rwombell@harleygallery.co.uk or call 01909 501 700.

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The Harley Open Exhibition 2013

Saturday 26 January - Sunday 17 March

The Harley Gallery Open Exhibition returns for it's second year from 26 January to 17 March. Visit The Harley Gallery, Welbeck to see the selected artwork and enjoy a wide range of artistic talent; and to discover the prizewinning pieces!

The popular art competition attracts hundreds of entries, with around 140 being selected for the final exhibition.  Anyone can enter this competition, and The Harley Gallery has been delighted to see artworks from artists of all ages, both professional and just starting out, and ranging from oil paintings to embroideries to collage. 

 

The exhibited artworks this year have been  specially selected by Jeremy Webster, from The National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford; Michelle Bowen from Primary Studios, Nottingham, and Mervyn Mitchell, Photographic Artist from Nottingham.

Not only is the Open Exhibition a great chance to see a diverse, exciting range of artwork – many of the pieces will be for sale so you can buy your favourite piece, too. The Harley Gallery offers Own Art, a scheme which helps to make contemporary art affordable by providing the opportunity to spread your payments over 10 months. It’s a great way to take home your favourite artwork!

The Harley Gallery is delighted to announce that from 2013, the Open Exhibition will be a regular, biennial event.

Visit the Harley Open Exhibition from 26 January - 17 March to see the selected artworks in this popular art competition. Choose your favourites and have the chance to buy your own piece of contemporary art - from embroideries to oil paintings to photography.  

The Harley Advent Calendar

1-24 December in The Harley Craft Shop

The Harley Gallery, Welbeck is giving Christmas shoppers an extra treat this Christmas with The Harley Advent Calendar. Visit the Shop from 1- 24 December and enjoy a range of different offers with your purchases, from gifts of limited edition prints to discounts on jewellery.

The Harley Craft Shop is a great place to buy your Christmas gifts, with a huge range of hand made products carefully sourced from the best British craftspeople, from ceramics, to jewellery, to textiles. To say thank you for shopping with the Harley and helping to support British craft, the Gallery is offering customers special offers throughout Advent. Each day of the week has a special treat in store...

Mondays - spend £50 and get free coffee for two at The Lime House Café
Tuesdays - spend £75 and get a free “Welbeck Memories” Warli Art print
Wednesdays – spend £50 on silver and get a free “Dinner with a Duke” book
Thursdays – spend £100 and get 10% off Wendy Ramshaw jewellery
Fridays - spend £120 or more and get a free £20 gift voucher
Saturdays - buy anything with animals on and get a free book of photos by Sue Packer, “Pets”
Sundays - buy a pack of Christmas cards and get a free gift pack of Welbeck cards by Julian Bray

Shoppers will also be spoiled for choice with a special range of jewellery by the Harley Gallery's pick of studio jewellers. Christmas Gems features exciting jewellery to buy - including rings by internationally acclaimed jewellery Wendy Ramshaw (who has an exhibition currently on show in the Gallery) Rina Tairo, who painstakingly weaves gold and rhodium to make her delicate work, or Merlin Plantrose, an emerging jeweller who hammers her jewellery with pebbles to create a lovely, soft texture.  

Enjoy doing your Christmas shopping at The Harley Craft Shop - plus you can use Own Art to spread the cost over 10 months. Ask a Gallery Assistant for information. Plus, if you see something you like and want to help out a loved one with their search for special Christmas gifts, you can use a Harley Wish List to jot down your favourite items!

Visit The Harley Craft Shop for beautiful, hand made Christmas gifts. Shop during Advent for special offers, treats and discounts!  The Harley Gallery, Welbeck is on the A60 between Worksop and Mansfield. It is open daily, 10-5/4.30 Sundays and has free parking.  

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Own Art interest free loans make it easy and affordable to buy original, high quality contemporary art and craft. Please contact the Harley Gallery for details.

Representative 0% APRSubject to status. Terms and conditions apply. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. The Harley Gallery is a licensed broker of Own Art loans. Registered Address: The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3LW

The Christmas Arts and Food Market and Harley Open Studios

Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 November 2012

Get Christmas all wrapped up with the Harley Art and Food Market and Harley Open Studios, as featured in The Daily Telegraph ‘UK: Five of the best Christmas Shopping Destinations'. The Harley Arts and Food Market and Harley Open Studios returns on 24 and 25 November, with a sack load of gifts, food and treats for your loved ones (or yourself!).

Enjoy over 55 art and craft stalls showing work by the region's cream of creative talent, all handpicked by The Harley Gallery. Plus, there's plenty to tempt your taste buds with over 20 stalls from local and specialist food producers. You can try cheese, beer, bread and chocolate made on the Welbeck Estate, and chat with the food producers. There's plenty to tempt your taste buds with over 20 stalls from local and specialist food producers. You can try cheese, beer, bread and chocolate made on the Welbeck Estate, and chat with the food producers.

Get a behind the scenes look at life as an artist by visiting the Harley Open Studios, a short walk from the market. Here you'll get to meet the artists, talk about their work and have a peek into their studios, as well as being able to choose and buy work directly from the makers.

Browse the art and food markets and explore the artists studios for special shopping, tasty treats and gorgeous gifts. The Harley Arts and Food Market and Harley Open Studios is on 24 November, 10-5, and 25 November, 10-4, on the A60 between Mansfield and Worksop. The event is free to enter and has free parking.  

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Harley Open Exhibition 2013

Submissions - 29 December 2012 – 11 January 2013
Exhibition - Saturday 26 January 2013 - Sunday 17 March 2013

The Harley Open Exhibition 2012

The Harley Gallery are looking for entries to their 2013 Open Exhibition. Enter your contemporary 2D artwork for a chance to exhibit at The Harley Gallery, described by The Daily Telegraph as 'a creative hub for the East Midlands', and counting Euan Uglow, David Hockney and Sir Peter Blake among its past exhibitors.

Discover how to enter and the prizes on offer on the Harley Gallery website. Exhibits will be selected by a panel of expert judges and there are a range of prizes to be won. 

The first ever Harley Open Exhibition in 2012 attracted over 700 submissions, with 145 pieces being selected for exhibition.

For the 2013 event, the Harley Gallery will be showing even more pieces and are seeking submisisons of original, contemporary 2D art, made in the last 2 years. From 2013 The Harley Open will become a regular, biennial event on the creative calendar. Find out how you can get involved and download your entry form on the Harley Gallery Website.

Wendy Ramshaw: Rooms of Dreams

Wendy Ramshaw: Rooms of Dreams

27 October 2012 - 13 January 2013

 

Wendy Ramshaw, Red Queen

Be spellbound by the exhibition of jewellery and metalwork showing at the Harley Gallery, Worksop, this winter.  From 27 October to 13 January 2013, the Gallery is showing Rooms of Dreams by leading British designer Wendy Ramshaw OBE CBE. This is metalwork that has to be seen to be believed - ranging from tiny gold rings made for baby princesses, to large scale, dramatic public gates. The Rooms of Dreams exhibition will enchant you with it's beauty, romance and grandeur.

The centre piece to the exhibition, the 'Room of Dreams', lets you explore Wendy's jewellery, combining bold, sculptural shapes with finely crafted metalwork.

Just as your wedding ring reminds you of your special day, or a locket might remind you of the person that gave you the jewellery, the jewellery in the Room of Dreams tells stories. This is an installation bursting with fairytales and mythical characters, including a necklace inpsired by the Miller's daughter in Rumpelstiltskin, who had to weave straw into gold, to rings made for Alice in Wonderland, which take their inspiration from Alice swimming in a pool of her own tears.

"Wendy's work is astonishing. The quality and craftsmanship in every piece makes me want to look at her work again and again. This exhibition not only shows the finished, sparkling jewellery but also some of the planning and models for Wendy's large public commissions. It's wonderful to be able to see the artist's process alongside the finished pieces"
said Rebecca Wombell, from The Harley Gallery

Spanning her 50 year career to date, this exhibition shows the incredible range of Wendy's work. All her pieces are beautifully designed, from the grand metal public commissions to ring stands which are lathe turned by hand for each individual piece of jewellery. Wendy invented the ring set (which is now a common feature of jewellery design and often seen on the high street) and her ring stands transform these groups of glittering gemstones into beautiful sculptures. You can also see Wendy's jewellery made from unusual materials, such as paper, plastic and old clock faces.

Visit Rooms of Dreams at The Harley Gallery, Welbeck from 27 October 2012 to 13 January 2013 and discover the work and world of Wendy Ramshaw - full of fairytales, fine jewellery and dramatic public sculpture.

Wendy Ramshaw: Rooms of Dreams is a Harley Gallery touring exhibition in partnership with Ruthin Craft Centre, The Centre for the Applied Arts.

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Summer Holidays at the Harley Gallery

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Lois Walpole, Laundry Basket for a Large Family.



Summer Holidays at the Harley Gallery

If you're wondering what to do with the family this summer, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck have got it covered - whatever the weather!  

 

Come rain or shine there's colourful basketry and amazing animal sculpture to see in the Craft Galleries.

 

Lois Walpole's baskets on Level 1 will amaze you, from towering laundry baskets (for a very large family!) to ingeniously made platters - all these baskets are made from recycled and natural materials. Visit Urban Baskets: Tradition Recycled to see if you can figure out what the baskets are made from.

 

Spend some time with Susan O'Byrne's exhibtion of ceramic animals, with Menagerie on Level 2. These creatures are made from layers of paper clay, which twist and turn in the kiln to give each piece a cute and quirky character. While away a lazy summer's afternoon with her birds and beasties!

 

Urban Baskets: Tradition Recycled and Menagerie are open every day until 12 August. Don't miss these feel-good shows.

 

There's also workshops where families can get stuck in and learn a new craft skill. Maybe you'd like to make a hobby horse, a mug or a mascot this summer? Check out the Harley Gallery website to find out more!  These day workshops are a lovely way to have some fun with the kids. £10 per child.  

 

And if you're too warm you can always pop into our air-conditioned Treasury Museum, and discover the glorious horse racing history of Welbeck while you cool off! The Runners and Riders exhibition

 

 Visit the Harley Gallery to enjoy the summer, whatever the weather. Entry is FREE, open 10-5 Mon- Sat, 10-4.30 Sun. Find us on the Welbeck Estate, off the A60 between Mansfield and Worksop.