The Round and Round the Garden and The Journey from Bunyan to the Brickworks exhibitions will soon be coming to a close and shouldn't be missed! With displays of art works from the internationally renowned Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and incredible stories from local people, there is something for everyone to enjoy!
Celebrate all things gardens and gardening in art. Explore our human fascination with them and how they have provided inspiration for artists including Pre-Raphaelite John Everett Millais, Walter Sickert and Joan Eardley. Features 'The Wynding Wixam Tree', a sensory installation with various objects in burrows, nests and hanging from branches.
Here's what some of our visitors have said:
"Thoroughly enjoyed the garden exhibition. Children were enchanted by the tree".
"Incredibly good! We would travel anywhere in the UK to find an exhibition of this quality".
"Wonderfully varied. We have enjoyed seeing so many different artists and styles".
"This was amazing to look at. I really admire the aesthetic art and tree design. It makes me want to come here everyday.
Working in collaboration with Christiana Payne, Professor of History of Art at Oxford Brookes University and Andy Lawrence from the Theatre of Widdershins.
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The Journey from Bunyan to the Brickworks - Free Entry
Explore the journey of pride, inspiration and hope made by John Bunyan, alongside the difficult journeys made to Bedford by those who came to work at the Brickworks after the Second World War. Includes a large 'stained-glass' effect window, and films, recordings and objects collected from the community.
Here's what some of our visitors have said:
"Another great exhibition. Important and really interesting stories".
"A fascinating exhibition and particularly meaningful at the present time. The immigrant workers who came to Bedford have enriched it so much".
"When my husband was courting me, he presented me with occasional bricks with personal messages that he carved into the green brick before it went into the kiln. I still keep two on my dressing table".
"The Brickworks exhibition very interesting. I found the film moving - especially the way in which immigration was vital to the industry. It made me re-think some of my views on immigration".
This is a collaborative National Lottery Heritage funded project between John Bunyan Museum & Library, The Bedford Chronicles, SHARE Museums East, Invisible Folk Club and Greensand Country Festival.
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It’s A Hole, A Big Big Hole - The Extraction Industry and the Bedfordshire Landscape by Brian Kerr
Wednesday 18th September, 2pm
£5.90, £4.70 for concessions - Booking essential
Wednesday 18th September, 2pm
£5.90, £4.70 for concessions - Booking essential
Join Brian Kerr, author of 'A Certain Degree of Magnificence: People in the Bedfordshire Landscape', for the last of our brickworks-related talks and explore how the extraction industries have influenced Bedfordshire's development.
To book your place, email thehiggins@bedford.gov.uk or telephone 01234 718618.
