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	wolverhampton Art Gallery
		At the time the art gallery and the art school together were seen not just as having a role in cultural enlightenment and moral uplift but also as having a role in industry and commerce because of the contribution they would make to industrial design.
		A picture gallery at the centre of such a town as this is an inexpressible relief, and cannot fail to exercise a beneficial influence on the inhabitants.
		Now the art gallery occupies the original building, the part behind which was originally the art school and the brick building beyond that which was originally an addition to the art school.
	www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk /listed/artgall.htm (1530 words)

	Wolverhampton Art Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Philip Horsman, a Wolverhampton industrialist, presented a building to the town of Wolverhampton for use as an art gallery in the 1880s, and after some struggle, a local bill was passed to increase to library rate in order to raise some money to buy pictures.
		In few towns in England was an art gallery so imperatively required as at Wolverhampton, for, speaking frankly, it is a dismal place.
		Central Wolverhampton now is pleasant and compact, however dismal it might have appeared in the last century.
	www.speel.demon.co.uk /other/wolver.htm (395 words)

	Wolverhampton Art Gallery Annexe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The School of Art moved from Darlington Street in about 1884 to a new building at the rear of the art gallery.
		It was built at the same time as the art gallery and designed to be architecturally part of it.
		As the School of Art was not then designated as a Municipal School of Art, and was located in Darlington Street, it seems highly unlikely that this building was erected in the 1870s - and if it was, then it was not, at that time an art school.
	www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk /listed/artgallannex.htm (394 words)

	John Woodfield - History of the Arts in Wolverhampton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ever since Wolverhampton Art Gallery first opened its doors on 30 May 1884, it has been a distinctive part of the town centre, both as a fine Victorian building and as the corner-stone of a borough-wide public service, that now encompasses branch museums at Bantock House and Bilston.
		This remains the largest single collection of fine art to have been acquired by the service, although other notable donations of enamels, oriental art and dolls were to come later, culminating in the bequest of Bantock House and its collections to the town in 1937.
		The Art Gallery is being extended into all the adjoining buildings along St Peter's Close which used to house the old School of Art.
	pers-www.wlv.ac.uk /~in2021/wlvarts.htm (1600 words)

	West Midlands arts, crafts and local history - Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service is part of Wolverhampton City Council and is responsible for three major arts, crafts and local history sites in the city of Wolverhampton.
		Wolverhampton Art Gallery was built in 1884 and is situated in the heart of the city of Wolverhampton.
		Bilston Craft Gallery is the largest dedicated craft venue in the region with a lively programme of exhibitions featuring the best in contemporary crafts in the West Midlands - ceramics, glass, jewellery, textiles, metalwork and woodwork.
	www.scit.wlv.ac.uk /university/sles/gallery (308 words)

	Access & Interpretation - Wolverhampton Art Gallery
		Work began in January 2005 at Wolverhampton Art Gallery to provide a magnificent new extension creating a permanent gallery for Wolverhampton 's nationally acclaimed Pop Art collection, and a landmark building for Wolverhampton City Centre.
		The other state of the art gallery will be used for temporary exhibitions.
		At Wolverhampton Art Gallery we are currently working with our visitors on several new projects to make the gallery more accessible and interesting - not just physically, through better facilities for disabled people, but also through making the whole experience of art more enjoyable to all our visitors
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/walk/gda64/web_page/wag_access.htm (466 words)

	The New Gallery
		Recent exhibitions have included the Affordable Art Fair with the Stour Gallery, The Mall Galleries, London where she was selected for the "Discerning Eye" exhibition, and "Art for Life" with Christies, London.
		His contribution to British art was significant, as not only was he highly regarded in his own lifetime, but he also served as a trustee of the Tate Gallery and the National Gallery, and was a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for nineteen years.
		John Piper died aged 89 leaving an extraordinarily successful art career behind him and though very popular during his life, since his death, demand for his work has soared with his paintings and prints now regularly exceeding their estimates by as much as 100% at auction.
	thenewgallery.co.uk /artists.htm (2823 words)

	Wolverhampton - cultural & ethnic diversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Wolverhampton Art Gallery has a long history of showing contemporary art and of trying to make it accessible to the widest possible audience.
		With this online exhibition, Wolverhampton Art Gallery looked at its collections and then took some parts of it to show people that live in Wolverhampton and got their opinions.
		Here we explore the experiences of people that have two identities and histories, this can mean being dual heritage or living in a culture that is different to the one you were born into.
	www.originationinsite.net /wag (208 words)

	Wolverhampton City Council - Visitor Information
		The Gallery is located in the centre of Wolverhampton only 5 minutes walk from the train, tram and bus stations.
		The Gallery cafÃ© will be operating under a limited service and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
		While every care has been taken in the compilation of this information, Wolverhampton City Council will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of any inaccuracy or error within these pages.
	www.wolverhampton.gov.uk /leisure_culture/museums/wolverhampton/wag_visitor_info.htm (382 words)

	Wolverhampton Art Gallery Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Wolverhampton Art Gallery was built in 1884 and is situated in the heart of the town centre.
		The gallery has an amazing collection of contemporary Pop Art, sumptuous displays of Victorian and Georgian paintings and three national awards for the way it presents art to its visitors.
		Work began in January 2005 to provide a magnificent new extension creating a permanent gallery for Wolverhampton 's nationally acclaimed Pop Art collection, and a landmark building for Wolverhampton City Centre.
	www.scit.wlv.ac.uk /university/sles/gallery/web_page/wag_intro.htm (244 words)

	The Friends of Wolverhampton Art Galleries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		You can play your part in supporting Wolverhampton's Galleries and helping to add important art works to the collections by becoming a Friend.
		The Friends is a charity which works to support Wolverhampton Art Galleries in a variety of ways, but particularly by raising money towards purchases for the collections.
		Being a friend means you also get to see the exhibitions first: you will receive invitations to the Private Views at Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Bilston Craft Gallery, regular newsletters and priority information about exhibitions and events.
	artgall.scit.wlv.ac.uk /web_page/friends.htm (207 words)

	Art
		Every work of Art is in fact a complex interplay between the artist's impression of the World and the expression of their responses to it.
		The Art and Design Department aims to offer all pupils the opportunities to develop their creativity and imagination through visual, tactile and sensory experience, develop practical, technical and critical skills to communicate their ideas and explore ideas and meetings in the work of artists, craftspeople and designers.
		All students complete a half-day workshop at Wolverhampton Art Gallery as an introduction to their facilities and education department.
	www.speters.org.uk /art.htm (798 words)

	CHIN - RCIP - CIDOC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		CREATION is a digital art project is run in partnership between the Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the Wolverhampton Education Authority.
		Putting art into context (for instance, a Georgian portrait of an actress would be the equivalent of today's movie posters) allows people to forge a relationship with art and feel comfortable.
		Erin Coffin is a recent graduate of Queen's University with a BAH in Art History.For the last for the six months she has been working at Wolverhampton Art Gallery in the UK, writing text for their CREATION CD-ROM.
	www.chin.gc.ca /Resources/Cidoc/French/Presentations/ecoffin.html (567 words)

	Portfolios.com - profile
		My research and interests extend into all visual art forms, the introduction of this and other individual reference material, substantiates an instinctive and progressive visual content.
		Resolute research and investigation associated to the subjects of repetition, public art as a studio practice, dance, unconscious working methods and ambiguous past events are permanent and transient components, central towards finished and future projects.
		The unconscious act predominates, a blitz of objectives and actions are induced into the completed object, or the pursuance of chance and an uncomplex vision is established provoking a temporary conclusion, either way the extremities agitate and congeal forming a reference point for the viewer.
	www.portfolios.com /profile.html?MyUrl=alanwaters (232 words)

	Art gallery
		Wolverhampton Art Gallery was built in 1884 and is situated in the heart of
		Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery is the largest Aboriginal art gallery in the North of Australia with a huge selection of quality didgeridoos.
		The Dunlop Art Gallery is dedicated to engaging, researching and presenting a diverse range of visual artwork.
	aliveinfo.com /?q=art-gallery (882 words)

	BBC - Painting the Weather - UK Collections - The Midlands
		The Gallery has been called, ‘One of the most important public buildings to be created in the 1990s’.
		Wolverhampton Art Gallery houses popular collections of Georgian and Victorian paintings and sculpture.
		Its world-class collection of Pop Art is the highlight of the 20th century collection, which also features contemporary figurative work, focussing on social, cultural and political issues.
	www.bbc.co.uk /paintingtheweather/ukcollections/midlands.shtml (174 words)

	art gallery nail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Burrell Collection, House for an Artlover, Glasgow School of Art, Hunterian Art Gallery, People's Palace, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow Cathedral and the Necropolis, Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery (unfortunately currently closed for refurbishment, a lot of it is displayed at the McLellan Galleries though), Tenement House, The Lighthouse, City...
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		Gallery Matisse, Naples Florida Art Galleries, Gallery Row, Antal Goldfinger...
	www.nailsnailart.com /artgallerynail (1208 words)

	News at York Art Gallery in England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Forest exhibition is touring from Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the exhibition in York is being sponsored by the Forestry Commission.
		Fluid is a partnership between York Art Gallery, Impressions Gallery and City of York Council which aims to open up galleries and arts venues to young people, providing new opportunities to engage in the arts.
		This touring exhibition, from Wolverhampton Art Gallery, brings the outdoors inside with a range of works by artists all influenced by their experiences of forests and woodland and the emotions evoked by them.
	www.yorkartgallery.org.uk /news.php?section=1 (977 words)

	The Birmingham Post (England): Post People: Wolverhampton Art Gallery.@ HighBeam Research
		Wolverhampton Art Gallery staged an exhibition preview and relaunch party recently, prior to its recent public reopening.
		The city centre gallery has been closed for redevelopment for nine months.
		The refurbishment provides the award-winning gallery with facilities to host international touring exhibitions, a digital art...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:78852013&refid=ink_tptd_np (123 words)

	Victorian Art in Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As well, while the national collections -and especially the Tate Gallery - tend to have only part of their collections on display at any one time, the more local ones tend to show most of what they have, and be more proud of their Victorian heritage.
		Convenient art and aesthetics day-trips out from London (about an hour or hour and a half's train trip from a central London station) are Brighton (with a smaller art gallery at Hove a good walk or easy bus ride away), Hastings, Leicester, Worthing and Rochester.
		Other towns with interesting galleries discussed on these pages include Bath, Southampton, Wolverhampton, Warrington, the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, the Ruskin Gallery in Sheffield, and the Hollytrees Museum in Colchester.
	www.speel.demon.co.uk /britart.htm (293 words)

	BBC - Black Country Culture - Wolverhampton Art Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Wolverhampton Art Gallery is nationally renowned for collections in pop and contempary art, also having permanent displays of Georgian and Victorian art and paintings taking you through 300 years.
		- The outside of the gallery is faced in limestone from Bath.
		The gallery is 5 minutes walk from rail, metro and bus stations.
	bbc.co.uk /blackcountry/culture/venues/wolverhampton_art_gallery.shtml (129 words)

	Wolverhampton art
		Wolverhampton has a vibrant arts and entertainment scene.
		We have provided special subsections for art galleries, cinemas, museums and theatre.
		Art For All provides a large selection of contemporary and traditional collectable art and art posters.
	www.ukcities.co.uk /Wolverhampton/Art_and_Culture (181 words)

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		Newcastle in 1969; one of the major teaching influences in the art department was the artist Richard Hamilton.
		A subject of great interest and excitement for a number of artists at the time was the explosion of colour and imagery of the late 1960s and early 1970s, brought about by developments in colour printing.
		Nicholas Treadwell, the London-based art dealer, successfully gathered a number of artists broadly sharing an interest in urban subject matter and hyper realist technique.
	www.mirolcentre.com /mirol/art/exhibition_michael_gorman.htm (1367 words)

	Arts & Culture - Wolverhampton
		Wolverhampton Art Gallery has become renowned for its innovative programme of temporary exhibitions, backed up by a lively programme of workshops and events.
		The contemporary art collection is the finest in the region, the Gallery also houses an outstanding collection of British and American Pop Art along with traditional 18th and 19th century paintings by artists such as Gainsborough, Turner and Landseer.
		The Gallery is accessible for visitors with disabilities.
	www.wolverhampton.tic.dial.pipex.com /tic/arts_wag.htm (104 words)

	Introduction - Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Art and the 60s explores new departures in British art in the years after 1956.
		Themes will include the representation of sexuality and celebrity in fine art and in the photographs of David Bailey, John Cowan, Don McCullin whose images defined the spirit of the period.
		16 Joan Gibbons Art and Advertising in the 60's
	www.bmag.org.uk /exhibitions/60's_from_tate (465 words)

	Conrad Atkinson - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast, A Shade of Green, an Orange Edge.
		Art at UC Davis Shasta College Art Gallery.
		Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast, Art for Society.
	www.conradatkinson.com /about/biography.html (2197 words)

	Natural Science Collections at Woverhampton Art Gallery & Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dr Fraser, president of the Dudley and Midlands Geological and Scientific Society, and a medical practitioner in Wolverhampton, bequeathed his collection of geological specimens to Wolverhampton in 1911.
		Wolverhampton's collection includes over 5,000 specimens and is almost entirely composed of British fossils, representing the main groups through most stages of geological history.
		The collection is in store at Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
	www.naturalsciencewm.org.uk /wolverhampton.htm (189 words)

	Artworks - Children's Art Day 2004 events
		Art from Archaeology – Museum in Docklands, London
		Art in the Park Festival – Ballymena Borough Council, Ballymena
		Arts Activ8or @ the Brew – Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton
	www.art-works.org.uk /artday/events2004.asp?p=0 (733 words)

	Talwar Gallery :: Allan deSouza CV
		Grey Art Gallery, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; Madison Art Center, Madison; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin; Duke University Museum of Art, Durham: Interrogating Identity.
		John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool: Fabled Territories.
		Impressions Gallery, York; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Chapter Arts, Cardiff: Ecstatic Antibodies.
	www.talwargallery.com /html/desouza/desouza-cv.html (1733 words)

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