MELTON EXHIBITIONS GROUP - MEG
MEG (Melton Exhibitions Group) are a group of
creative volunteers who look after the Melton Library Exhibition
space in the town’s Library. They are responsible for booking
touring exhibitions throughout the year with the support of the
Arts Development service.
In the past we have been lucky enough to utilise the
Leicestershire Artworks Collection, a large collection
of 20th century art, including paintings, drawings, sculpture and
ceramics. The exhibition space at the gallery makes the arts
accessible to all and attract people who may not usually take an
interest in the arts come and visit. It also appeals to local
artists to appreciate other forms of art. In the near future we
hope
to bring in more schools to each exhibition using it as part of
their curriculum.
For more information about forthcoming exhibitions at Melton
Library Gallery please contact Leisure and Culture on 01664
502502.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
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Monday April 18th - Saturday 7th May 2011
Approaches to the Figure
Friday August 6th to Saturday September
25th
FREE ADMISSION
Displaying an exhibition of art works from the Leicestershire
County Collection.
ASOM PERFORMANCE ART, an independent performance arts company
will produce a response to the current exhibition on Wednesday 22nd
September at the Library Art Gallery. Evening view : 6.00 pm
- 7.30 pm, ASOM Performance 6.30 - 7.00pm.
Refreshments. FREE EVENT
Heart and Matter
February - March 2010
FREE ADMISSION
The illustrations to the novels of Graham Greene and Raymond
Chandler by Geoff Grandfield.
Their moody novels captured much of that mid-twentieth century
spirit embracing moral dilemma, cynicism, despair,
loneliness and the uncoupling of the human soul from comfortable
bourgeois ideals.
Print: Process, Image
October 26th - January 23rd 2010
FREE ADMISSION
Original print works from Bridget Riley, Paula Rego, Henry
Moore, Elizabeth Blackadder and others examing the process of print
and image. Art works from Leicestershire County
Collection.
Shaper of Thoughts
The photography of Dave McKean
September 21st - October 12th
Photographic imagery from nationally acclaimed artist Dave
McKean whose digital manipulations disturb and question.
Mini Prints
June 20th - July 25th
FREE ADMISSION
This international exhibition of small format printmaking will
tour selected UK venues from 2009 to 2011 and comprise some 200
original mini prints. In addition the exhibition will include a
number of larger works by well known invited artists. There are
about 200 small prints selected by open competition from over 1000
international entries, accompanied by a dozen larger invited prints
from distinguished artists. The Printmakers Council’s aim has been
throughout to make this selection of contemporary fine art
printmaking an exhibition of the highest quality.
Adam Simpson
From Queniborough to New York
March 31st - April 29th
FREE ADMISSION
An exhibition of Drawings and Prints by Adam Simpson. From March
31st to April 30th the Melton Library Gallerywill be exhibiting the
work of a young Leicestershire artist and illustrator, Adam
Simpson.
Adam first came to public attention when as an eighteen year
old, he painted, over several weeks a very large mural on the walls
of a garage on the Melton Road of Queniborough. This featured the
buildings and some of the people in the village.
Soon after this Adam attended the Edinburgh College of Art and
achieved a Fist Class degree in Illustration and was subsequently
accepted at the Royal College of Art in London.
Since leaving the Royal College Adam has continued in London as
a freelance artist and illustrator. He has produced work for many
newspapers in this country and America including The Guardian, The
Telegraph, The Independent, The New York Times, The Boston Globe,
Atlanta Magazine, amongst others.
As a book illustrator he has produced work for Random House,
Hodder Headline, Machmillans and other publishers. His latest
commission is for a new book to be called ‘Sunnyside’ by the
American author Glen David Gold.
Although the exhibition at the Melton Library will mostly be of
the Adam’s recent work, it will also include earlier pieces so that
visitors can see the journey of the Queniborough schoolboy to being
one of the leading illustrators in the country.
Adam will be doing a free talk and tour of his show on Tuesday
March 31st from 6.00pm - 7.30pm.
Join him at the gallery for drinks and nibbles and a look around
the new show. Just turn up, no need to book.
The Melton Learning Hub present Ana Maria Pacheco
Monday March 23rd - Friday March 27th
FREE ADMISSION
Artist Rikke Degrud-Waring has been
working with a group of girls from the Melton Learning Hub.
Creating art work insipred by Ana Maria Pacheco, their pieces
of work will be exhibited in the library gallery for a
week.
Ana Maria Pacheco
February 16th - March 14th 2009
FREE ADMISSION
Melton Library Gallery were fortunate enought to see the
Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition of prints by international
artist Ana Maria Pacheco during February and March. Born in Brazil
in 1943, Pacheco is an artist of extraordinary diversity. Drawing
on cultural references including Brazilian folklore, classical
myth, mystical Catholicism and medieval satire she has developed a
particular visual language to produce distinctive and fantastic
images that play with the art of storytelling.
The exhibition open from 16th February - 14th March is organised by
Melton Exhibitions Group, formed to bring exhibitions of national
and international importance to the Library Gallery where they are
freely accessible for both local residents and
visitors to enjoy.
Moor Tales
December 10th 2008 - January 28th 2009
FREE ADMISSION
‘Moor Tales’ displaying the work of ‘Moor Threads’, a group of
artists from the West Midlands. The contact with each other and the
challenge of varying venues ensures they continue making exciting
art in a variety of media, although mostly textiles. The exhibition
will include sketchbooks and drawings which are a vital part of the
development in any artists’s life.
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