JOINING INFORMATION
New Expressions Road Show ll: Shaping New Expressions 3
NE ROAD SHOW loll in Cheltenham: HELP SHAPE NEW EXPRESSIONS 3
*11.00 – 15.30, Monday 19 March, 2012 *Coffee available from 10.30
Hosted for New Expressions by Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum at Cheltenham Borough
Council, Municipal Offices, Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 9SA, in the committee rooms.
Please note, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum is closed for a major development ‘Building
for a new future’, hence the venue for the road show
See http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/
PROGRAMME
Chair: Susie O’Reilly, New Expressions project team
10.30 Registration and coffee
11.00 Welcome: Jane Lillystone, Museum, Arts and Tourism Manager, Cheltenham Borough
Council
11.05 Overview of New Expressions to date and vision, objectives and ambitions for the
programme going forward and reflections on Lessons Learnt in NE2: Nicola Moyle, New
Expressions Board member; City Curator, Plymouth City Museums and Art Gallery
11.20 Exploring solitude; an Antarctic commission by Neville and Joan Gabie
Jane Lilly stone together with project artists Neville and Joan Gabie and staff from the
Collections and Education teams will talk about the project, including how it links to ambitions
for the Art Gallery & Museum’s new development, the inspiration of Antarctic collections, the
experience of being an artist in Antarctica and the challenge of engaging new audiences
including young people.
http://www.newexpressions.org/Cheltenham-Art-Gallery-and-Museum/South-West-Museums/
12.30 Lunch - a chance to network, and to see the commission and exhibition at the
Gardens Gallery, Montpellier Gardens, a 5 minute walk away.
14.00 Towards NE3 - round table discussion to help shape New Expressions 3
15.30 Road show ends
The Road Show is free, booking is essential.
To book your place please email info@newexpressions.org by 12 March, 2012
See www.newexpressions.org for information about New Expressions and its partner projects
Follow us on Twitter: @newexpressions2
If you would like to attend the private view of Exploring Solitude, which will take place from
6.00 t0 8.00 on 16 March, please contact Helen.brown@cheltenham.gov.uk for an invitation.
Possible discussion topics include:
1. Interpretation – meeting the challenge of managing museums’, artists’ and visitors’
different needs
2. New for New Expressions 3? Unlocking commercial and economic
opportunities through collaborative partnerships - eg. developing retail
opportunities, curated shops, working through the Own Art scheme
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3. Temporary versus permanent interventions - tackling issues/solutions around
acquiring, decommissioning, legacy, creative dispersal and disposal, etc
4. Brand building - how to work together effectively and creatively to help New
Expressions museums (?and artists) build their brand and profile and to create a strong
profile for the New Expressions brand
5. Visitor experience
6. How to build an equal balance between museums and artists
7. Managing expectations
Suggestions from the floor will be welcomed.
List of participants (as at 6 March 2012)
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Ann Rachael
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3
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Sophie
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6
7
Sarah Bowden
Helen Brown
Rachel Browning
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Amanda Coleman
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Tony Eastman
Joan Gabie
Neville Gabie
Vivienne Gaskin
Mary Godwin
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15
Claire Gulliver
Jane Lillystone
16
Nicola Moyle
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Gill Nichols
Susie O’Reilly
Judith Robinson
Karen Rudd
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Richard Smith
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Belinda Smith
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Phil Walker
Julie Williams
Cheltenham Council
Education team, Cheltenham
Museum and Art Gallery
Education team, Cheltenham
Museum and Art Gallery
Cheltenham Museum and Art
Gallery
Project Co-ordinator, Meantime
Collections Manager
Programme Manager (Projects),
The Art Fund
Independent consultant and
programmed manager
Artist
Artist, Exploring Solitude,
Artist, Exploring Solitude
Vivienne Gaskin Consultancy
Relationship Manager,
Museums, Arts Council England
New Expressions
Museum, Arts and Tourism
Manager, Cheltenham Borough
Council
Chair, NE Board, City Curator,
Plymouth City Museum and Art
Gallery
Lights Going On
New Expressions
Board Member New Expressions
Property Manager, Mompesson,
National Trust
Friends of Cheltenham Museum
and Art Gallery
Visitor Experience Manager,
English Riviera, National Trust
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Audience Development Officer,
Hardcode Manor and Gardens,
National Trust
annrachael.harwood@cheltenham.gov.uk
info@meantime.org.uk
Helen.brown@cheltenham.gov.uk
RBrowning@artfund.org
ajcolbourne@gmail.com
Tonyandglen@hotmail.com
joangabie@live.co.uk
neville@nevillegabie.com
Mary.godwin@artscouncil.org.uk
Claire.Gulliver@btinternet.com
jane.lillystone@cheltenham.gov.uk
Nicola.moyle@plymouth.gov.uk
gill@lightsgoingon.com
o_reillysusan@hotmail.com
Judith.robinson@plymouth.gov.org
<r.j.smith.70@cantab.net>
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New Expressions events and activity during March 2010
March is a particularly busy month for the programme. There is activity going on across the
region at partners’ sites.
Partner projects launching during March
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Barnstaple
And Curiouser … Jeremy Millar, Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon, 10 April – 22 April.
http://www.newexpressions.org/Museum-of-Barnstaple-and-North-Devon/South-West-Museums/
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Cheltenham
Exploring Solitude: An Antarctic Commission; Neville Gabie and Joan Gabie
Gardens Gallery*, Cheltenham 16-27 March 2012
Private view: 18.00 – 20.00; Friday 16 March: contact info@newexpressions.org for invite
* Please note: because Cheltenham Museum & Art Gallery is currently closed for
redevelopment, the exhibition is hosted off-site at The Gardens Gallery, Montpellier,
Cheltenham, GL50 1UW.
http://www.newexpressions.org/Cheltenham-Art-Gallery-and-Museum/South-West-Museums/
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Plymouth
Plymouth Porcelain: A new collection by Clare Twomey, Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery,
opens 9 March, ongoing through out 2012|13 www.plymouth.gov.uk/museumpcmag.htm
www.newexpressions.org/Plymouth-City-Museum-and-Art-Gallery/South-West-Museums/
Ongoing partner projects
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M Shed, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Window on Bristol, Andy Council and Acer One, Living Bristol Gallery. M Shed, Bristol’s
newest museum, has been long listed for the Art Fund Prize .
http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/2012/m-shed.php
www.newexpressions.org/Bristol-Museums,-Galleries-and-Archives/South-West-Museums/
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM)
Ghostwriter, Blast Theory. To experience the work ring 01392 690089 (phone network rates
apply). Please note: you don’t have to actually be in the Museum to make the call. If you are
on site you can explore the actual collections with the ghost; if off site, you can make a
virtual visit together, journeying around the museum in your imagination. RAMM is longlisted
for the Art Fund Prize 2012. http://www.artfund.org/royal-albert-memorial-museum
www.newexpressions.org/Royal-Albert-Memorial-Museum-and-Art-Gallery/South-West-Museums/
twitter:@newexpressions2
www.newexpressions.org
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