What's on
The Beaney offers an exciting programme of events and activities for visitors of all ages from children’s workshops to guided tours for adults. See our event listing below for full details.
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Special Exhibitions and Events
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Select: From the Arts Council Collection
Saturday 22 June to Sunday 8 September 2013
Adults £4, Members £3, children go free!
This exhibition presents paintings and photographs specially selected for The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge from the Arts Council Collection. It includes works by Michael Andrews, Zarina Bhimji, Richard Billingham, Sonia Boyce, Patrick Heron, Winifred Nicholson, Ceri Richards, William Roberts and Coral Weight.
Events and Activities May to September 2013
Feel Good Fridays: KCA Move to Improve Health Walk
Fortnightly on Fridays between 10 May and 30 August, 9.45am to 10.45am
The Front Room
Free admission. For more info please contact Walk Leaders: Felicity Caryer and Charlotte Pattenden 01795 590212.
KCA Move to Improve Health Walk caters for various levels of fitness and both experienced and new walkers are welcome. Join us and walk your way to wellbeing! The walk will begin promptly at 9.45am from the Beaney High Street entrance. Walk for 1 hour and then meet for refreshments in The Front Room.
Photo Phinish
Saturday 8 June to Sunday 7 July
The Front Room
Free Admission
The Photo Phinish photography group from Canterbury Day Services have been active for five years. This exhibition will showcase the work of this talented group.
War in the Wilderness
Thursday 20 June, 6.30pm to 7.30pm
The Learning Lab
Free admission, advance booking required
This lecture by author Tony Redding records the comradeship, horror and extraordinary physical and mental demands of Chindit warfare in the jungles of North Burma. Tony's father was a Chindit with the 2nd King's Own, 111 Brigade.
Jumping Beaneys: Jack and the Beaneystalk
Friday 21 June, 10.30am to 11.30am
The Learning Lab
£3.50 per child, accompanying adult free. Advance booking required
Climb the Beaneystalk with Jack and find out what happens when you get to the top on a fun, interactive museum adventure! Enjoy songs and stories, investigate amazing objects and create your very own Beaneystalk to take home. For children age 2-5 and their carers.
Eclipse
Saturday 22 June to Sunday 8 September
The Drawing Room
Free Admission
Come and see a showcase of silhouette images of local plant forms by artist Edward Chell.
Jack and the Beaneystalk
Tuesday 25 June, 11am to 11.45am
The Library
Free Admission, Ages 2-5 and their parents or carers.
Celebrate National Bookstart Week 2013 with a fairytale and craft session. Hear Jack and the Beanstalk and join in creating a beanstalk for the children's library.
Meet the Artist: Edward Chell
Saturday 6 July, 11am and 2.30pm
The Learning Lab
Free Admission, advance booking required
Meet the creator of the beautiful silhouette images of plant forms on display in 'Eclipse', in the Drawing Room, and find out their context and the ideas behind Edward Chell's work.
Total Pap Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles
Saturday 13 July to Sunday 28 July
The Front Room
Free Admission
Totalpap are Emily Firmin and Justin Mitchell. Since 1990 they have been making three-dimensional papier mâché pictures and sculptures with a myriad of themes, often humorous and always colourful.
Creepy Mask Papier Mâché Workshops with Total Pap
Saturday 13 July and Saturday 20 July, 2pm to 4pm
The Learning Lab
£4.00 per child for two workshops. For ages 5 to 7 with parents or carers. Advance booking required.
Spook your friends and family with a chilling mask made over two workshop sessions. Bring it along to a special storytelling session on Thursday 21 August - we need your help to tell a dark tale.
An Illustrated History of Canterbury
Thursday 18 July, 6pm to 7.30pm
The Learning Lab
£6.00 per person. Advance booking required
A colourful, light-hearted romp through the history of Canterbury, illustrated with stories of objects from Canterbury Museum's collections.
Jumping Beaneys: Make a colourful window
Friday 19 July, 10.30am to 11.30am
The Learning Lab
For children age 2 to 5 and their carers. Accompanying adults free
Enjoy stories and songs about colour, explore a rainbow of colourful animals and be inspired by the Beaney's colourful windows before creating your own to take home.
Creepy Tales
Thursday 1 August, 2pm to 2.45pm
The Library
Free Admission
An interactive storytelling event launching the 2013 Summer Reading Challenge. Bring a creepy mask if you have one!
East Kent Art Society Annual Exhibition
Saturday 3 August to Sunday 18 August
The Front Room
Free admission
One of Kent's foremost art societies presents its annual exhibition of work by talented and professional and amateur artists.
East Kent Art Society Master Class
Saturday 10 August, 10am to 12pm
The Learning Lab
Free admission, advance booking required
Come along and learn wet on wet watercolour techniques with experienced EKAS artists Fred Fielder and Paul Gadenne. Families welcome, all children MUST be accompanied by an adult.
East Kent Art Society Master Class
Saturday 10 August, 1pm to 3pm
The Learning Lab
Free admission, advance booking required
Learn wet into wet watercolour techniques with EKAS members and experienced artists Fred Fielder and Paul Gadenne. Please bring a watercolour box, A4 sketchbooks and 2B and 4B pencils.
Jumping Beaneys: Beautiful Birds
Tuesday 16 August, 10.30am to 11.30am
The Learning Lab
£3.50 per child, accompanying adult free. For children age 2 to 5 and their carers. Advance booking required.
Enjoy the story of Pinny and the Bird. Join in fun bird songs and action rhymes. Discover some exotic birds on display, and create a flying feathery friend to take home!
Earthbound Women
Saturday 24 August to Thursday 5 September
The Front Room
Free Admission
Earthbound Women are six female artists who met when studying for an MA in Fine Art at Canterbury Christ Church University. This exhibition will feature ceramics, sculpture painting, drawing and printmaking and is a record of their dreams, annotations, poems, observations, aspirations and life in Kent.
Putting Print on the Map
Saturday 31 August, 11am to 3pm
Meet outside the Beaney
Free Drop-in activity
An open air introduction to printmaking session by Earthbound Women featuring screen printing, lino cut and mono-printing. Screens and lino will be pre-cut with interesting images of Canterbury.
What's On Guide May to August 2013
Download the latest What's On guide for Canterbury Museums and Galleries.
Sounds Beaney
From Thurs 9 May, 5pm to 7pm
The Learning Lab
Free admission, advance booking required
A series of open access music workshops with Professor Grenville Hancox. Come and sing - no experience necessary. Discover how music works in open rehearsals. Compose music in reponse to a Beaney treasure. For more information and to book please call Grenville on 07723767624 or email Professor Grenville Hancox
Knit and Natter
Every Tuesday, 9am to 11am
The Beaney Kitchen
Free admission
Bring your knitting to the informal Knit and Natter group on Tuesday's 9am to 11am in the Kitchen. All welcome whether you're a pro or knitting your first row!
We're going on a platypus hunt! Animal safari trail
Various galleries
Free drop-in activity
The Beaney is packed full of amazing animals from all around the world. Some are big, some are small, and some are very good at hiding. Pick up a trail and begin an adventure to see how many you can find!
Time to Explore! Explorer point activities for familie
Various galleries
Free drop-in activity
Visit our family friendly Explorer Points to investigate objects, try on costume, get creative, and take part in quizzes and games linked to museum and library collections. Learning has never been so much fun!
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