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We're open Monday to Saturday - 10am to 4pm

Message from our Chair of Trustees

Just as Covid has clung on too long, so has the cold weather. However, we should now be able to look forward to a better future, as St Barbe reopens, life begins to return to normal and the weather heats up. READ MORE

Open Exhibition

On Monday 17 May we were delighted to open St Barbe again with a stunning Open Exhibition. 

We had over 400 entries this year of which the judges chose 87 to be on show. 

The 2021 Open Exhibition Prize Winners are...
The Mary and John Symons Memorial Award for best print (£250): Amanda Burnie - Needles Lighthouse, Mezzotint

The Beaulieu Fine Arts Award for best work by a non-professional artist (£100 of framing): Hannya Robinson - Standing Tall, oil

The Coastal Gallery Award for best contemporary abstract work (£100): Jennifer Gregorace - Nod to Olga de Amaral 2, Acrylic on linen

The Ted Marsh Award for best work by an artist aged 18-21 (£100): Fleur Webb - M'Lady's Garden, Textile
Patrons and Friends are invited to an exclusive viewing on Sunday 23 May 10am - 1pm, just bring along your membership card.

Collect your FREE postcard!

We are trying something different to advertise our Open exhibition and we invite you to take part. Come in and take a bundle of our free Open postcards… as you enjoy your post lockdown freedom visiting coffee shops, the dentist (?!) and even the pub, leave a couple of postcards for people to pick up. Alternatively, send them to your friends and inspire them to visit St Barbe. Help us spread the word and make this our most successful Open exhibition ever!

Grow your own Sunflower!

Help the bees help the birds and have fun by growing the tallest sunflower plant or largest flower this summer to celebrate Wild, St Barbe summer exhibition opening 19 June.
We have 100 packets of SUNFLOWERS to be given away - come in and collect them!
 Keep us posted - send a photo to marketing@stbarbe-museum.org.uk.  Entries close on 27 August with an adult and children’s prize for the largest and tallest announced at the close of the exhibition. Full instructions with seeds!

Help us to make a BUZZ ... at St Barbe!

To coincide with St Barbe hosting the WILD exhibition for families, presenting wildlife and the environment from 12 June - 4 September, the Friends of St Barbe will be creating a BUZZ around the outside of the building with bee friendly pollinating plants in large planters and troughs. 
We are collecting any suitable spare seedlings or plants you may have, please... as we have lots of space to fill! Please deliver to us during week beginning 7 June at St Barbe.  Thank you very much all you gardeners!

Collections Online

We’re excited to announce that it’s now possible to explore our collection online! READ MORE

If you would like see the online collection (so far!) CLICK HERE

New website & Membership system

Being very busy bees during Lockdown v3, our staff and volunteers have installed a new website and membership system.  Our website is looking cleaner and more user friendly.  You can now look at and administer your Friends’ membership via the website, so go to www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/support-us/ 
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Friends Talks
Our next talk via Zoom on Friday 4 June at 7.30pm will be Mark Drury from SPUD Sway. SPUD is an arts and education charity that creates opportunities for artists to engage with the public, architecture, urban design and the environment, producing new work as a catalyst for exploration, debate and public understanding. 
Following a merger with the ArtSway charitable Trust in 2018, SPUD took over responsibility for the former ArtSway building to create spudWORKS. This has created a newly refurbished creative hub, with a community workshop space, gallery, artists studios and a wide range of creative businesses renting desk and office space. We plan to put all the Friends Talks on our website incase you miss one!

Next Friends Talk Friday 4 June at 7.30pm. Here’s the link: 

 https://zoom.us/j/97105358842?pwd=dEdmUWliSGRLK1B0UFFCVGppMlhyZz09

Can't see the Art for the Tree's - 3 year Project

In March this year we were awarded project funding from Arts Council England (ACE) to deliver a 3 year project... READ MORE

Kickstart at St Barbe

You will see some new young faces at St Barbe for the next six months as we have recruited 3 apprentices from the Government’s Kickstart scheme.  Lauren is working with the Collections Team, Scott is Front of House and Harvey helping with all that happens behind the scenes in the office.  Please make them welcome.

Friends' Committee
Do you want to have a voice in how the Friends’ group operates?  Do you have a couple of hours to spare each month?  Then we would love you to join the Committee that organises and runs the Friends’ of St Barbe.  We administer the membership scheme, organise Talks and events and publish this newsletter. We’re also a nice group of people and we have some fun along the way! Please contact us at friends@stbarbe-museum.org.uk.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
No need to book, just turn up!
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