GIVE YOUR SUMMER WEEKENDS
THE EDGE AT ELECTRIC RAILWAY MUSEUM
Warwickshire Open Studios: The Edge at
Electric Railway Museum
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July
Electric Railway Summer Gala Weekend
and Art and Craft Fair
Saturday 13 and 14 July
10 am – 4 pm (all days)
All events at Electric Railway Museum, Baginton (near Coventry)
FREE
The worlds of heritage and art
are coming together in Coventry this summer for a unique series of open days at
the award-winning Electric Railway
Museum. On the weekends of Saturday
29 – Sunday 30 June and Saturday 6 –
Sunday 7 July, Warwickshire art collective The Edge will take up a residency amongst Electric Railway Museum’s
rich collection of historical locomotives. The Edge’s residency culminates in
Electric Railway Museum’s Summer Gala
Weekend Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 July where, amongst other events and
activities, there will be an arts and crafts fair consisting of stalls from
local artists and producers. Electric Railway Museum will be open 10am – 4pm on all the dates mentioned.
Admission and parking is FREE.
The Edge is a group of artists
living in the Leamington Spa area, who met at Warwickshire College and
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, now part of Birmingham City University.
Since graduating in Fine Art in 2002 The Edge have shown their work across
Warwickshire and Nationally, as well as exhibiting as individuals. The Edge
come to Electric Railway Museum as part of Warwickshire
Open Studios. This annual event, now in its 13th year, has
grown to become the biggest exhibition of
unique and original art and craft in Warwickshire,
with over 300 artists and makers at 198 venues in and around Leamington Spa, Stratford upon Avon,
Kenilworth, Rugby, Warwick, Nuneaton, Shipston on Stour and, for
the first time in 2013, Coventry.
The Edge will be working in
the grounds and on some of the trains at the open-air museum showcasing
contemporary and traditional art on the theme of 'electric'. Artworks are set
to include installations, sculpture, paintings, textiles and a train carriage
transformed into a pin-hole camera. The Edge are also working on a large
installation piece that will see a life size willow train take shape in
Electric Railway Museum’s Meadow area. The Edge will also be welcoming guest
artists Helena Godwin and Shiam Wilcox, the latter being the Artist in
Residence at Electric Railway Museum.
As well as across the weekends
of Saturday 29 – Sunday 30 June and Saturday 6 – Sunday 7 July, The Edge will
be displaying their art during Electric Railway Museum’s Summer Gala Weekend
(Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 July). Plus, they’ll be joined by a host of other
local artists selling handmade crafts and contemporary art. Members of the
public will also be able to climb aboard the Class 503 and one of the Class
309s, complete with the museum display (Museum
309), a café – serving hot and cold beverages, snacks and light bites – and
the Electric Railway Museum shop. Volunteers will be on-hand to explain more
about Electric Railway Museum’s diverse collection, which also includes British
Railways Classes 307 and 308, as well as the power car for the record-breaking
Advanced Passenger Train Prototype (APT-P), on loan from the National Railway
Museum. Plus, smartphone users can enhance their visit by utilising the QR
codes available adjacent to most large exhibits and there’s even a puzzling
trail for younger visitors.
Baginton-based Electric
Railway Museum aims to promote the heritage of all electric trains in the UK
through traction and rolling stock restoration, display and operation along
with work in gathering historically relevant technical and photographic
archives. Electric railways have a long history that is rich in both technical
innovation and socio-economic impact. The work of Electric Railway Museum is
entirely run by volunteers and funded by donations from the public. The Summer
Gala Weekend will provide an opportunity also for you to meet the team behind
the museum and learn more about future plans.
Grace Newman from The Edge
said: ‘…
The Edge are known for
creating artwork in unusual settings and are excited to be exhibiting in and
around the trains at the Electric Railway Museum this year. We are making site
specific artwork to the theme ‘Electric’. There should be something for everyone
with challenging artwork for adults and fun, interactive artwork for children.
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For more information,
interviews or to request images, please contact our Press Officer Ben Goodwin
at pressofficer@electricrailwaymuseum.co.uk or 07508791979.
Electric Railway Museum
Rowley Road
Baginton
Rowley Road
Baginton
Warwickshire
CV8 3AZ
CV8 3AZ
UK
Website: www.electricrailwaymuseum.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/electricrailwaymuseum
The Edge: www.the-edge-art.co.uk
Warwickshire Open Studios: www.warwickshireopenstudios.org
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