Exhibitions

A talented family of potters and painters will display their crafts at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum this October. Anthony Edwards and his wife Di this year celebrate 45 years of master craftsmanship. The couple run Tydd Pottery at Pode Hole and their Step By Step exhibition is at Aysoughfee Hall Museum throughout October. Anthony’s stepson Mike and Mike’s partner Emma will ...

The annual art exhibition at St Matthew’s Church in Sutton Bridge celebrates its 20th year. In reaching its second decade, the event has become the longest running art exhibition in the area. More than 200 works were entered into this year’s event, which features works from 70 artists from Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. The exhibition opens on August 26 and ...

Spalding Photographic Society’s annual print exhibition is under way. About 50 superb images are adorning the walls of The Geest Gallery at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum until Thursday, March 30. The prints, which cover a wide range of subjects from wildlife to landscapes, include  submissions by beginners through to experienced photographers. The society, which meets monthly from September to April at ...

A pilot who has flown the iconic Lancaster aircraft across the globe is coming back to Ayscoughfee Hall to talk on his fascinating career.   Mike Chatterton, who taxies the Lancaster “Just Jane” at the Lincolnshire Heritage Aviation Centre will be visiting the historic venue on Saturday, November 19, from 2pm.   The talk follows a previous visit from Mr ...

Drawings by famous local antiquarian William Stukeley will go on display at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding next month for a unique exhibition.   The event, titled “An Important set of William Stukeley Drawings”, takes place at the historic venue between October 5 and 16 and is being presented by the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society.   The drawings are considered important for ...

If you are interested in the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, there is a special presentation on Saturday. The M&GN Circle is hosting an open afternoon for anyone interested in local railway history. There will be a presentation from what is probably the most complete collection of 35mm colour slides from the late 1930s to present day, followed by ...

The Fenland and Spalding Model Club holds its annual Wings and Things Show at the weekend. The show takes place on Sunday from 10am to 4pm, at University Academy Holbeach. Admission is £2 for adults and £1 for children and OAPs, Model clubs from around the country will be present as well as special interest groups, including a group who ...

Paintings by a Spalding artist who won the public vote at this year’s South Holland Open Arts competition can be admired at Ayscoughfee Hall. A selection of work by Dina Perejogina is on display in the Geest Gallery at the historic venue throughout June. The work includes paintings of farm animals from the South Holland area as well as animals ...

This year is the 100th anniversary of Spalding Arts and Crafts Society. The society will be holding its Centenary Exhibition from May 1 to 30 in the Geest Gallery, Ayscoughfee Hall, Spalding. Entry is free and visitors will be encouraged to participate in the People’s Choice Award by voting for their favourite painting.

The third annual Spalding Model Engineering & Hobby Show takes place over the weekend of April 23 and 24 at Springfields Event Centre, Spalding. The aim of the show is to promote traditional engineering skills alongside current technological innovations. This mix of old and new skills aims to advance education and awareness in the subjects of sustainable engineering and technology ...

Two artists are celebrating after winning awards at this year’s South Holland Open Arts exhibition. Best Newcomer, chosen by the judges, was Wendy Jones Dabrowska for her painting ‘Room With a View’. And the winner of the Best Photography prize was Alison Loakes for ‘Ketton Quarry’. Visitors to the exhibition can vote for their favourite artwork by filling out voting ...

Acclaimed artist Mo Teeuw is inviting people to share in places she has visited in a new exhibition. Home and Abroad is a collection of more than 50 paintings featuring places which Mo has travelled to in the past year, including France, Morocco, Greece, Venice, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. It’s the latest of many successful exhibitions which the Moulton artist has ...

Ayscoughfee Hall Museum will host a unique exhibition this weekend to mark Deafblind Awareness Week. National deafblind charity Sense is taking over the museum until Sunday with its Poems of the River exhibition. The exhibition celebrates the achievements of people with sight and hearing impairments from the charity’s Glenside Resource Centre in West Pinchbeck who took part in a six ...

The rurality of the Spalding area inspired an artist named best newcomer at South Holland Open Arts Exhibition 2015. Becca Sturdgess’ work ‘Digger’ features a JCB and tractor in a field, She was urged to enter the exhibition by her grandmother, but never expected to win an award. The 26-year-old said: “My friend drives a JCB and gave me a photo of ...

Artists from Spalding and Swineshead are displaying their work in a new exhibition. Solstice, Christmas and the New Year is the latest exhibition at Swineshead gallery Arts Coritani. The exhibition of paintings by Helen Webber, Rosi Campbell, John Gray, Glynne James and Colan Campbell runs from January 6 to 31 and is open Saturdays 10am to 4pm and Tuesday to ...

Artists across south Lincolnshire are opening their studios to visitors, also known as Art on the Map for the second time this year. AOTM provides a chance for residents and tourists in the county to see close-up the products of many high quality Lincolnshire artists and craft-makers. It also gives visitors the opportunity to meet the members in their place ...

A unique art exhibition centred on the history and culture of Lincolnshire windmills opens at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding this month. Since Sliced Bread, by artist Fi Burke, binds social history with food heritage and contemporary art, integrating the voices of millers, rural communities and the land itself. The exhibition stems from an immersive year of artistic research into the ...