East Lancashire art from the Lancashire Telegraph

Hyndburn Heritage group launches new museum

4:00pm Tuesday 3rd April 2012

A HERITAGE group will launch a new museum with an action-packed exhibition.

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East Lancashire’s industrial heritage displayed at Manchester Airport

2:56pm Wednesday 28th March 2012

THOUSANDS of passengers travelling through an international airport will come face to face with artwork depicting a piece of East Lancashire’s industrial heritage.

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Burnley artist's son set to study at Cambridge University

4:37pm Tuesday 28th February 2012

THE son of a Burnley artist is set to study at Cambridge University as part of a scholarship scheme established in honour of Winston Churchill.

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Rawtenstall artist puts her stamp on the history of Alan Turing

1:56pm Wednesday 25th January 2012

A ROSSENDALE artist is set to attract national interest after designing a first day cover to commemorate one of the fathers of computing.

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East Lancashire arts officers in £150k lottery grant bid

11:07am Thursday 29th December 2011

EARLY medieval woodlands and Victorian mills in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale are the focus of a new £150,000 lottery bid.

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Sheep set to bring tourists flocking to East Lancashire

10:51am Thursday 29th December 2011

FLOCKS of coloured sheep are set to descend on rural East Lancashire as part of a new art project.

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East Lancashire's Liam Spencer brings ordinary to vivid life

4:40pm Monday 17th October 2011

LIAM Spencer finds beauty in what others might consider bland, from rainy motorways and chip shops to petrol stations and cafes.

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Iconic painting of Burnley's Charles Townley heading to USA

11:00am Monday 10th October 2011

AN HISTORIC painting that has been housed in Towneley Hall, in Burnley, will be packed away today to depart for a landmark exhibition in the United States.

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Man who ‘drew Burnley’ gets a solo showcase following his death

10:26am Wednesday 28th September 2011

THE family of a Burnley artist who died earlier this year have fulfilled his lifelong ambition by staging an exhibition of his work.

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Photography exhibition from domestic abuse survivors at Blackburn museum

11:12am Thursday 4th August 2011

A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition created by survivors of domestic abuse has been unveiled at Blackburn Museum.

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Exclusive paintings by Bob Dylan on show at Burnley gallery

11:16am Monday 25th July 2011

EXCLUSIVE artwork by Bob Dylan has gone on display in Burnley.

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East Lancashire artist, 84, becomes university's oldest graduate

9:10am Friday 22nd July 2011

AN 84-YEAR-old former soldier who is the oldest person to graduate from Blackburn College’s University Centre has given an insight into army life through his degree work.

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Burnley's coat of arms turned into a work of art

11:23am Friday 15th July 2011

BURNLEY'S famous coat of arms has been given a modern twist by two international artists.

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Metal detector's 'amazing find' in Ribble Valley field

2:29pm Wednesday 22nd June 2011

A PIECE of medieval art found by a metal detector in the Ribble Valley is to take its place among the relics of saints and martyrs.

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Burnley contemporary artist allows visitors to see into her art

12:22pm Tuesday 24th May 2011

ONE of the area’s top contemporary artists gave visitors to Towneley Hall, in Burnley, an insight into her creative process at a ‘Messy Day’ demonstration at the weekend.

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