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Thursday 5th December
Storyland: Pathways through Time Exhibitrion continues until Sunday 5th January
While researching the histories of the drove routes and the people who walked them, Penny became increasingly fascinated with the stories of the men who were trusted to take a whole village’s cattle from the wilds of northern Scotland on a long trek to the fattening grounds of Norfolk, before being sold in London markets.
View details >Cumbrian Landscapes – Stuart Wilkie continues until Sunday 22nd December
Linocut and Wood engraving relief prints inspired by the Cumbrian Landscape
View details >Encyclopaedia of Women – Galla continues until Sunday 22nd December
Galla is a very multifaceted woman, her artistic career encompassing many different themes. We know her textile art, but also, she still designs and creates jewellery, likewise clothes, restores furniture, photographs, draws, and paints, even on walls. She is a very versatile artist.
View details >Threadmill are a group of fifteen textile and mixed media artists committed to the promotion of textiles as both a decorative and expressive art form. Together they seek to increase awareness and education at all levels through their exhibitions.
View details >Murmuration: A Tapestry Project continues until Sunday 22nd December
A new series of handwoven tapestries capturing the marvel of a flock of birds flying closely together, a shape-shifting form creating mesmerising patterns.
View details >Masques et Bergamasques – Faure
View details >Friday 6th December
In 2022 we welcomed some of the world’s best whisky makers to Kendal Whisky Festival including Mackmyra, Smokehead, Lakes Distillery, Waterford and Elixir Distillers. Join us again at Kendal Town Hall to meet the distillers and discover the stories behind their creations!
View details >A concert of Benjamin Britten’s a Ceremony of Carols sung by the School Choir to which everyone is welcome
View details >Saturday 7th December
In 2022 we welcomed some of the world’s best whisky makers to Kendal Whisky Festival including Mackmyra, Smokehead, Lakes Distillery, Waterford and Elixir Distillers. Join us again at Kendal Town Hall to meet the distillers and discover the stories behind their creations!
View details >Learn how to make your own festive decoration with Lydia Crampton.
View details >Town Band Christmas Concert (new date)
We are now looking forward to our Christmas Concert which will be held in St. Andrew’s Church at 6 p.m. on Saturday 7th December. We are hoping that this new date and time will enable families with younger children to come along and join in the fun. Father Christmas will be there with presents for all the children, and everyone is very welcome to wear a Christmas jumper -the more festive the better (there may be prizes!)
View details >Sunday 8th December
Hot meal, crafts, games, drama and music
View details >Quote from a previous carol service “It’s like having King’s College Chapel on your doorstep, but you can join in!”
View details >Tuesday 10th December
Wednesday 11th December
Thursday 12th December
Gladstone House Community afternoon tea
All welcome for a brew, catch up and cake
View details >Friday 13th December
Saturday 14th December
Monday 16th December
Wednesday 18th December
Support session for the NHS App. Discover the benefits and get help to register and use
View details >Thursday 19th December
Friday 20th December
Saturday 21st December
Sunday 22nd December
Cumbrian Landscapes – Stuart Wilkie ends on this day
Linocut and Wood engraving relief prints inspired by the Cumbrian Landscape
View details >Encyclopaedia of Women – Galla ends on this day
Galla is a very multifaceted woman, her artistic career encompassing many different themes. We know her textile art, but also, she still designs and creates jewellery, likewise clothes, restores furniture, photographs, draws, and paints, even on walls. She is a very versatile artist.
View details >Telling a Yarn: Remember, React, Re-tell – Threadmill Textile Artists ends on this day
Threadmill are a group of fifteen textile and mixed media artists committed to the promotion of textiles as both a decorative and expressive art form. Together they seek to increase awareness and education at all levels through their exhibitions.
View details >Murmuration: A Tapestry Project ends on this day
A new series of handwoven tapestries capturing the marvel of a flock of birds flying closely together, a shape-shifting form creating mesmerising patterns.
View details >A celbration of Christmas with readings, reflections, and traditional and contemporary carols. Followed by refreshments
View details >Monday 23rd December
Farfield Mill Closed for Christmas starts and continues until Tuesday 7th January
Tuesday 24th December
Wednesday 25th December
Wednesday 1st January
Storyland: Pathways through Time Exhibitrion continues until Sunday 5th January
While researching the histories of the drove routes and the people who walked them, Penny became increasingly fascinated with the stories of the men who were trusted to take a whole village’s cattle from the wilds of northern Scotland on a long trek to the fattening grounds of Norfolk, before being sold in London markets.
View details >Sunday 5th January
Storyland: Pathways through Time Exhibitrion ends on this day
While researching the histories of the drove routes and the people who walked them, Penny became increasingly fascinated with the stories of the men who were trusted to take a whole village’s cattle from the wilds of northern Scotland on a long trek to the fattening grounds of Norfolk, before being sold in London markets.
View details >Monday 6th January
Tuesday 7th January
Wednesday 8th January
Ocean – International Textile Exhibition starts and continues until Friday 28th February
The International Textile Exhibition is back with new work from around the world.
View details >Heallreaf 5 Tapestry Exhibition starts and continues until Sunday 6th April
Heallreaf 5 presents their latest exhibition of handwoven tapestry.
View details >Back to the Future of Medicine – Nik Hunter-Dale starts and continues until Sunday 6th April
A collection of mixed media pieces aimed to inspire and initiate thought provoking conversation that may lead to action and ultimately, positive change.
View details >How Muncaster Castle’s secret wartime art mission housed hundreds of valuable artworks
View details >Thursday 16th January
Saturday 18th January
Monday 20th January
Wednesday 22nd January
EDWIN BUTTERWORTH: “LANCASHIRE’S FORGOTTEN HISTORIAN”
A journalist and topographer whose ‘unparalleled insight’ into early industrial society was curtailed by his death
View details >Friday 31st January
An Evening with Kevin Sinfield CBE
Hosted by Jamie Jones Buchanan
View details >Saturday 1st February
Ocean – International Textile Exhibition continues until Friday 28th February
The International Textile Exhibition is back with new work from around the world.
View details >Heallreaf 5 Tapestry Exhibition continues until Sunday 6th April
Heallreaf 5 presents their latest exhibition of handwoven tapestry.
View details >Back to the Future of Medicine – Nik Hunter-Dale continues until Sunday 6th April
A collection of mixed media pieces aimed to inspire and initiate thought provoking conversation that may lead to action and ultimately, positive change.
View details >Monday 3rd February
SEDBERGH SCHOOL BRIDGEWATER HALL CONCERT
Celebration of 500 years
View details >Wednesday 5th February
COMMUNITIES BUILT IN TURF AND STONE
Understanding 9000 years of life and death on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula Western Scotland
View details >Saturday 8th February
Misty Morning Seascape Watercolour Painting workshop
Discover watercolour techniques with Ruth Clayton while creating a misty morning seascape.
View details >Monday 17th February
Sedbergh School Scholarship Day
Academic
View details >Tuesday 18th February
Sedbergh School Scholarship Day
Academic
View details >Wednesday 19th February
Sedbergh School Scholarship Day
Academic
View details >THE GREAT AWAKENING IN THE NORTH-WEST
The Rev Benjamin Ingham and the Inghamites. Maureen Street will introduce the results of her investigation into one of her ancestors who founded a religious movement in the 18th century
View details >Thursday 20th February
Sedbergh School Scholarship Day
Sport, Music, Drama, Design & Technology & Art – Year 9
View details >Tartan Weaving Workshop with Jan Beadle
Understand how classic Tartan patterns are designed.
View details >Sunday 23rd February
Snowdrops Fibre Art Workshop with Wendy Ann Stanger
Join Studio Artist Wendy Ann for a fun day creating snowdrops inspired fibre art.
View details >Thursday 27th February
Make Your Own Ceramic Tea Light House Workshop with Lydia Crampton
Ever fancied having a go at making your own piece of work out of clay?
View details >Friday 28th February
Ocean – International Textile Exhibition ends on this day
The International Textile Exhibition is back with new work from around the world.
View details >Saturday 1st March
Heallreaf 5 Tapestry Exhibition continues until Sunday 6th April
Heallreaf 5 presents their latest exhibition of handwoven tapestry.
View details >Back to the Future of Medicine – Nik Hunter-Dale continues until Sunday 6th April
A collection of mixed media pieces aimed to inspire and initiate thought provoking conversation that may lead to action and ultimately, positive change.
View details >Exploring Techniques in Woven Tapestry Workshop with Anna Wetherell
The Heallreaf tapestries are inspirational! We will have a look round the exhibition and see how the weavers have used colour and applied different techniques in their tapestries.
View details >Wednesday 5th March
The find in the graveyard near Harrogate of children’s bodies were so disturbing that they were mentioned in national newspapers
View details >Monday 17th March
Saturday 22nd March
Hook a Hen Workshop with Jane Cook
Create your very own Trivet or wall hanging, choose your own colour palette, traditional hues or avant-garde, make a wider border to create a pad or seat cushion.
View details >Tuesday 25th March
Sedbergh School’s famous ten mile run over the fells. Pupils have to be 16, pass a medical and complete the Qualifier run within a certain time limit. Usually around 180 boys and girls take part in the run, some competing for the honour of the first few home, but many just to say they completed it. Winning the Ten Mile is the peak of any pupil’s career.
View details >Thursday 27th March
Colour, Texture and Pattern Weaving Workshop with Jan Beadle
Come and enjoy a day of weaving on a 4-shaft table loom.
View details >Saturday 29th March
Spring Fibre Art Workshop with Wendy Ann Stanger
Join Studio Artist Wendy Ann for a fun day creating spring inspired fibre art.
View details >Tuesday 1st April
Heallreaf 5 Tapestry Exhibition continues until Sunday 6th April
Heallreaf 5 presents their latest exhibition of handwoven tapestry.
View details >Back to the Future of Medicine – Nik Hunter-Dale continues until Sunday 6th April
A collection of mixed media pieces aimed to inspire and initiate thought provoking conversation that may lead to action and ultimately, positive change.
View details >Sunday 6th April
Heallreaf 5 Tapestry Exhibition ends on this day
Heallreaf 5 presents their latest exhibition of handwoven tapestry.
View details >Back to the Future of Medicine – Nik Hunter-Dale ends on this day
A collection of mixed media pieces aimed to inspire and initiate thought provoking conversation that may lead to action and ultimately, positive change.
View details >Wednesday 9th April
Verve – Tapestry Tour International starts and continues until Sunday 13th July
Tapestry weavers from England and New Zealand come together in this fourth international touring exhibition of small format hand woven tapestries.
View details >A coming-together of four very different artists/makers based in Cumbria – who all assemble ideas, subject matter, and materials to create harmonious objects and paintings.
View details >Small Stitched – Sue Bibby starts and continues until Sunday 13th July
Sue Bibby designs and makes with fabric, stitch and her trusty Bernina sewing machine.
View details >Thursday 10th April
Become a Weaver Workshop with Jan Beadle
If you know the basics, maybe set up your own loom and woven some patterns or have never done any weaving before and would love to have ago.
View details >Friday 11th April
Become a Weaver Workshop with Jan Beadle
If you know the basics, maybe set up your own loom and woven some patterns or have never done any weaving before and would love to have ago.
View details >Saturday 26th April
Dentdale Choir’s 50th Anniversary Event
View details >Thursday 1st May
Verve – Tapestry Tour International continues until Sunday 13th July
Tapestry weavers from England and New Zealand come together in this fourth international touring exhibition of small format hand woven tapestries.
View details >A coming-together of four very different artists/makers based in Cumbria – who all assemble ideas, subject matter, and materials to create harmonious objects and paintings.
View details >Small Stitched – Sue Bibby continues until Sunday 13th July
Sue Bibby designs and makes with fabric, stitch and her trusty Bernina sewing machine.
View details >Friday 2nd May
To celebrate 500 years
View details >Saturday 3rd May
To celebrate 500 years
View details >Sunday 4th May
To celebrate 500 years
View details >Sunday 1st June
Verve – Tapestry Tour International continues until Sunday 13th July
Tapestry weavers from England and New Zealand come together in this fourth international touring exhibition of small format hand woven tapestries.
View details >A coming-together of four very different artists/makers based in Cumbria – who all assemble ideas, subject matter, and materials to create harmonious objects and paintings.
View details >Small Stitched – Sue Bibby continues until Sunday 13th July
Sue Bibby designs and makes with fabric, stitch and her trusty Bernina sewing machine.
View details >Saturday 28th June
Sedbergh School Leavers’ Ball and Fireworks
Fireworks lasting about 10 minutes
View details >Tuesday 1st July
Verve – Tapestry Tour International continues until Sunday 13th July
Tapestry weavers from England and New Zealand come together in this fourth international touring exhibition of small format hand woven tapestries.
View details >A coming-together of four very different artists/makers based in Cumbria – who all assemble ideas, subject matter, and materials to create harmonious objects and paintings.
View details >Small Stitched – Sue Bibby continues until Sunday 13th July
Sue Bibby designs and makes with fabric, stitch and her trusty Bernina sewing machine.
View details >Sunday 13th July
Verve – Tapestry Tour International ends on this day
Tapestry weavers from England and New Zealand come together in this fourth international touring exhibition of small format hand woven tapestries.
View details >Assemblage – Heather Hanna, Seamus Hanna, Elizabeth Shorrock and Keith Shorrock ends on this day
A coming-together of four very different artists/makers based in Cumbria – who all assemble ideas, subject matter, and materials to create harmonious objects and paintings.
View details >Small Stitched – Sue Bibby ends on this day
Sue Bibby designs and makes with fabric, stitch and her trusty Bernina sewing machine.
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