Summer Exhibition 2020

Summer Exhibition 2020|
The Sir Peter Blake Gallery is an exhibition space located in the same building as Dartford Library and the Borough Museum.  The gallery is curated by Dartford Borough Council on behalf of Kent County Council’s Libraries, Registrations & Archives service. Now in its fourth year, the Summer Exhibition aims to present an exhibition of artwork
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Children’s Summer Exhibition 2019

Children's Summer Exhibition 2019
The Children’s Summer Exhibition is back! This year the team is looking for children to create a picture on the theme of ‘happiness’.  As well as showcasing the brilliant range of young local artistic talent, this is an exciting opportunity for children who enjoy art to see their creations on display in a public gallery.
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Calling Young Artists!

Children's Summer Exhibition
The Sir Peter Blake Gallery is inviting young aspiring artists to exhibit their work in the Children’s Summer Exhibition. The exhibition is looking for children aged 5 to 15 to create a picture on the theme of summer. As well as showcasing the brilliant range of young...
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Votes for Women Exhibition

Votes for Women Exhibition
In 1918 women in Britain over the age of 30, meeting certain property qualifications, were given the right to vote, and in 1928 suffrage was extended to all women over the age of 21. Help us celebrate women’s achievements through art This could be someone well known, or it could be someone you know personally. The work could represent an individual or a...
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Dartford Lions Peace Poster Competition

Lions Peace Poster
Dartford Lions have created a Peace Poster Competition. This will be run independently of the national competition to allow five groups of young people with special needs to participate on a level playing field, as no special needs section yet exists at national level...
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The Art of Autism

The Art of Autism
Together with Cllr Mandy Garford, I will be hosting an art exhibition in my Gallery in Dartford with the subject of AUTISM as the theme! We welcome expressions of autism from any of the local children ages 3-18 on the autism spectrum! This could be artwork on paper, canvas, as a sculpture or something more extravagant. Just one piece per ASD child, or as a group please...
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DAN’s first exhibition at the Mick Jagger Centre

Traces Exhibition
The first day of Dartford Arts Network’s ‘Traces’ exhibition at The Mick Jagger Centre is on 2nd November, 2016. This is our first exhibition at MJC and I’m pleased to have one of my paintings included in the project.
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Childhood Memories of World War 2 by Calvin White

Evacuees Poster
The following text and poem are from the short book Calvin White wrote and self-published for his family and friends in 2015. A large version of the poem can be seen in my Gallery in the Orchards Centre, Dartford. Limited copies on A4 sheets are available free of charge.
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