Article: Friends of the Cooper Gallery
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The Friends of the Cooper GalleryBecome a friend of the Cooper Gallery and enjoy an exciting and full programme of activities and events. Previous events have included a very successful talk by Professor David Hill on J.M.W Turner at the Gallery and a recent trip to the Picasso exhibition at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool. Friends also get discount to workshops running at the Gallery and an invitation to Gallery Private Views. If you are interested in becoming a friend of the Cooper Gallery, please contact the gallery for further details and an application form or you can dowload a membership form here Fees for annual subscriptions Payment can be made by cheque or cash The ideal gift The Cooper Gallery |
Upcoming Events
Talk by printmaker Graham FirthSaturday 31 March 2012 Starts 11 am Cost: £3.00 for Friends and students / £5.00 for non-Friends |
Previous Events
The Friends of the Cooper Gallery Raffle 2011 was drawn on saturday the 17 December and made 3 people very happy before Christmas. A very big thank you to all who bought tickets and helped the us raise money to help the gallery.
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Madeleine aged 5 picked the first prize, the Jim Robison vase in the background. This was won by Pat Bly |
Sister Lily, 7 picked the second prize a £50 Gift Voucher to
spend at This was won by Mrs Denton |
Megan from Impressions cafe at the Cooper Gallery picked the 3rd prize, a £30 book token kindly donated by Peter Milum This was won by Mel Dyke |
| A delighted Pat Bly collects the first prize |
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Saturday 27 November 2010 David Boyd-Haycock Talk:
Writer and historian David Boyd Haycock gave a successful talk at the gallery to talk about his recent book "A Crisis of Brilliance, Five young British artists and the Great War" The book looks at the lives of British artists that lived through that time and touches on the collector Sir Michael Sadler. Sadler was born in Barnsley and left a bequest to the Cooper Gallery that includes some of the artists that David has researched for this book including Paul Nash and Sir Stanley Spencer |
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Interview with David Boyd-Haycock by Eileen Symonds for Penistone FM This interview was done at the time of David Boyd Haycock's vist to the Gallery. The interviewer is Eileen Symonds for a piece on Penistone FM. In this David talks about the impact war has on the work of artists and its effects on their lives after. |
| Saturday 2 July 2011
Happy Birthday to Sir Michael
Sadler Sir Michael Sadler and his family gave 5 bequests to the Cooper Gallery between 1923 and 1957. Following his bequest in 1937 Sadler wrote a booklet called Notes on a Collection of English Drawings. This booklet is unique in that it is the only time that Sadler talks about the works he collected and the artists he believed were of great importance to the art world. To mark this occasion, the Friends and Trustees of the Cooper Gallery have produced a limited edition reprint of 250 copies of this booklet with a new forward by Ian McMillan, local poet and broadcaster and Patron of the Friends. Booklets are on sale now at the Gallery, priced £9. |
Ian McMillan, Patron of the Friends of the Cooper Gallery, enthuses about Sir Michael Sadler |
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Visitors celebrate the 150th birthday of Sir Michael Sadler |
Booklets are on sale now at the
Gallery |
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Monday 17 October 2011 |
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Saturday 3 December 2011 Sir Michael Sadler Memorial Lecture
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Mark Gertler (1891/2-1939),
Portrait of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler KCSI, 1915, oil on
canvas, Gift of Dr. T.E. Harvey, 1953 ? University of Leeds Art
Collection |
| Ben Read talks about Sir Michael Sadler and his collection |