Organised as a fundraising event by the Friends of the Burton, the Annual Open, is one of the highlights in the programme. Offering the opportunity for local artists, amateurs and professionals alike, to exhibit alongside each other and with no set brief, the Annual Open places no restrictions on content or media choice and artists are encouraged to submit work for selection that best reflects their current artistic practice. A great opportunity to find that unique handcrafted Christmas gift as well as supporting the Burton.
Friends Event – Private View 19th November 2.30pm Free
Join the Friends in a celebration of this exhibition as it opens.
This year the Friends are offering three Commendation Awards of £100 each from the entire range of work chosen for the Exhibition by the Selection Panel, made up of local eminent artists and arts professionals. The awards will be given out at the Private View on Saturday 19th November at 2.30pm.
To submit work to the Annual Open – click here for an entry form.
Work shall be submitted for selection on Saturday 12th November between 10 am and 4pm, and on Sunday13th November, between 2 -4pm. There will be an entry fee for each work submitted, non-refundable if work is not selected. Friends' members: £4 per work; Non-members: £5 per work. Cheques should be made payable to: Friends of the Burton Gallery
Image: Audience member at opening of In Camera: Snowdon
In Camera: Snowdon provides a unique insight into the World of British Art and Artists. Curated by Robin Muir, the exhibition is timed to coincide with the British Art Show 7 exhibiting in Plymouth, and it includes around 60 of Snowdon’s iconic images. The exhibition captures some of the most important figures in recent art history, including Lucian Freud, Peter Blake, David Hockney and Eduardo Paolozzi. Originally inspired by the 1965 publication, ‘Private View’, of over 300 photographs documenting the contemporary British Art Scene, and more than 40 years after the book was first published, the exhibition, also encompasses a new generation of British Artists from the 1990’s including Rachel Whiteread, Damien Hirst and Chris Ofili. In Camera: Snowdon is accompanied by a publication of the same name.
The North Devon Journal are Media Sponsors of the In Camera: Snowdon exhibition.
In Camera: Snowdon is a touring exhibition from Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. 
In addition the Burton's adult workshops are a great way for beginners to gain new skills or for those with more experience to expand their knowledge. Led by practicing artists, participants gain a real insight into skills and techniques in an informal and supportive atmosphere. To cinicide with In Camera; Snowdon the Burton is hosting a photogrpahic portraiture workshops for adults, Photographic Portraiture with Dave Green on Saturday 12th November. For more information on the workshops related to this exhibition click here
Photographic Portraits competition - winners displayed in Cafe du Parc at the Burton.
To celebrate, the opening of In Camera: Snowdonthe we teamed up with the North Devon Journal and held a photographic portrait competition. The competition was judged by Journal photographer Mike Southon, a freelance photographer who runs his own studio, and Andy Robinson of J&A Cameras and Photography, craftsman of the Guild of Wedding Photographers. Six images have been selected as winners, three for the over 16s’ entries and three from the 10 – 16 year olds category. All six are mounted and displayed in the Burton, Café du Parc, until Saturday, December 24, at the same time as the In Camera: Snowdon exhibition runs in the Burton.
See the North Devon Journal's website for further details on the competition.
Local scenes and Coop's sketchbook: an opportunity to view works from the Burton's collection alongside preparatory drawings as well as works on loan from local collectors. All of which adds a fresh perspective to Coop's importance to the region and a once in a 60-year opportunity to view and celebrate the Burton’s history.
Talk and Tour: 15th October, 2pm
Join Warren Collum, Exhibitions and Exhibiitions Officer, for an informal talk on the exhibition. To reserve your place please contact the Burton.
Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, The Burton is the only gallery of its kind along the coast between Bristol and St Ives and 2011. The original gallery was opened in 1951. Two men, Thomas Burton, a wealthy local businessman; and Hubert Coop, a successful watercolour painter, combined to commemorate the untimely death of Burton’s daughter, Mary. Hubert Coop said, in the Bideford Gazette in 1949: “It’s a happy chance that two old townsmen have come together to make a last effort to leave the town richer than they found it. A gallery for the enjoyment, education and good of all, old and young, inhabitants and visitors…of lasting credit.”
Image: Hubert Coop, Appledore Quay, Watercolour
Hubert Coop became a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists at the early age of 22; also exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1897. He lived in Goats Hill House, Northam, where he produced many local scenes. He loved the scenes he found on the estuary, river and neighborhood, and his paintings captured the clear beauty and colour he saw there. In Bideford he helped to promote the development of the visual arts, and became Vice - President of what is now the Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society. Throughout his life he amassed a fine collection of paintings, porcelain and antiques, and because he felt that there was a special appreciation of the arts in Bideford, he left his collection to the town.
Translating the Landscape with Karen Hawkins, 5th November
For a workshop inspired by the Hubert Coop exhibition and lead by local public artist, Karen Hawkins, click here
Image: Clare Mitten, Still Time, Mixed Media
Goodwin Gallery, Petroc, Barnstaple
Wednesday - Friday: 10am - 4pm, Saturdays by appointment only
This touring exhibition of new works by the inaugural Jerwood Painting Fellows: Clare Mitten, Cara Nahaul and Corinna Till will be on display at the Goodwin Gallery, Brannams Campus, Petroc, in association with the Burton Art Gallery and Museum’s Exhibition and Events Programme.
Each of the three artists received a bursary of £10,000 and worked with mentors for six months in the run up to the initial exhibition at Jerwood Space, London in April 2010. The 2010 mentors are Paul Bonaventura, Stephen Farthing RA and Chantal Joffe. Jerwood Painting Fellowships is a new open submission initiative from Jerwood Visual Arts designed to promote and support emerging artists in the field of painting.
Image: Corinna Till
