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Intaglio Printmaking Workshop 🐚Inspired by 'What We Keep: The Art of Collecting' at the Burton, this is an experimental ...
17/06/2026

Intaglio Printmaking Workshop 🐚

Inspired by 'What We Keep: The Art of Collecting' at the Burton, this is an experimental workshop creating prints from found objects, Tetra Pak and card. Explore textures, embossing and produce a series of original prints on paper.

Book now via our website:
https://www.burtonartgallery.co.uk/blogs/workshops/intaglio-printmaking-2-2

Open Call: Digital Commission ✨For this second recent commission we are inviting proposals from South West based artists...
12/06/2026

Open Call: Digital Commission ✨

For this second recent commission we are inviting proposals from South West based artists, content and digital creators and designers to tell our story as part of ‘A Sustainable Museum’, an Arts Council England Capital Investment Fund project.

The Commission should consider the different ways in which digital storytelling could engage the general public in understanding The Burton’s role as a climate change ambassador and how it could be used to engage new audiences in North Devon and beyond with environmental issues.

The Commission is funded as part of The Burton’s Arts Council England Capital Investment Fund project ‘A Sustainable Museum’, that has supported the installation of solar panels, double glazed windows, and the refurbishment of our public toilets with accessible and low energy design.

For the full Open Call and details on how to apply please visit our website:
https://www.burtonartgallery.co.uk/open-call-digital-commission/
📅 Deadline: 10am, 6 July

📷 Detail from Andy Hughes zine ’Shimmer film Machinima’, Burton Environmental Commission 2024.

Join exhibition curator Abi Obene for a special tour of ‘What We Keep: The Art of Collecting’ and discover the remarkabl...
11/06/2026

Join exhibition curator Abi Obene for a special tour of ‘What We Keep: The Art of Collecting’ and discover the remarkable stories behind the objects people choose to treasure.

Find out more about the diverse collections on display, the collectors who shared them, and what these personal possessions can reveal about our desire to preserve the things that matter to us. Featuring collections from across the South West, the exhibition showcases an eclectic mix of treasured objects, including badges, discarded shopping lists, matchbox cases and vintage tins.

📅 Sunday 28 June, 2-3pm | £5
https://www.burtonartgallery.co.uk/exhibitions-activities/what-we-keep-curators-tour/

📸 Olga Vynnyk

Open Call for a Water Feature Commission ⛲We are inviting proposals from South West based artists, designers or architec...
10/06/2026

Open Call for a Water Feature Commission ⛲

We are inviting proposals from South West based artists, designers or architects to create a site specific water feature or installation for our public garden as part of our community-led landscape regeneration project ‘Connecting Roots and Future Hopes’.

The Connecting Roots and Future Hopes project aims to deliver a holistic approach to the landscape design around The Burton’s building, supporting biodiversity, climate change impacts, sustainability and community action.

Open to individuals or collectives based in the South West, this commission offers an opportunity for a variety of creative approaches to raise awareness of the challenges facing the environment and their impact on local communities.

For the full Open Call and details on how to apply please visit our website.
📅 Deadline: 10am, 6 July

📷 Detail from Andy Hughes zine ’Shimmer film Machinima’, Burton Environmental Commission 2024.

https://www.burtonartgallery.co.uk/open-call-water-feature-commission/

Step into a world of fascinating finds in our current exhibition, 'What We Keep: The Art of Collecting'. From calling ca...
03/06/2026

Step into a world of fascinating finds in our current exhibition, 'What We Keep: The Art of Collecting'. From calling card cases, musical instruments and vintage tins to mudlarked bottles, badges and even rocking horses, discover a range of truly remarkable collections from across the South West - as well as the stories behind these treasured objects.

Entry to the exhibition is free, and it is on display until 19 July.

📸 Olga Vynnyk

New trustees ✨We are delighted to welcome five new Trustees to The Burton at an exciting time in our journey as we celeb...
28/05/2026

New trustees ✨

We are delighted to welcome five new Trustees to The Burton at an exciting time in our journey as we celebrate our 75th anniversary year. Each of them bring a wealth of experience, fresh perspectives, and a strong commitment to the work we do at The Burton, and we look forward to the influence that they will have on shaping the continued growth and development of the gallery.

Our Trustees are volunteers who generously give their time to help provide governance for the charity, also known as Board Members or the Board. They play a vital role in shaping its direction, making decisions about how the organisation is run, and ensuring it has the resources and policies needed to meet its legal and strategic responsibilities.

Our new Trustees are Hannah Nash, Claire Clutterbuck, Bryony Robins, Ben Lyon-Ross and Liz Green who are joining existing Board members Robert Millward (Chair), Robert Woolley (Vice Chair), Ben Liddell, Ian Huggett, Nick Beer, Sarah Lawrence and Sam Astill.

Read more about our new appointees on our website: https://www.burtonartgallery.co.uk/the-burton-announces-five-new-trusteesthe-burton-announces-five-new-trustees-to-help-shape-our-next-chapter/

Craft Showcase artist Teresa Dunne 🌷Teresa Dunne develops wool and silk, and linen scarves inspired by the light and c...
24/05/2026

Craft Showcase artist Teresa Dunne 🌷

Teresa Dunne develops wool and silk, and linen scarves inspired by the light and colour of her clifftop adventures. Spiralling thermals, sea mizzle, soaring birds and unfurling flora are made material with yarns sourced, dyed and spun by a family-run mill in West Yorkshire. From her loom, soft fabric emerges with rhythms of colour and pattern that envelop the wearer in the ebb and flow of their making. Cornish titles, like Molgh Dhu (Black Bird) and Atal Mor (Flotsam and Jetsam), echo perpetual coasts and endless skies.

Teresa's beautifully woven scarves are on display in our Craft Showcase: Earthly Pleasures, on until 28 June.

New Art 4 Home Ed sessions in June 🎬Silk Screens and Separations Learn how to separate an image into three different col...
21/05/2026

New Art 4 Home Ed sessions in June 🎬

Silk Screens and Separations
Learn how to separate an image into three different colours and rebuild the image using silk screen printing and stencils.
📅 15 June, 10am-2pm

Create a Film in a Day
Work as a cast and crew team to create your own silent movie using iPads - from acting and directing to editing and poster design - before premiering the finished film at a special family screening at the end of the day.
📅 12 June, 10am-2pm

Book now via our website - £20 per child or £30 for siblings.

Meet the collectors: Alan Edward (Ed), collector of 80s hip-hop memorabilia..."I was a kid of the 1980s, and have been c...
19/05/2026

Meet the collectors: Alan Edward (Ed), collector of 80s hip-hop memorabilia...

"I was a kid of the 1980s, and have been collecting Hip Hop and Electro records since 1985, but the introduction of Hip Hop and the invention of Electro in the UK wasn't always smooth sailing. Beyond the handful of Hip Hop tunes that cracked the Top 40, rap on vinyl was hard to find unless you knew which inner city record shops stocked imported 12-inches. It was an interest my friends and I mostly explored via word-of-mouth recommendations, and through hand cutting cassette tapes for each other. Humming half remembered songs from the radio to the staff of our local record shop got us the newest tracks if we were lucky and if no one else had got there first; the owner had an encyclopedic memory for records and songs, but limited stock.

I first fell in love with Rap when I saw Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick & The Get Fresh Crew perform their legendary song 'The Show' on BBC's Top of the Pops. My life-long connection to early Hip Hop has led to an interest in Black music, and learning about Black History and Culture in the UK and USA. From this interest I've amassed a collection of 4000+ vinyl Hip Hop singles and albums, with a particular focus on those that were released between 1979-1991."

You can come and see Ed's collection at our current exhibition, 'What We Keep: The Art of Collecting" open until 19 July.

📸 Alan Edward Roberts and his collection of 80s hip hop memorabilia, photo by Carole Evans 2026.

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