Secrets of the Saucy Seaside Postcard

Saturday 9 April – Sunday 4 September 2011 at the Time and Tide Museum, Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth

Nothing captures the spirit of the great British seaside holiday quite like the colourful postcards produced by Bamforth and Co between the 1950s and 1970s.

Young holiday makers might sneak a peek at the mischievous illustrations, whilst adults sniggered at the double entendres. These popular cards were an entertaining way of sending greetings back home – with a bit of titillation thrown in.

The exhibition brings together a wonderful selection of cards, original drawings, sketches and paintings. And a film goes behind the scenes to reveal the artists and illustrators at work in the studio.

To add a local flavour, you can also see a display of postcards from Great Yarmouth. Wish You Were Here is a nostalgic reminder of the town’s heyday as a holiday resort.

A touring exhibition from Kirklees Community History Service.

For more information about the exhibition, opening times and entry fees, click here

Museums at Night

A rare chance to explore your local museum after hours on 14th May with fun activities, tours, costumed characters, music, performance, story-telling, and more – and all free of charge!

Time and Tide, Tolhouse and Elizabethan House Museums
Free of Charge
14th May, 2011, 5.30 – 10.00 p.m.

Chocolate Fish Hunt

Sunday 24th April at the Time and Tide Museum, 12.00 – 16.00 hrs.

Family workshop. Search the museum for some tasty treats and listen to tales of Spring!

For more information: 01493 743930 or email to yarmouth.museums@norfolk.gov.uk.

St. George’s Day Parade

Building Digital Capacity for the Arts

BBC Academy and Arts Council England are joining forces to offer training and guidance to the arts sector across England on how to maximize the creation and distribution of high quality arts content for audiences on digital platforms, including online, mobile and internet protocol television.

The building digital capacity for the arts programme, announced in September 2010, will support the development of the arts sector’s media production skills by bringing together the BBC Academy ‘s media and digital experience with the Arts Council’s knowledge of the arts sector.

The initial programme which was launched on March 10th will run until August 2012 and will consist of practical seminars, an online guide to commissioning, facilitated master classes and an online resource of filmed and streamed content.

For further information, please visit www.artscouncil.org.uk

ICECREAM

An exhibition of paintings by Jane Hall at The Gallery Cabinets and the Cafe/Bar, The Assembly House, Norwich from 1st-30th April 2011.

Delicious Icecream, by Jane Hall

No trip to the seaside would be complete without a 99, or Knickerbocker glory, and having lived by the seaside for most of her life, it is no surprise that Norfolk-based artist, Jane Hall, makes ice cream a central theme in her work. She grew up in Clacton before moving to Great Yarmouth as a teenager – both traditional British seaside resorts – and now just lives just a two-minute walk from Great Yarmouth’s busy seafront, with its numerous ice cream sellers and beach-side cafes.

“I first started taking an interest in ice creams while planning my first major solo show last year,” Jane explains.

“I want to capture the fun of the seaside, painting popular culture, while at the same time evoking the nostalgia we all feel for the British seaside holiday. For me ice creams are a symbol of the British holiday and of the seduction of adverts, which is a key theme in my work. All the ice creams I paint I have eaten and enjoyed; except the plastic ones”.

Jane will also be exhibiting at the Fisher gallery in Bungay for the month of July and in Great Yarmouth library. 19th September -1st October. www.jane-hall.co.uk