We are producing a monthly newsletter, arising out of concerns discussed by the committee at Zoom meetings:
Newsletter February 2021
Newsletter March 2021
FSMAG Newsletter August 2021-1
FSMAG Newsletter September 2021
Great news that we have a fabulous page in We Are Swindon which gives us lots more ‘exposure’, thanks to new committee member Angela Atkinson: https://weareswindon.co.uk/swindons-charity-hub/friends-of-swindon-museum-and-art-gallery/
Although the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is currently CLOSED
- Talks are currently taking place via Zoom. Friends will receive links to these talks
- We are continuing to fundraise for Swindon Museum & Art Gallery and have committed £500 towards the running of Art on Tour this summer
- The children’s workshops at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery over the summer of 2019 were a massive success thanks to the funding provided by the Friends. The support given by members of the Friends through volunteering to help run the workshops was fantastic and was much appreciated by the visitors and staff at Swindon MAG. We are sorry they won’t take place this summer.
Cllr Robert Jandy has replaced Cllr Heenan in his role, but while he was in post, Cllr Heenan
was suggested for an award as an arts supporter:
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/19017314.swindon-councillor-shortlisted-hearts-arts-awards/
and then Cllr Dale Heenan came second in the bid to find the country’s number one arts supporter:
Although the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is currently CLOSED
- Talks are currently taking place via Zoom. Friends will receive links to these talks
- We are continuing to fundraise for Swindon Museum & Art Gallery and have committed £500 towards the running of Art on Tour this summer
- The children’s workshops at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery over the summer of 2019 were a massive success thanks to the funding provided by the Friends. The support given by members of the Friends through volunteering to help run the workshops was fantastic and was much appreciated by the visitors and staff at Swindon MAG. We are sorry they won’t take place this summer.
Talks and Trips 2020!
Starting with the complete flyer and then a breakdown of all talks and trips, above the outer part of the…
Restoration of Roman Wine Strainer
Last week a small group of Friends visited the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, ideally placed about 5 minutes from…
Friends’ January Social
To mark the opening of the exhibition, Pop and Prosperity:1960s British Art from the Swindon Collection, we held an opening night, and…
Collecting Desmond Morris’ Picture from Oxford
Desmond Morris famous zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology, is known for his…
Angels, Buckets and Bells…
The exhibition Angels, Buckets and Bells in the downstairs rooms at Swindon MAG is a creative response to St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze, one…
Friends Farewell to Sophie Cummings (January 2020)
After six and a half years at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Curator Sophie Cummings has made a huge impact…
Top 5 Posts of All Time
Having listed the top 10 posts of 2019, I thought I'd list the top 5 posts in the history of…
Top Ten Blog Posts of 2019
One of the delights of writing a blog is looking at the number of page views attained per post. It's…
Friday Lunchtime Talk: Hit Repeat Exhibition (December 2019)
Before Christmas Sophie Cummings, former Curator at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery gave her last FREE Friday lunchtime talk on the exhibition…
Craft Matters: Collect International Art Fair (Thursday 12 December 2019)
For our December talk, we were fortunate enough to have Isobel Dennis, Fair director of Collect coming to explain more…
Ken White: Railways & Landscapes – An Exhibition of His Talents (28/29 November 2019)
Our November talk featured Ken White in conversation with Andy Binks, with the same talk repeated for a second evening in order…
Trip to Pembroke College, JCR Art Collection (Thursday 21 November 2019)
A trip to somewhere relatively nearby is easier to organise than one further away, Pembroke College, Oxford, was a dream, we…