Monday, 7 May 2012

Talk, Tea and Tour: The making of Circles and Tangents:


Tuesday 29 May 2012 Salisbury Museum. Vivienne Light, Curator of Circles and Tangents, the museum’s 2012 summer exhibition, will talk about how she first started writing on the arts (particularly that associated with the Wessex region). She will describe how she undertook her research, a pivotal part of which involved direct contact with the artists and with their friends, families and descendants. During this process a vast number of interconnects emerged and Vivienne has highlighted a fragment of important regional artistic history which could easily have been lost. 

Tickets will include Vivienne’s talk, afternoon cream tea and a tour of the exhibition itself where Vivienne will be happy to answer questions.

Friday, 4 May 2012

Walk the Archaeology of the Chase 25th Jul 2012


Wednesday 25 July 2012. A guided walk around some of the key archaeological sites on Cranborne Chase led by Adrian Green. An enjoyable circular walk on uneven ground including some steep climbs. The walk lasting approximately 4-5 hours will stop at key archaeological sites including Bokerley Dyke, Pentridge, the Dorset Cursus, Ackling Dyke, Oakley Down barrows and Penbury Knoll. A Festival of British Archaeology event.
Booking:  Booking required. Please contact the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum to book

New Material Available Through CBAs ArchLib



ArchLib LogoThe CBA has added the Royal Archaeological Institute, the latest ArchLib publisher, to their volumes 161–167 (2004–2010 ) of the annual Archaeology Journal, presenting the results of archaeological and architectural survey and fieldwork on sites and monuments of all periods as well as syntheses and overviews of such work in the British Isles.

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Circles and Tangents - Art in the Shadow of Cranborne Chase

This summer's major exhibition at Salisbury Musem (25 May - 29 September) will feature the work of Augustus John, Henry Lamb, Ben Nicholson, John Craxton, Lucian Freud, Stanley Spencer, Elisabeth Frink, William Nicholson and over 25 other artists connected with Cranborne Chase.

This exhibition brings together a unique collection of paintings and sculpture made by artists who, from the 1920s to the present, have found in Cranborne Chase and its hinterland a landscape of inspiration, seclusion and ‘bare-boned' beauty. Items in the exhibition have been drawn from a variety of sources, many from private collections, and range from early neo-romantic works to contemporary pieces made specifically for this exhibition.

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee and the history of the Cranborne Chase

Thousands of people gathered in Salisbury to greet the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as the monarch continued her Diamond Jubilee Tour yesterday and South West Wiltshire Area Board tent put on a display like no other featuring the Medieval history of the Cranborne Chase. 

See the AONB Blog for a full report 
http://ccwwdaonb.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/thousands-gather-to-celebrate-diamond.html 

The Priest’s House Museum, Archaeological Day School 2012 Sat 19th May


I will be giving a presentation on the Medieval Cranborne Chase at this day school which is entitled ‘A Celebration of Archaeological Work and Study in East Dorset’ and features presentations by Martin Green on the archaeology of Cranborne Chase, Verwood Potteries, and Saxon Wimborne.

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Drawing the Past 04 Jul 2012 18:30 Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum


Wednesday 4 July 2012. A  talk by Tim Harrisson. In this talk Tim will discuss his series of drawings connected to the Pitt Rivers excavations on Cranborne Chase.