October 07, 2014
Patricia Wilson Smith worked closely with students to curate ‘Canterbury at War’, an exhibition currently on display in The Beaney Front Room, Oct 4 – Nov 9 2014 The exhibition opened on Saturday and I was around to talk with anyone who wanted to know more about the exhibition. One lady told me that her […]
October 27, 2022
The Beaney’s Mirror Mirror exhibition is set to open after a year-long National Skills Sharing Partnership with the National Portrait Gallery. The project sought to reflect on the gaps, omissions and forgotten histories in Canterbury’s historic collection to ensure the museum is inclusive, representative and relevant to local communities. The display will feature works from […]
June 10, 2019
This innovative programme has led to The Beaney becoming a pioneering happiness hub within the district. Joining a community of UK museums, The Beaney is part of the Happy Museum, a national initiative funded by Arts Council and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, who are committed to supporting wellbeing and a sustainable society. In 2013 a […]
August 26, 2015
In 1632 Cornelius Johnson was King Charles I’s official ‘picture-drawer’ and a peer of Anthony Van Dyck (the most famous artist in his day). He was an incredibly talented artist but was pushed into the background by the arrival of Van Dyck. Johnson has subsequently to be relegated as an obscurity of British Art. That […]
August 26, 2016
The latest blog from Adam De Ville, Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. My residency is coming to an end so I thought I’d go out with not one, not two, but three installations! I have been exploring how the Beaney’s collection of artefacts make me feel and what associations and memories they trigger, related […]
January 26, 2015
Nicky Thompson was the Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. You can read her blog posts here and on her blog Pebble Press. I felt a bit like the proverbial kid in a candy store. As I began wandering around the rooms, the variety of the exhibits hit me hard and fast, and the possibilities of […]
May 15, 2018
Visitors to the latest exhibition at the Beaney in Canterbury – The BFG in Pictures – have been sharing their dreams in a special art competition. And at an event last Tuesday 8th May, the winners were announced, along with the unveiling of professional illustrations of their dreams created by local artist Charlotte Firmin, which are on […]
June 17, 2015
Canterbury has strong connections with Magna Carta being one of the five charter towns in England. An extensive programme of events is planned to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of this great charter in 1215. To mark the importance of the city to Magna Carta, The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury’s […]
January 12, 2021
Day 297: Monday 11th January Looking beyond the experience of old routines (weekly football, commuting, travel) coming to a stop I have been thinking a little bit about privileges (having a car/garden/supportive family and friends/a job/a job I can mostly do from home) and one in particular began to stand out – I have a […]
December 20, 2016
Having completed my second live drawing performance on Friday 16th December, I find myself thinking again about temporality and the sense of becoming – two notions that I’ve referenced in my previous blog posts and throughout my ongoing practice. At the end of my first live drawing event back in October, I had produced a […]
December 21, 2015
Halla Hannesdottir is currently the Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. Hello again! This was my last week at the Beaney as well as in Canterbury as I will be leaving to go back home to Iceland soon. I have had such a great experience here – both at the museum and in […]
