What's on

The new season at Wolverhampton Art Gallery has arrived! The Gallery is free, open Monday - Saturday from 10 - 5pm and everyone is welcome!

Imperceptible

14 May - 13 August 2005

Whilst waiting at the bus stop, do you ever tap your foot or flick your hair? Imperceptible is the beautifully crafted work of artist Adele Prince, who brings to life the subtle movements of everyday people captured whilst filming in Birmingham Town Centre. Transformed into a quirky animation, Imperceptible gives the viewer the chance to spy on the unsuspecting public.

More infomation about Imperceptible>>

This work was commissioned by Vivid and Punch Records, for further information please see www.punch-records.co.uk or www.vivid.org.uk.

Art Xperience

28 May - 15 October 2005

Take a fresh look at art, and explore the colourful and dramatic images in Art Xperience. Highlighting a combination of both traditional and contemporary artworks selected from Wolverhampton's twentieth century collection, Art Xperience explores key critical themes such as persepctive, colour and light and shade to uncover the secrets of the artworks. Supported by a range of exciting and creative activities for all ages, the exhibition will give you the tools to look at art in new ways.

Ecco un Poco, performance by Dreams of Tall Buildings

Wolverhampton City Centre, Saturday 2 July, 12.00pm – 16.00pm

Wolverhampton Art Gallery, in partnership with Capsule, have commissioned critically acclaimed performance group Dreams of Tall Buildings to produce their new owrk 'Eco un Poco' faturing experimental and found sounds from the back of an ice-cream van. Taking place at three locations around Wolverhampton City Centre, the performance will take shoppers by surprise and challenge their perceptions of what and where art can be.

12:00 Dudley Street (by Queens Street)
14:00 Wolverhampton Outdoor Market
16:00 Dudley Street (by Queens Square)

Dreams of Tall Buildings will also be performing at the Supersonic festival in Birmingham on the 9 July.

For further information on the Supersonic festival please see: www.capsule.org.uk

Sensing Sculpture
Until 2006

Our award winning gallery Sensing Sculpture re-opens in a new ground floor location. Explore the exciting sculptures in the exhibition that invites you to touch all of the artworks. Fully accessible to people with visual impairments, Sensing Sculpture encourages everybody to explore sculpture through touch, smells and sounds in a totally sensory arena.

The 21st Century Face of Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Beginning in 2005

Work is now well underway at Wolverhampton Art Gallery to provide a magnificent new extension which will create a permanent gallery for Wolverhampton's nationally acclaimed Pop Art collection, and a landmark building for Wolverhampton City Centre.

The £6.7m Heritage Lottery funded project will once completed create two exciting and unique triangular galleries, one of which will house the gallery's Pop Art collection which is the largest of its kind outside London. The other state of the art gallery will be used for temporary exhibitions. The new developments will allow more of the Gallery's collections to be on display than ever before.

Although we aim to keep disruption to a minimum while the building work is taking place; if you are planning a special visit to the gallery it would be advisable to call ahead to check accessiblity.

And theres more...

Join in the Art 4 Kids Club where paper, paint and pens are on hand for children 11 years and under to come and create their own art works for free. The next sessions will be taking place on 2 July and 6 August from 10.30am-12.30pm.

And don't forget our free monthly lunchtimeBite Size Art talks sponsored by Manby and Steward. The talks are free to all, and allow you to get an indepth understanding of art in your lunch time. The next sessions will be taking place on 6 July and 3 August from 12.30pm-1.00pm.

For a leaflet listing our exhibitions programme and summer events programme please call the Gallery on 01902 552055 or email us at info@wolverhamptonart.org.uk

'Loved the interactive exhibitions, found the information very useful. The staff were charming and the exhibits were wonderfully displayed. I have visited Galleries all over the world but this has been the most delightful and enjoyable'.

'An excellent child friendly gallery!'

'Such a positive approach to education about art, its understanding, appreciation and enjoyment as an essential part of our lives'.