This is Goth
Museum of St Albans
26th April - 25th May 2013
The result of a community project started in February, exploring Goth culture past and present. This is Goth presents some of the art, music, fashion and memories people have shared with us during the project. A series of events accompanies this display for more details click here
ArtHouse
Museum of St Albans
3rd May - 30th June 2013
Artistic interest in domestic objects has far-reaching roots, from Andy Warhol’s soup cans, to Claes Oldenburg’s public art installations featuring large-scale replicas of everyday objects, consumer durables have long had a place in art.
ArtHouse features works by household names such as Tracey Emin and Yoko Ono, who use domestic objects in their practice. In their own respective media and intentions, each artist in the exhibition uses the domestic object to push the content and concepts of their art work.
Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Leo Fitzmaurice, Steve Johnson, Yoko Ono, Cornelia Parker, Nina Saunders, Jane Simpson, Mark Wallinger, Richard Wentworth and Rachel Whiteread.
All the works in this exhibition have been selected from the Arts Council Collection.
Open: Monday to Saturday, 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday, 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Admission: Free
New Museum and Gallery
St Albans City and District Council have agreed a ten year development plan for the Museum of St Albans and Verulamium Museum.
These plans are moving forward and we now have a detailed conservation statement on the history of the Old Town Hall.
In November 2012, we completed a summary of our Consultation and Community Engagement activities relating to the New Museum and Gallery project:
What's new?
Click the image to see a video created by Holiday Club participants
- The Firebird Movie
- Newsletter
- Community Bookfair at Verulamium Museum
- Explore highlights from our collections in 360+
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UH Galleries at The Museum of St Albans
The University of Hertfordshire Galleries’ space at the Museum of St Albans is located in the first room on the right as you enter the museum. UH Galleries holds five exhibitions per year in this space, including the annual Hertfordshire Open Exhibition.
UH Galleries are among the most innovative contemporary art spaces in the UK, and have been responsible for a programme of internationally successful and critically acclaimed exhibitions. With two dynamic galleries – one within the Museum of St Albans and the other, the Art and Design Gallery, located on the University’s College Lane campus in Hatfield – we present international contemporary art to the local community and wider audiences, in both traditional and challenging ways.
Our Aims
UH Galleries aim to offer artists and makers from all disciplines in the early stages of their professional careers significant exhibition and associated publishing opportunities. We hope to provide local audiences with the opportunity to engage with contemporary art and discover an array of surprises and perhaps hidden interests in our varied and vibrant programme of exhibitions.
Working with the Local Community: Hertfordshire Open Exhibition
The Hertfordshire Open Exhibition has marked itself out over the last eleven years as the definitive annual showcase for local artistic talent and last year over one hundred artists from across Hertfordshire submitted work. Taking place during the month of December at the Museum of St Albans, this exhibition provides local artists with a valuable opportunity to display their work. The first prize of a solo exhibition with UH Galleries, as well as other substantial prizes, represents our investment in the artistic life of Hertfordshire’s wider artistic community.
Telephone: +44 (0)1707 284290
Email: uhgalleries@herts.ac.uk
Postal address:
UH Galleries, Lindop Building, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, AL10 9AB
Website: www.go.herts.ac.uk/uhgalleries
