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Coronation Street star's art exhibition at Burnley coffee shop

Actress Anne Kirkbride with East lancashire coffee shop co-owner John Seedal

9:20pm Sunday 14th December 2008

ARTWORK by Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride is being exhibited at a Burnley coffee shop.

Bacup talking shop to be preserved by artists

2:58pm Thursday 11th December 2008

A PROJECT to let traders in Bacup “talk shop” will be preserved for posterity by artists.

Blackburn pupils score with football art exhibition

Lakisha Henderson, Bethany Riley and Kisha Robinson with some of the photogr

1:38pm Wednesday 10th December 2008

FULL time was blown on a Blackburn school’s successful football art exhibition last night.

Colne artist's pencil portrait scores with Burnley legend

LIKE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR:Jimmy McIlroy reflects on the picture of him by Craig Holden

12:17pm Friday 5th December 2008

AN East Lancashire artist has paid tribute to one of the greatest footballers Burnley has ever seen by presenting him with a portrait.

Pete Doherty’s 'blood art' in new Crawshawbooth exhibition

SETTING UP: Jackie Taylor, co-owner of See Gallery, prepares an exhibiton which will include works by musician Pete Doherty

1:13pm Friday 5th December 2008

BLOOD will line the walls of an art gallery in Rossendale as part of a new exhibition.

Blackburn girl's panto cat is a winner

Blackburn girl's panto cat is a winner

8:10pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

Gabrielle Faulkner, of St Peter’s RC Primary School, Blackburn, designed a cat costume for this year’s Thwaites Empire pantomime, Dick Whittington.

East Lancashire's Panopticons to feature on Russian television

The Halo

12:20pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

A LANDMARK arts project is set to make waves from Moscow to St Petersburg after Russian TV cameras visited East Lancashire.

Son preparing exhibition in memory of his Darwen artist mum

ARTIST: A very rare picture of Margaret Chapman

8:50pm Monday 17th November 2008

THE son of a late Darwen artist is planning to stage an exhibition of her work eight years after she died.

Pendle landscape artist's calendar for Pendleside Hospice

Pendle landscape artist's calendar for Pendleside Hospice

9:53am Tuesday 11th November 2008

Artist Keith Melling has once more given permission for his images to be featured in the Pendleside Hospice calendar.

Public art lighting way into Blackburn

Picture by Colin Horne

9:31am Tuesday 11th November 2008

The lights on a new piece of public art in Blackburn have been switched on.

Blackburn Turner painting set to tour Europe

Blackburn Museum documentation officer, Vinai Solanki with the watercolour

2:31pm Thursday 6th November 2008

One of Blackburn’s best known watercolours, Cascade at Terni by JMW Turner is about to embark on a nine-month tour of some of Europe’s best galleries.

Burnley artist who started Pendelfin pottery dynasty dies

ARTISTS: Jean Walmsley Heap (right) with Jeannie Todd

5:30pm Wednesday 29th October 2008

A BURNLEY artist who created a pottery dynasty which has lasted more than 55 years has died.

Burnley children's art in London show

7:10pm Wednesday 29th October 2008

ARTWORK by children from across Burnley has been shown to guests at a special exhibition.

Blackburn museum set to reopen as part of £20m revamp

6:10am Saturday 25th October 2008

A MUSEUM closed amid huge controversy two years ago is to reopen, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal.

Fight goes on for Darwen museum funding

2:20pm Monday 20th October 2008

FUNDING is still needed to create a museum and heritage centre to celebrate the history of Darwen.

Grand way to access Clitheroe venue's news

3:18pm Friday 10th October 2008

CLITHEROE’S state-of-the-art arts and community centre, The Grand, has an all new website.

Burnley heritage bosses in bid to save historic bust

Burnley heritage bosses in bid to save historic bust

3:50pm Wednesday 8th October 2008

HERITAGE buffs are facing a race against time to save a Burnley treasure from the clutches of American academics.

Entries wanted for Clitheroe photography exhibition

Ribble Valley Deputy Mayor Beverley Jones

12:45pm Monday 6th October 2008

BUDDING snappers are sought for a special photography display at Clitheroe Castle Museum.

Interview: Ray Lowry

Ray Lowry

3:50pm Tuesday 23rd September 2008

FOR the past 30 years, one of Britain’s greatest rock cartoonists, Ray Lowry, has led a quiet existence in his small Lancashire home — far away from his previous life in the star-studded limelight.

Rossendale Museum, Rawtenstall

Stained glass window in the museum

7:00pm Saturday 10th February 2007

Built in 1840, this impressive early Victorian home today houses a museum rich in character.

Clitheroe: Platform Gallery

11:59am Saturday 13th January 2007

The gallery provides an airy contemporary craft exhibition space, shop and educational facilities.

‘Sister act' a museum success

7:00pm Friday 11th August 2006

HELMSHORE Mills Textile Museum is open for business - in Burnley.

Chance to show art at gallery

7:00pm Thursday 1st June 2006

ASPIRING artists are being offered the opportunity to hold their first exhibitions in the gallery at Sunnyhurst Wood Visitor Centre, Darwen.

The county’s biggest art gallery

LOOKING AHEAD: One of the images that will be projected on to the side of buildings as part of Picture That community project in Burnley

7:00pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

BURNLEY's neighbourhoods are to be transformed into East Lancashire's largest art gallery as youngsters' visions of the future are projected onto the sides of 12 buildings.

Textile museum gets a facelift

7:00pm Thursday 25th May 2006

Helmshore Textile Museum will close to the public between June 2006 and April 2007 so a massive refurbishment programme can take place.

New art gallery is unveiled

7:00pm Thursday 25th May 2006

A NEW art gallery has been opened in Ribchester.

Leisure theme for photo event

7:00pm Saturday 13th May 2006

VIEWS of the town's scenic parks and leisure areas are wanted for Darwen Civic Society's annual photographic exhibition.

It’s new life for Empire museum

New home: Curator and founder Harry Nelson with some of the exhibits

7:00pm Tuesday 9th May 2006

A PENDLE museum charting life in the British Empire has taken over a new base.

Halima at the art of creativity

7:00pm Monday 8th May 2006

AN East Lancashire artist impressed judges so much with her winning entry in an art competition that she has been asked to produce the trophies for this year's contest.

Sally gets her art’s desire with gallery

FINE ART: Sally Darlington with some of her textile art which will be on display at the Ntama Studio Gallery, Halifax Road, Todmorden

7:00pm Wednesday 26th April 2006

ARTISTS in Todmorden are to have a brand new venue to showcase their work.


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