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Newsletter SPRING 2015 FoIM Newsletter - Spring 2015 The Friends of the Ipswich Museums Newsletter SPRING 2015 paulnixonphotography we look forward Our cover : Constable’s The Mill Stream after Restoration (see page 11) to promote the past FoIM Newsletter - Spring 2015 The Friends of the Contents Ipswich Museums Editor’s Notes -----------------------3 Newsletter Chairman’s Letter -------------------4 is published three times a year and Bill Seaman’s Column--------------6 distributed free to all members. The Friends’ Diary ------------------------8 FoIM was set up in 1934 to support the work and development of the Friends’ News------------------------9 Ipswich Museums: Ipswich Museum in Restoring the Millstream--------- 11 the High Street, Christchurch Mansion Ipswich Town Walk---------------- 15 and the Ipswich Art School Gallery. Constable’s Lime Kiln ------------ 16 Since April 2007 the Ipswich Museums Conservation Corner ------------- 17 have been managed as part of the A Rubens Copy ------------------- 20 Colchester and Ipswich Museum Corporate Members ------------ 22 Service (CIMS). The Committee -------------------- 23 Friends continue to provide financial Membership Information--------- 23 support to the Ipswich Museums as well as acting as volunteers. The Advertisements, 3,7,8,10,21,22 Friends run outings, talks and other events for their members. Our advertisements are all from The Friends provide guided tours of corporate members, please support the Mansion and Museum, including them. free Peeps into the Past at the Mansion throughout most of the year. Tours for groups can be booked by contacting the Mansion (01473 433554). FoIM is a member of the British Cover Picture: Ros Whitehead Association of Friends of Museums, Joan Lyall, Erica Burrows and Bob the Ipswich Arts Association and the Entwistle pictured with Constable’s Suffolk Chamber of Commerce. Mill Stream after conservation Contributions to the Summer 2015 Newsletter should be sent to the editor by 1 June 2015. Have you visited our website? www.foim.org.uk? We use our website to advertise events notified too late to be included in the Newsletter. 2 FoIM Newsletter - Spring 2015 FoIM is a subscribing member of the Ipswich Arts Association, please visit their website www.ipswich-arts.org.uk for further information. Editor’s Notes This issue is dominated by John to take in the temporary exhibition of Constable. Since early February we British Art of the First World War and I have Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral gather that the day was quite from the Meadows displayed in the memorable for several reasons which Wolsey Gallery as part of the Aspire will be explained in the full report in the Project. It will be there until early next next issue of the Newsletter. year together with one of Constable’s sketches of the cathedral (also on loan) plus our own new acquisition of a Mary Halliwell sketch of a local lime kiln (see page 16) and our beautifully cleaned and restored Mill Stream (see page 11). Amy Concannon, from the Tate came and explained to the Museum Staff and the Mansion Guides about Constable’s life and working methods. At the same session, additional activities were discussed such as art workshops for adults and a special trail for children. Do come along to look at and learn about these magnificent paintings. Elsewhere in this newsletter Adrian Parry tells us about the Rubens’ copy in the Green Room (page 20), Sue and Barry Denny tell us about an FoIM walking tour of Ipswich (page 15) and Bob Entwistle describes recent conservation work, including swords for an exhibition about the Battle of Waterloo (page 17). In the first week of March, a group of Friends visited the Imperial War Museum, London which reopened in July last year after a major redevelopment. The trip was planned 3 FoIM Newsletter - Spring 2015 Chairman’s Letter I would first of all like to congratulate Museum Service over the course of the Jayne Austin, who has been made year. Ipswich Manager in the recent In June, there will be an exhibition restructure of the Museum Service. th Jayne has been working closely with celebrating the 200 anniversary of the IBC on the Heritage Lottery Fund bid for kitchen and flower garden paintings. See the proposed High Street www.cimuseums.org.uk for further redevelopment. I am pleased to see information. Emma Roodhouse will also that day to day management of our be talking about Constable at our Museums will be here in Ipswich, with lunchtime talk in the Galley, Woodbridge Bill Seaman as overall manager of both on 25 March. sites. In November, some of you will have I hope many of you got the chance to seen The Mill Stream by Constable see the recent exhibition at the old Art being restored. The restoration was School called Paint@Britain. It featured funded by the Constable Trust but I contemporary British painting by forty managed to generate some good five different artists from across the UK publicity when conservator Ros and I was particularly pleased to see Whitehead discovered a kingfisher several twentieth century paintings from which had been hidden under about 100 the Ipswich collection on show. years’ worth of grime and old varnish. With the help of Paul Nixon Constable and the Wolsey Gallery Photography, the story was on Look East and in several of the national There has of course been great newspapers as well as the EADT. Ros excitement about the arrival at the tells us her story on page 11. Mansion of Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows by John Constable. FoIM FoIM will be funding the re-glazing of members enjoyed a private view several other paintings in the Wolsey Art evening on 9 February with a talk by Gallery, including the large Phillip Wise about this painting and the Gainsborough landscapes, over the next small oil sketch of the Lime Kiln (see few months with the latest non-reflective page 16). The great six- footer is here until January 2016 and there will be events arranged by the At the Friends’ Private View of Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows 4 FoIM Newsletter - Spring 2015 glass. Viewing the works should then be on William Kent and a day trip to the much improved. Imperial War Museum. We will be holding a summer Pimms and Other displays Strawberries party at the Mansion on This year is also the anniversary of the Wed 17 June. This was a very popular Battles of Waterloo and Agincourt. With event when we held it last, so make military matters in mind, Bob Entwistle sure you book early. A trip to the Black had the idea of displaying some of the Country is planned for September with vast collection of uniforms and what looks to be a very interesting weaponry for the next costume display, itinerary. which FoIM will help to fund. Look out Our AGM for this in the Mansion over the summer. Our AGM will be held at the Mansion on There’s a bear in the Mansion! He 14 April at 7.30 pm. In addition to the looks like a small polar bear, but I am update on our activities over the last assured he is actually a brown bear with year, we have asked representatives a pigment problem. There are plans to from Ipswich Borough Council to come have a regularly changing display in the and talk to us about the latest progress big case in the Great Hall so if you have regarding the proposal for the High any favourites – let the museum service Street redevelopment. know. We are sorry to lose Jerry Latham from Christmas Events the Friends’ Committee due to ill health. Our Christmas Party, held in the Jerry has been a valued member for Mansion on 10 December was a very many years and will be sadly missed on pleasant and successful evening the committee. We wish him a speedy attended by about 60 or so members. recovery. Ferial Rogers has We were entertained by Ipswich represented the Ipswich Arts Association Chamber Choir with seasonal music, at our meetings for some years and will and the Friends once again donated a also be stepping down. I am pleased to splendid 10ft tree which was supplied by say that Ferial will be continuing her Richards of Witnesham. occasional articles in the EADT about various interesting items in the Ipswich The Victorian Christmas event collections. organized by CIMS on 14 December was a huge success with over 1,800 We are always keen to recruit new visitors during the day enjoying themed members for the Friends and the activities and entertainment. There was committee. If you can offer help with a very long wait to see Father Christmas our events or with the newsletter or any but the queue was good-natured and other aspect of the Friends’ activities, or the children (and some Mums and Dads want to discus any aspect of our work too) had great fun with a dressing up my contact details are below. box of Victorian-style costume while they waited. There are already plans to Erica Burrows, extend this very popular event next year. Chairman Friends Events 01473 785152, or email [email protected] Friends have enjoyed a lunchtime talk 5 FoIM Newsletter - Spring 2015 Bill Seaman’s Column The New Year has welcomed a new recruiting for a six-month fixed term post approach in delivering our Museum to cover this, alongside the other vacant services. Our new staffing structure Collections and Learning Curator post. came into operation on the 2 February 2015. We now have a team of people Visitor Services team (Ipswich) dedicated to working in Ipswich Saskia Stent, Senior Duty Officer Museums. Carrie Willis, Duty Officer Iam sure you will all want to join me in welcoming Jayne Austin into her new Liz Bowell, Duty Officer role of Ipswich Museums’ Manager.
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