New Acquisition: Sacred Place by Michael Ayrton

New Acquisition: Sacred Place by Michael Ayrton

Michael Ayrton was born in London, the son of the poet and critic, Gerald Gould and MP, Barbara Ayrton Gould. He studied art in London before visiting Paris in 1938 with the artist John Minton, where they studied with the French neo-romanticist Eugene Berman...
Treasures

Treasures

Collage & Drawing Workshop with Chloe Cheese A summer workshop based on the Fry Gallery exhibition Finding a Home at the Fry (which we shall visit). Participants will bring along a shoe box filled with personal belongings – treasures – which will be used to...
Fry Gallery Lecture series: Alan Powers

Fry Gallery Lecture series: Alan Powers

FINDING THE LOST MURALS OF THE BARDFIELD ARTISTS A talk by Alan Powers Friday 25th April at 7.30pm Quaker Meeting House, High Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1AA Tickets, £6 are available from the link below, or on the door. Alan Powers will uncover the long-lost or...
Forty years of the Fry Art Gallery

Forty years of the Fry Art Gallery

The Fry Art Gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. To mark this milestone, the gallery opens in April 2025 with two exhibitions: In the Main Gallery: Finding a Home at the Fry containing art and design depicting and made for the domestic space, curated by...
New Acquisition – Alan Spencer Green pottery

New Acquisition – Alan Spencer Green pottery

Ceramics by Alan Spencer Green, Potter, 1932 – 2003 From time to time, the Fry is lucky enough to be given works by North West Essex artists to add to its collection. The latest offering is a wonderful collection of vases, dishes and lidded pots made by Alan...
Eric Ravilious – Drawn To War: cinema release

Eric Ravilious – Drawn To War: cinema release

A further chance to see Margy Kinmonth’s compelling account of the life and career of Eric Ravilious on the big screen. Picturehouse is showing the film across 22 of its cinemas nationwide on 2 September 2024, with Q&A screenings. Ai Weiwei, Grayson Perry,...