Page 12 - Barnsley Museums: Whats On Guide Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

Exhibitions @ Cooper Gallery
Artist and Adventurers: Women Who Dared To Create
Saturday 15 September 2018 - Saturday 12th January 2019
From the wonderful art collections at the Cooper Gallery and Cannon Hall Museum, this exhibition brings together paintings, ceramics and art glass by great women artists. Explore inspiring and innovative creations from Hannah Barlow at Doulton and Cannon Hall’s own Gertrude Spencer-Stanhope in the 19th century, to renowned 20th century painters Vanessa Bell and Prunella Clough and ceramicist Lucie Rie. The exhibition will also look
at the challenges and opportunities women artists have faced over the generations.
Free admission, donations welcome