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Whilst the Museum remains temporarily closed, we are offering a new programme of monthly virtual talks via Zoom as an evening event. Please see the section 'Hear, Here' for more details.

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Hear Here

Our free evening monthly talks programme is now being programmed online, whilst the Museum is temporarily closed. All welcome.

Our mini-conference of talks about the artist Beatrice Offor – which was postponed from March 2020 - has now been arranged as two online events.

Sisters, Sirens and Saints: Imagining the Women of Beatrice Offor: 

Commemorating the Centenary of artist Beatrice Offor (1864 - 1920)

Explore the beautiful portraits and portrayals of women by Beatrice Offor with this series of talks over two events. Guest curators, lecturers and academics bring together artworks from the collections at Bruce Castle Museum alongside new research, looking at the influences in her life and the recent invigorated interest in her paintings.

  • Part 1 on Thursday 26 November, begins 7.30pm

Sisters Sirens and Saints - Portraits by Beatrice Offor (1864 - 1920)

Introduction: Deborah Hedgecock, Curator of Bruce Castle Museum introduces the two guest speakers of this first event.

7.30pm    Beatrice Offor. An 'Esoteric' Artist?

by Dr Alan Walker - Florida State University (London)

8pm    From the Slade to the Super-natural

by Dr Charlotte de Mille - The Courtauld Institute of Art

Book a place (external link) for the first event through Eventbrite.

Details for the second online event about Beatrice Offor

  • Part 2 on Thursday 3 December, begins 7.30pm

  Sisters Sirens and Saints - Portraits by Beatrice Offor (1864 - 1920)

Introduction: Deborah Hedgecock, Curator of Bruce Castle Museum introduces the two guest speakers of this first event.

7.30pm    Myth and Mysteries: The Magical Revival and Beatrice Offor

by Geraldine Beskin - The Atlantis Bookshop, and Researcher

8pm    Beatrice Offor: Love, Life and Art in Bruce Grove, Tottenham

by Deborah Hedgecock - Curator, Bruce Castle Museum

Book a place (external link) for the second event through Eventbrite

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20 November 2020

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