Tag: Art

  • E L F A / F O L K T R O N I C A

    E L F A / F O L K T R O N I C A

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    Victoria Macarte (ELFA) will be performing at Lanercost as part of our little Arts and Music Festival on Sunday 21st June. ELFA performs FOLKTRONICA, a collection of British folk songs from the future, accompanied by three analogue synths making noise like a storm on the horizon and pulsating minimal, greco-roman jungle beats like the nation’s…

  • Echo Festival Lanercost 2026

    Echo Festival Lanercost 2026

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    This June, Echo Events Lanercost CIC welcomes you back to Lanercost for a warm, intimate, community-focused Echo Festival — a joyful celebration of local creativity, heritage, and togetherness. Taking place from 19–28 June, this year’s festival embraces a relaxed village atmosphere, creating welcoming spaces where people can gather, share experiences, and celebrate community life.  Festival…

  • Hadrian’s Wall Art Trail

    Hadrian’s Wall Art Trail

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    Hadrian’s Wall Art Trail This autumn, we have invited artists from across the North East and Cumbria to submit work for the inaugural Hadrian’s Wall Art Trail. The trail will weave through several locations along Hadrian’s Wall crossing Northumberland and Cumbria, bringing together diverse perspectives on folklore, history, and myth. Theme: FOLK We encouraged broad…

  • Kenneth Wilson – Pilgrim Cello

    Kenneth Wilson – Pilgrim Cello

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    Join us at Lanercost Priory on Sunday 7th September, 3–6pm for a powerful and contemplative performance by Kenneth Wilson, cellist and poet, as an addition to his Pilgrim Cello 2025 journey — cycling to all 42 English cathedrals. “Meditation on the Seven Last Words of Jesus” blends the transcendent beauty of Bach’s cello suites, Wilson’s…

  • Christine Boyce – A Retrospective Exhibition

    Christine Boyce – A Retrospective Exhibition

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    Christine Boyce (1928–2019) A distinguished British stained glass artist and craftswoman noted for her deeply meaningful ecclesiastical work in Cumbria and beyond.   Early Life & Background Born in Hull in 1928. Studied at Newcastle-on-Tyne College under LC Evetts. Christine discovered glasswork in the 1960s, finding it aligned with her reverence for nature and spirituality . Settling in Cumbria…

  • Looking Beyond Contemporary Art Exhibition

    Looking Beyond Contemporary Art Exhibition

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    Saturday 21st June 2025 to Saturday 28th June 2025 10.00 til 16.00 Daily A contemporary art exhibition in Dacre Hall with with local artists and sculptors. Using Dacre to exhibit works by local Cumbrian artists, some well-known and others emerging…we hope to celebrate the past and echo forward to the future. Entrance £1.00 on the…

  • Art History Talk – Rafaele Appleby

    Art History Talk – Rafaele Appleby

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    Rafaele was born into an artistic family, immersed in a world of paintings and music from a young age. Working in a studio near Hadrian’s Wall, with views of the Cumbrian fells to the south and a kitchen garden to the north, Rafaele’s art often draws inspiration from the surrounding nature. The process can be…

  • Art History Talk – Jovan Nicholson

    Art History Talk – Jovan Nicholson

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    Jovan Nicholson is an independent art historian and has curated and written the accompanying catalogues for Art and Life: Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, William Staite Murray 1920-1931; Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour; Winifred Nicholson in Cumberland; Kate Nicholson and Winifred Nicholson; Cumbrian Rag Rugs.  He is an expert in Winifred Nicholson and a grandson…

  • Art History Talk – Dr Sarah Victoria Turner

    Art History Talk – Dr Sarah Victoria Turner

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    Echo Events Lanercost

      Sarah Turner is an art historian and Director of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. She has published widely and co-curated several major exhibitions, most recently, Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia & Friends at Kettle’s Yard. Much of her academic writing has focused on the entangled relationships between Britain, the British…

  • Art History Talk – Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper

    Art History Talk – Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper

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    Echo Events Lanercost

    NOW SOLD OUT! How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris by Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper   William Morris wrote: ‘The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life’. This lecture looks at the houses and works of art that Jane and William…