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ANOTHER PLACE
4th March 2019
Hurrah once again to the Keswick Film Club who have pulled off another wonderful film festival this weekend. Saturday night’s northern premier of the film Sometimes, Always, Never was the highlight for me. It played to a full house of 400 at Theatre by the lake. Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and starring Bill Nighy and Jenny Agutter it has some familiar settings. What a treat to see the tide washing in over the Gormley sculptures on Crosby beach. It will be publicly released early this sum...
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PERCY'S PROGRESS
20th February 2019
There are only a few more days to enjoy A Legacy at Tullie House in Carlisle. It has been widely praised and visited. I dropped in yesterday with a friend and the staff were already mourning the end. But at least they now have the consolation of a good permanent Kelly collection of their own which will no doubt come out from time to time and possibly gain momentum as more people may decide to bequeath their collection. I will be at the gallery for a last look on Sunday from 1.00 – 3.00. Join me...
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FINAL CALL FOR A LEGACY
15th February 2019
It is now the final week of the Percy Kelly A Legacy exhibition at Tullie House which closes on Sunday 24th. I was there last Saturday meeting friends from Durham and friends from the south who are all fortunate to own Kelly paintings. They found it fascinating to see his creative process. The museum shop has also done well again with the etchings and porcelain mugs being very popular.* Our friends enjoyed the city of Carlisle too. I saw it through new eyes. We lunched at Amatos - a lovely S...
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WHAT PERCY DID NEXT
4th January 2019
At last we can put all jingle bells behind us and get on with life. I guess 2019 will be challenging in many different ways. In times of crisis the arts seem to grow in importance. There are some cracking exhibitions coming up nationally this year so stay with me and I will flag them up as they approach. You can also let me know about exhibitions you have enjoyed. Galleries offer a glorious retreat from the world outside – an escape from hard reality or an opportunity to come to terms with it. ...
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PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO ALL MEN ( AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN).
20th December 2018
I am sending greetings to you all by e mail or via my regular newsletter on www.percykelly.co.uk. this year. The money I would have spent on Christmas cards has gone to Calderwood House in Egremont near Whitehaven which provides accommodation for the homeless and much more. It provides courses, friendship, jobs and above all - hope. It is alcohol and drug free which is often the cause or the result of homelessness. Most people have an e mail address these days. It’s a great way of keeping in ...
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INSIGHTS - THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
5th December 2018
As we hurtle towards the BIG event of the year (allegedly) and life becomes ever more frantic, I am pleased to be able to point you to a calmer, less demanding event in January when all the mad Fridays, daft Mondays and Christmas ad wars have hopefully stopped. Tullie House has asked me to do a talk and conducted tour of A LEGACY exhibition. So on Saturday 19th January at 2pm I will give an illustrated talk about the life, work and legacy of Percy Kelly in the lecture theatre (approx. 1 hour) f...
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MORE NEWS FROM THE PINK EGG
28th November 2018
Glad to hear that many you are enjoying A LEGACY exhibition at Tullie House. It is quite different from the Retrospective yet it is a continuation that adds an extra dimension to anything you’ve seen before. It is on the first floor (there is lift access) and follows a meandering route through the museum into old Tullie House. Don’t miss the best view of Drigsby the whale on your way through and the best view of Carlisle from the outdoor viewing platform. I will be in Carlisle this Saturday (...
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IT'S THE ICING ON THE CAKE!
7th November 2018
It was good to meet so many of you again at the opening of A Legacy on Saturday. Tullie House once again rose to the occasion with an exquisite birthday cake which had been made in Workington - just like Percy Kelly 100 years ago. He would have been impressed. I often wonder what his carpenter father and his proud mother with the cornflower blue eyes would have made of their very special son who dined with Royalty, discussed art with the Prime Minister and whose work is now admired and collect...
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THE PERCY, WHITEHAVEN
30th October 2018
I can feel excitement mounting as we approach Percy’s centenary anniversary. Wherever I go I meet people who want to talk about him and the LEGACY exhibition opening at Tullie House on Saturday. Since Line of Beauty closed in February there has been a feeling of sadness. People are definitely ready for another Percy ‘fix’ and it is appropriate for it to open on his birthday 3rd November. LEGACY is a smaller, more intimate exhibition in a room in the old Tullie House part of the museum. There is ...
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LEGACY
11th October 2018
Many years ago David Heckles, a solicitor from Ipswich, made his first visit to Castlegate House and he was hooked. He was very quiet and reserved but I got to know him well and we shared many a cuppa in the kitchen. One day as he told me he was making his will and wondered what to do with his 13 Percy Kelly works (some purchased from Castlegate and some from Messums in London’s Cork Street.) I suggested Tullie House because I knew they didn’t have any at all and, as the county gallery, I thoug...
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