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Please note: the Parsonage Museum is now closed until Sunday 1st February for major refurbishment. Brontė Society events take place throughout the year. A contemporary arts programme also takes place at the Brontė Parsonage Museum. To join our mailing list for events information contact bronte@bronte.org.uk/ 01535 642323. Forthcoming events include; Friday 12 December 2008 - Sunday 22 February 2009 The Fragmented Orchestra: The Brontė Parsonage Museum has been selected as one of 24 sites across the UK to take part in an exciting musical project. The Fragmented Orchestra - a musical structure modelled on the firing of the human brain - will connect site-specific sounds from each site to a central hub in the FACT Gallery in Liverpool. A soundbox will be installed in the Parsonage garden and visitors will be invited to play the instrument and become both player and audience of a vast and evolving musical composition extended across the UK - Free on admission to the museum - The soundbox will remain accessible to visitors throughout January during the Brontė Parsonage Museum's annual closed period - Visit the Fragmented Orchestra website - further information 01535 640188 / jenna.holmes@bronte.org.uk Sunday 1 February 2009 History of the Bronte Family: Major refurbishment of the main exhibition space opens with new permanent exhibition focussing on the Brontes' lives. There is also a new special exhibition focussing on Charlotte Bronte, free on admission to the Museum. Sunday 1 February 2009 Wuthering Heights Costumes: Special exhibition at the Parsonage featuring several of the costumes from the forthcoming ITV adaptation of Wuthering Heights to be screened in the New Year. Free on admission to the Museum. Friday 6th February Alter Ego: Exhibition of paintaings, inspired by the Brontes' signatures, by artist Victor Buta - free on admission to the Museum - bronte@bronte.org.uk / 01535 642323 Saturday 28th February Alter Ego Artists' Workshop: Workshop, led by Victor Buta, using his Alter Ego exhibition as inspiration for both beginners and experienced artists to create new works based on the Brontes' signatures. Includes visit to the Parsonage library to see examples of original Bronte handwriting - Old School Room - £25.00/ £15.00 concession (includes admission to the Museum and refreshments). Bookings: jenna.holmes@bronte.org.uk / 01535 640188. Saturday 14th March Alter Ego Graphology Day: As part of the Alter Ego exhibition, the Museum has commissioned graphologist Diane Simpson to analyse examples of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne's handwriting. Diane will be working with visitors during a one-day special event to reveal her findings and discover what your own handwriting says about you. Bronte Parsonage Museum - free on admission to the Museum. Saturday 25th April Literary Lunch: with lecture from new Bronte Society President Gyles Brandreth at the Sloane Club, London. Contact peter.morrison@bronte.org.uk or 01535 640195. Sunday 17th may Spring Walk: a walk along the Great and Little Ouseburn Bronte Trail led by Judith Bland. Bookings: peter.morrison@bronte.org.uk or 01535 640195 Advance notice.......advance notice.......advance notice...... Friday 31st July - Sunday 1st August The Bronte Society 2009 Conference at the University of York with the theme of "Men in the Bronte's Lives - Influences, Publishers, Critics and Characters." The general image of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte is one based soundly on Branwell's paintaing, exhibited permanently in the National Gallery: three unmarried sisters gaze at us, famous for their novels and the seclusion of their lives and attracting devotess as much from the one as the other. But the evidence shows clearly that these young women were far from solitary and that they were influenced by a good number of men. This is not to belittle their achievement, but rather to delve honestly into the influences that formed their work.
Our speakes are of the very highest, proven calibre in research, publication and originality. We are indeed fortunate to have people who are prepared to cross the world to be with us, as well as those closer at hand who are prepared to give the Society yet more of their time and kindness. The cost of the Conference is £299, which includes all lectures, bed and breakfast and all meals, including the Gala Dinner on Friday night and the Conference Dinner on the Saturday. Coffee and tea will be served between sessions and there will be a bookshop attached to the lecture hall selling both books by the lecturers and Bronte books. Accommodation will be in single ensuite rooms; spouses, partners and friends will be placed next to each other. A fine venue, a memorable conference, a city steeped in history. For more details, plus a downloadable booking form, please watch this space. Alternatively, contact Peter Morrison, Society Administrator, on 01535 640195 or at peter.morrison@bronte.org.uk If you wish to join our new e-mailing service and receive updates on contemporary arts events please contact jenna.holmes@bronte.org.uk. |
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