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The Brontės are famous as writers but they were also interested in many art forms and have inspired successive generations of writers and artists. Our ambition is for the Brontė Parsonage Museum to truly reflect the Brontės' own remarkably diverse creative talents and the rich heritage of artistic response to their lives and works. Through our contemporary arts programme we aim to commission and showcase new responses to the Brontės and the Parsonage Museum's collection from writers and artists working today. Jenna Holmes, Arts Officer 
Remnants: Su Blackwell
A new exhibition of site specific works by artist Su Blackwell has gone on show at the museum. Su Blackwell creates book-cut sculptures, three dimensional paper-cut works from the pages of books, inspired by the stories inside. The exhibition features a series of delicate installations in the historic rooms of the house, inspired by the Brontes and the museum collections. A must-see exhibition, this is the first time that contemporary craft has been displayed in the museum and is funded by The Radcliffe Trust and Arts Council England. Exhibition daily until 28 November 2010 _______________________________________________________________________________________
Click here to download the current APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2010 programme in full and see details of all upcoming events. The programme features exhibitions with Victoria Brookland and Su Blackwell, and readings by Carol Ann Duffy and Kate Mosse as part of the first Bronte Festival of Women's Writing. _______________________________________________________________________________________
Charlotte Bronte's Corset: The museum has recently published a new pamphlet collection of Bronte-inspired poems by Katrina Naomi, the result of her time spent at the museum as writer in residence. Charlotte Bronte's Corset can be bought from our online shop and several of the poems from the collection are currently on display amongst the Brontes' own possessions as text installations in the museum. To buy the new collection click here. About Katrina Naomi Katrina Naomi is originally from Margate and now lives in London. Her first full collection, The Girl with the Cactus Handshake, was published by Templar in 2009. She has received an Arts Council England Writer's award and a Hawthornden Fellowship, and has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths. Katrina is also a lecturer in creative writing for the Open University. _______________________________________________________________________________________
LITERARY EVENTS
There are regular readings at the museum by some of the UK's most prominent writers. Speakers at the museum have included Beryl Bainbridge, Andrew Motion, Sarah Waters, Margaret Drabble, Maggie O'Farrell, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Tracy Chevalier, Justine Picardie, Joanne Harris, Bonnie Greer and many, many more. To find out who is reading at the museum in the next few months, make sure you download our current arts programme brochure (above) or even better sign up to the mailing list to receive updates about events: contact jenna.holmes@bronte.org.uk _______________________________________________________________________________________
VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONS: The Bronte Parsonage Museum has commissioned a series of bold visual arts projects, here are details of some of our previous exhibitions:
 Ghosts X by Sam Taylor-Wood courtesy the artist and White Cube
Ghosts by Sam Taylor-Wood, 17 July - 2 November 2009, an exhibition of landscape photographs of the moors, inspired by Wuthering Heights. Resized for exhibition in the parsonage, the photographs were displayed in the period rooms and became almost 'windows' on to the moors, echoing the views that influenced the Brontes' works.
 The Fragmented Orchestra - 12 December - 22 February 2009
The Brontė Parsonage Museum was involved in an exciting national sound project The Fragmented Orchestra, one of 24 sites taking part across the UK. Located in the Parsonage garden, a sound box relayed sounds from Haworth to a central hub in the FACT gallery in Liverpool. Visitors could interact with the sound box and become part of a vast evolving musical composition stretching across the UK. Visit the Fragmented Orchestra website for more information.
My Life Dreams: Annelies Strba - 1 August to 31 October 2008
The museum exhibited new work by Swiss artist Annelies Strba, in response to the Brontės and Wuthering Heights. The series of tiny digitally-manipulated images were displayed in and amongst the Brontės' own possessions. Also in 2008, Fay Godwin's series of photographs, Elmet, from her collaboration with Ted Hughes, were loaned to the museum by the British Library.
Cornelia Parker's Brontėan Abstracts: September - December 2006
 Brontean Abstract 2006 (Anne's Hair) SEM image, courtesy of the artist and Frith St Gallery, London  Brontean Abstract 2006 (pin hole in Charlotte Bronte's pincushion) courtesy of the artist and Frith St Gallery, London
In 2006 the museum exhibited new work by major British artist Cornelia Parker. Brontean Abstracts was the result of time spent by the artist researching in the museum collections. Cornelia Parker was interested in exploring the underside of the Brontes' monumentality and this remarkable body of new work offers new perspectives on the myths and stereotypes that have been built around the Brontes and challenge our preconceptions about them. The Brontes' items were examined in new ways, to explore marks left unconsciously - the pin pricks in Charlotte's pin cushion, ink blots on blotting paper and the scribblings out on manuscripts - as well microscopic views of Charlotte's quill pen and analysis conducted on samples of their hair. The series of works were exhibited in the period rooms of the museum between 16 September - 31 December 2006. Some of our past programme brochures: SEPTEMBER 2009 - MARCH 2010 - Download Here APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Download Here OCTOBER 2008 - MARCH 2009 - Download Here
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