Museums Sheffield: Graves Gallery

Graves Gallery
Surrey Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1XZ
England

Website

www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

E-mail

info@museums-sheffield.org.uk

Telephone

Main Reception

0114 278 2600

Bookings for Tours, Talks, Events and School Trips

0114 275 2655

All information is drawn or provided by the venues themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Rise above the city and discover over three hundred years of European and British Art. Take time out from the bustling city to relax on our comfy sofas or unwind in the café. Through Sheffield’s permanent collection and a changing programme of exhibitions, the Graves Gallery offers a break from the hectic pace of life and a place to think.

Expect to see lots of changes in the Graves over the coming months as we reconfigure the galleries and present new displays of our collections. Please bear with us whilst this work is undertaken.

Cross over the road to visit the Millennium Gallery or take a bus from the city centre to Bishops’ House.

Venue Type:

Gallery

 Opening hours

Wed-Fri 10.00-15.00, Sat 11.00-15.00

Closed Bank Holidays

 Admission charges

Free

Additional info

See website for details

Collection details

Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art

Key artists and exhibits

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Pierre Bonnard
  • Sir Stanley Spencer
  • Helen Chadwick
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

The Power of the Print: Leonard Beaumont Rediscovered

29 January — 14 September 2013 *on now

Leonard Beaumont (1891–1986) was a prolific artist and designer, whose work has rarely received the attention it deserves. Beaumont started his career at the Sheffield Daily Telegraph and attended evening classes at Sheffield School of Art. He began making prints in the 1920s, specialising in bold lino cuts and etchings influenced by the Vorticists. Shortly before his death, Beaumont donated over 80 of his works to his home city.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

The Power of the Print: Leonard Beaumont Rediscovered

22 December 2012 — 14 September 2013 *on now

Leonard Beaumont (1891–1986) was a prolific artist and designer, whose work has rarely received the attention it deserves. Beaumont started his career at the Sheffield Daily Telegraph and attended evening classes at Sheffield School of Art. He began making prints in the 1920s, specialising in bold lino cuts and etchings influenced by the Vorticists. Shortly before his death, Beaumont donated over 80 of his works to his home city. The majority of these pictures have not been seen for almost thirty years and it is with great pleasure that we re-visit the work of this neglected son of the city.

Admission

Free Entry

On the Face of It: Photographic Portraits from Sheffield's Collection

20 April — 30 November 2013 *on now

Works of art in themselves, these black and white photographs highlight the skill and technique of these photographers, as well as putting a face to the names we know so well

Suitable for

  • 11-13
  • 16-17
  • 18+
  • 14-15
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.
Graves art gallery

The Graves Art Club

21 June 2013

Find inspiration in the Graves Gallery and try your hand at drawing, watercolour, acrylic, ink, collage and printing. Every Friday, excluding school holidays. Pay on the day at the shop. Suitable for adults of all abilities The Graves collection includes paintings featured on the Your Paintings website.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

When

10:30am-12:30pm

Admission

£5.00/£4.50.

Graves art gallery

The Graves Art Club

28 June 2013

Find inspiration in the Graves Gallery and try your hand at drawing, watercolour, acrylic, ink, collage and printing. Every Friday, excluding school holidays. Pay on the day at the shop. Suitable for adults of all abilities The Graves collection includes paintings featured on the Your Paintings website.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

When

10:30am-12:30pm

Admission

£5.00/£4.50.

Graves art gallery

The Graves Art Club

5 July 2013

Find inspiration in the Graves Gallery and try your hand at drawing, watercolour, acrylic, ink, collage and printing. Every Friday, excluding school holidays. Pay on the day at the shop. Suitable for adults of all abilities The Graves collection includes paintings featured on the Your Paintings website.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

When

10:30am-12:30pm

Admission

£5.00/£4.50.

Graves art gallery

The Graves Art Club

12 July 2013

Find inspiration in the Graves Gallery and try your hand at drawing, watercolour, acrylic, ink, collage and printing. Every Friday, excluding school holidays. Pay on the day at the shop. Suitable for adults of all abilities The Graves collection includes paintings featured on the Your Paintings website.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

When

10:30am-12:30pm

Admission

£5.00/£4.50.

Graves art gallery

The Graves Art Club

19 July 2013

Find inspiration in the Graves Gallery and try your hand at drawing, watercolour, acrylic, ink, collage and printing. Every Friday, excluding school holidays. Pay on the day at the shop. Suitable for adults of all abilities The Graves collection includes paintings featured on the Your Paintings website.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

When

10:30am-12:30pm

Admission

£5.00/£4.50.

Graves art gallery

The Graves Art Club

26 July 2013

Find inspiration in the Graves Gallery and try your hand at drawing, watercolour, acrylic, ink, collage and printing. Every Friday, excluding school holidays. Pay on the day at the shop. Suitable for adults of all abilities The Graves collection includes paintings featured on the Your Paintings website.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

When

10:30am-12:30pm

Admission

£5.00/£4.50.

Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Portraits

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=144

Looking at portraits in Sheffield's collections - engaging interactive to create your own portrait.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Altered Books - Workshops and techniques

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=327

A step by step guide of workshop techniques about creating 'Altered Books' - where students show their individuality by creating their own books or personalise existing ones.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Engaging young people with artworks

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=437

How to engage young people with art and Museums - includes audio recordings of members of a Youth Forum giving creative responses to different artworks.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Marc Quinn and Figurative Sculpture

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=53

Marc Quinn's contemporary sculpture raises questions about how we view beauty and the human body, and about issues of disability. Using the sculpture as a focal point, this resource explores these themes with reference to other figurative sculpture from the collection of Museums Sheffield.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London of 1666

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=546

A resource about Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London, including ideas about how to use it in the classroom. Information about 17th Century life and housing, plus a really good interactive suitable for KS1/2 pupils.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Twentieth Century Artists in the Graves Gallery

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=202

Information and chronologies about C20th Century artists with audio responses from students of all ages on some of the artworks featured. Artists include: Frank Auerbach, Peter Blake, John Bratby, Patrick Caulfield, Paul Nash, Richard Long and RB Kitaj.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Yong's China Quest adventure game Level 2

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=518

Level 2 of an adventure game about Chinese history from 500 BCE to the Olympics.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
 Face to face resources

Youth Forum

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/events.asp?site=27&id=983

Youth Forum consists of young people aged 14-24 years from across the city and is a ground breaking interpretation project which enables young people to be the decision-makers, creating dialogues between art in the Graves Gallery, Sheffield and its visitors. Through a series of artist-led workshops, supported by Museum Sheffield staff, Youth Forum creates innovative responses to Sheffield's Visual Art collection, sharing and exploring their ideas with a wider audience.

How to obtain

For more information, contact the Youth Forum Co-ordinator on 0114 278 2614 or email youthforum@museums-sheffield.org.uk.

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