Discover beautiful gifts at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Whether you’re looking to buy a unique gift or want to treat yourself, why not drop into Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum?
The Art Gallery & Museum stocks a selection of contemporary craft items by professional designer makers that are affordable, beautiful and made to be treasured!
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum supports young and local design talent by giving them the opportunity to present their work in the craft showcase. The craft showcase, situated in the gallery shop, features a selection of contemporary pieces at affordable prices. Each item is unique and an artwork in its own right. This autumn a new range of beautiful and colourful handmade items from two up and coming designers will be displayed.
Textile artist, Alison Dupernex, has created a range of stunning knitted silk scarves. Handmade beaded jewellery lovingly designed by Sulamith Killian-Carter (For Your Beads Only) is also featured.
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum is taking part in the The Times ‘A Year of Culture+’ campaign which runs from 22 July 2010 until the end of June 2011. Each Friday from 22 July onwards, Times+ members are able to receive a 10% discount on any purchase from the gallery shop, including items from the craft showcase, providing that they show their Times+ card.
The gallery shop also offers a selection of greetings cards, postcards and other gift items.
Jewellery by Sulamith Killian-Carter.
Scarves by Alison Dupernex.
There is also a selection of greetings cards, postcards and publications on the visual arts and local history for purchase.
Available at the art gallery shop.
Publications currently in stock
Lord Leicester's Warwickshire: The Life and Legacy of Robert Dudley. By J R Watkin. The impact on Warwickshire of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, and his legacy in architecture and the arts to the present day. Many illustrations. 39 pages. Warwick District Council, 2010. £3.50
Royal Leamington Spa Revisited. By Jeff Watkin. The story of Leamington and its people told through photographs and prints. Includes historical introduction to the development of the town. 128 pages. Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud, 2008. £12.99
The girl with X-ray eyes. Catalogue of an exhibition by Phillip Warnell shown at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, 18 April - 15 June 2008. Includes an introduction by Chloe Johnson, an interview with Natasha Demkina and essays by Steven Connor and Gerard Wajcman. Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, University of Warwick and Arts Council England, 2008. £7.50
Seeing ‘Shakespeare Country’: Tourists in south Warwickshire 1800 – 1939. By Jeff Watkin. The development of modern tourism in and around Kenilworth, Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon. Many illustrations. 42 pages. Warwick District Council, 2005. £3.95
Philip Sutton: Woodcuts 1962 – 1976. Catalogue for an exhibition shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum and the National Assembly Building, Cardiff, 2005 - 2006. Contains essays by John Russell Taylor and Heather Sutton. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005. £7.95
Harry Weinberger. Catalogue for an exhibition shown at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, 15 November 2003 - 5 January 2004. Includes an introduction by Iris Murdoch and essays by David Phillips and Katharine Cockshaw. Warwick District Council, 2003. £3.50
The Royal Pump Rooms and the growth of Leamington Spa. Edited by Jeff Watkin. Introduction to the history of the Royal Pump Rooms and its part in the development of Royal Leamington Spa. Many illustrations. 23 pages. Warwick District Council, 2002. £2.50
For further information please call Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum on 01926 742700.
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