Alan Lowndes Exhibition
20th February - 30th May 2010
This exhibition brought togther paintings from private collections across the UK complementing pieces from Stockport Art Gallery's Permanent Collection. It was developed by Stockport Art Gallery in partnership with the Crane Kalman Gallery and celebrated the launch of a major new biography of Alan Lowndes written by Jonathan Riley.
Who Do We Think We Are?
16th October 2009 - 7th February 2010
The artwork in this exhibition is the result of a Stockport Art Gallery project with young people from Offerton High School and Werneth School.
Stockport Art Guild Annual Exhibition
10th October to 14th November 2009
Mad About Books - Children's Illustration Exhibtion
18th July - 10th October 2009
Permanent Collection
Phase 1 - presented 200 years of Stockport's history through paintings, prints and drawings. Charting the move from rural to industrial, this exhibition looks at Stockport's past and present whilst asking questions about its future.
Phase 2 - uncovered stories behind the largely unsung heroes who have defined the collection over the the years and documents how ordinary people did extra-ordinary things.
Phase 3 - Who Do You Think They Are? During this exciting project, documents relating to pieces within the collections were discovered and answer some of the questions surrounding how these images came to be here. On display in the exhibition for the first time were letters that, in some cases, have been written by the artist. Some refer directly to the paintings in our care and provide valuable insight into the life and times in which they were written.