Members’ Preview: Norman Cornish: A Life in Sketchbooks

This event has now sold out. To be added to the waiting list, please email specialevents@thebowesmuseum.org.uk.

We warmly invite you and one guest to celebrate a special preview of Norman Cornish: A Life in Sketchbooks on Thursday 25 June, from 6 – 8:30pm at The Bowes Museum.

Step inside the working imagination of Norman Cornish in this intimate exhibition, bringing together finished drawings, paintings and watercolours alongside the preparatory sketches that shaped them. Across a lifetime, Cornish filled 269 sketchbooks, capturing the streets, people, and communities of the Durham coalfield with remarkable insight and warmth. His belief that sketchbooks should “have a life of their own… to teach people to look at things” comes alive in this display, which also features a major new acquisition made possible with the legacy funds of the Friends of the Bowes Museum, strengthening the museum’s collection of one of the North’s celebrated twentieth-century artists.

To reserve your tickets, simply click on ‘Book Now’ button and select up to 2 tickets. An email confirmation will arrive in your inbox, and a member of the team will confirm your ticket on the night. Tickets are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

If you need any further information, please contact specialevents@thebowesmuseum.org.uk

Café Bowes will be open from 6 – 8pm for supper bookings. Booking is essential and can be made by calling 01833 690606 or email events@thebowesmuseum.org.uk

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