Light Night 2012 at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery: Magic Lantern performances, show-and-tell and activities

Magic Lantern performances, history of science show-and-tell, drawing activities!

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Friday 5 Oct 2012, 5-10pm
Light Night 2012: By the Light of the Magic Lantern - Performances by Andrew Gill

Join us for an evening of beauty, education, Victorian nostalgia, humour and a spot of technical wizardry!
Andrew Gill of the Magic Lantern Society presents a series of magic lantern performances throughout the evening taking visitors back to the era of the magic lantern's heyday, when it was a dynamic tool for storytelling, sharing scientific knowledge and ideas.
There will be three 40-minute shows starting at 5.30, 7 and 8.30pm.
Booking essential:
gallery@leeds.ac.uk
(0113) 343 2778
http://lightnightlantern.eventbrite.co.uk

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Friday 5 Oct 2012, 5-10pm
Light Night 2012: History of Science Show-and-Tell

A unique public display of newly re-discovered Edwardian-era magic lanterns from the University's collections will be presented by Claire Jones, Director of the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Leeds, using some of the thousands of magic lantern slides and related scientific objects also preserved in the collection.
Suitable for ages 5+. No booking necessary.

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Friday 5 Oct 2012, 5-10pm
Light Night 2012: Fly with Swallows, Run with Amazons

Visitors who have not booked a place or are just passing by will be invited to contribute to a collaborative illustration of a story, Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, relating to the Gallery exhibition at that time, Austerity and Invention: Illustrators between the Wars.
Visitors can draw on acetate in response to a short extract from a book - a character from the story, a part of the scenery, a prop. They are then invited to place these on overhead projectors that will project on to the walls outside the Gallery.
This activity is suitable for ages 5+ and all abilities. No booking necessary.


Find us at:
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Parkinson Building
Woodhouse Lane
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT

Email: gallery@leeds.ac.uk
Phone: 0113 343 2778
Fax: 0113 343 5561 (Please mark for the attention of the Art Gallery)