More exhibition news! As you can see, we are busy behind the scenes. Colin Wilkin, the Keeper of the Fry Collection has been working with Mark Hearld selecting pieces from the stores to put on show in ‘Fry’s Popular Delights’. The exhibition will explore the link between the ‘Fry Artists’ and Popular Art. It will feature exciting items on loan from other collections as well as our own works. Our team of hard-working volunteers have been using their practical skills to good effect, preparing works for hanging. ‘Fry’s Popular Delights’ co-curated by Mark Hearld and Colin Wilkin will be open between Sunday 5th April and Sunday 25th October. #fryartgallery #saffronwalden #essexevents #exhibitions

We are looking to appoint a new Chair of Trustees to build on the successes of our first 40 years - could this be you? The most important requirements for the role are the skills to Chair and a passion for our cause. Applications close on 19 December. Further information about the role and appointment process can be found via this link fryartgallery.org/chair-of-t… Image: John Aldridge RA, Table With Objects

Installation in progress…Richard Bawden, the Hadleigh Years opens next weekend on 26 July in the Gibson Room. A versatile painter, printmaker, illustrator and designer, there’s such warmth, wit and keen observational detail to enjoy in Bawden’s later works. This very special commemorative exhibition is curated by John Ready and Hattie Bawden #fryartgallery #saffronwalden #greatbardfieldartists #essexevents

Do not miss the final few days of Bardfield Murals, closing this weekend. It has been a pleasure to stage this exhibition @FryArtGallery in our 40th Anniversary year. Sunday is the last day to view, so do find time to visit and see some unique and rarely seen works by renowned North West Essex artists #muralpainting #twenthiethcenturyart #greatbardfieldartists

Study for a mural by Edward Bawden, watercolour, 1951 is our Work of the Month. This preparatory sketch entitled ‘Country Life’ for the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the Festival of Britain is a recent addition to our collection. In it Bawden includes depictions of familiar Essex buildings and images of agricultural practice past and present. The finished mural occupied the entire wall at one end of the pavilion. See it in the Gibson Room until 13 July in ‘Bardfield Murals’ #fryartgallery #saffronwalden #murals #twentiethcenturyart

In the Bawden Room, Finding a Home at the Fry curator @ellaravilious invited people with connections to the Fry's artists to curate cabinets as if they were their own kitchen dressers or mantle pieces. These beautiful displays recall childhoods and working lives immersed in creativity #fryartgallery #saffronwalden #greatbardfieldartists

There’s a riot of colour to enjoy this bank holiday weekend @fryartgallery in our current exhibitions, Finding a Home at the Fry and Bardfield Murals. Each exciting curation includes rarely seen work by many of our favourite artists. Find us in Castle Street, Saffron Walden. Images: • A Family Group by Duffy Ayers, oil on board • Maquette for Country Life, Festival of Britain 1951 by Edward Bawden, pencil and wash (courtesy of Higgins, Bedford) #twentiethcenturyart #twentiethcenturydesign #greatbardfieldartists #art #exhibition

Finding a home at the Fry, opening on 6 April, explores art as a way of life for N W Essex artists. Images: Duffy Ayers, ‘Olive in her Garden’, oil Lucie Aldridge, ‘Garden’, rag rug Tirzah Garwood and Charlotte Bawden, marbled paper Sheila Robinson, ‘Tom Cat’, cardboard cut, 1973 #saffronwalden #essexevents #modernandcontemporaryart #fryartgallery

A perfect, celebratory weekend welcoming our first visitors in this our 40th anniversary year. Curators Ella Ravilious, Alan Powers and Neil Jennings joined us to introduce ‘Finding a Home at the Fry’ and ‘Bardfield Murals’ - both not to missed! And the sun shone on our unveiling of Ian Wolter’s ‘Great Bardfield Artists’ #fryartgallery #ellaravilious #neiljenningsfineart #ianwolterssculpture #greatbardfieldartists #swordersfineart #saffronwalden