Wilfrid Wright on Elisabeth Frink 25 July

 We had a busy evening on Thursday 25 July with the Friends' celebration of the opening of Museum & Art Swindon held on the first floor to give people an opportunity to look round. There were drinks and nibbles followed by a speech made by the Chair, appealing for more members to join the Friends' committee and thanking the 60 or so people who came for coming. We were also celebrating the move of Swindon Museum and Art Gallery from Apsley House into bigger premises at the Civic Offices and its transformation into Museum & Art Swindon.

After the celebrations we were treated to a wonderful lecture on Elisabeth Frink by Wilfrid Wright who has written on Frink and researched the essence of her work. He has contributed a chapter to the book accompanying the exhibition: A View from Within:

Wilfrid is a very engaging speaker who took us right to the heart of Frink, her motivations and ways of working. I don't have any photos of the gathering or the presentation because I was downstairs selling tickets for the talk and then unbeknown to me left my phone in the downstairs toilet.

The Frink exhibition is excellent and very well presented and laid out. I do have a photo of it:

If anyone took photos that evening, please send them to me and I'll add them here.