10th April to 19th June 

Beecroft Art Gallery

Essential Beecroft - Watercolours

Watercolours from the permanent collection.

27th April to 1st May 

Beecroft Art Gallery

Best of British

Wonderful stills and lobby cards from some of the most iconic British Films ever made.  This week long exhibition spans over forty years of cinema and celebrates some of the films featured in this year's Southend Film Festival; including the Ealing Comedy's to be shown at Central Museum.

4th May to 19th June

Beecroft Art Gallery

Essential Beecroft part II - Landscape Oils

Landscape Oils from the permanent collection

10th July to 2nd October 2010

Beecroft Gallery

52nd Essex Open Art Exhibition

A chance to shine, if you are an artist living or working in Essex and are over 18 this is the annual opportunity to enter the prestigious Essex Open Exhibition.  Selection is by prominent people in the art world and there are generous sponsored awards for various categories.

A maximum of three works per artist is allowed.  Fees are; £6 one entry, £10 two entries and £12 three entries.  Entry forms and rules are available from the gallery or can be downloaded below in either Word or pdf format:

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9th October to 18th December 2010

Beecroft Gallery

Beyond the Frame & Winter Exhibition featuring Active 8

‘Beyond the Frame’ is a Museums in Essex project involving 5 museums, paired with 5 Essex artists. The artists have worked to create new pieces of art inspired by those they have seen in the museums’ collections, focussing upon works on paper – watercolours, prints, drawings and posters.  The exhibition, to be launched at the Beecroft Art Gallery, will display the results of this work, and the art that inspired it, and tour other venues all over the county in 2011.

Upstairs the traditional winter exhibition returns with wonderful arts and crafts on display to admire and tempt you into purchasing that extra special gift.