Thank Art with Bury Art Museum – Online special

Name: Thank Art with Bury Art Museum - Online special
Start: 2020-04-24T16:30:00
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Ben Williams, Managing Editor Last Updated 24 April 2020

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Thank Art - Online special

24 April 2020

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Thank Art Bury Art Museum — Thank Art, Fete or Fortune, Bury Art Museum.

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Bury Art Museum is hosting a special online edition of their Thank Art sessions this Friday. Join this digital version of their regular costume life drawing event, and this time around they are using Thank Art to celebrate what would have been Bury’s Pride Weekend with an identity-themed event.

We love Bury Art Museum and cannot wait to get back and explore all the art within its wide, airy rooms, elegant arches and beautifully tessellated parquet floors. It’s great to see them going online and look forward to more programming soon.

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