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Tuesday Taster Tours
Tuesday Taster Tours
7 & 21 October, 4 &18 November 2008
1.15pm – 1.45pm
Taste the Barber at Lunchtime
Lost for something to do at lunchtime? Ever wanted to know about what was on the walls of the University of Birmingham’s art gallery, but not known ‘where to start’? Then the Barber Institute may have the answer.
New Tuesday Taster Tours are being run especially for University staff this term — although other members of the public are also welcome. The Barber’s team of friendly guides will be leading short tours around the galleries and introducing people to their treasures in handy, bite-size chunks. In October’s two tours, visitors will hear a potted history of the building and the Barbers themselves, before embarking on a whistle-stop tour of the first-floor galleries and talking about a handful of key paintings. If your appetite for art is whetted by one of these, in November, two more tours will be held that again provide an introduction to the galleries, but then move on to consider a specific theme, such as landscape, still life or portraiture.
‘The Barber is the art gallery and collection for the University of Birmingham — yet sadly we’re still hearing people on campus admit that they have never set foot inside,’ said the Barber’s Press and Marketing Officer, Andrew Davies. ‘Sometimes this is because they’re not sure “how it works” and feel intimidated by the gallery, or because they feel it’s not for them. These tours will hopefully open people’s eyes to the amazing works of art here, make the collection “friendlier” and, hopefully, encourage the University community to view the Barber as its local gallery.”