Masham Does Vintage - The New Elizabethan Exhibition

 Do you know what 'New Elizabethan' refers to?  

It's a term much banded around the internet recently to describe the period from when Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne up to the age we now live in.  

'Lifeguards in Front of Buckingham Palace' by Edward Bawden

When we look back to the original Elizabethans we view it as an age of discovery and high culture.  Hopefully when future people view our time they will see it as an age of art, fashion, technology and architecture.  

To mark the Queen's 50th Jubilee this year, Harrogate Borough Council have put together a pop-up art exhibition called The New Elizabethan, celebrating where the age began - the 1950s.  This collection of ceramics costumes and pictures comes from Harrogate's Mercer Art Gallery and has been travelling round various locations in the Harrogate district this summer.

From Wednesday 12 September to Monday 17th September 2012 the exhibition will be at Masham Town Hall and will form part of Masham Does Vintage on 15th September. 

So, if you want to see this exhibition why not combine your visit when Masham Does Vintage is on?  As well as the exhibition we've got our range of vintage stalls, our vintage tea room and free vintage workshops.

Entry to the fair is free and we're there from 10am to 4:30pm.

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