insideKENT Magazine Issue 37 - April 2015 | Page 28

© Seven Stories, National
Centre for Children’s Books

Animal Magic
© Michael Terry 2015

© Seven Stories, National
Centre for Children’s Books

April Exhibitions, Events and Talks
at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge
Mystery, Magic and Midnight Feasts
The Beaney Special Exhibitions Room
Continues to Sunday 19 April 2015
Pay What You Can

Mystery, Magic and Midnight Feasts: the many
adventures of Enid Blyton is designed to be playful,
interactive and immersive. Visitors are invited to
throw themselves into the worlds of the Famous
Five, Magic Faraway Tree and Noddy’s Toyland.

Jumping Beaneys: Noddy Big Ears and
Friends ‘Create some big ears’
Creative workshops for the under 5s
The Beaney Learning Lab
Friday 17 April, 10.30am to 11.30am
£3.50 per child

Enjoy a Noddy story, and a creative Enid Blyton
inspired art or craft activity. Booking recommended.

Animal Magic, A celebration of birds,
beasts and bugs!

An A-Z of the Beaney
Popular Lecture

A celebration of birds, animals and insects, in the
wild or as pets, real or imagined, by artists and
photographers living or working in Kent. Local artists
and photographers are welcome to apply to exhibit
by the end of February via the Beaney Front Room
artists’ opportunities web link. Selling exhibition.

Enjoy an entertaining, romp through the Beaney’s
world collections with stories of alphabetical
oddities from aardvarks, brain corals and cocosde-mer, to x-rays, yaffles and Zeppelins!
Booking recommended

The Beaney Front Room
Saturday 11 April to Monday 4 May
Free Admission

The Beaney Learning Lab
Thursday 23 April 2015, 5pm to 6pm
£6 adults, £4 members

To see a full event list please visit www.thebeaney.co.uk