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Abbot Hall opens exhibition featuring emerging portrait artists Lela Harris and Joshua Donkor
Abbot Hall art gallery in Kendal announces Familial Traces, a compelling new exhibition bringing together the work of two rising voices in contemporary portraiture, Joshua Donkor and Lela Harris. The exhibition opened on 11 April and is now on view. Familial Traces is an exploration of identity, heritage, and the stories that shape who we are. Through painting, both artists invite […]
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A Wednesday worth saving: the Quaker Tapestry Museum is back
If you walked past the Quaker Tapestry Museum on Stramongate last winter and noticed it was closed, here’s some genuinely good news: it’s reopening, and it’s free. The museum shut its doors in December after rising running costs outpaced what it was bringing in from visitors and other sources. It was a real blow for […]
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Community to get creative and make Kendal Pride happen
Communities are being invited to help make Kendal Pride 2026 happen by getting creative, singing or volunteering. The annual event takes over the Cumbrian town from Friday June 12 to Sunday 14, and this year’s theme will be ‘this is home.’ In the run up to the festival, people will be making pride decor from […]
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Kendal features highly in the 2026 Cumbria Tourism Awards
When people think of the Lake District, they often look north to the fells or west to the coast. But right now, Kendal and its surrounding villages are having a moment. The 2026 Cumbria Tourism Awards finalists have just been announced, and the Kendal area has landed not one, not two, but four nominations across […]
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New Abbot Hall exhibition shares powerful local stories of survival and hope
A new exhibition opens at Abbot Hall on 11 April, inviting audiences to experience a powerful exploration of human fragility, resilience, and survival in South Cumbria. Bellwethers is an immersive multimedia exhibition bringing together film, sound, poetry, and visual art created with and by people from Barrow and Kendal whose lives have been impacted by homelessness, substance recovery, […]
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