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£3,225
raised of £30,000 target by 47 supporters

    Weʼve raised £3,225 to fund a Rowland Emett Exhibition at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum.

    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Funded on Thursday, 10th November 2016

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    The Rowland Emett Society are raising funds to hold a Kinetic Art/Automata exhibition at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum called Mechanical Things from Dec 2016 to March 2017. This will feature the largest of Emett's machines 'A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley' laid out as he originally intended and an original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Car.

    By raising the money we aim in conjunction with MAD Museum in Stratford Upon Avon to bring together more of Emett's work, along with that of other artists and craftsmen who have drawn inspiration from him to create an exhibition that will make you smile.

    We have managed to raise £23,000 in total and will start building the exhibition in early November but still require more funds to make this a truly fantastic event.

    For further details please contact either myself Natasha Watson (natasha@rowlandemett) or Tim Griffiths (tim@rowlandemett) at the Rowland Emett Society www.rowlandemett.com

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    • The Rowland Emett Society8 years ago
      The Rowland Emett Society

      The Rowland Emett Society

      8 years ago
      Update from the Page owner

      Yesterday was the most exciting of days - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang arrived at the exhibition space. It fitted into the goods lift with one inch to spare!! Looking shiny and very beautiful it is sitting beside A Quiet Afternoon in Cloud Cuckoo Valley as we build the exhibition around them. Other works were collected this week and more will arrive next week. We have an abundance of incredible work for this wonderful exhibition. Thank you to all of you for your amazing support.

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    • The Rowland Emett Society8 years ago
      The Rowland Emett Society

      The Rowland Emett Society

      8 years ago

      It has been a busy week - the rest of Cloud Cuckoo Valley arrived at Thinktank and yesterday we raised the train onto the tracks. It looks magnificant! We have been very active painting MDF boards with white paint and Tim Griffiths from the Rowland Emett Society has collected an amazing selection of Automata for the exhibition. The date for the preview is still to be confirmed but most likely the weekend of 3rd December so please pencil this into your diaries. We are looking forward to seeing you all there.

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    • The Rowland Emett Society8 years ago
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      The Rowland Emett Society

      8 years ago

      Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery will be hosting a soft opening for their friends and partons in early December and all you wonderful Just Giving Donors will be invited. The date is yet to be confirmed but when it is agreed, I will post notice on this page. I hope that many of you will be able to attend to see these wonderful machines that you have kindly helped to exhibit.

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    • The Rowland Emett Society8 years ago
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      The Rowland Emett Society

      8 years ago

      We had an exciting day on Monday when we received part of Cloud Cuckoo Valley at Thinktank. Next Wednesday, we will have a busy day when the rest of this fantastic machine will arrive along. It is very good to see the crates sitting in the exhibition space creating a sense of excitement. Tim Griffiths, Rowland Emett Society has been touring the country far and wide to collect together many pieces of Automata and Kinetic Art and the Chitty Car will arrive later in November.

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    47

    • Gerard Hill

      Gerard Hill

      Nov 7, 2016

      Delighted you are pushing ahead with this, and just wish I had more to give.

      £30.00

    • Isabelle French

      Isabelle French

      Nov 5, 2016

      Really hope I can see it xx

      £50.00

    • Rahila gupta

      Rahila gupta

      Oct 18, 2016

      Good luck!

      £20.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Oct 17, 2016

      £100.00

    • Sue and Dave Watt

      Sue and Dave Watt

      Aug 12, 2016

      The last exhibition was amazing, let's do it again!

      £100.00

    • Mark SHEARDOWN

      Mark SHEARDOWN

      Aug 9, 2016

      Best of luck

      £1,000.00

    • Michael & Dorothy Lepper

      Michael & Dorothy Lepper

      Aug 8, 2016

      Would really like to visit this, it will be amazing

      £50.00

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    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    The Rowland Emett Society has been formed to allow anyone interested in the work of Frederick Rowland Emett to discover more about his remarkable cartoons, artworks and machines. The Society is open to all who are keen to preserve and promote his work.

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