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GREENMEADOW primary school was treated to a pop up gallery, thanks to a partnership with Swindon Museum and Art Gallery as part of its Art on Tour programme. An outdoor classroom was transformed for the event, with pupils participating in activities such as building challenges, posing for pictures drawn by classmates, spotting scenes of Swindon and joining in an art treasure hunt. Copies of artworks by famous artists like Henry Moore, Lucian Freud and L.S Lowry were used to created the temporary gallery. Art on Tour learning officer Mags Parker said: “The pupils at Greenmeadow were fantastic – so curious and really engaged with the pop-up gallery and activities.
Some of the best pictures in Swindon’s collection of modern art will be on display to celebrate the diversity of the town. The online exhibition The Beauty of Diversity has been put together by the Women’s Group of The Harbour Project, which works with refugees and asylum seekers in town. The Harbour Project has worked with Swindon Museum & Art Gallery to put on the exhibition as part of the borough council’s Art on Tour scheme. Its aim is to share more of the town’s collection across the town – especially since the closure of the museum’s home in Old Town, Apsley House.
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A former Swindon lorry driver who now needs a wheelchair to get about has called on businesses, councils and MPs to band together to make the town more accessible for the disabled. Mark, 53, who has suffered from MS for 15 years contacted the Adver after a top five list of places recommended for a visit by TripAdvisor was published. He found that only two of the five would be fully accessible to him after ringing around. This got him thinking about the other problems he faces on a daily basis when trying to navigate steep slopes, pavements without drop kerbs, shops and businesses with steep steps and using the loo in pubs and restaurants without disabled facilities.