Stoke on Trent College are launching a temporary exhibition at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent from Thursday 4^th July called Stoke Connected, showcasing work of Digital & Creative students.

One of their students has shot a short documentary about the National Garden Festival 1986, held in Festival Park, which will be screened as part of the exhibition.

The National Garden Festival, directed by Stoke on Trent College Digital & Creative student George Smith-Briggs, documents the story of the esteemed event that became a catalyst for tourism in the city.

The documentary will have its premiere at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery on Wednesday 3^rd July 2024 and features as part of the Stoke Connected exhibition at the Museum, which runs until 1^st September 2024.

Stoke Connected is an exhibition of a variety of work from Digital & Creative students at Stoke on Trent College and visitors will be able to experience astounding ceramic designs, street, architectural and Portraiture photography and fascinating documentaries plus visual arts, digital designs and so much more.

The college prides itself as the largest provider of further education in Stoke and North Staffordshire, with around 5,000 students and study programmes, apprenticeships, professional qualifications and university-level courses available for up and coming creatives.

The documentary itself follows the 1986 Stoke-on-Trent National Garden Festival which was the second of Britain's national garden festivals. It was held in the city from 1^st May to 26^th October that year and was opened by the Queen.

The event’s host, the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, is part of the Stoke-on-Trent Museums Service established in 1911 and in 1998, the largest museum in the service, the Hanley Museum & Art Gallery was rebranded as the current Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (PMAG).

The museum’s collection of Staffordshire pottery is widely acknowledged as the finest in the world and the recent 2021 Midlands film The Colour Room (our review) directed by Claire McCarthy was based on the life of 1920s/30s ceramic artist Clarice Cliff and was filmed in the area.

Check out more information at https://www.stokemuseums.org.uk

Stoke Connected

04/07/2024 - 01/09/2024 (All Day)

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DW