About the event
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery has a varied collection of art and objects inspired by local industry and made by artists working with companies such as Darwen Terracotta and Faience, Graham & Brown and Ritherdon & Co Ltd.
The first floor Contemporary Art Gallery has been redisplayed ahead of The National Festival of Making 2026 and features a curated selection of these objects in a new display focused on Art and Industry.
The gallery features for the first time our brand new acquisitions from Hannah Leighton-Boyce and Nicola Ellis, both of whom created work as part of Art in Manufacturing programme working with local industries.
Artworks produced by Nicola Ellis.
Artworks produced by Hannah Leighton-Boyce.
Darwen Terracotta Test Piece Vases produced in the 1930s.