A Sense of Place - Arthur Berry 100 Exhibition unveils the Berry Archive
Until 21 Sept 2025, this unique and highly personal exhibition explores Berry's personal archive. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view Arthur's books, his ornaments and collectables, his teacups and saucers, alongside paintings on his walls, objects he used in his studio, his brushes, and his hand mirror to view his work in reverse, next to photographs of his studio taken in 1994. All this is alongside many unseen original Berry art and Berry sketches found next to his easel in a cardboard box. A large 1950s map of Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme shows a pre-D-Road (A500) landscape as Arthur would have known it. It plots Berry locations included in Berry’s writings, poems and plays. Through rarely seen archival photographs, immersive sound recordings of Berry’s voice, and excerpts from his writings, poems, and plays, ‘A Sense of Place’ brings to life the vivid world he so memorably portrayed and the space within which he lived.
The exhibition has been designed and curated by Barewall Gallery owner and representative of the Arthur Berry estate, Amanda Bromley, with assistance from volunteers Graeme, Nat, and Stephen. The show is an ever-evolving display, akin to a personal archive, as the contents, still wrapped in newspapers from the 1990s, are carefully unveiled and recorded for display in the space, ready to be saved in an online archive.
A specially curated selection of original artworks and prints from the Arthur Berry Estate will also be available to purchase from Barewall Art Gallery, offering visitors the chance to take home a piece of this powerful local Berry heritage.
Located at the Barewall Studio, adjacent to the Barewall Art Gallery in Market Place, Burslem, 2-4 Market Place, Burslem, ST6 4AT.
The exhibition is free to attend and is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am–4pm until 21 September as part of the Arthur Berry 100 celebrations.
For more details about the Arthur Berry 100 year long project please visit : https://www.arthurberry100.co.uk