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🌹 The rose has long been associated with the month of June. This study of a rose by Henry Roderick Newman, Florentine Roses, is part of the Guild of St George's Ruskin Collection. It features in our new exhibition at the Millennium Gallery, Dutch Flower Paintings: Exploring Art in Bloom. As well as the new exhibition, we have some great talks, tours and events coming up this week: Object Handling: Contemporary Metalwork from Goldsmiths North 📆 Tue 27 Jun , 12pm-2pm 📍 Millennium Gallery 🎟 Free, donations welcome. Drop in. 🔗 www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/object-handling-contemporary-metalwork-from-goldsmiths-north/ Meet the Artist: James Green 📆 Thu 29 Jun, 6pm-7pm 📍 Millennium Gallery 🎟 Free, donations welcome. Book in advance. 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-artist-james-green-tickets-600699868477 Tour: Local Artists 📆 Fri 30 Jun, 2pm-2.45pm 📍 Graves Gallery 🎟 Free, donations welcome. Book in advance. 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/graves-gallery-tour-local-artists-tickets-611044700147 Saturday Art Workshop: Botanical Metalwork 📆 Sat 1 Jul, 10.30am-4pm 📍 Millennium Gallery 🎟 £65, materials included. Book in advance. 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-art-workshop-botanical-metalwork-tickets-638583970847?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&keep_tld=1 Fridays Under 5s - Get Stuck In! Messy Play. 📆 Fri 30 Jun, 10am-12.30pm 📍 Weston Park Museum 🎟 Free, donations welcome. Drop in, no need to book. 🔗 www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/fridays-under-5s-get-stuck-in/ Life Drawing 📆 Fri 30 Jun, 10.30am-12.30pm 📍 Millennium Gallery 🎟 £9 plus booking fee. Book in advance. 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-drawing-tickets-489361221587 Art at Abbeydale 📆 Sun 2 Jul, 1.30pm-3.30pm 📍 Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet 🎟 £8. Book in advance. 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/art-at-abbeydale-tickets-600249190487?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&keep_tld=1 Image: Florentine Roses by Henry Roderick Newman (1843 - 1917) © Collection of the Guild of St George, Sheffield Museums