The Friends of Kettering Art Gallery & Museum (Registered Charity 216048) is a small but active charity that has supported the work of Kettering’s most important cultural assets – the Alfred East Gallery (Northamptonshire’s only purpose-built art gallery) and Manor House Museum – for over 60 years. We raise funds to enable acquisitions that enhance their collections, conservation that ensures the survival of existing collections and exhibitions that ensure access to the collections. We also run ARTworks, an arts ‘pop-up’ in our local shopping centre, that provides outreach opportunities for the Gallery and Museum and showcases the extraordinary work of local artists.