It's 'all change' at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art this evening, when three new Autumn exhibitions are opened in the presence of members and invited guests, before opening to the general public from tomorrow.

They are: 'Charge of the Light Brigade' – selected works from the Masterworks Foundation's permanent collection – in the main Butterfield Family Gallery, together with a small, featured exhibition entitled 'Charles Green Shaw: Bermuda Works'. Shaw was one of a group of artists known as the Park Avenue Cubists whose work was exhibited in New York City in the 1940s.

Shaw drew his inspiration from the South Shore and visits to the Aquarium, and the nine works on display have been kindly loaned by D. Wigmore Fine Arts in New York City.

Completing the trio is a special collection of seven drawings by the late British artist and sculptor Henry Moore. Never before shown publicly, they are making their debut in the museum's Bank of Bermuda mezzanine gallery. Moore never visited Bermuda himself, but the shells were a gift from a friend who had, and he used them as subjects for studies of potential sculptures. "They are an interesting example of how the artist's mind works from rare objects to a sketch," Collections manager Elise Outerbridge says.

"Although he was seriously ill at the time he still showed that creative artistic genius, and the Bermuda shells gave him inspiration."

'The Charge of the Light Brigade' comprises selected works from the Foundation's permanent collection which have been chosen to explore how artists resolved their experiences of Bermuda's elusive light, and why so many of them came here for that reason.

Mrs. Outerbridge says she found the selection process personally exciting because it made her realise the depth of the permanent collection; assures that the chosen theme has allowed the assemblage of a "really interesting collection".

On behalf of Masterworks, she also pays tribute to Mr.and Mrs. Henry Keeling for their generosity in sponsoring this exhibition. While the "really big paintings" previously on show have been re-stored to be "curatorially correct", the Collections manager notes that the Museum "will continue to circulate the collection every four months".

Accompanying 'Charge of the Light Brigade' is a video projection of vintage film of Bermuda taken between 1938 and 1948 by visiting honeymooners, and illustrates their experiences of the Island during that decade.

"We are hoping that the exhibitions will appeal not only to the local community but also to visitors, and we would like to encourage families to come together and experience the Museum with their children," Mrs. Outerbridge says.

Meanwhile, in the adjoining Rick Faries Gallery 'It's About Colour', a solo exhibition by Barbara Dillas continues through September 23.

¦ The three new exhibitions will continue through January, 2009. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Admission is $5, but free to members and children uner 12.