POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details Capture the beauty of nature in this one-day workshop with botanical artist, Julia Trickey. You will be introduced to the techniques and processes used to create delicate and detailed botanical portraits. Starting with simple line drawings you will be encouraged to focus on the form and detail of...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details FREE (Bath Spa Public Lecture Series) Book online at www.bathspalive.com Join Sian Sullivan, Professor of Environment and Culture at Bath Spa University, to find out more about her research in west Namibia where she has carried out ethnographic and oral history field work for 25 years. Using spoken...
This trip is now postponed. Please follow this link for further details. A full day trip to Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park in Warwickshire where we will have private tours of both the main collection and the special exhibition of works by Lucas Cranach the elder. There will also be free time for independent exploration of...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details Join us on the last Friday of every month from 5-9pm to experience the Museum free after-hours (Grayson Perry exhibition is ticketed). Immerse yourself in an eclectic programme of pop-up talks, art demos, installations, performances, DJ-sets and cocktails. Garden Cafe serving drinks until 8.45pm Common Salt Performances at...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details Saturday Art Club for 5-11 year olds Mini Me : Discover the Holburne’s collection of miniature portraits and paint your own keepsake on a wooden medallion. NOW SOLD OUT - email for waiting list A monthly workshop (term-time, excluding bank holiday weekends) for aspiring young artists. Expand your...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details Learn how to create an exquisite portrait miniature painting with award-winning artist, Jenny Brooks. In this two-day workshop you will be taught about the history of portrait miniature painting and the specialist techniques needed to work on a micro scale. Day One (10.30am-4.30pm) will be spent learning about...
This trip is now postponed. Please follow this link for further details. We return to Dorset this spring to see two of the county’s finest properties - Sherborne Castle (pictured) and Minterne House and Gardens, both still in the hands of branches of the extended Digby family. We have a private tour of each house,...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more detail Join us on the last Friday of every month from 5-9pm to experience the Museum free after-hours (Grayson Perry exhibition is ticketed). Immerse yourself in an eclectic programme of pop-up talks, art demos, installations, performances, DJ-sets and cocktails. Clay Workshops - Inspired by Grayson Perry Garden Cafe...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more detail Saturday Art Club for 5-11 year olds Exploring Glass Fully Booked Email for waiting list Taking inspiration from the collection, create your own stained glass-effect art work. A monthly workshop (term-time, excluding bank holiday weekends) for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills and discover new techniques, exploring...
Light and Dark Explore Tone and Form and help develop your drawing skills by studying details of the paintings in the Holburne collection and producing explorations in a variety of media. Develop ideas further by working from direct observation in pencil, charcoal, biro and mixed media, focusing on highlights and shadows from a Still Life...
This event is now postponed. Please follow this link for further details. Join Nathaniel Mander and Sam Brown in our annual celebration of Frank Brown’s contribution to the Holburne. Nathaniel Mander and Sam Brown present an evening of music in the Picture Gallery. We are thrilled to welcome back Nat, a virtuoso harpsichordist, and his...
With Jeff Cowton, Professor Stephen Gill, Professor John Strachan and Professor Robert Morrison FREE (Bath Spa Public Lecture Series) POSTPONED To book your place, please email Dr Goodman (h.goodman@bathspa.ac.uk) at Bath Spa University. A celebration of the great Romantic poet (1770-1850) whose collaboration with S.T. Coleridge The Lyrical Ballads was published in Bristol in 1798....