Cook up a stink as part of Rufus Skumskins O’Parsleys’ kitchen crew or bring a pot to bang and ward off evil cakes in this fun-filled, messy performance about food. Chef Rufus Skumskins O’Parsley is famous for creating some of the world’s most disgusting dishes. You might know him from the award-winning children’s book The...
by Philip Ridley (Running Time: 1hour 5 mins) The Beast will Rise is a collection of monologues by award-winning playwright Philip Ridley. It is powerfully haunting 'celebration of the glittering dark' (Arts Desk), where Chihuahuas are held ransom in an apocalyptic landscape, and a starling haunts a lover's fever. An evening of two monologues (Cactus...
The Schantz fortepiano, acquired in 1983, is one of the highlights of the Holburne’s collection. It was made in Vienna around 1795, and is exceptionally rare, only four such instruments have survived. We have invited the internationally respected keyboard artist Nathaniel Mander, to play the Schantz for us this summer - he has chosen to...
FREE Drop-In, make and create with our Learning Team. A fun, free, family activity to create your own stand-up museum inspired by our David Hockney exhibition. We’ll provide exciting art materials and inspiration. Come and join us to celebrate William Holburne’s birthday. Sunday 21 August 10.30am - 1pm Find us at 15 New Bond...
Pop Down, Zone in, Chill out Join us for our Up Late on Friday 26 August 5pm – 9pm. During the evening you can enjoy: FREE entry to our collection galleries Reduced entry to Hockney: Love Life Cocktails in the Garden café and Terrace DJ Pablo Tinte Enjoy FREE access to our collection galleries...
Saturday 3 September 10am-4pm Sunshine & Clouds inspired by a 17th Century Raised Embroidery Panel at the Holburne Museum Join the Royal School of Needlework and the Holburne Museum, Bath on 3 September for this exclusive Raised Embroidery partnership class inspired by the museum’s upcoming exhibition Marvellous Makers, Wondrous Worlds; Raised embroidery from the 17th...
Director of the Holburne, Chris Stephens has worked with David Hockney several times over the last fifteen years. Rich with illustration, personal anecdote and historical facts, this talk will demonstrate how all of Hockney’s art reflects a heartfelt belief in the pleasure to be derived from the ordinary things around us, from the images of...
Tom de Freston is a renowned artist who creates multimedia worlds, combining paintings, film and performance into immersive creations that tell a story. In this painting workshop Tom will work with you to create a piece of artwork based on his illustrations from Julia and the Shark, the stunningly beautiful children’s book written by his...
Have you ever thought about creating your very own story based on the letters of your name? David Cadji-Newby, author of Wonderbly's best-selling, personalised Lost My Name adventure will be here providing story writing tips in this fun and interactive session for young writers. Everyone will get to take home their own personalised book! You...
A gentle, interactive and intimate session of colours, animals, space, music and fireworks...! James will perform from his collection of poems, tailoring the experience especially for an audience with profound and multiple learning difficulties of all ages. James Carter is a prize-winning poet, guitarist and educational writer. He travels all over the UK to give...
Get creative with author and poet Rachel Piercey to celebrate all the fun and exciting things that happen in a woodland year. An interactive event packed full of nature-inspired activities featuring Bear and all his friends from Rachel’s new book If You Go Down to the Woods Today. Rachel Piercey is a freelance poet, editor...
Join us for a series of hands-on, interactive activities looking at the presence and absence of women from the arts. All too often women were depicted in the visual arts to satisfy a certain (male) gaze. What happens when we disrupt these depictions, and we give women the space to tell their own stories? How...