Mary Moore is the only child of Henry Moore. She has curated numerous exhibitions and written extensively on her father’s life and work as well as appearing on radio and television programmes internationally. She will be hosted by Chris Stephens, Director of the museum, in a discussion that explores Henry Moore’s life and legacy. Garden...
MA Dance | MA Fine Art | MA Music Performance Bath Spa University postgraduate students respond to the collection, the space and the history of the Holburne Museum in a playful, crossdisciplinary collaboration, combining artwork, music and dance. The building will be reanimated with contemporary artwork and site-specific performance that takes as its starting...
Visit two beautiful gardens near Taunton. We start at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, in the grounds of a former medieval priory. There is a mix of classical and contemporary garden design, with a Victorianinspired fernery, a rose walk, a botanical glasshouse containing tropical and semi-arid plants, herbaceous borders and a “blue” garden. Hestercombe covers...
Doodle & Print Workshop Saturday 25 May | 11am - 3pm | Drop-in FREE Newark Works, Foundry Lane, Bath, BA2 3DZ (map) Suitable for 8yrs + Enter the world of Mr Doodle and design and print your own t-shirt or bag to take away! The focus will be on mark-making and doodling inspired by Mr Doodle!...
Time to stop, relax and enjoy a ‘go-slow’ evening of inspiring creativity and relaxation. Book a Sound Bath session in our beautiful gallery (pre-booking essential) BOOK HERE Book Yoga with Emma Reynolds in the Community Pavilion (pre-booking essential) BOOK HERE Try a gentle creative activity including printing a ‘Make Your Mark’ calico bag inspired by...
HOLBURNE PRIDE Celebrating our Creative Community Friday 14 & Saturday 15 June The Holburne Museum is celebrating PRIDE for the first time... Over two days our PRIDE event aims to increase the engagement of the local community with Queer arts and culture through talks, creative workshops, films, cabaret, and silent discos. Exclusively programmed by the...
Join us for a FREE drop-in zine making workshop between 4 and 6pm, on Friday the 14th of June as part of Holburne PRIDE. Zines have been widely used by subcultures, political movements, and individuals as outlets for creative expression, protest, and storytelling. LGBTQIA+ people have used zines since the 1980s as a powerful way...
Chris Stephens will be in-conversation with a member of the Holburne Future Collective. Their discussion will cover the role that museums, exhibitions and those running them can play in shaping how Queer art is perceived and consider the opportunities and challenges such institutions present in promoting Queer Art. With sixteen years of experience at Tate...
Maggie Hamblings portrait of Derek Jarman that now sits within the Holburne Collection will be the focus of this lecture, alongside the broader subject of queer art. Bob Mills is Professor of Medieval Studies and Head of the History of Art Department at UCL. Between 2015 and 2018 he directed qUCL, UCL’s LGBTQ+ research network, and previously he was...
During these talks a member of the Holburne Future Collective will interview a panel of young queer artists. Featuring Matthew Dennis and Eryn McDonald the panel will give each speaker the opportunity to talk for fifteen minutes and will have a particular focus on the challenges and opportunities which young queer artists face. Giving viewers...
Holburne Pride Party Friday 14 June 2024 8pm – 11pm Celebrate the very first Holburne Pride with a fun packed evening of dancing and some of the Southwests best up and coming Drag Artists. Throughout the evening expect the dance floor to be full of PRIDE bangers from across the years and a dazzling Drag...
Join us on Saturday morning for a beautiful concert with Bath Based Contemporary Folk Duo, Humm Arty Jackson and Carys Lewin are ‘Humm’ a Bath-based contemporary folk duo with stories to tell, minds to change and world’s to re-imagine. Chosen from hundreds as one of four acts to visit, write and perform at Sir Paul...
