Family Arts Day In Partnership with Bath Festivals Entrance to Parade Gardens £2 Adults £1 Concessions FREE for Discovery Card Holders & Children Under 5 Visit us in Parade Gardens where we we’ll be offering a taster of our exhibition Lauren Child: the Art of Illustration. Make a fabulous flower of colourful collage inspired by...
Join us on the last Friday of every month from 5-9pm to experience the Museum free of charge after-hours. Immerse yourself in an eclectic programme of pop-up talks, art demos, installations, performances, DJ-sets and cocktails. All Up Lates are specially curated by upcoming student talent and arts practitioners from the Universities of Bath Spa, Bath...
FREE FAMILY FUN The Wonderful World of Lauren Child Join us for an afternoon of fun, creative activities inspired by Lauren Child’s wonderful illustrations and collage including Charlie and Lola, Mary Poppins, The Princess and the Pea and The Secret Garden. Feel free to come dressed as your favourite Lauren Child character!
Creative Wellbeing session Free to attend but please book your place through Eventbrite A creative networking session for anyone who has lived experience of ill-health. In the session we will explore the relationship between creativity and wellbeing. A partnership between the Holburne Museum, LENS (Lived Experience Network), Arts & Health South West, and the Culture,...
***This event is now fully booked*** Ease into summer with an evening of sampling and sipping in our Garden Café. Great Western Wine’s latest partner, Domain Cazes, from Southern France will be on hand to answer your questions in this informal tasting. Discover their extraordinary range of organic wines, including the 8th best Grenache in...
ADULT WORKSHOP Saturday 15 June & Sunday 16 June, 10.30am-4.30pm Join artist Andrew Lansley for this two-day course in drawing and painting the city of Bath. Spend the first day sketching and exploring the local area on foot, and learn key skills in drawing, colour application and composition. On the second day, you will work...
Forest of Imagination 20 to 24 June FREE Forest of Imagination is a collaborative, creative partnership. Discover a free, fantastical forest and outdoor gallery right in the heart of Bath! Designed by a collective of local and international artists and creative professionals. Forest of Imagination will transform areas around the Holburne and Sydney Gardens into...
FREE African dance company Ballet Nimba joins performance poet Toby Thompson to formally launch this year’s Forest of Imagination. * These are outdoor events with no seating. Please bring picnic blankets and/or picnic chairs. The events will go ahead in all weathers unless it is unsafe to do so. Please dress for the weather (waterproofs, sunhats...
FREE EVENT* As part of Forest of Imagination we welcome London-based Afro-dub ensemble and WOMAD-festival regulars Fofoulah perform an energetic gig of Senegalese voice and West African rhythms in the Holburne’s garden pavilion, with dub basslines and intense grooves. PDF for full programme 21 to 24 June for Forest of Imagination * These are outdoor events...
FREE EVENT* as part of Forest of Imagination. Children’s author and illustrator Lauren Child MBE, creator of the hugely popular Charlie & Lola books, joins the Holburne’s director Chris Stephens to discuss art and creativity amongst children and adults. There will be a book signing after the talk. PDF with full programme details 21 to...
*FREE event as part of Forest of Imagination Contemporary ‘slogan’ artist Bob and Roberta Smith shares a reading from his new book UR an artist and discusses with Professor Anita Taylor the role of art in society through an open discussion with the audience, including young people. * This is an outdoor event with no seating....
*Free Event as part of Forest of Imagination Turner-prize winning sculptor and land artist Sir Richard Long brings Forest 2019 to a close with an illustrated talk for all ages with Q&A. * This is an outdoor event with no seating. Please bring picnic blankets and/or picnic chairs. Please dress for the weather (waterproofs, sunhats...
