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May 2025 – August 2026 May 2025 – Aug 2026
May
30
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May
31
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May 30 – May 31 all-day
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A Nod for Lady Elwes May 30th – 31st   Lady Carolyn Elwes was the lifeblood running through the snowdrops at the renowned Colesbourne Gardens. Lady Elwes, who always liked to be called Carolyn, was ... Read more
Jun
10
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Jul
13
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Jun 10 – Jul 13 all-day
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This is a unique selection of work assembled exclusively for this display – a celebration of the whale. It includes a few familiar exhibits and artists already represented in Nature in Art’s collection, shown in ... Read more
Jun
14
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Jun
28
Sat
Jun 14 – Jun 28 all-day
12:00 am
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Join us on a Saturday morning in June for a free story time in our cosy corner, learning about the environment and how we can help. Sessions are 10:30 and 11:30, and last 15-20 minutes ... Read more
Jul
22
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Sep
7
Sun
Jul 22 – Sep 7 all-day
12:00 am
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British Wildlife Photography Awards 2025 July 22nd – September 7th Kingdom of the Hare by Drew Buckley / BWPA This prestigious competition has toured the UK since 2009, celebrating the talent of wildlife photographers in ... Read more
Jul
29
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Aug
11
Mon
Jul 29 – Aug 11 all-day
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The Gloucestershire Coloured Pencil Artists are a new group of local artists who met through an online Drawing Academy course. Brought together by a shared love of coloured pencils, they now meet regularly as friends ... Read more
Aug
6
Wed
Aug 6 all-day
12:00 am
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In collaboration with the Green Pledge Project at Gloucestershire Archives, we will be having a Hedgehog themed family fun day. There will be a couple of different art activities available and a fun fact hedgehog ... Read more
Aug
12
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Aug
22
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Aug 12 – Aug 22 all-day
12:00 am
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Art & sculpture inspired by British big cat encounters With evidence from DNA and tooth marks on bones, Britain’s big cats are emerging from myth to reality. These reported pumas, black leopards & lynx are ... Read more
Aug
24
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Sep
7
Sun
Aug 24 – Sep 7 all-day
12:00 am
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2D and 3D works by artists from Gloucestershire Society of Artists. This is their 101st Annual Exhibition. Most exhibits are for sale. In the Education Centre, free to visit
Sep
9
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Sep
18
Thu
Sep 9 – Sep 18 all-day
12:00 am
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Come and explore a special display in our Education Centre, created to coincide with Heritage Open Days (12th–14th). This engaging exhibition offers a rare opportunity to jump into the rich and varied social history of ... Read more
Sep
16
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Oct
19
Sun
Sep 16 – Oct 19 all-day
12:00 am
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  Totally Tactile is a fully tactile exhibition where visitors will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with all the exhibits. From wood to metal, from realistic animals to abstract interpretations, this ... Read more
Oct
7
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Oct
12
Sun
Oct 7 – Oct 12 all-day
12:00 am
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         Join us for a chance to see the winners of the Wildlife Art Society International’s 2025 exhibition! Located in the Education Centre, this exhibition is free to visit. Meet TWASI artists ... Read more
Oct
21
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Nov
16
Sun
Oct 21 – Nov 16 all-day
12:00 am
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  We are delighted to announce that Sketch for Survival, the international art initiative from conservation charity Explorers Against Extinction, will make its debut at Nature in Art this autumn. Now in its ninth year, ... Read more
Nov
25
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Dec
21
Sun
Nov 25 – Dec 21 all-day
12:00 am
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This selling exhibition of contemporary crafts draws inspiration from the urgent themes of the UN’s International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. The works celebrate the beauty of glaciers, polar regions, ice, snow, and water; life-giving and ... Read more
Jan
6
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Feb
8
Sun
Jan 6 – Feb 8 all-day
12:00 am
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            We were very sad to have had to report early last year, the passing of the renowned glass engraver and long-time trustee of Nature in Art, Michael Fairbairn (1935 – ... Read more
Feb
3
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Apr
12
Sun
Feb 3 – Apr 12 all-day
12:00 am
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Fresh from its launch at the Natural History Museum, London, see the 100 winning and commended images from the very latest competition. Selected from over 60,000 entries from 113 countries this is an awe-inspiring show. ... Read more
Feb
13
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Feb
22
Sun
Feb 13 – Feb 22 all-day
12:00 am
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Young Artists Exhibition Join us as we celebrate the young artists of Gloucestershire, in their interpretations of Our Great Outdoors: Art Inspired by the Natural World’. Free to enter, in the Education Centre
Mar
24
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Apr
5
Sun
Mar 24 – Apr 5 all-day
12:00 am
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Valerie Dugan GSBI Annual Exhibition Founded in 1993, the Gloucestershire Society for Botanical Illustration (GSBI) grew out of botanical art classes held in Cheltenham and Stroud with Michael Hickey, botanist, writer and illustrator for The ... Read more
Mar
28
Sat
Mar
29
Sun
Mar 28 @ 10:00 am – Mar 29 @ 4:30 pm
10:00 am
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We have our amazing Mini Craft Market where our talented local crafters can get together to share and sell their handmade products. Previous crafts have included: nature crafts, paper crafts, woodwork, paintings, illustration, crochet/knitting, weaving, ... Read more
Education Centre
Mar
31
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May
10
Sun
Mar 31 – May 10 all-day
12:00 am
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      This is the first time that we have shown a collection of work drawn and painted with raw earth and rock pigments prepared and transformed into paint and inks by the artist. ... Read more
Apr
21
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Jun
7
Sun
Apr 21 @ 10:00 am – Jun 7 @ 5:00 pm
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Mother of Pearl Butterfly by Phillip Grieve (south Africa. b.1922) Animal A-Z Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth, in all its forms, from genes and bacteria to entire ecosystems such as forests or ... Read more
May
9
Sat
May 9 all-day
12:00 am
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Plant Sale! On Saturday 9th May we will be hosting a plant sale in our garden to raise money for Nature in Art. It will be open from 10am until the plants run out, so ... Read more
Nature in Art Garden
May
12
Tue
Jun
21
Sun
May 12 @ 10:00 am – Jun 21 @ 5:00 pm
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CRUCIFIXION BE STILL | BE QUIET “The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk ... Read more
May
16
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May
17
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May 16 @ 10:00 am – May 17 @ 4:30 pm
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We have our amazing Mini Craft Market where our talented local crafters can get together to share and sell their handmade products. Previous crafts have included: nature crafts, paper crafts, woodwork, paintings, illustration, crochet/knitting, weaving, ... Read more
Education Centre
May
23
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May
31
Sun
May 23 @ 10:00 am – May 31 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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  Lesley Connolly and Lucy D’Auvergne Wildlife Art Society International Annual Show One of a  series focusing on our desire to highlight and encourage active creative groups celebrating the natural world. Over 300 works in ... Read more
Jun
23
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Jul
19
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Jun 23 @ 10:00 am – Jul 19 @ 5:00 pm
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     Back in 2022 Elizabeth Gray, who also used the name Ben Venuto for some of her work, died. She had been a strategic supporter of the establishment of Nature in Art and two ... Read more
Jul
21
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Sep
6
Sun
Jul 21 @ 10:00 am – Sep 6 @ 5:00 pm
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  Above: 2026 Overall Winner. Paul Hobson: A toad swims across its woodland pond Felix Bellion: Through the Lavender Young British Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Ben Lucas: Feathery Pillow See all the winners here ... Read more
Jul
21
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Aug
2
Sun
Jul 21 @ 10:00 am – Aug 2 @ 5:00 pm
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One of the motivations for us to use the Atrium space in our Education Centre for exhibitions is to support local creative endeavour, giving people the chance to experience artwork by both established and up-and-coming ... Read more
Jul
25
Sat
Jul
26
Sun
Jul 25 @ 10:00 am – Jul 26 @ 4:30 pm
10:00 am
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We have our amazing Mini Craft Market where our talented local crafters can get together to share and sell their handmade products. Previous crafts have included: nature crafts, paper crafts, woodwork, paintings, illustration, crochet/knitting, weaving, ... Read more
Education Centre
Jul
28
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Aug
23
Sun
Jul 28 @ 10:00 am – Aug 23 @ 5:00 pm
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100 Years of Winchcombe Pottery The world-renowned Winchcombe Pottery celebrates its centenary this year, so to honour the heritage of such an influential Gloucestershire landmark, we are showcasing a collection of early works by Michael ... Read more
Aug
4
Tue
Aug
23
Sun
Aug 4 @ 10:00 am – Aug 23 @ 5:00 pm
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Whatever the Weather One of a  series focusing on our desire to highlight and encourage active creative groups celebrating the natural world. Calligraphy, illuminated and decorated texts, artists books and lettering on boxes, pots and ... Read more
May 2025 – August 2026 May 2025 – Aug 2026