Jul 19 – Jul 24 all-day
12:00 am
Artist in Residence Jenny Reynish is a freelance illustrator who have produced illustrations for a number of both in the UK and abroad. She enjoys incorporating elements of ethnic and folk art, and details inspired ... Read more
Jul 20 @ 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm
6:45 pm
Wallsworth Art Group Join the art group as they explore the Nature in Art garden to find inspiration to draw and/or paint. With an array of wildlife and flora within the garden, not to mention ... Read more
Jul 22 @ 10:30 am
10:30 am
Dare to Dabble Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1.00pm or 2.00pm – 4.30pm There is something very relaxing and peaceful about sitting quietly in the garden. It’s thought that gardens are where man and ... Read more
Jul 26 – Jul 29 all-day
12:00 am
Artist in Residence Ann Swan works primarily in graphite and coloured pencil and is well known for her exquisitely fine detail, vibrant colours and strong contemporary style. She champions the underdog in the plant world, ... Read more
Jul 26 – Sep 4 all-day
12:00 am
Exhibition: This exhibition has been assembled in collaboration with the Charles Tunnicliffe Society. We record our thanks to them, particularly Ken Broughton and Stuart Pittman, and to the many private collectors and public collections who ... Read more
Jul 26 – Jul 31 all-day
12:00 am
Artist in Residence Clare Robertson, artist blacksmith, works under the creative name of ‘MissFire’. Inspiration for many of her pieces comes from the beauty of the natural world. Her ability to imagine, design and manufacture ... Read more
Jul 26 @ 10:30 am – Aug 31 @ 4:30 pm
10:30 am
Summer Holidays Art Activity Days: This Summer we are running a range of our popular art activity days for children aged 3 years and over. They include: 26th Jul – Oil Pastels Inspired by Picasso ... Read more
Jul 30 @ 10:00 am – Jul 31 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
Art Course with Ann Swan 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 In this 2-day course you will learn how to create deep, vivid but clean colours without compromising the form of the plant. You will ... Read more
Aug 2 – Aug 7 all-day
12:00 am
Barry Walding is a Gloucestershire based painter renowned for his paintings of wildlife. His preferred medium is oil. He also is renowned for his aviation and railway paintings. This is a change from our previously ... Read more
Aug 13 @ 10:00 am – Aug 14 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
Art Course with Liz Robertson 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 The aim of this 2-day course is to produce a triptych landscape, based on a photograph or sketch of your choice. Triptych is a ... Read more
Aug 16 – Aug 29 all-day
12:00 am
Exhibition: The Independence Trust strengthen people’s emotional and physical well-being to support them to fulfil their potential. This display features artwork by some of their clients who have found art a real help and ... Read more
Aug 17 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Aug 23 – Aug 29 all-day
12:00 am
Artist in Residence Jackie Garner is a renowned gloucestershire based wildlife artist who returns to the studio by popular demand. As well as having been a regular artist in residence at Nature in Art, Jackie ... Read more
Aug 24 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Aug 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
The Elephant in the Room exhibition & The Independence Trust present an exclusive viewing of the exhibition whilst enjoying cheese and wine. Tickets are £5 Please email Lisa Nash for tickets and further details. Lisa.Nash@independencetrust.co.uk ... Read more
Aug 27 @ 10:00 am – Aug 28 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
Art Course with Trevor Smith 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 This 2-day course will focus on the sketching, drawing and painting of birds, with the emphasis on working from life. The course will cover ... Read more
Aug 29 – Sep 2 all-day
Sep 1 @ 10:30 am
10:30 am
Dare to Dabble Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1.00pm or 2.00pm – 4.30pm This workshop is a great introduction to using air drying clay and clay tools. After learning the basics you will make ... Read more
Sep 3 – Sep 4 all-day
12:00 am
Artist in Residence Ewan Anderson has had a lifetime interest in trees and drawing. During his career in geography he continued drawing particularly through cartography. Some of his research projects concerned trees. For example, in ... Read more
Sep 3 @ 10:00 am – Sep 4 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
Art Course with Jamie Boots 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 On this 2 day course you will learn all about working with graphite pencil from experienced artist Jamie Boots. Graphite pencil can be used ... Read more
Sep 5 @ 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm
6:45 pm
Wallsworth Art Group Join the art group as they listen to artist Linda Twiddy, who will be sharing her experiences of art. From her technical drawings to her wildlife scenes, she will share her inspirations ... Read more
Sep 6 – Sep 18 all-day
12:00 am
Exhibition (on show in the Atrium of our Education Centre) A diverse show of paintings, prints and sculpture which demonstrate the inspiration that this established local group has drawn from the natural world. Founded ... Read more
Sep 6 – Sep 11 all-day
Sep 10 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
Art Course with Furzie (Michelle Hickman) 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 10 On this 1-day course you will learn how to needle-felt with wool. You will be introduced to the basics of needle-felting, taught how ... Read more
Sep 13 – Sep 18 all-day
12:00 am
Artist in Residence Trevor Smith has had an interest in wildlife from an early age. Family visits to the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust at Slimbridge fostered a lifelong passion for birds and the environments they ... Read more
Sep 13 – Sep 18 all-day
12:00 am
Artist in Residence Val Briggs is a self taught artist who for the last 30 years has dedicated herself to recording the flora and fauna of the British countryside in watercolour. Val also works in ... Read more
Sep 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
Art Course with Sharon Foley 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 9 Glass fusing is joining two or more layers of glass through heating in a kiln. There are several techniques that can be adapted to ... Read more