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March – June 2017 Mar – Jun 2017
Mar
20
Mon
Mar 20 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course withSophie Buckley 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 Join Making Needle Felted Animals author Sophie Buckley, who will guide you through creating a needle felt garden bird using a special barbed needle and ... Read more
Nature in Art
Mar
25
Sat
Mar 25 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Ian Coleman 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 The iPad is a great concept sketching tool for conventional paintings, creating hybrid digital images or full digital works. On this 1-day course Ian ... Read more
Nature in Art
Mar
29
Wed
Mar 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Come and hear Ian Loe MBE talk about a lifetime looking for and then painting and drawing butterflies. This event coincides with an exhibition of his work. Event includes a finger buffet. PLEASE BOOK TICKETS ... Read more
Apr
1
Sat
Apr 1 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Helen Lomberg 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 On this 1-day course you will make Plant Climbers, Plant Supports, Trellises and decorative Garden Hurdles, all out of willow grown in Somerset and ... Read more
Nature in Art
Apr
3
Mon
Apr 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
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Informed by the special ‘A Passion for Butterflies’ exhibition in the museum galleries, get inspired by butterflies as a subject and spend a short while drawing and/or painting them
Apr
5
Wed
Apr
6
Thu
Apr 5 @ 10:00 am – Apr 6 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Jonathan Newey 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 What is abstract/expressionism? Have you wondered what it is like to paint like an abstract/expressionist? Then join Jonathan Newey on a journey of discovery ... Read more
Nature in Art
Apr
8
Sat
Apr
9
Sun
Apr 8 @ 10:00 am – Apr 9 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Andrew Forkner 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 During the course we will explore how to achieve realistic detail and texture, using a controlled, multi-layered approach to working in pastel. Course Cost ... Read more
Nature in Art
Apr
11
Tue
Apr
23
Sun
Apr 11 – Apr 23 all-day
12:00 am
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A fascinating display of digital artwork by Mark Ware that brings together art and science to explore how we respond to natural and built environments. It is one of a series of art science collaborations ... Read more
Apr
11
Tue
May
14
Sun
Apr 11 – May 14 all-day
12:00 am
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A celebration of trees, with work almost exclusively by members of The Arborealists, a group of 43 artists with a national profile, from Wales to East Anglia and Sussex to Cornwall, of diverse art practice, ... Read more
Apr
11
Tue
Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
7:00 pm
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A short evening with film highlighting the work of Shamidaethiopia. com Click here for details
Apr
13
Thu
Apr 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
6:00 pm
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Join some of the artists to view our latest exhibition – a celebration of trees, organised in association with The Arborealists. Ideally, please call 01452 731422 to tell us you are coming, but if not ... Read more
Apr
19
Wed
Apr 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
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Try your hand at painting with natural pigments (some made from soil!), and learn about egg tempera with artist Claudia Hahn
Apr
25
Tue
Apr 25 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Karen Coulson 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 This 1-day course is a wonderful introduction to the world of coloured pencil techniques. Learn the art of layering different coloured pencil strokes to ... Read more
Nature in Art
Apr
26
Wed
Apr 26 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Karen Coulson 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 This 1-day course is a wonderful introduction to the world of coloured pencil techniques. Learn the art of layering different coloured pencil strokes to ... Read more
Nature in Art
Apr
27
Thu
Apr 27 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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Weaving paper is a traditional craft and a nice way to recycle old newspaper and magazines and turn them into some useful household items. With this project we will weave an object out of newspaper ... Read more
Apr
27
Thu
Apr 27 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
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Weaving paper is a traditional craft and a nice way to recycle old newspaper and magazines and turn them into some useful household items. With this project we will weave an object out of newspaper ... Read more
Apr
27
Thu
Apr 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Come and hear Julian Hight talk about his five year photographic odyssey to capture 100 ancient historic trees across 39 countries. This event coincides with our a special exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints of ... Read more
Apr
29
Sat
Apr
30
Sun
Apr 29 @ 10:00 am – Apr 30 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Jackie Garner 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 During this course we will take inspiration from Nature in Art’s special exhibition of paintings of trees on display at the time and from ... Read more
Nature in Art
May
6
Sat
May
7
Sun
May 6 @ 10:00 am – May 7 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Trevor Hamlett 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 10 This step by step course will guide you through all you need to know to give you the professional skills for using Lightroom and ... Read more
Nature in Art
May
8
Mon
May 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
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In formed by the special exhibition of paintings inspired by trees on display on the museum, spend a short while sketching/drawing/painting trees
May
17
Wed
May 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
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Pick up top tips on framing and mounting (including some hands-on)  
May
20
Sat
May 20 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Art Course with Tony O’Hare 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 This course will introduce the student to the art of origami (paper folding) to create natural forms & subjects from nature. Suitable for total ... Read more
Nature in Art
May
23
Tue
Jun
11
Sun
May 23 – Jun 11 all-day
12:00 am
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A unique selection of ceramics by a world renowned maker, Jill Fanshawe Kato. Jill explores many techniques including coiling, slabbing, sculpting, using moulds and throwing and altering. She regards her work, which is held in ... Read more
May
23
Tue
May 23 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
10:30 am
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Using a view finder out in the garden(weather permitting) or by looking at our handling collection will make quick sketches and preliminary drawings to create a designs, drawings or pattern which you can go onto ... Read more
May
23
Tue
May 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
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Using a view finder out in the garden(weather permitting) or by looking at our handling collection will make quick sketches and preliminary drawings to create a designs, drawings or pattern which you can go onto ... Read more
May
26
Fri
May 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
6:30 pm
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View the latest exhibition by members of The Wildlife Art Society International whose exhibition officially opens the next day. All welcome.
May
27
Sat
Jun
4
Sun
May 27 – Jun 4 all-day
12:00 am
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The Wildlife  Art  Society International’s annual exhibition of wildlife art. Around 300 paintings, drawings, original prints, photographs and sculpture by professional and part-time members of this active organisation will be on display, the majority for ... Read more
May
27
Sat
May
29
Mon
May 27 @ 10:00 am – May 29 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Over the Bank Holiday weekend (27th -29th May) TWASI will be running a series of workshops taught by artist members. Saturday 27th:- Paint a Bird on a Feather with Mandi Baykaa-Murray Sunday 28th:- Big Cats ... Read more
Nature in Art
Jun
3
Sat
Jun 3 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
8:00 pm
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Songs from Gloucestershire and Beyond with the renowned Johnny Coppin and Paul Burgess. TICKETS MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE FROM NATURE IN ART ONLY. Tickets now available. www.johnnycoppin.co.uk
Jun
5
Mon
Jun 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
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Come a hear from Denise Coble who uses gold leaf in many of her paintings.
March – June 2017 Mar – Jun 2017