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September 2025 – April 2026 Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
Sep
25
Thu
Sep
26
Fri
Sep 25 – Sep 26 all-day
12:00 am
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Pigments into paint with Fiona McIntyre Book here   Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Day one of this course will introduce you to the natural beauty of mineral and ... Read more
Oct
7
Tue
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
8
Wed
Oct
9
Thu
Oct 8 – Oct 9 all-day
12:00 am
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Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Join us on this exciting course, exploring the artistic skills and techniques of sketching buildings with pen and wash. Over two inspiring days, you ... Read more
Oct
11
Sat
Oct
12
Sun
Oct 11 – Oct 12 all-day
12:00 am
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Mosaic Chicken with Erica Bibbings Book here Join me on a Mosaic Chicken Workshop. You will learn to cut and shape tesserae and how to position them for best effect. Learn about adhesives and the ... Read more
Oct
18
Sat
Oct
19
Sun
Oct 18 – Oct 19 all-day
12:00 am
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Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Join artist Jamie Boots for a two-day exploration into the nuanced world of graphite pencil art. This workshop delves beyond basic sketching, offering insights ... Read more
Oct
21
Tue
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
Oct
30
Thu
Oct 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Our Heritage of Song : Or the People’s Voice An illustrated talk by Robin Burton Before radio, TV and the Internet, we used to make our own entertainment. Usually this meant singing. This talk charts ... Read more
Nov
8
Sat
Nov
9
Sun
Nov 8 – Nov 9 all-day
12:00 am
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Glass Engraving in Black & White and Colour with Amanda Lawrence Book here Suitable for Beginners to Improvers 10 places available This course explores the wonderful and versatile craft of glass engraving with a drill. ... Read more
Nov
11
Tue
Nov
12
Wed
Nov 11 – Nov 12 all-day
12:00 am
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Watercolour with John Horton Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: I found, early on, running courses, that a good structure was the most beneficial format. We explore colour ... Read more
Nov
15
Sat
Nov 15 all-day
12:00 am
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Sketching birds with Trevor Smith Book here   Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: A one day workshop aimed at introducing and exploring the subject of sketching birds. Suitable for ... Read more
Nov
20
Thu
Nov 20 all-day
12:00 am
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Painting still life with Lucy Burton Book here Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: In this workshop we are going to consider lots of compositional ideas and guidelines, arranging and ... Read more
Nov
22
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Nov
23
Sun
Nov 22 – Nov 23 all-day
12:00 am
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Book here – £118 / £150, £25 deposit required to book  Course Suitability: Absolute beginners, Beginners, Improvers Maximum Participants: 12 Course Description: Everyone has their favourite season.  Winter is often overlooked because of the harshness of ... Read more
Nov
25
Tue
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
Nov
25
Tue
Nov 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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The Seasons in Landscape Painting An illustrated talk by Martin Bowden Following a thirty-five year career as Head of Economics and Art History at Dean Close School, Martin is now a talented painter whose work ... Read more
Dec
6
Sat
Dec 6 all-day
12:00 am
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Papercutting with Sarais Crawshaw Book here   Course Suitability: Suitable for beginners and improvers   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Learn about the origins of papercutting and its spread worldwide. Look at how to simplify ... Read more
Dec
18
Thu
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Christmas celebration with mulled wine and festive snacks With the Ukranian Choir ‘Kozachky’ The Ukrainian vocal ensemble ‘Kozachky’ was created in October 2022 from a group of women who were forced to leave their homes ... Read more
Jan
6
Tue
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
Tue
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
Fri
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
Feb
26
Thu
Feb 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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The Journal of a Naturalist An illustrated talk by Sir George White This delightful evening will bring to life the extraordinary legacy of John Knapp of Alveston who was a pioneering naturalist, ecologist artist and ... Read more
Feb
28
Sat
Feb 28 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Course details:    Join Textile Artist Anne Ward for a day of mindful, collage stitching. Bringing nothing more than a supermarket size bag of fabric scraps,threads, trims buttons and beads, sewers will create a personal fabric ... Read more
Mar
7
Sat
Mar
8
Sun
Mar 7 @ 10:00 am – Mar 8 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER RUNNING Course details: During this course we’ll investigate the possibilities of this fascinating medium. Traditionally scraperboard has been used to achieve exquisitely detailed artwork by scratching through black ... Read more
Mar
14
Sat
Mar 14 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Course details: Paint your own beautiful,colourful flowers using water based paints. Learn and get inspired by Folk art. Learn how to use different shaped brushes to make the marks, lines and dots. Mixing colours Create ... Read more
Mar
22
Sun
Mar 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
10:00 am
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Course details: Join Artist-Gardener Holly Foskett-Barnes to expand your creativity and nourish your wellbeing this Spring. In this course we’ll enjoy learning a range of watercolour painting techniques alongside mindful activities throughout the creative process. ... Read more
Mar
24
Tue
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
26
Thu
Mar 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
7:00 pm
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Asian Adventures An illustrated talk by Paul Carpenter Paul has travelled the world visiting tropical forests to photograph and film the insects, spiders and other fascinating fauna. This talk takes us to Asia and includes ... Read more
Mar
31
Tue
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
11
Sat
Apr
12
Sun
Apr 11 @ 10:00 am – Apr 12 @ 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Course Suitability: Suitable for all   Maximum Participants: 12   Course Description: Join artist Jamie Boots for a two-day exploration into the nuanced world of graphite pencil art. This workshop delves beyond basic sketching, offering insights into ... Read more
Apr
13
Mon
Apr 13 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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  Course details: This is a linoprinting course using two to three colours, with a simple reduction method. Students will learn how to use tools safely, simple registration techniques, how to ink the plate correctly, ... Read more
Apr
18
Sat
Apr 18 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
10:00 am
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Course details: I would like to bring the magic of bookbinding at Nature in Art and be inspired by its beautiful surroundings.   We will be creating a Coptic style binding; with our own designed ... Read more
September 2025 – April 2026 Sep 2025 – Apr 2026