What’s On

From Small Acorns        .   January 7th – February 2nd A selling display of 2D and 3D work by Elizabeth Gray. Elizabeth Gray died in March 2022, two weeks before her 94th ... Read more

Gloucestershire Society for Botanical Illustration February 4th – 13th The Gloucestershire Society for Botanical Illustration annual exhibition. Members include winners of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gold, Silver Gilt and Silver Medals. Meet members every day. ... Read more

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 4th February – 6th April Selected from 59,228 entries from 117 countries and territories, the winners of the Natural History Museum’s prestigious competition in its 60th year are all on ... Read more

Inspired by Nature February 15th – 23rd A colourful selling display by five local artists from Junction 12 Art Group. It includes art, landscapes, figurative and abstract paintings, plus fused glass. Meet artists each day.

Disappearing Woodlands – Disappearing Skills   April 8th – 27th A sumptuous display by members of the Goldwork Guild showcasing varied techniques of hand and goldwork embroidery. The show aims to revive these endangered art ... Read more

Same Sea, Different Boat April 12th – 27th See the power of craft as a force for good, helping us share stories, relieve stress and connect with one another. An open-ended project, over 600 printed ... Read more

Nature in Miniature: May 6th – June 8th          An exhibition of exquisite 2D and 3D works celebrating wildlife and nature in miniature by members of the Royal Miniature Society. Founded in 1896 ... Read more

Ros Wise Garden Paintings A special display to coincide with the National Garden Scheme Open Day. This is a feast of large canvases capturing the contrast in tones and colour, and the vibrancy, energy and ... Read more

Growing Together: A Photographic Exploration of Community, Heritage, and Healing Through Gardening Growing Together explores how gardening connects people and improves well-being. Social prescribing provides activities that support emotional and mental health, as is evident ... Read more

TWASI May 24th – June 1st (including B.Holiday Monday) .  The annual selling exhibition of the Wildlife Art Society International. Over 350 works, both 2D and 3D. The Society is a focus for the interests ... Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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

         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

  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

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

            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

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

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

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

      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