What’s On

Sep 11 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come and meet some of the contributors to the amazing ‘Legacy of Love‘ book and celebrate its launch amongst some of the original artworks from the book and others by contributing artists and photographers. A ... Read more
Feb 28 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Online
To accompany the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, join photographer Helen Mugridge ARPS on a month long adventure in the South Atlantic. Her journey begins in Ushuaia in Southern Argentina and then covers South ... Read more
Mar 30 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Online
Join Director, Simon Trapnell as he introduces some of the new additions to the collection and fascinating loans that Nature in Art has acquired during the Pandemic. An inspiring selection embracing new and old, traditional ... Read more
Apr 30 @ 10:00 am – May 1 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art Education Centre
Mini Craft Market in the Education Centre Atrium Saturday 30th April & Sunday 1st May 10am – 5pm Free entry to the market Stallsholders: Jackie Cox (silk painting, stained glass pics, jewellery) Maz (nature artist) ... Read more
May 6 @ 6:45 pm Nature in Art
This illustrated talk will consider the origins of the British School of Art and how the tree became an important early motif and subject, much loved by Thomas Gainsborough. It will explore the tree’s deployment ... Read more
May 31 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Wildlife Art Society International (TWASI), whose exhibition is on show May 28th – June 5th, have chosen the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) as their beneficiary this year, a brave and influential charity at the cutting edge of ... Read more
Jun 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
(Join anytime between 2pm and 4pm) Come and gather around Natasha Houseago’s sculpture ‘Displaced Child’ and hear some poems in response to the refugee crisis. Made on site last year from Nature in Art’s wellingtonia wood, ... Read more
Jun 23 @ 7:00 pm Nature in Art
Having enjoyed a viewing of Ros’s exhibition and some delicious food, join Rosalind to hear the story behind her wonderful wildflower meadow painting project which included her visiting Romania and experiencing some of their spectacular ... Read more
Jun 25 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Legacy of Love is a unique book bringing together 57 charity founders, actors, poets, artists and photographers celebrating their love of animals in personal words and stunning pictures. This summer, some of the Legacy of ... Read more
Jul 10 @ 5:30 pm Nature in Art Garden
Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward Sun 10 Jul, 5.30pm (‘doors open’ 4.30pm for picnics) Tethered Wits Theatre Company present Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward – a delightful summer evening comedy in the museum’s garden. Socialite novelist Charles Condomine, is ... Read more
Jul 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Nature in Art
Natural World of Man – The Art of Conservation is an exhibition inspired by some of the conservation and environmental achievements of Peter Scott, renowned not only as an artist, but as one of the ... Read more
Sep 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Nature in Art
Paul Walkden, Nature in Art’s chairman, will share with us the life of this great man, referred to by Sir David Attenborough as ‘The Patron Saint of Conservation’. Scott established WWT, was instrumental in establishing the ... Read more
Sep 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Nature in Art
Richard, as well as being an artist, working as a painter and in textiles, he is also an art historian and is a long-standing lecturer for the Arts Society ( formally NADFAS ). Flowers are ... Read more
Oct 29 – Oct 30 all-day
Don’t miss our ever popular Gift and Craft Fair!
Nov 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm Nature in Art
The Water Universe Exhibition at Nature in Art is the first showing of Julie Askew’s water research project, in collaboration with British Antarctic Survey, the Cabot Institute and Bath Spa University. Join Julie Askew as ... Read more
Nov 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Nature in Art
Christmas Celebration with the Gloucester and District Christian Choir. Come and join us to bring in the Christmas Season with a festive selection of Carols and Songs brought to us by this local community choir. ... Read more
Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
   19:00 Doors 19:30pm Finger Buffet Talk starts around 20:10 Wildlife artist Shelly Perkins shares her passion for travel and the natural world through her own photographs, sketches and studio works. Share Shelly’s global adventures ... Read more
Mar 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
19:00 Doors 19:30pm Finger Buffet Talk starts around 20:10 Debbie is Chair of the Gloucestershire Society of Botanical Illustration. From early cave paintings, ancient Egyptians, Medieval Monks, right up to the present day, plants have been depicted in ... Read more
Apr 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
FULLY BOOKED Please email us to go on the waiting list. If there is enough interest, we may repeat the talk on another date. 19:00 Doors 19:30pm Finger Buffet Talk starts around 20:10 Artist Elizabeth Gray, who ... Read more
May 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
   This talk is a REPEAT of the talk on the 27th April. This date has been added due to demand. 7pm start followed by a look around the exhibition and a cup of tea/coffee. ... Read more
May 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
    19:00 Doors 19:30 Finger Buffet Talk starts around 20:10 This evening coincides with The Wildlife Art Society International’s (TWASI) exhibition. They have chosen Game Rangers International (GRI) as their charity this year. Sport ... Read more
Jun 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
19:00 Doors 19:30pm Finger Buffet Talk starts around 20:10 Through his exquisite, gentle and humorous cartoons from the 1950s, Norman Thelwell was ahead of the curve in his campaigning against pollution, factory farming and the ... Read more
Aug 6 all-day
Two plays performed on the front lawn of Nature in Art by Tethered Wits, the premier open -air theatre company in the Cotswolds. www.tetheredwits.com   2:30pm Doctor Dolittle Doctor Dolittle likes animals. In fact, he ... Read more
Aug 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
7pm Doors 7:30pm Finger Buffet Talk starts just after 8pm Coinciding with the first week of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (which can be viewed before the talk), this is a great opportunity to hear from a ... Read more
Sep 8 @ 11:00 am
As part of Heritage Open Days 2023, there will be two talks held at Nature in Art on Friday 8th September. Wallsworth Hall has a curiously obscure history. A fine Georgian mansion situated just north ... Read more
Sep 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Unfortunately this talk has been postponed until next year. A new date will be announced later in the year.  Richard is a well known and engaging lecturer, author, tutor and regular artist in residence at ... Read more
Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
   7pm – doors open to view the galleries 7:30pm – Finger Buffet Talk starts just after 8pm Haunted by the Last Tide is the collaboration between the Society of Wildlife Artists and the Vadehavet ... Read more
Nov 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
  FULLY BOOKED In 2018, the painter Nicholas Jones made an extraordinary voyage along the coasts of Greenland and Baffin Island as ‘Artist in Residence’ with the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute. In ... Read more
Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
  Cath is one of the U.K’s foremost entomological artists and illustrators. A great enthusiast, she believes that the best way to celebrate the importance and relevance of insects in a happy, healthy ecology, is ... Read more
Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
    Paul is a freelance wildlife photographer striving to make images count in the conservation of wildlife and habitats in rivers, lakes, forests and oceans. He works with marine, freshwater and wildlife conservation agencies ... Read more