What’s On

Oct 26 @ 10:00 am – Nov 7 @ 5:00 pm
We are very pleased to have long-established links with a number of art groups in the county, including GSA who use Nature in Art’s Education Centre as the venue for their meetings. This is their ... Read more
Nov 9 @ 10:00 am – Dec 19 @ 5:00 pm
This year we are pleased to be able re-introduce a crafts display by some renowned British makers. Rather than having a particular media focus or narrow theme, this show embraces work in a variety of ... Read more
Nov 9 @ 10:00 am – Nov 28 @ 5:00 pm
This exhibition is on display in our Education Centre. It was due to end on 21st November, but has been extended by popular demand (NB: There may be restricted access at times during the extra ... Read more
Feb 1 @ 10:00 am – Mar 27 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
© Majed Ali Stunning images unveiled as Wildlife Photographer of the Year arrives at Nature in Art This world-renowned exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, features exceptional images which capture fascinating ... Read more
Feb 8 – Feb 24 all-day Nature in Art (Education Centre)
This exhibition, facilitated by the Independence Trust, is by artistically-minded Gloucestershire folk whose lives have been affected by mental health struggles, including during Covid. The outlet of visual expression in 2 and 3 dimensions has ... 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 15 – Mar 27 all-day Nature in Art (Education Centre)
An inspiring selection of work by members of the Gloucestershire Society for Botanical Illustration. Some exhibitors have won The Royal Horticultural Society’s Gold, Silver Gilt and Silver Medals both in the Grenfell (for art pictures) and Lindley (for ... 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 5 – May 8 all-day Nature in Art
  A retrospective exhibition of work by David Burnham Smith who died in 2019. His instantly recognisable ceramics display humour, beauty and creativity. Trained as a draughtsman, David turned to ceramic restoration and then, later, applied that attention ... Read more
Apr 5 – Apr 24 all-day Nature in Art (Education Centre)
In the summer of 2021, the Cotswold National Landscape launched the Glorious Cotswold Grasslands (GCG) Art Competition, calling for artworks from young artists. This exhibition displays the inspiring artworks submitted. The GCG is an ambitious ... Read more
Apr 26 – May 22 all-day Nature in Art
In celebration of The Queen’s Green Canopy project, Regeneration is a new exhibition to help promote tree planting: a vital strand of the environmental crisis recovery strategy. Trees are the lungs of the planet and ... 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 28 – Jun 5 all-day Nature in Art
The always highly anticipated annual selling exhibition of The Wildlife  Art  Society International. Over 350 works by members in a wide variety of styles and media. The Society provides an active focus for wildlife artists, painters, ... 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 14 – Jul 17 all-day Nature in Art
Large paintings by Rosalind Wise in response to a visit to Transylvania in Romania where she says she ‘saw fields of many different flowers, carpets of shimmering colour disappearing into the distant landscape. This made me ... 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 26 @ 10:00 am – Sep 11 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
  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 most important conservationists of the twentieth century. Work by ... 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
Aug 2 @ 10:00 am – Aug 14 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art Education Centre
      ‘Murmur’ is a collaborative exhibition by four artists. A Whisper, a susurration, something caught on a breeze, a congregating of birds; but also perhaps, a word going round; the beginning of a ... Read more
Aug 16 @ 10:00 am – Sep 4 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Rarely seen, yet glittering to behold, this is a display of gold, silver and metal thread embroidery to dazzle and delight, embracing nature in all its forms. All the pieces are made by members of ... 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 13 @ 10:00 am – Oct 9 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
A retrospective exhibition of work by Robert Gillmor MBE SWLA (1936 -2022) A founder of the Society of Wildlife Artists, Gillmor is a renowned wildlife artist who has left a remarkable legacy through his art. ... 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 18 @ 10:00 am – Nov 20 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
                Water Universe by Julie Askew “Water is the driving force of all nature” Leonardo da Vinci Over the years Nature in Art has presented a good number of ... 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