What’s On

May 10 – Jun 12 all-day Nature in Art
Exhibition: This is Nature in Art’s first ever exhibition of stereoscopic (3-D) images, first invented in 1832 and now enjoying a revival. You will be able to borrow some of our 3D glasses and go ... Read more
May 28 – Jun 5 all-day Nature in Art
Exhibition: The Wildlife Art Society International annual selling exhibition of wildlife art comes to Nature in Art. Around 300 paintings, drawings, original prints, photographs and sculpture by professional and part-time members of this active organisation ... Read more
Jun 11 @ 10:00 am – Jun 12 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Jackie Garner 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 This 2-day course will focus on producing detailed paintings of natural objects such as feathers, seeds and shells, using a pure watercolour technique. We ... Read more
Jun 14 – Jul 24 all-day
Exhibition: This display is a celebration of the work by James TA Osborne RE (1907 – 1979) who regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. He was well know ... Read more
Jun 18 @ 10:00 am – Jun 19 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Jill Moger 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 This 2-day course will start with a discussion about the importance of the presentation of a piece of wildlife art produced in clay. All ... Read more
Jul 2 @ 10:00 am – Jul 3 @ 5:00 pm
Art Course with Richard Box 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 This course is for all of you who long to paint in watercolours but have been deterred by the erroneous myth that they are ... Read more
Jul 9 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Yvette Green 10am-5pm Maximum Participants: 8 Garden mosaics are designed to interact with their environment, reflecting and refracting light so that they change throughout the day. On this 1-day course you will ... Read more
Jul 16 @ 10:00 am – Jul 17 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Mike Amphlett 10am-5pm Maximum Participants: 12 If you still haven’t read the camera manual or, if you have, but cannot comprehend much of the ‘jargon’, then this 2-day course is for you! ... Read more
Jul 26 – Sep 4 all-day Nature in Art
Exhibition: This exhibition has been assembled in collaboration with the Charles Tunnicliffe Society. We record our thanks to them, particularly Ken Broughton and Stuart Pittman, and to the many private collectors and public collections who ... Read more
Jul 30 @ 10:00 am – Jul 31 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Ann Swan 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 In this 2-day course you will learn how to create deep, vivid but clean colours without compromising the form of the plant. You will ... Read more
Aug 13 @ 10:00 am – Aug 14 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Liz Robertson 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 The aim of this 2-day course is to produce a triptych landscape, based on a photograph or sketch of your choice. Triptych is a ... Read more
Aug 16 – Aug 29 all-day Nature in Art
  Exhibition: The Independence Trust strengthen people’s emotional and physical well-being to support them to fulfil their potential. This display features artwork by some of their clients who have found art a real help and ... Read more
Aug 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Wallsworth Centre
The Elephant in the Room exhibition & The Independence Trust present an exclusive viewing of the exhibition whilst enjoying cheese and wine. Tickets are £5 Please email Lisa Nash for tickets and further details. Lisa.Nash@independencetrust.co.uk ... Read more
Aug 27 @ 10:00 am – Aug 28 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Trevor Smith 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 This 2-day course will focus on the sketching, drawing and painting of birds, with the emphasis on working from life. The course will cover ... Read more
Sep 3 @ 10:00 am – Sep 4 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Jamie Boots 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 On this 2 day course you will learn all about working with graphite pencil from experienced artist Jamie Boots. Graphite pencil can be used ... Read more
Sep 6 – Sep 18 all-day Nature in Art
  Exhibition (on show in the Atrium of our Education Centre) A diverse show of paintings, prints and sculpture which demonstrate the inspiration that this established local group has drawn from the natural world. Founded ... Read more
Sep 10 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Furzie (Michelle Hickman) 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 10 On this 1-day course you will learn how to needle-felt with wool. You will be introduced to the basics of needle-felting, taught how ... Read more
Sep 13 – Nov 13 all-day Nature in Art
  Exhibition: The first post-launch display of all the winning images from this renowned competition focusing on British fauna and flora. Extraordinary pictures of our rarest animals and the wildlife on our doorstep. To find ... Read more
Sep 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Sharon Foley 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 9 Glass fusing is joining two or more layers of glass through heating in a kiln. There are several techniques that can be adapted to ... Read more
Oct 4 – Nov 6 all-day Nature in Art
  Exhibition: Chosen, Revered Objects Which Delight, all selected from the Nature in Art collection and chosen by popular vote by members of the public. A variety of items that highlight the diversity of art ... Read more
Oct 4 – Oct 16 all-day Nature in Art
  Exhibition: An exhibition by the Gloucestershire based ‘Stitched Up’ textile artists’ group. They use textiles and other media to imaginatively portray the countryside and coast during the changing seasons.  
Oct 5 @ 10:00 am – Oct 6 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Karen Coulson Maximum Participants: 12 This 2-day course is a wonderful introduction to the world of coloured pencil techniques. Learn the art of layering different coloured pencil strokes to create the ‘realistic ... Read more
Oct 7 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Nature in Art
Learn how to create your very own felt hedgehog with expert needle felt and crochet artist Sophie Buckley. Sophie has studied a degree in Contemporary Crafts, giving her a broad knowledge base in material, techniques, ... Read more
Oct 8 @ 10:00 am – Oct 9 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Celia Smith 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 Students will be expertly guided through the process of sculpting with the medium of wire be it galvanised, copper or coloured telephone cable. Students ... Read more
Oct 10 @ 10:00 am – Oct 11 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Stephen Walton 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 During this 2-day course Stephen will teach you how charcoal and charcoal pencils compliment each other, so that intricate and subtle details can be ... Read more
Oct 13 @ 10:00 am – Oct 14 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Jamie Boots 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 On this 2-day course you will learn all about working with graphite pencil from experienced artist Jamie Boots. Graphite pencil can be used to ... Read more
Oct 15 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Ian Coleman 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 will familiarize you ... Read more
Oct 22 @ 10:00 am – Oct 23 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Simon Williams 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 The 2-day course will focus on botanical painting, giving you the opportunity to work with alternative mediums such as gouache or acryl gouache. Taking ... Read more
Nov 5 @ 10:00 am – Nov 6 @ 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Jackie Garner 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 12 Vibrant colours, permanent, waterproof, transparent or opaque; acrylic inks give the artist a myriad of options in their work. This 2-day course will explore ... Read more
Nov 11 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Nature in Art
Art Course with Furzie (Michelle Hickman) 10am – 5pm Maximum Participants: 10 On this 1-day course you will learn how to needle-felt with wool. You will be introduced to the basics of needle-felting, taught how ... Read more