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What’s on
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
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Letters for Palestinian Childhoods
Private View: Fri 3rd, 5 - 9 pm (speakers 7 - 8.30 pm)
Open Daily: Sat 4th - Mon 6th, 10-5 pm (sunday - masked, 50% capacity)
People around the world have produced artworks and letters at this exhibition to express their ongoing distress regarding the impact of the Israeli state on Palestinian children.
Inside Feelings
Private View: - Fri 10th May, 7-10 pm
Open Daily: Fri 10 - Wed 15, 10 am - 5 pm
Inside Feelings is a 6-day exhibition of brand new work from 17 professional Bristol-based illustrators.
mycelium
Opening Night: 17th May, 6 - 9.30 pm
Open daily: 18th - 22nd May, 10.30 - 6 pm
Charley Williams' MYCELIUM photography exhibition showcases Bristol's dynamic drag scene, highlighting the deep connections within the LGBTQ+ community.
Rosa
Private View: Saturday 25th 3.30 - 5 pm
Open Daily: Friday 24th - Thursday 30th May
Fri 24th 10-4 // Sat 25th, 11-3 // Sun 26th, 10-3 ( Workshop 3.30 - 5) // Mon 27th, 1-6 // Tues 28th, 11-4 // Wed 29th (open evening) 3-7
An exhibition of paintings exploring the unique grief of baby loss. By Laura Calvert.
Confluence
Private view: Friday 31st May 6 pm – late
Open Daily: Sat 1st June – Wed 5th June, 10 am – 8 pm
This exhibition showcases work from the 2024 graduates of Marine and Natural History Photography at Falmouth University.
Mirrors Fog Over When I Breathe
Private View | 6-8pm | Fri 7th June 2024
Exhibition | Sat 8th June | Wed 19th June 2024
Open | Wednesday-Sunday | 10 am-5 pm
CLOSE proudly presents Mirrors Fog Over when I Breathe, an exhibition featuring new works by Helen Barff, Katherine Perrins and Denise Webber.
This is My World / Urban Aesthetic (Edition 4)
Private View: Friday 26th April 5 pm - 9 pm
Open Daily: Saturday 27th April - Wednesday 1st May 10 am - 6 pm
Stephen Tribbel is a mixed media artist who specialises in collage. In this double show, Stephen will exhibit the full suite of his This is My World series of collages on paper, alongside a new Urban Aesthetic collection.
Illumination
Private view: Friday 19th April 6 pm - 9 pm
Opening times: Sat 20th - Wed 24th April 10am - 6pm
An exhibition exploring light, the photographic, and the self.
Will Butler and Merle Butler
Private view: Friday 12th April 6 pm -9.30pm
Opening times: Saturday 13th - Wednesday 17th, 10 am - 8 pm.
An exhibition of selected works by father and daughter: Will Butler
and Merle Butler.
Nothing Grows In A Straight Line
Opening night: 5.30 pm - 10 pm
Opening times: 11 am - 6 pm daily
Nothing Grows In A Straight Line - the upcoming art exhibition and debut album from AK-One.
Kind Words
Private view - Friday 29 March 6 - 9 pm
Open Daily: Sat 30th March Wed 3rd April - 11 am - 6 pm
Kind Words’ is an exhibition of recent paintings by Bristol based artist, Will Wilford. The show is comprised of a recent body of abstract works exploring themes of painterly language, colour and gesture.
Dipping into Delicacy
Private View: Fri 22nd 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Open Daily: 23rd - 27th March 10 am - 5 pm
Aly Dalrymple is a textile artist specialising in machine embroidery and painting on natural calico. She is inspired by the environment, wildlife and the natural world.
Marks of Remembrance
Private view: Friday 15th March 4 pm - 7 pm
Open Daily: Sat 15th - Wed 20th March 12 - 6 pm
Marks of Remembrance is the latest chapter in the multimedia narrative of the nProjekt series titled "Remembrance." It follows Seeds of Remembrance in Buenos Aires and Tokens of Remembrance in Helsinki.
Neurodivergent Rhapsody
Private view: Friday 8th March 6 pm - 9 pm
Open Daily: Sat 9th - Wed 13th March 11 am - 6 pm
An eclectic collection of work by neurodivergent artists from Bristol and beyond. Exploring themes such as gender, disability, the environment and more…
The Three Photographers: 2024 Exhibition
Private View: Friday 1st March 18.30
Open Daily: Sat 2nd to Wed 6th March - 10 am to 6 pm
The Three Photographers are Ken Abbott, Jean Hulford and Jeremy Fennell, all Bristol-based photographers, who each year come together for an exhibition of their work at the Centrespace Gallery.
Screenprint 2024
Feb 9 - 21
Private View 9th Feb: 6 - 9.30
Open Daily: 10.30 - 6 pm
Screenprint 2024, is an exhibition showcasing the art and craft of screen printing, featuring work by 30 outstanding artists from around the UK and beyond.
A man, a miner, a mushroom dance into a pub
Private View: Friday 26th 6 pm - 10 pm
Open Daily: 27th - 30th - 11 am - 6 pm
A collective of five emerging photographers investigating the relationship between people and place.
FUTURE ARTISTS 24
Private View: 19th January 6 pm - 9 pm
Open Daily: 20th - 24th January
10 am - 6 pm / Sun 11am - 5pm
Mon - Wed: 10 am - 5 pm
A collection of work from the A Level Fine Art and Photography students at SMRT 2024.
Day School Winter Break
16th - 20th December: 11am - 5pm
Private View: 15th December 6pm - 10pm
Performance Night: 17th December 5pm - 7pm
We welcome you into the winter studio world of the remarkably fruity women…
Compassion and Belonging
Opening times: 11 am- 7 pm
UWE and Bristol Refugee Artists Collective (BRAC) Collaboration: Compassion and Belonging
VERDANT NOTES
Opening times (Public):
December 1-6th 1-5pm
Closed on Monday, December 4th
Performances daily: 2-4pm
Verdant Notes is a scent, sound and video installation as well as a series of performances that immerse visitors in an evolving creative project.
Disruption Direction
Private View: 24th November, 6 pm - 10 pm
Open: 25th - 29th November, 12 - 6 pm
Five ceramic artists, shaped by a year of experimentation and peer critiques, challenge norms and prompt deep reflection with their non-traditional, detail-focused work.
Bristol Clay
Private View: 10th November 6 pm - 8.30 pm
Open: 11th - 22nd November
Monday - Saturday: 10.30 am - 5 pm
Sunday 10.00 am – 4:00 pm
state of disappearance
Private View: 27th October, 6 pm
Open Daily : 28 October - 8th November
Mon - Sat. 10:00hrs – 8:00 pm
Sunday 10:00hrs – 3:00 pm
Chantal Meza's show aims to highlight human disappearances. Free discussions during the exhibition by the State of Disappearance project. Look on page for more information.
Backhand #2
Public Opening: Friday 20th October, 6pm - 11pm
Open:
Saturday 21st, 12 pm - 10pm
Sunday 22nd, 12pm - 8pm
Tuesday 24th, 3pm - 9pm (Motion folks meet up in the Evening)
Centrespace Open Studios and Craft in the old City Exhibition
Studios Opening Times
Saturday 14th - Sunday 15th October 2023
11am – 5pm
Craft in the Old City - Exhibition of current members work
Preview: Friday 13th 6pm - 9pm
Gallery Opening Times: Sat 14th - Wed 18th Oct
11am – 5pm
Printed in Stroud
Private View: Friday 6th October, 5:00 - 8:00pm
Open Daily: 7th - 10th October, 10:30am - 5:00pm
11th October: 10:30 am - 12.30 pm
This exhibition is a must-see for anyone who admires the skill of the fine art printmaker.
Two pairs of eyes
Private View: Friday 22nd September, 6-8 pm
Open Daily: Friday 22nd - Wednesday 27th, 11-5 pm
Two European artists, Martina Glastonbury and Joanna Napiorkowska, channel their deep inner musings into their soulful work, while in starkly different styles.
‘CENSORED’ exhibition by Every Body’s Story
Private View: Thursday 14th September, 7.30 pm
Open Daily: 15 - 20th September, 10 am - 6 pm
event list and tickets at the bottom of the page
An exhibition of 300 golden nipple casts of women and non-binary people, exploring nipple censorship and unwanted sexualisation.
Hybrid 2023 : Colour
Private View: Friday 8th September, 4 pm - 8 pm
Open Daily: 8th - 13th September, 10 am - 6 pm (Sunday closes at 4pm)
Hybrid:2023 is a group of 6 women artists who are also trained as art psychotherapists.
Seasons
Private View: Saturday 2nd September, 6pm - 9pm
Open Daily: 2nd - 6th September, 10am - 5pm
Paintings by Roger Conlon and Ian Welch inspired by the seasons and the changes they create across the year.
Faces/ Spaces #3
Private Veiw: Friday 18th August, 6pm
Open Daily: 18 - 23rd August, 11am - 6pm
Exhibition of new ceramics and collages by Rose Pettit and Kelvin Jenkins.
colours of Stone
Open Daily: 12 - 16th August, 11am - 4pm
Colours of Stone is a joint exhibition featuring sculptures by Tansy Tester and paintings by Kit Winchester, curated by Beth Simmons
Sand Time And File Space
Private View: Friday 4th August 6pm - 9pm (tickets on page)
Open Daily: 5th August - 9th August, 10am - 6pm
The exhibition is an experimental hanging of work previously unpublished by Joe Timothy Coleman.