Saturday, 10th July 2021 to Sunday, 17th October 2021, 11:00 to 18:00 | Dates subject to Government guidance around Covid. | Free
Work by Ian Breakwell, a world-renowned artist who played a key role in Bristol’s art scene as a young man
Saturday, 16th October 2021 to Sunday, 16th January 2022, 11:00 to 18:00 | Free
In Autumn 2021 Arnolfini will be celebrating over thirty years of extraordinary practice from Bristol-born photographer Stephen Gill, drawing together new previously un-exhibited work, alongside works from other iconic series.
Saturday, 19th February 2022 to Tuesday, 31st May 2022, 11:00 to 18:00 | Exact end date to be confirmed
Holding the Baby is an exhibition of new photographic work by artist Polly Braden, creating a portrait of the strength and resilience of single parent families facing austerity.
Thursday, 14th October 2021, 14:00 to 16:30 | Free
Exhibition of letterpress printed poetry works and a roundtable event 2–4.30p.m. on Thursday 14th October with Steven J Fowler, Rebecca Kosick, Ndukwe Onuoha, Andrew Morrison, Pat Randle and Maria Stadnicka and publication launch of Twenty-five Poems with Steven J Fowler.
Sunday, 24th October 2021, 17:30 to 19:45 | Free, booking essential
Hosted by Charlotte Pyatt, creative director of Vanguard with a Q &…
Sunday, 24th October 2021, 15:00 to 16:45 | Free, booking essential
Bombin’, produced by Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley, captures the UK graffiti scene at a pivotal moment, as TATs Crew and Zulu Nation member Brim Fuentes leaves the South Bronx to travel across the Atlantic, reluctantly adopting the role of ambassador for graffiti and hip hop’s emerging crossover appeal.
Sunday, 24th October 2021 to Saturday, 30th October 2021, 12:00 to 14:15 | Free, booking essential
Directed by Charlie Ahearn, Wild Style is regarded as the first hip hop feature film.
Saturday, 23rd October 2021, 19:00 to 23:00 | Free, booking essential
Our free evening screening celebrates women rediscovering their courage through mountain biking, hiking and stand-up paddleboarding in the UK, a snow-filled skate adventure in Austria and the mental and physical journey of seeking out remote, icy waters to go wild swimming.
Saturday, 23rd October 2021, 14:00 to 17:00 | Free, booking essential
A cinematic celebration of women in extreme sports and adventure communities
Saturday, 13th November 2021, 19:30 to 20:30 | £15/ £5 concessions
Nights with BCMG brings you closer to the night sky but in the warmth of Arnolfini’s intimate performance space.
Tuesday, 12th October 2021 to Tuesday, 14th December 2021, 18:30 to 20:00 | £3/ £2 concessions
UWE School of Art and Design are opening up their life drawing classes to the public and inviting anyone to come along and have a go. We believe there is no such thing as someone who can’t draw and the sessions will be very relaxed and a chance to meet new people.
Friday, 29th October 2021, 13:00 to 15:00 | Free workshop, please book.
Suitable for adults living with stroke, their families and carers, and anyone interested in the power of arts in recovery.
Saturday, 30th October 2021, 12:00 to 13:30 | £10, £8 concessions, under 25s £5
A retired sailor becomes a custodian at a mental hospital to be closer to his estranged wife, one of the patients at the facility. Their daughter is soon to be married, but the father’s fear and pain surrounding his wife’s mental state along with the reasons for her captivity threaten the future happiness of the family.
Saturday, 30th October 2021, 14:30 to 16:00 | £10, £8 concessions, under 25s £5
By day sweet-faced Tokiko (Tanaka Kinuyo) is an ordinary typist but come nightfall she’s a fun-loving gangster’s moll. Dazzlingly stylized, spirited and kinetic, Dragnet Girl is also an intimate, compassionate study of young people caught in the cultural cross fire.
Saturday, 30th October 2021, 17:00 to 18:30 | £10, £8 concessions, under 25s £5
Still rated amongst the top twenty Japanese movies of all time, the original Godzilla is perhaps the definitive monster movie – both a bold metaphor for the atomic age and a thrilling tour de force of pioneering special effects.
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