What's On

Exhibitions
JO SPENCE : FROM FAIRY TALES TO PHOTOTHERAPY | PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE HYMAN COLLECTION

Monday, 18th May 2020 to Sunday, 20th June 2021, 11:00 to 18:00 | Free

Drawn from one of the most comprehensive collections of Jo Spence’s works in the world, From Fairy Tales to Phototherapy focuses on the intersection between arts, health and wellbeing, celebrating her work as a photo therapist in which she used photography as a medium to address personal trauma, reflecting on key moments in her past.

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THE BIG DRAW | A PICTURE OF HEALTH AND JO SPENCE

Monday, 18th May 2020 to Sunday, 20th June 2021, 11:00 to 18:00 | Free online and at A Picture of Health and Jo Spence exhibitions

As part of The Big Draw campaign, UWE drawing and print students designed a range of free creative activities inspired by our current exhibitions, A Picture of Health and Jo Spence: From Fairy Tales to Phototherapy.

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Family
We are Family | Let’s Make Art : Drawing With Sound

Wednesday, 3rd February 2021 to Sunday, 20th June 2021, 08:00 to 18:00 | Free

Drawing With Sound explores how you can create pictures from the sounds we hear in and around our home.

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Workshops
Rising Arts Agency | Wellbeing Workshops for Young People and Adults

Friday, 12th February 2021 to Sunday, 20th June 2021, 08:00 to 18:00 | Free

Responding to Arnolfini’s current exhibitions four Young Creatives from Rising Arts Agency will share their creative wellbeing practices to help you through the half term and beyond.

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Family
WE ARE FAMILY | Let’s Make Art : Word Art

Monday, 22nd February 2021 to Sunday, 20th June 2021, 08:00 to 18:00 | Free

Let’s Make Art present a creative workshop for families using letters and words.

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Arnolfini at 60
A Year in the Life of a Field

Monday, 1st March 2021 to Thursday, 23rd December 2021, 08:00 to 18:00

We invited artist Sam Francis to investigate A Year In the Life of a Field, 40 years on from Lizzie Cox’s original multi-disciplinary project of the same name.

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Arnolfini Online
PECo Theatre | City of Threads

Thursday, 25th March 2021 to Sunday, 27th June 2021, 18:00 to 18:00

A 12-part immersive podcast series by PECo Theatre that invites you on a journey into the city of Bristol as experienced through the perspectives of its visually impaired citizens.

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BABE 2021 | The Lost Weekend
BABE 2021 | BACKS OF THINGS YOUR IMAGES

Friday, 26th March 2021 to Sunday, 20th June 2021, 12:00 to 18:00

Photograph the Backs of Things, Underneaths of Things, Extreme Foreshortenings, Uncharacteristic Views or Trace Them.

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Family
BABE 2021 | How to make a Shadow Box with Linda Toigo

Tuesday, 6th April 2021 to Sunday, 20th June 2021, 07:00 to 21:00

Artist Linda Toigo shows us how to create a world out of paper and card!

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BABE 2021 | The Lost Weekend
BABE 2021 | Lemonade Press – Printmaking demonstration

Friday, 16th April 2021 to Sunday, 20th June 2021, 08:00 to 18:00 | Free online

A demonstration of printmaking a folded, double-sided booklet using stone and metal plate lithography by The Lemonade Press in Bristol.

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Exhibitions
Defiant I Stand For A Cause That’s My Own That Sometimes I Don’t Understand | A biography of yearly self-portraits by ron

Tuesday, 18th May 2021 to Sunday, 18th July 2021, 11:00 to 18:00 | Free

A selection of self-portraits that artist, ron produced over a seven year period of extreme turmoil and challenges.

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Exhibitions
Exquisite Corpse

Tuesday, 18th May 2021 to Sunday, 18th July 2021, 11:00 to 18:00 | Free entry. Exhibition slots bookable in advance.

Exquisite Corpse was developed in response to the isolation and mental wellbeing challenges experienced by participants during Covid- 19 lockdown as a way to keep people connected through collaborative creativity.

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Arnolfini Online
Arnolfini Podcast

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