What's On

Exhibitions
A PICTURE OF HEALTH | WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE HYMAN COLLECTION

Monday, 18th May 2020 to Sunday, 13th June 2021, 11:00 to 18:00 | Free

A group exhibition of contemporary women photographers featuring autobiographical perspectives and social commentaries on the wider society, that aims to de-stigmatise subjects around mental health and create an environment in which people can have open conversations about their wellbeing. A Picture of Health includes work by Heather Agyepong, Sonia Boyce, Eliza Hatch, Susan Hiller, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Anna Fox, Rosy Martin, Polly Penrose, Jo Spence, and Paloma Tendero.

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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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Family
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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Art in the City
TALKS | ART IN THE CITY – Heather Agyepong

Wednesday, 11th November 2020 to Sunday, 13th June 2021, 12:00 to 18:00

Art in the City is a series of international artist’s talks co-presented by Fine Art UWE Bristol and Arnolfini. Heather Agyepong is a visual artist, performer/actor and maker whose work is included in A Picture of Health | Women Photographers from the Hyman Collection.

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Family
We Are Family | Let’s Make Art online tutorials: Hidden Self

Friday, 18th December 2020 to Sunday, 13th June 2021, 08:00 to 18:00 | Free

Let’s Make Art, guide children in making a standing cardboard portrait of themselves with an interior scene as well as an outward showing persona.

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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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