Join us after hours for an evening of art, conversation and connection.
Celebrate Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey with an exclusive evening at Arnolfini, bringing together teachers, lecturers, arts educators and teaching artists from across the region.
We warmly invite you to the first in a new series of Educators’ Evenings, designed to connect educators with contemporary art, each other, and the opportunities Arnolfini offers for learning and creative engagement.
What to expect
During the evening you will:
- Meet exhibiting artist Joy Gregory and enjoy an exclusive tour of Catching Flies with Honey.
- Connect with fellow educators from across Bristol and the South West.
- Discover how contemporary art and a visit to Arnolfini can support teaching, learning and creative thinking across the curriculum.
- Meet Arnolfini’s Engagement team and find out more about our programme, including Learning Visits, resources, and opportunities for you and your students.
Schedule
5.30–6.00pm
Welcome drinks in Arnolfini’s Community Workshop. Meet the Engagement team and hear more about Arnolfini’s programme.
6.00–7.00pm
Exclusive exhibition tour of Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey.
7.00–7.30pm
Time for conversation and questions.
Who is this event for?
This event is open to teachers, lecturers, early years practitioners, SEND educators, arts educators, teaching artists, trainee teachers and anyone working in learning or education.
We particularly welcome educators from the Global Majority, disabled educators, and those working in SEND schools, specialist settings and alternative provision.
This event will explore how contemporary art can inspire curiosity, critical thinking and creativity across a range of curriculum areas.
Booking
Tickets are free. Advance booking is essential.
Please note that this event is for educators and education professionals only.
At the point of registration, you’ll be asked to tell us the school, college, university or learning setting you work with.
Where to meet
Please meet us in the Community Workshop on Level 2 of Arnolfini from 5.30pm for the start of the evening.
About ‘Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey’
Bringing together more than 150 photographs, films, installations and textile works spanning four decades, the exhibition invites you to discover a practice that has continually redefined the possibilities of photography.
Since the early 1980s, Gregory has challenged expectations of both photography and what Black or feminist art should look like. Working across historic photographic processes, digital media, performance and textiles, her work explores identity, beauty, history and belonging through images that are visually rich, materially inventive and deeply human.
The exhibition is on view from 17 October 2026 – 7 February 2027.
Please be advised that photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Arnolfini website, social media accounts and in other marketing materials.
About the Artist
Joy Gregory
Joy Gregory (b.1959, UK) is a graduate of Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. She has developed a practice which is concerned with social and political issues with…
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