Current Talks
Jeremy Holt: The Museum of Computing
Swindon has the first specialist computer museum in the country. The idea for the project started in 1989. After 14…
Trip to Corinium Museum
Leave the 21st century behind you and discover the treasures of the Cotswolds as you explore its history at this…
Gavin James: In The Marlborough Night Garden
Gavin has always loved the night sky, but over the past eight years his passion for astrophotography has really grown.…
Trip to Sandham Memorial Chapel
Nestled in a quiet corner of Hampshire, the Sandham Memorial Chapel hides an unexpected treasure – a remarkable series of…
Unbuilt Swindon: Jon Ratcliffe
Postponed. Cancelled. Delayed. Local professional photographer Jon Ratcliffe delves into the plans for Swindon that didn’t make it off the drawing…
Trip to Banwell Bone Caves
The Banwell Bone cave was discovered in 1824 during attempts to drive a horizontal passage into the Stalactite Cave. It…
Bournemouth Arts Club 1920-2020: A Mirror of the Times
Over the past 100 years Bournemouth Arts Club (BAC) has responded to radical ideas and changing approaches in art. Dr…
Trip to Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum houses important collections of paintings, sculpture, furniture and ceramics. We will be given a…
Sarah Purvey: The Trace Exhibition
Artist Sarah Purvey will be discussing the evolving journey of her practice, and create the opportunity to share her growing…
Trip to Sculpture in the Landscape 2020
The Friends of the Garden is a voluntary organisation which organises biennial exhibitions of sculpture and bursary programmes for contemporary…
Free Lunchtime Talk: A Celebration of Colour
Join Engagement Officer and Lecturer, Katie Ackrill for a tour as she highlights the use of colour in artworks featured…
Free Walk and Talk: Discover Art at STEAM
Join Art on Tour Engagement Officer, Katie Ackrill on this informal walk and talk that will introduce visitors to artworks…
Upcoming Events
Jeremy Holt: The Museum of Computing
Swindon has the first specialist computer museum in the country. The idea for the project started in 1989. After 14…
Trip to Corinium Museum
Leave the 21st century behind you and discover the treasures of the Cotswolds as you explore its history at this…
Gavin James: In The Marlborough Night Garden
Gavin has always loved the night sky, but over the past eight years his passion for astrophotography has really grown.…
Trip to Sandham Memorial Chapel
Nestled in a quiet corner of Hampshire, the Sandham Memorial Chapel hides an unexpected treasure – a remarkable series of…
Unbuilt Swindon: Jon Ratcliffe
Postponed. Cancelled. Delayed. Local professional photographer Jon Ratcliffe delves into the plans for Swindon that didn’t make it off the drawing…
Trip to Banwell Bone Caves
The Banwell Bone cave was discovered in 1824 during attempts to drive a horizontal passage into the Stalactite Cave. It…
Bournemouth Arts Club 1920-2020: A Mirror of the Times
Over the past 100 years Bournemouth Arts Club (BAC) has responded to radical ideas and changing approaches in art. Dr…
Trip to Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum houses important collections of paintings, sculpture, furniture and ceramics. We will be given a…
Sarah Purvey: The Trace Exhibition
Artist Sarah Purvey will be discussing the evolving journey of her practice, and create the opportunity to share her growing…
Trip to Sculpture in the Landscape 2020
The Friends of the Garden is a voluntary organisation which organises biennial exhibitions of sculpture and bursary programmes for contemporary…
Free Lunchtime Talk: A Celebration of Colour
Join Engagement Officer and Lecturer, Katie Ackrill for a tour as she highlights the use of colour in artworks featured…
Free Walk and Talk: Discover Art at STEAM
Join Art on Tour Engagement Officer, Katie Ackrill on this informal walk and talk that will introduce visitors to artworks…
Past Events
Free Lunchtime Talk: Abstract Painting in the ’60s
Trip to Pembroke College JCR Art Collection
Craft Matters
Andy Binks and Ken White in Conversation – Railways and Landscapes
Andy Binks and Ken White in Conversation – Railways and Landscapes
A Traveller in Space and Time: Michael Ayrton, Image-Maker
Stone Age to Corinium Project
Trip to Fresh Air Sculpture Show
This Woman’s Work: Female Artists in the Swindon Collection
Collective – An Open Art Exhibition
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry: A History
Cicatrix: The Scar of a Healed Wound
Art and Conflict: Works from the Swindon Collection
Fractures: Texture and Fragility in Modern Ceramics
Transport: Seven Swindon Stories
Timeless Secrets – Ceramic Artists in Their Own Words
An Uneasy Peace: British Art between the Wars
The Phelps Bequest
New Acquisitions
A Century of Community Life in Eastcott
Small Victories
The Euston Road School: Radical Realism
Face the Music: the Winslow Collection of Instruments
Pioneers: Highlights from the Swindon Collection of Studio Ceramics
Janet Boulton: Watercolours
Buttonhooks
Cathy Lomax – The Blind Spot
Trip to Corsham Court
Cutting Edge: A Trip to Dulwich Picture Gallery
A Trip to Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Acquiring Works for the National Trust
Out of the Box: A Talk by David Bent
Threads in a Web: A Talk by David Lomax
SOLD OUT! Ken White and Andy Binks in conversation
Wyvern Theatre: Modernist Gem or Brutal Eyesore?
Wine Tasting at Magnum Wine Shop
AGM followed by a talk by Jessy Price
Cheese & Wine Evening
Trip – Visit to Janet Boulton’s Garden
Cicatrix: Walk and Talk with Katie Ackrill
Wine Tasting at Magnums
Trip to Sculpture Exhibition at Urchfont Manor
Trip to London
50 Finds from Wiltshire By Richard Henry
Cellars, Towers and Tunnels by Jon Ratcliffe
Peter Waldron: Odyssey
Swindon in the Frame: The Woodfield Studio, 1915-1939
‘Picasso’s Linocuts: A Late Flowering’ by Peter Davies
An Introduction to Portrait Therapy with Susan Carr
Peter Burgess: A Celebration
The Ron Sloman Collection: Contemporary Ceramics
The Bomford Gift
Modern Times: How the School of London changed British Art
Trip to Watts Gallery
Trip to Hauser and Wirth, Somerset
Trip to Madresfield Court
Christopher le Brun in Conversation with Sophie Cummings
Planetary Vistas – the landscapes of other worlds by Paul Murdin
Friends AGM 2016
Sam Herman in conversation with Graham Cooley
Trip to St Michael and All Angels, Marlborough College
Performance by Jeffrey Dennis
An Audience with Ceramicist Fenella Elms
Pallant House Gallery – Coach Trip
John Singer Sargent: The Aesthete by Dr. Liz Renes
Continuous Narratives – Tim Hyman RA – Talk
