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Get Crafty – Saturday Free Arts and Crafts Activities
These free craft sessions are drop-in and are unsupervised by Museum staff. They are aimed at children from toddler age…
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Stay and Play
Time for The Bowes’ youngest visitors to explore and play in the Conversation Gallery, investigate materials and be creative in…
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Rhythm and Hues
Rhythm & Hues is our monthly paint club and is a relaxed environment to explore your creativity. Everyone’s welcome -…
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LEGO® Adventures at The Atkinson Construction Club
Calling all young inventors, creators, and builders! Join us for our Construction Club and unleash your imagination with a massive…
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Crafty Companions
Join us for a series of fun and engaging adult craft workshops. Learn new skills like wet felting, braid making,…
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Life Drawing
Untutored alternating clothed and unclothed Life Drawing sessions take place in the Gallery on the last Thursday of every month.
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Life Drawing
Open to all abilities, no experience needed as the tutors can guide you through the session. Basic materials will be…
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After Hours at Dove Cottage: Gothic Heroines
Discover the origins of modern horror and fantasy fiction in this bewitching storytelling event. This time the theme is HEROINES:…
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MIMA will host New Contemporaries in 2026
New Contemporaries, the leading organisation supporting early career and emerging artists, has announced details of its annual exhibition, which will…
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Constable 250 Workshop: Constable Inspired Sketching
On Wednesday 12th August join Ipswich Art Society artists Evelyn Planitzer and Amanda Warren to create your own Constable inspired…
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Sew-cial at The Bowes/Wear Your Words: Rebel Reconstructed: Denim Punkature Workshop
Inspired by Malcolm McLaren’s Punkature (1983), participants will transform recycled denim into either a rebellious wrap skirt or patchwork vest.…
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Dance Out
Dance Out is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and film that celebrates dance as an everyday human activity, both solitary…
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From Bawden to Hockney: The Dennis Andrews and Christopher Whelen Collection
Including artists ranging from Edward Bawden to Keith Vaughan, and David Hockney to Emily Young, The Dennis Andrews and Christopher…
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The Art of Observation
This exhibition considers still life as a powerful tool for both artists and scientists and includes work by renowned painter…
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Opening Talk: Catherine Opie | To Be Seen (in person)
World-renowned American artist Catherine Opie is in conversation with Imogen Gibbon, Head of Portraiture & Photography. Over the past 35 years,…
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Opening Talk: Catherine Opie | To Be Seen (online)
World-renowned American artist Catherine Opie is in conversation with Imogen Gibbon, Head of Portraiture & Photography. Over the past 35 years,…
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PRECISE ORDER | CONTROLLED DISORDER
This exhibition features a selection of works from the permanent collection which bring together the intersection of arts, maths, architecture…
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Wearing Japan: A Visual History of Kimono
This free exhibition offers a chance to explore the history of Japanese kimonos and to learn about the history behind…
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Constable 250 Workshop: Flower Garden Collaging
On Wednesday 5th August join Ipswich Art Society artist Jennifer Hall to create your own Flower Garden Collage. Come and…
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Louise Lockhart: Cake Crumbs and Lemonade
Explore Louise Lockhart's collage and print-based works, celebrating the rituals of everyday life.