2016 Events Programme
Unless otherwise shown, please contact us on 01242 237 431 or at [email protected] for more information or to reserve spaces.
Late Night Wilson
13 October 2016 | 6pm - 9pm | Exhibition admission
Performance, augmented poetry, music and more! Be inspired by The Last Word in Art? with this surreal late night event. Expect the unexpected...
Isms- Cubism: Simultaneous views of reality
10 December | 10am – 1pm | Ages 12+ | £12
Get into Cubism. Explore The Last Word in Art? and create your own cubist response inspired by the cube, the sphere and cone.
Concrete Poetry Workshop
22 and 29 October | 10.30am – 2.30pm | £30
The Shape of Love – concrete poetry workshop - With Anna Saunders and Andrew Morrison.
Please note this is a 2 day workshops, first session on the 22 October and the second session is on the 29 October.
Regular event | Guided Tour of The Wilson
On specific Thursdays and Saturdays at 2pm | £5 per person
Discover more about the history of The Wilson and its diverse collections. These fascinating 45 minute introductory tours are led by our gallery guides. Tour dates coming up soon:
October 1, 6, 15, 20, 29
November 5, 10, 19, 24
December 3, 8, 17
Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen
Monthly Craft Workshops
Monthly, Fridays | 10am - 4pm | £variable
Join expert craft makers and producers for this special series of craft workshops. Run by members of The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen, these one day workshops are a great way to try a new craft or develop an existing skill. Based in the Foyle Learning Centre at The Wilson, the workshops are run as small, informal sessions, with an emphasis on participants creating something to take home at the end of the day.
More details, including dates, prices can be found here.
Pavel Buchler: Work for Words
27 October | 6pm | £5 per person
Artist Pavel Buchler will discuss his fascination with language from cryptography to Google Translate.
The Art of Language in the Brain
3 November | 6 – 7pm | £5
In this talk, Dr Nina Kazanina will demonstrate some of the processes that take place in the brain in a split second between when a soundwave hits the ear and when the listener extracts the message.
Isms- Surrealism: The Marvelous and the Everyday
5 November | 10am – 1pm | £12
Join in with The Wilson's own
Bureau of Surrealist Inquiries and use The Last Word in Art? as a base to exercise your imaginations and make artwork
Poetry Writing
12 and 26 November | 10.30am – 1pm | £20/ £17 conc
Many poets have been inspired by art in their work. In these two workshops, we will harness our emotional response the 20th Century and contemporary artworks on display, working from draft to completed poem.
WAC Takeover
12 November | 7– 12pm | Free
An event produced by young artists aged 15 to 25, featuring music, film, temporary exhibitions and live performance.
Writing for Performance and the Page
17 November | 6pm | £5
Join artist Sally O'Reilly in discussing writing for performance and the page, and how a practice that dashes between publishing, performance, video and opera sustains her ongoing concern with knowledge and power.
Isms- Conceptualism: The World as Ideas
19 November | 10am – 1pm | Ages 12+ | £12
Using The Last Word in Art?, tease out various approaches that have made Conceptualism so challenging to established practices and which often questions the role of the artist.
The Everyday Press: Publishing and Collecting Artists' Books
12 January 2017 | 6pm | £5
Artist Arnuad Desjardin founded the Everyday Press in 2007 to publish visual artists' work as printed matter.
Art Shape Courses
We are delighted to support Art Shape in offering courses aimed towards adults facing disabling barriers to participation in traditional arts learning. To book, call 01452 863 855, or email [email protected].
Art for Enjoyment | Starts 27 September 2016 | Tuesdays 10.15am – 12.30pm | £56/£36 concession
Foyle Learning Centre
Taught by a practising artist, this course will help you explore your creative journey through drawing, painting, sculpture, print making and more.