Staff from Bath Spa University recently took part in a year-long programme of cultural exchange that celebrated the cultural ties and history between the UK and India. The Silk River programme launched last February at […]
Tag: Arts Council England
The Holburne’s new ‘pin-up’ boy!
Looks like Bath’s Holburne Museum had just acquired a new ‘pin-up’ boy to help them celebrate their centenary. Seems they’ve successfully raised the £450,000 needed for the acquisition of an oil sketch by Sir Thomas […]
Arts grants help secure new work for Victoria Gallery.
A striking oil painting by one our most important post-war artists, Adrian Heath, will go on display at Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Victoria Art Gallery from 29 September. ‘Composition – Black, Pink, Yellow […]
Bringing Art down to earth!
So l sit in on a meeting of Bath Cultural Forum to hear the results of much research suggesting we need to team up with other art/cultural/digital organisations to exert pressure on everyone from B&NES […]
Another ‘Illuminate’ event secured for Bath
The highly popular ‘Illuminate Bath’ event has been confirmed to return to the city next month following funding from a number of significant investors. This contemporary art event featuring light installations and large-scale projections on […]
What future for Bath museums?
Bath & North East Somerset Council is developing Forward Plans for two of Bath’s most important museums – the Victoria Art Gallery and the Roman Baths. The Forward Plans are required to enable both museums […]
Bath’s Fashion Museum break out?
A generous grant from Arts Council England has enabled Bath’s Fashion Museum to create a research and consultation programme to work out its future direction. Bath and North East Somerset Council held a free public […]
Victoria Gallery celebrates Scott Centenary
A centenary celebration of the Somerset painter William Scott is being held at Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Victoria Art Gallery from 7 September to 17 November. William Scott CBE RA (1913-89) was a […]
