Your sip & paint event at The Rose Villa Tavern, Birmingham will be themed around Claude Monet’s iconic Poppy Fields painting. Beautify your canvas with impressionistic brushstrokes, capturing movement, light and colour!
Unleash your creativity – wine glass in one hand, paint brush in the other. No experience needed!
Your PopUp Painting experience in Birmingham will include:
All art supplies – including paint, brushes, canvas and apron
Guidance from a practicing artist – but feel free to go off-piste!
A themed playlist to immerse you in your experience
Drinks are available for purchase
Your canvas is yours to keep. Hang it with pride!
Join Ikon Youth Programme (IYP) on Slow Boat in Coventry for a showcase of weaving made in collaboration with artist Seungwon Jung.
During 2023 IYP has been collaborating with Jung and volunteers at The Weaver’s House to explore Coventry’s history of weaving, as one of the city’s main industries in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Through workshops on Slow Boat in Coventry Canal Basin, the medieval terrace The Weaver’s House in Spon End and at Ikon in Birmingham, they consider the intersection between photography and weaving.
This event precedes the Co-Creation Showcase: Ikon Youth Programme and Seungwon Jung, which takes place at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Friday 27 – Saturday 28 October 2023.
Free, no need to book, drop-in.
Please note: Slow Boat is fully accessible, with a lift available. For additional access enquiries please contact education@ikon-gallery.org.
This project is co-created with Ikon Youth Programme on Slow Boat, supported by Freelands Foundation.
We are delighted to be releasing a new limited edition giclée print by Coventry-based artist Paul Lemmon!
Join us at this intimate event and have the opportunity to meet Paul and the Coventry Biennial team, enjoy a complimentary drink and get to see and buy an edition of this exclusive print before anyone else.
Your sip & paint event at the Slug & Lettuce, Sutton Coldfield will be themed around Annie Dalton‘s Banksy-inspired Elephant painting. Forget the stencil, show us your inner rebel.
Unleash your creativity – wine glass in one hand, paint brush in the other. No experience needed!
Your PopUp Painting experience in Birmingham will include:
All art supplies – including paint, brushes, canvas and apron
Guidance from a practicing artist – but feel free to go off-piste!
A themed playlist to immerse you in your experience
Drinks are available for purchase
Your canvas is yours to keep. Hang it with pride!
Join us as we introduce … like a short cut through the brambles
During this event we will announce the themes, artist list, venues and key partners for the 4th Coventry Biennial which will be taking place across Coventry and Warwickshire from 6 October 2023.
This event, in the iconic Coventry Cathedral will include the most comprehensive set of announcements around our upcoming programme yet, as well as providing an opportunity to meet and hear from some of the artists that we’re working with towards Coventry Biennial 2023.
We’ll additionally be using the occasion to unveil and share a number of significant creative projects that have been produced during our recent, developmental activities providing a small taste of what’s to come later this year.
Please note: Guests are asked to use the Chapter House entrance on Priory Street.
This event is generously funded by Arts Council England, Coventry City Council, University of Warwick and Coventry University.
Explore the artworks on display in our galleries through animated talks using child-friendly language.
The Herbert’s family-friendly art talks will bring a different gallery space or series of artworks to life each month, using animated talks and child-friendly language to help younger visitors to engage in a way that is meaningful to them.
Led by their expert learning team, these relaxed, drop-in talks encourage children to share their views and questions about the artworks they are introduced to, supporting them with their own interpretations. They understand that interpreting art can sometimes be difficult for children, but their friendly staff are here to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to discover and enjoy the exciting range of work on display by local, national and even world-famous artists.
After the talk, you may also choose to explore the galleries further and take time to do some sketching or photography around the gallery spaces (where permitted) to help your children engage with the collections further.