Meadow Arts

Meadow Arts and University of Worcester’s Fine Art department are delighted to present the Art House Open Lecture Series2019-20, a fifth season of talks in Worcester by some of the most exciting contemporary artists working in the UK.

Have you ever wondered what people in the distant future would make of all the things we throw away? Have a look around Witley Court and Gardens and the In Ruins exhibition with artist Jancis Vaughan before you start making your own art.

Join artist Andrew Howe as he takes you on a walking tour around the stunning Witley Court and Gardens and the In Ruins exhibition, to find inspiration for artworks on the theme of the ruin – something that has inspired artists for centuries.

In partnership with English Heritage, Meadow Arts presents In Ruins – an ambitious art exhibition in the extraordinary ruins of Witley Court in Worcestershire, focusing on our enduring attraction to ruins and how they are still relevant today.

Open to the public and especially relevant to artists, curators, architects and potential commissioners, this talk and discussion will take place in The Hive and will conclude with a tour of the work, The Long Afternoon of Earth, created after spending time working with the library and the University of Worcester.

Come and join Meadow Arts and artists Ben Foot and Valentina Floris from SDNA for two fantastic workshops. Ben and Valentina will be making exciting digital artworks for The Hive’s Ice Age exhibition in 2018 and you can have a go too.

Family Totem Workshop at The Hive

Children’s Library, The Hive

11am – 2pm (drop in anytime but please arrive by 1:30pm)

FREE

To celebrate Heather and Ivan Morison’s The Long Afternoon of Earth residency at the Hive, Meadow Arts is running a drop-in art workshop for the whole family at The Hive on Saturday 12th May  in the Children’s Library, from 11am-2pm. 

Artist Explores Blackface Morris in Hereford

Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, 6 – 17 February 2018

An artwork commissioned by Meadow Arts

Never Judge a Book... poetry and music from books

Have you ever made music with books, or created art and poetry from book pages? Meadow Arts is bringing artists Emily Wilkinson and Sterly & Snell's Sound Books Project to Richard Booth's Bookshop in Hay-on-Wye for free interactive book workshops and a performance on Saturday 16th July.

You can also visit the last weekend of contemporary art exhibition, Never Judge a Book... featuring big name artists, whose work explores the book as object and material.

Book related artworks by Rachel Whiteread, Bill Woodrow, Anselm Kiefer, Fiona Banner, Harland Miller, Michael Craig-Martin, John Latham and others go on show at Richard Booth's Bookshop for this year's Hay Festival.

A series of free talks by acclaimed contemporary artists The Boat Studio, Keith Wilson, Alison Wilding and Mike Cooter at University of Worcester's Garage Studios, in partnership with Meadow Arts.