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Mug Rugs - an introduction to woven tapestry

Thu 05 Jun 2025

Mug Rugs - an introduction to woven tapestry

Learn how to create simple but striking designs using woven tapestry techniques. In this fun, relaxing workshop you will weave your own square, which once finished can be used as a rug for your mug! Choose from a sele.....Read more

PATTERNS OF NATURE | An exhibition by young artists from Iran

Thu 10 Apr to Thu 31 Jul 2025 (4 months)

PATTERNS OF NATURE | An exhibition by young artists from Iran

Herts Welcomes Refugees proudly presents talented artists Shervin and Ghazal during their residency at Trestle Arts Base. These resilient young people, who fled Iran, share their powerful artistic expressions with us. .....Read more

Family Fun with Martin Brown

Sat 07 Jun 2025

Family Fun with Martin Brown

To celebrate the opening of the Horrible Histories and Dazzling Drawings exhibition at North Herts Museum, join Horrible Histories' illustrator, Martin Brown, for a one-off family event filled with foul facts, savage sto.....Read more

Martin Brown - Ink and Drink Evening

Sat 07 Jun 2025

Martin Brown - Ink and Drink Evening

Martin Brown comes to Hitchin! Join best-selling cartoonist and illustrator-extraordinaire, Martin Brown as we celebrate his latest exhibition Horrible Histories and Dazzling Drawings arriving at North Herts Museum. T.....Read more

The World of Martin Brown: Horrible Histories ® exhibition

Sat 07 Jun to Sun 21 Sep 2025 (4 months)

The World of Martin Brown: Horrible Histories ® exhibition

Explore humour, history and creativity in 'The World of Martin Brown: Horrible Histories ® and Other Dazzling Drawings' exhibition at North Herts Museum. Showcasing original cartoons, artwork, and exclusive behind-the.....Read more

Luke Newell Exhibition

Sat 31 May 2025

Luke Newell Exhibition

Luke is an accomplished illustrator, artist and animator with over 20 years of experience as a professional artist. He is a published author and illustrator and has over 10 years’ experience working on video games. Lu.....Read more

From Daguerre to Digital: The Art History of Photography

Tue 10 Jun 2025

From Daguerre to Digital: The Art History of Photography

Join us for a whistle-stop tour through the artistic debates that have shaped photography since its invention. From the earliest photographs that questioned the boundaries between art and documentation to the rise of .....Read more

The Glasshouse Legacy - history of Horticulture in Broxbourne

Fri 14 Feb to Sat 28 Jun 2025 (4 months)

The Glasshouse Legacy - history of Horticulture in Broxbourne

The Glasshouse Legacy is the new exhibition at Lowewood Museum running from 14 February 2025 to 28 June 2025. The story of horticulture is intricately woven into the fabric of the Borough of Broxbourne, with its root.....Read more

Rhythms of the Rainbow: LGBTQIA+ people and western music

Wed 25 Jun 2025

Rhythms of the Rainbow: LGBTQIA+ people and western music

We will look at how LGBTQIA+ people have been hidden by historians of music despite making significant contributions as innovators, performers and lyricists. Starting in the Middle Ages, it brings us through to recent.....Read more

Music for Choir and Strings

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Music for Choir and Strings

Our summer concert will start with a new composition by Katy Lavinia Cooper, Twelve Trees, commissioned in 2024 for the 60th anniversary of the Sing for Pleasure Charity. Inspired by trees native to the British Isles, th.....Read more

Alexa Loy Exhibition

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Alexa Loy Exhibition

Alexa is an experienced, established, local artist, specialising in painting and photography. During May, she will be hosting artistic events for all ages and abilities, inspiring creativity in all who visit the library......Read more

My Story: Artist in Residence Celebration

Sat 19 Jul 2025

My Story: Artist in Residence Celebration

As our 2023-25 funding comes to a close we'd like to celebrate our ambitious My Story: Artist in Residence programme. Together with over 5000 Hertfordshire residents, we have worked with 16 incredible artists across .....Read more

'No wordly goods to worry about'; life and art William Ratcliffe

Wed 30 Jul 2025

'No wordly goods to worry about'; life and art William Ratcliffe

A talk from Ratcliffe’s biographer Ros Allwood, about William Ratcliffe, an artist who spent much of his long life working in and around Letchworth Garden City. For a few years in the early 20th century, this quiet an.....Read more

Making a Map - kids crafts workshop

Thu 07 Aug 2025

Making a Map - kids crafts workshop

Creatively record your summer holiday adventures in this workshop! Using reclaimed materials your little artists will make a blank map to chart what they've done during their time off school. Thursday 7 August 11a.....Read more

Trestle School Of Drama | Catching Waves - Summer Workshop

Mon 04 to Fri 08 Aug 2025 (5 days)

Trestle School Of Drama | Catching Waves - Summer Workshop

Catching Waves For ages 5 – 10 years Join Trestle School of Drama as we take a trip to the British coast and discover what characters might already be there! Using Trestle’s new Mini Mask set to bring big, bold.....Read more

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