Please note, there are limited spaces on the talks and booking is essential. Please email ArtOnTour@swindon.gov.uk to book your space.
A Thousand Words at Central Library (Swindon Festival of Literature)
Wednesday 4 May, 7 – 8pm
Free, booking essential
In celebration of the Swindon Festival of Literature, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery will showcase artworks inspired by books and stories at the Central Library. This talk will explore the endurance of narrative and storytelling in modern art, through artworks from the Swindon Collection. Visitors will be among the first to see a new exhibition ‘A Thousand Words’ (until 4 June) before hearing a curator’s talk.
Image: Patrick Hayman, Captain James Cook in New Zealand, 1980, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
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Interventions at Lydiard House Museum
Friday 13 May and Saturday 4 June, 12 – 12.40pm
Free, booking essential
Interventions brings artworks from Swindon Museum & Art Gallery to the historic setting of Lydiard House Museum. Hear more about the artworks on display, which include exquisite Lucie Rie ceramics and a unique book illustrated by R.B. Kitaj.
A free tour of Interventions can be booked by e-mailing ArtOnTour@swindon.gov.uk. Tour attendees are also encouraged to visit Lydiard House Museum for which an entry fee is payable.
Image: Malene Hartmann-Rasmussen, Nightfall, 2010s, Glazed earthenware with ceramic transfers, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, ©Malene Hartmann-Rasmussen
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Talented Swindon at Civic Offices
Wednesday 8 June and Friday 1 July, 12 – 12.30pm
Free, booking essential
In this talk, visitors learn more about artworks in Highlights from the Swindon Collection at the Civic Offices. It explores artworks and artists with links to Swindon, including Roy Bizley, Harold Dearden and Nicholas Monro.
Image: Royston Bizley, Icelandic Landscape, 1992, Acrylic on canvas, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, ©Artist’s Estate
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