farhana begum

give up, or ctrl f if I'm DESPERATE

Major investment to boost growth and cement Britain’s place as cultural powerhouse Over £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund for arts venues, museums, libraries and the heritage sector in major boost for growth

well that's not to be sniffed at

www.gov.uk/government/n...

South Asian St Albans

This summer we'll be opening a new exhibition celebrating local South Asian stories.

To start the project we're inviting South Asian families to join "Generations: Framed!" - free life writing and art sessions to create artworks.

https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/generations-framed

Outsiders photography

*NEW EXHIBITION* Outsiders

📸 This is Uche in her bedroom.

"Outsiders" is a documentary photography project by @marcdavenant.bsky.social telling the stories behind modern British homelessness.

https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/outsiders

#outsiders #homelessness #stalbansmuseums

Trying to approach 2025 the way St. Margaret is approaching Beelzebub

framed image of Barbara Hepworth's artwork Winter Solstice

happy winter solstice from me and barbara hepworth

got given a litre of olive oil as a gift (in this economy!!) and I cannot stop going on about it

“thanks so much for the feedback”

"I've been wondering why artists are required to dream up liberation in the gallery, but when that dream meets life we are shut down" ❤️

An immense garland of dried wildflowers grace the rafters of a Great Hall; a man finishes putting on last flower in, with a smile. No image credit, but was posted by the National Trust facebook page

A closeup of the garland with thousands and thousands of dried flowers: a riot of white and pink and fushia and blue and purple and green, in all kinds of floral shapes. No image credit, but was posted by the National Trust facebook page

I have just learned that a team of gardeners and volunteers at the National Trust property Cotehele in Cornwall have been putting an epic garland of dried flowers up in the Great Hall every year since 1956. How exquisitely beautiful it is; the tradition and the thing itself.

Labour might use a loophole to send the Parthenon marbles back and Craig Simpson is predictably mad about it

this article is great because you read the headline and you’re like oh finally Labour is doing something right and then you read the byline and realise you’re supposed to be mad about it

hoping the ideas we came up with are objectively brilliant and not just sugar fuelled nonsense!

New to Bluesky? Here's your weekly reminder that we maintain an Arts & Culture Starter Pack, filled with museums, libraries, galleries and creators that you can follow in a single click.

If you're an organisation that's interested in being added, please DM us!

go.bsky.app/HPQsZAu

nothing like an npo planning sesh to get the cogs whirring/worrying 🫠

scrawled drawing on a post-it note of a cat crying profusely whilst sending an email

mat leave is officially over! so naturally I'm turning to bluesky to save me from the horrors in my inbox

praying they were doing a bit

still getting to grips with this place so thanks for doing the work! would love to be added too x