Supporting the brilliant team at @bristolmuseums in their campaign to bring Turnerβs only painting of Bristol home for everyone to enjoy for free π πΌπ
π www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bringturne...
#BringTurnerHome #Turner #BristolMuseums
@beckypeters.bsky.social
Head of Engagement: University of Bristol - Passionate about arts, culture, libraries, museums, history, nature & the cosmos.
Supporting the brilliant team at @bristolmuseums in their campaign to bring Turnerβs only painting of Bristol home for everyone to enjoy for free π πΌπ
π www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bringturne...
#BringTurnerHome #Turner #BristolMuseums
Had the joy of attending Bricks Open Studios last night as a first-year trustee. A great celebration of community-led creativity π
Studios, workshops, food & more all weekend β go visit @St Anneβs House, Brislington. Youβll leave inspired! #BricksOpenStudios
stanneshouse.org/projects/st-...
Gorgeous lunch spot right on my (work) doorstep @bristoluni.bsky.social Royal Fort Gardens.
20.05.2025 12:57 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I loved visiting Manchester Art Gallery when I was living there. That gallery with the opportunity for visitors to draw is really lovely.
03.05.2025 16:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Super joyous atmosphere at the Spike Island Open Studios launch party last night. Loads of great work this year & only got to π a small fraction.
03.05.2025 07:27 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Absolutely loved her work, bought the catalogue!
27.04.2025 09:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Loved my visit to Serpentine's exhibition today, where I discovered the amazing work by Arpita Singh - her woven, layered storytelling is fabulous!!
26.04.2025 18:28 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Huge shoutout to the Bricks team on BBC Radio Bristol
this morning with Joe Sims. Spreading the word about our #LoveSAH crowdfunder to keep St Anneβs House thriving!
Listen back: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Donate: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lovesah
#SupportSAH
Visited 'Common Ground' at The Wilson Art Gallery - strange and beautiful objects & stories unearthed. Fabulous! cheltenhamtrust.org.uk/common-groun...
12.04.2025 17:23 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exciting news! π Room 13 Hareclive has been awarded the Wild Spaces public art commission for @bristoluni.bsky.social new Temple Quarter Campus!
Room 13 is co-run with children from Hareclive Primary, and I can't wait to see what emerges π
More here: public-art.bristol.ac.uk/public-art-a...
Museum fans.... what good examples of non digital interpretation have you seen? Paddles/ creative booklets/ that kind of thing.
21.03.2025 19:42 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Collage of photos from Barbara Walker's Being Here exhibition at Arnolfini. Includes large portrait drawings over documents, a newspaper portrait, embossed historical figures, intimate paintings of daily life, patterned wallpaper with Black figures, and a historical portrait with black figures in circle.
Visited Being Here by Barbara Walker at @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social today. Wow, what
powerful works, beautiful in execution but also unsettling and definitely thought-provoking. Brilliant show π
Imagine a placeβ¦Where creativity + community thrive. Artists, social enterprises & locals come together to connect & create change.Thatβs St Anneβs House& it needs our help.
π Β£50K in 6 weeks to keep it open
π₯ Aviva match funding doubles your donation!
πDonate&Share www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lovesah
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social first visit π
08.03.2025 12:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Check out this cool 3D experience from my amazing @bristoluni.bsky.social colleagues! Step into a virtual BBC Bristol editing hut and explore hours of stories from wildlife filmmaking legends, including Sir David Attenborough! Try it here: digitalscholarship.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/wildfilmloca...
03.03.2025 20:39 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Superb new public art piece for the Welcome Building, Avon Street Bristol. Brilliant community collaboration by artist Dorcas Casey & production by Bricks π
bricksbristol.org/projects/cro...
Deceptive from the outside, dazzling inside - Fitzrovia Chapel π₯°
08.02.2025 19:13 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exciting news! π We've just opened the Forkbeard Fantasy Award βΒ£15,000 for artists to collaborate & create new work inspired by the legendary experimental performance groupβs archive!
Apply now! β¬οΈ #ArtsFunding #CreativeOpportunity
www.bristol.ac.uk/theatre-coll...
It was great to see two works from @bristoluni.bsky.social Theatre Collection in the show, too π
25.01.2025 15:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've just been to two brilliant shows, which just opened at the Royal West of England Academy, including one on Paule VΓ©zelayβan artist I (shamefully) didnβt know before. Painter, sculptor, textile artist, war artistβ what didn't she do? Such a creative force.
25.01.2025 15:52 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Exciting news to share about our @bristoluni.bsky.social
collaborative approach to public art for the new Temple Quarter Campus! Canβt wait to see these creative commissions transform the space in 2026. π¨β¨
Learn more: templequarter.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/01/21/u...
#TempleQuarter #PublicArt
Photo favourites from today's trip to see RPS Documentary Photography Awards πΈ
19.01.2025 15:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A collage of four library interiors. The main image shows a grand library hall with high, ornate ceilings, wooden bookshelves, and study tables. The top-right image features a legal library with bookshelves. The middle-right image shows a clock on a stone wall with an inscription about a University of Bristol librarian. The bottom-right image captures a smaller reading room with wooden furniture, bookshelves, and a large table with chairs
Here's one of the 8 amazing Libraries I am lucky to be able to work at and promote as part of my new job πππΌ @bristoluni.bsky.social -Wills Memorial Library
07.01.2025 15:13 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Last day off work, so enjoyed a crisp winter walk to visit Edith & Hans @bristoluni.bsky.social public art sculpture. public-art.bristol.ac.uk/permanent-ar...
02.01.2025 12:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Are you a fundraiser or know someone who is? π―
We're looking for a Fundraising Consultant to help our charity make a big impact in 2025!
πΌ Freelance contract
π° Β£6,000
Learn more & apply:
π bricksbristol.org/2024/12/oppo...
Very excited about this. What a time to join UoB and be part of delivering amazing public art for Bristol βΊοΈ
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2024/de...
Bit of a special work place today for our all Library Staff day π
19.12.2024 09:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yep, that was one of my takeaways, along with the informality within the sector provides even more opportunities for those with existing connections to succeed. It's who you know.
09.12.2024 15:35 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Head of Development @wshed.bsky.social. Are you interested in centering values and ethics in the heart of your fundraising? In helping to secure resource for work that brings people together and builds hope about the future? Part of SMT. Β£44.9k, FT, Closing 6 Jan. www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu...
04.12.2024 09:59 β π 6 π 12 π¬ 0 π 1When Bristol Ideas/ Bristol Cultural Development Partnership closed in April 2024, all archive material was donated to Bristol Archives. Thereβs a post now open for collections management and cataloguing. Details here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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