What’s On
Distant Echoes - Wiltshire Landscapes by Simone Dawood
Oil paintings taken from the experience of walking; observing clumps of trees or wider horizons on the Ridgeway and in other landscapes the artist encounters
Sir John Betjeman's Banana Blush
A special performance in the Abbey of Sir John Betjeman’s cult classic from 1974, performed by Zeb Soanes (Classic FM) and the Chris Warner Ensemble
Jogja Disability Arts
An exhibition of Indonesian street art by disabled artists who visited Malmesbury on 7 November as part of a UK-Indonesian exchange
The Caravan Gallery
Watch out for The Caravan Gallery residency as part of Pride of Place Malmesbury programme
Surface Detail
Through his art, Javi uses his creativity as a medium for storytelling, exploring visual definitions of beauty.
Global Carnival
Jason Gardner
For over 15 years, throughout 16 countries, photographer Jason Gardner has visually documented the ritual and festival of Carnival, focusing on traditional, folkloric, and community celebrations.
Source Food and Drink Weekend
Locally produced food and drink to taste and buy, cookery demonstrations, street entertainment and a barbecue in Abbey Manor House Garden
John Betjeman: from gas lamps to grottos, cottages to cathedrals
Saturday 8 July 2023
7pm Malmesbury Town Hall
Film screening of his ‘lost’ 1963 Malmesbury film and a talk by Rachel Morley
Photo Mini-Marathon
Saturday 8 July 2023
Five themes, five hours, five pictures per theme.
From hundreds of pictures taken on the day, we have selected the winners in our adult and junior categories
In Living Memory
How artists have represented the town, capturing its people and places, from the 1940s to the present day. Four venues - Malmesbury Library, the Abbey, Rausing Building and Caerbladon
A Family of Artists
The Forward Family
Celebrating the artistic legacy of a family living and working in Malmesbury since 1950, including work by Colin, Sylvia, Tristan and Vieve Forward
In the Flow
Gill Hackett and Melissa Yates
In the Flow brings together two exceptional artists working in different media, who share an intuitive approach to their creative endeavours.
In Living Memory
In Living Memory
at John Bowen Gallery, Town Hall, Malmesbury
Malmesbury artists in the post-war years
Between Line and Shadow
Alex Boyd Jones
Alex Boyd Jones’s drawing explores sense of ‘place’; whether in woodlands, valleys and hills, buildings, structures and paths
Less is More
Judith Beeby
Judith Beeby offers an interpretation of nature using the luminosity and beauty of watercolour which allows the viewer to get lost in an image as if in a dream
Round These Parts
Our Summer show featuring works by 44 artists from around Wiltshire and the South Cotswolds
More Than a Number
More Than a Number
In partnership with WOMAD 2022, Malmesbury Library and The Abbey, we present 12 contemporary photographers from ten African Countries
Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass
Mary Quarmby and Lou Ropner
We present two Wiltshire-based artists who are truly passionate about glass. Its colour, vibrancy and as the basis of their creative work.
Passengers
For Refugee Week 2022, we feature Cesar Dezfuli’s project Passengers, which traces the fortunes of 118 young men who in 2016 were rescued off the coast of Libya fleeing conflict and seeking to establish new lives in Europe.
In Search of Lost Time
“By immersing myself in nature I am often inspired. I walk and explore the countryside and through drawing and painting I examine my understanding of our place in the world we live in. I often get lost and I continue to search”
Sandra Chin
These Four Walls
Photographic portraits by Leonora Saunders exploring different meanings of home based work for women in Britain from the early 19th century to the present day
As We See It
As We See It features two very different artist perspectives on the historic town of Malmesbury.