WHAT'S ON 2023

Exhibitions, workshops and events this season

  • Learning | Workshops for young people
    MAKE

    MAKE is a new weekly arts and creative club for young people aged 10 - 14. Mondays (Term-time) 3.30 pm - 5 pm, Youth Centre, Presteigne

    Forthcoming MAKE dates
    Monday 27 February - Monday 27 March
    Break for Easter holidays
    Monday 17 April - Monday 22 May

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  • Exhibition | Gallery
    Cultivate Exhibition
    Saturday 11 March, 11am - 1pm

    Please join us for an exhibition of recent work by young people as part of our Cultivate Youth Arts Programme. Since September 2022, Cultivate members have led an enquiry centred on the dismantled railway line between Presteigne and Titley Junction Station. The exhibition presents responses to the enquiry.

  • Learning | Workshops for young people
    Cultivate
    Cultivate is our creative programme for 15 - 25 year olds.

    Forthcoming Cultivate dates
    Saturday 11 March, 10am - 1pm
    Saturday 1 April, 10am - 2pm
    Saturday 13 May, 10am - 2pm
    Saturday 3 June, 10am - 2pm
    Saturday 8 July, 10am - 2pm
    Saturday 19 August, 10am - 2pm

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  • Philip Hughes Painting

    Selling Exhibition | Gallery
    Philip Hughes
    Thirty Years of Landscape
    30 March - 20 May 2023

    This survey exhibition selects from a range of landscapes that have been key sources for the artist over thirty years. There are paintings from the U.K., Ireland, France, Australia, Peru and Antarctica, drawing parallels with Nolan’s travels and captivation with primal landscapes.

  • Rick Greswell Sculpture

    Sculpture | Outdoors
    Rick Greswell
    The Buzzer
    30 March - 30 September 2023

    The Buzzer references the nickname of a Russian military radio station, call-sign UVB-76 that has continuously broadcast the same tone and enigmatic coded messages for many years. It speaks from, and reminds us of the era of the Cold War when the threat of nuclear Armageddon and the projection of military power beyond borders was regarded as an ever-present danger. Two months after this work was completed, Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

  • Kate Harvey Sculpture

    Sculpture | Outdoors
    Kate Harvey
    Inside Out
    30 March - 30 September 2023

    Inside Out embraces both exterior and interior landscapes and seeks to honour the natural, feminine and domestic. Responding to the environment at The Rodd, Harvey’s sculptures focus on the emptiness of the Granary, reflecting on manual labour, the dependence on the land and the harvest and storage of fodder.

  • Jony Easterby Sculpture

    Installation | Outdoors
    Jony Easterby
    Dead Standing
    From 30 March

    As fire passes through landscape, we witness loss and destruction and the remains of a sublime beauty inherent in its force. Dead Standing is a new dry garden installation drawing on Australian bushfire narratives, drought resistant planting and the processes of regeneration. (The Sidney Nolan Trust recognises that wildfires are causing immense damage to people, animals and property around the world.)

  • Jony Easterby Artwork

    Exhibition | Rodd Court
    Jony Easterby & Pippa Taylor
    In Praise of Shadows
    30 March - June

    In culmination of their year with the Trust, 2022 Resident Artists present an exhibition exploring patterns of shadows, light and the darkness formed by the interplay of plants and light, drawing on the influence of Sidney Nolan’s epic Paradise Garden artworks.

  • Philip Hughes Drawing

    Learning | Drawing workshop
    Walking and drawing workshop with artist Philip Hughes
    Friday 31 March, 11am-1pm, The Rodd

    In tandem with his survey exhibition Thirty Years of Landscape, Hughes will take participants on a walk from The Rodd with regular breaks to make drawings. Participants will aim to make about five 10-minute drawings. The workshop will end with an exhibition tour with the artist.
    Participants will need a notebook or sketchbook and pencil for drawing.

    Cost: £10pp inculding refreshments

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  • Artwork: Philip Hughes

    Learning | Holiday Workshop
    Abstracting the Landscape
    Thursday 6 April
    Session 1 (Ages 5-9) 11am - 12noon
    Session 2 (Ages 10-15) 1-2pm

    In this workshop we will be using the landscape here at The Rodd along with the work of artist Philip Hughes exhibited in the gallery as our focal point. We will be looking at colours, shapes and patterns here in the grounds, using a variety of art materials to react to the world around us.

    Cost £6.00pp
    Book Session 1 (Ages 5-9)
    Book Session 2 (Ages 10-15)

  • Artwork: Jony Easterby

    Learning | Holiday Workshop
    Drawing with Shadows
    Friday 14 April
    Session 1 (Ages 5-9) 11am - 12noon
    Session 2 (Ages 10-15) 1-2pm

    In this workshop we will explore experimental mark making with charcoal, ink, graphite and pastels to respond to shadow forms, both natural and simulated. We will be looking at Jony Easterby and Pippa Taylor’s fascinating installation in Rodd Court as inspiration.

    Cost £6.00pp
    Book Session 1 (Ages 5-9)
    Book Session 2 (Ages 10-15)

  • Dean Cross Artwork

    Exhibition | Gallery
    Dean Cross
    SOMETIMES I MISS THE APPLAUSE
    25 May – 29 July

    SOMETIMES I MISS THE APPLAUSE positions a new Nolan for the 21st century. Informed by his work for the Royal Ballet and originally commissioned by the Heide Museum, Nolan's spiritual home, this exhibition looks at art and life in a post-Nolan Australia.

  • Drypoint printmaking

    Learning | Printmaking
    Drypoint Printmaking - The birds and the bees
    Saturday 3 June, 1.30-5pm

    Join Welsh marches artist Helen Arthur for a half day creating your own etched print. We will use a non-chemical method called drypoint. You will work using a sharp tool and transparent etching plate over a photograph or your own drawing. Our theme will be seasonal, taking inspiration from Spring flora and fauna in the wonderful surroundings at The Rodd.

    Cost: £50pp including refreshment

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  • Sidney Nolan in Putney Studio

    Exhibition | Rodd Court
    Sidney Nolan Revealed
    Summer

    Sidney Nolan’s former home, 17th Century Rodd Court, will be used to present new and evolving interpretations of the artist’s life and work. A series of new displays reveal the concept of Process as central to Nolan’s artwork and expose new artworks and artefacts from the Trust’s collection and archive.

  • Earth Photo

    Exhibition | Outdoors
    Earth Photo 2023
    13 July - 30 September

    Earth Photo explores images and short films that focus on the pressing issues affecting our planet to stimulate conversations about our environment and the impact of climate change. The shortlisted entries and prize-winners are presented at large-scale outdoors.

  • Helen Arthur

    Learning | Mixed Media Sketching
    Abstracting the landscape - mixed media sketching
    Saturday 22 July, 10am-4pm, The Rodd

    Join Helen Arthur for this summer workshop making the most of the beautiful surroundings at The Rodd. We will be working in a variety of media, from charcoal to fluid inks and oil pastels, sketching our impressions of the landscape into concertina sketchbooks.

    Cost: £125pp including light lunch

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  • Plant Communitas Artwork

    Exhibition | Gallery
    Plant Communitas
    Curated by Patricia Brien
    3 August – 30 September

    Plant Communitas features a community of artists from diverse practices, places and different times. Together the artworks in the exhibition highlight the aliveness and presence of the plant kingdom and acknowledges that Western societies are increasingly focusing on the capacity of plants to nourish, nurture, heal and medicate.

  • Drypoint etching

    Learning | Printmaking
    Drypoint printmaking - Seedheads and silhouettes
    Saturday 23 September, 1.30-5pm, The Rodd

    Join Welsh marches artist Helen Arthur for a half day creating your own etched print. We will use a non-chemical method called drypoint. You will work using a sharp tool and transparent etching plate over a photograph or your own drawing. Our theme will be seasonal, taking inspiration from early autumn structures like seedheads, grasses and falling leaves.

    Cost: £50pp inculding refreshment

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2022

Select projects from our 2022 programme

  • Selling Exhibition |
    Mappa Marches
    6 October - 29 October 2022
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  • Painting, Kate Constantine

    Selling Exhibition |
    Ngawiya.Ngubadi (To Give With Love)
    21 July – 1 October 2022
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  • Painting - Fiona McIntyre

    Selling Exhibition |
    Fiona McIntyre: Dreaming The Land
    26 May - 1 October 2022
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  • Residency |
    Konstantina (Kate Constantine)
    18 July - 14 August 2022
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  • Exhibition |
    Sidney Nolan: The Celtic Image
    26 May - 16 July 2022
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  • Sculpture |
    Jim Carter: Of Black Shires
    31 March - 29 October 2022
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  • Selling Exhibition |
    Daniel MacCarthy: The Peace Of Wild Things
    31 March - 21 May 2022
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  • Exhibition |
    Sidney Nolan: Polaroids
    31 March - 14 May 2022
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2021

Select projects from our 2021 programme

  • Exhibition |
    Sidney Nolan: The Colour of the Sky - Auschwitz Paintings
    12 August - 26 September 2021
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  • Exhibition |
    Sidney Nolan: Polaroids
    17 June - 31 July 2021, Informality Gallery, Henley on Thames
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  • Exhibition |
    Nolan à l’Atelier 17
    21 May - 8 August 2021
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  • Exhibition |
    Simon Dorrell: Jackdaws for Company
    21 May - 26 September 2021