WHAT'S ON 2023

Exhibitions, workshops and events this season

  • 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.

  • Jony Easterby Artwork

    Exhibition | Rodd Court
    Jony Easterby & Pippa Taylor
    In Praise of Shadows
    30 March - 17 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.

  • 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.)

  • 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.

  • Self portrait, Sidney Nolan

    Learning | Workshops for young people
    Costume, Masks and Identity
    Friday 2 June

    Taking inspiration from the exhibition SOMETIMES I MISS APPLAUSE by Australian artist Dean Cross, these workshops will playfully explore themes of identity, costume, portraiture and performance.

    Friday 2 June, 11am – 12noon. Mask making. Suitable for ages 5 – 9. £6 pp BOOK
    Friday 2 June, 1pm – 3pm. Costume, portraiture and performance. Suitable for ages 10 – 16. £6pp BOOK

  • 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
    22 June - 30 September

    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.

  • Events |
    Annual Community Day
    Saturday 1 July, 12.00noon-6pm, The Rodd

    Our popular community day returns for a third year. The Free event includes live music, storytelling, arts & craft activities, and entry to our exhibitions. Enjoy locally sourced food and drink in our beautiful gardens and space to gather with family and friends.

    FREE

  • 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.

  • 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 17 April - Monday 22 May

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

    Forthcoming Cultivate dates
    Saturday 13 May, 10am - 2pm - Sidney Nolan Trust
    Saturday 3 June, 10am - 2pm - Berrington Hall
    Saturday 8 July, 10am - 2pm - Berrington Hall
    Saturday 19 August, 10am - 2pm - Berrington Hall

    Sign up here
  • 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 refreshments

    BOOK

2023

Select projects from our 2023 programme

  • Selling Exhibition | Gallery
    Philip Hughes: Thirty Years of Landscape
    30 March - 20 May 2023
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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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  • Exhibition |
    Cultivate Exhibition
    Saturday 11 March


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