WHAT'S ON 2023

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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

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)

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)

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.

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

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.

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 | 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

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.

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

Selling Exhibition |
Mappa Marches
6 October - 29 October 2022
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Selling Exhibition |
Ngawiya.Ngubadi (To Give With Love)
21 July – 1 October 2022
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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 |
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