Talks, Tours and Workshops
Get more from your visit by coming along to one of our tours. Book your place online or call the Box Office on 01234 718044. Use the promotional code HIGGINS30 to remove any transaction fee.
Concession prices are offered for most events to people over 65, students, those with disabilities plus their carer, National Art Pass members and adults receiving benefits.
Exhibition Tour
Friday 24 April 12–12.30pm
Friday 3 July 11.30am-12pm
Tickets £3.95 per person, concessions £3.35 - Booking Essential
Join the Keeper of Fine and Decorative Art for a lunchtime tour of some of the highlights of the exhibition.
Talk by Joe Pearson - Noel Carrington and his Artists
Friday 8 May 2–3pm
Tickets £7.75 per person, concessions £6.20 - Booking Essential
Join exhibition curator, Joe Pearson,to learn more about the artists Carrington worked with, includingEric Ravilious, Edward Bawden,Stanley Roy Badmin, Enid Marx, Hilary Stebbing and Suzanne Einzig.
Talk by Victoria Partridge - Marmalade Cats & Faithful Hens
Friday 10 July 11.30am-12.30pm
Tickets £7.75 per person, concessions £6.20 - Booking Essential
Join the Keeper of Fine and Decorative Art, Victoria Partridge, for this marmalade cat-filled talk about the wonderful art of Kathleen Hale.
Free Sketchbook Talk and Guided Drawing Workshop with Sam Marshall
Saturday 2 May 1.30pm-3.30pm10 July 11.30am-12.30pm Free Entry (no need to book)
To celebrate her new book ‘Sketch, A Project Guide to Drawing with Confidence’ artist Sam Marshall is coming to Bedford.
Sketch is all about helping people build their drawing confidence and enjoy the process of keeping a sketchbook which is exactly what Sam will be helping us do. She will be giving a talk about sketchbooks and then running a guided sketching workshop.
There will be time at the end for questions, informal chat, and book signing.
Sam Marshall and Miss Marple
Participants should bring their own sketchbook, pencils, and a small handheld object to draw.
Exhibition Tour
Friday 1 May 11.30am-12pm
£3.95, concessions £3.35 – Booking Essential
Join the Keeper of Fine and Decorative Art for a half hour tour of some of the
highlights of the exhibition.
Archive Session
Friday 17 April, 2pm–3.30pm
Thursday 16 July, 2pm-3.30pm
£14.60, concessions £11.70 – Booking Essential
Hidden in secret drawers inside The Edward Bawden Gallery are hundreds of prints, drawings and ephemera. Join the Keeper of Fine and Decorative Art for a delve through some of them. The session is a perfect opportunity to see well known works as well as pieces that have never been on display before with an informative guide.
Exhibition Tour
Friday 26 June 11.30am-12pm
£3.95, concessions £3.35 – Booking Essential
Join the Keeper of Fine and Decorative Art for a half hour tour of some of the highlights of the exhibition.