Bristol Gallery Weekend connects the exhibitions, events and meetups for and with artists. Here Adrian Mantle about what’s on, why he started the event and what’s in the future for mapping the arts in the city…
Best of the West – March 2025
The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…
Meet the Artist: Alison Stephenson
Alison Stephenson can often be found training students at UWE on how to make things with textiles, but this is a small fraction of her talents…
Grace Hannell and Natalie Finch: Feet in the Water at the Folk House
We spoke to Grace and Natalie about their work…
Best of the West – February 2025
The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…
Living Lines: Paule Vézelay at the RWA
Curator Simon Grant talks to us about Vézelay’s remarkable life, her connection to Bristol, and why she is a key figure of 20th-century British abstract art…
Laurel Smart on the FRWA Artist Talks
The regular free Artist Talks for Friends, have become a hugely popular benefit of FRWA membership…
An obedient dog? AI, art and the RWA
Jamillah Knowles looks at issues surrounding AI and the art world – and how the RWA is responding to them…
Best of the West – December 24 to January 25
The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…
Meet the Artist: Lucy Roberts
Bristol artist Lucy Roberts started her career as an animator but soon found a different way of telling visual stories….
North Bristol Arts Trail 2024
The North Bristol Art Trail returns to our streets over the weekend of November, 23th –
24th.
Best of the West – November 2024
The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…
Meet the Artist: Terry Williams
Artist Terry Williams shares his experience of being a student at the RWA in the 60s and why art is something you can come back to again and again…
Behind the scenes at the RWA: the great Open hang
PATRICIA VOLK RWA joined President Fiona Robinson and her placing team to help with the 171 Open hang…
Best of the West – October 2024
The best art exhibitions and events in Bristol and the Westcountry – selected by the Friends of the RWA…
The Floating Circle 