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Sculpture Garden

Wellclose House provides the perfect backdrop for the Sculpture Garden by Candlelight - opening event of the Bradford on Avon Arts Festival.

On Friday night, as the sun sets, you can wander through a beautiful garden setting, lit by hundreds of candles.

For the rest of the Arts Festival you can enjoy the Sculpture Garden in its daytime setting.

More information can be found here.

Weaving Exhibition

Frome Textile Workshop’s exhibition and sale of work.

Upstairs in Bradford on Avon Library, Bridge Street, BA15 1BY

18 to 25 September

Library opening hours

Free

St Laurence School Art Exhibition

Due to unforeseen circumstances the art exhibition by A-level students at St.Laurence School has had to be cancelled.

A Lasting Impression

A selling exhibition of antique prints and engravings. Bath and surrounding area.

Andrew Dando Antiques, 34 Market Street, BA15 1LL

Saturday 18 to Sunday 26 September 
at 10am-5pm

Free

Three Local Artists

Alan Peacock’s small oil paintings, Sasha Wardell’s bone china and Rowan Isaac’s photographs

Bay Tree Gallery, St Margaret’s Street, BA15 1DE. T 01225 864918

Saturday 3 to Sunday 19 September

Tuesday to Sunday at 10am-5.30pm

Closed Monday

Note dates

Free

Working Bradford

Photographs by Alex Yallop celebrating the working people of Bradford on Avon in 2010.

West Barn, off Pound Lane, BA15 1LF

Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 September at 10am-4pm

Free

6 Reasons to be Cheerful

A mixed exhibition of ceramics, painting, print-making, stained glass and sculpture by Liz Watts, Sonja Kuratle, Kerrie McNeil, Margaret Lee, Jenny Raggett and Melissa Wishart.

The Coach House at The Swan Hotel, 1 Church Street, BA15 1LN

Saturday 18 to Sunday 26 September. 10am-3pm + 6-7.30pm (except Tuesday)

Free

Also exhibiting at The Ale & Porter, 24 Silver Street, BA15 1JZ for the whole of September

48 hour film challenge

Showing of the winning film

The gallery in the West Barn, Off Pound Lane, BA15 1LF

Saturday 25 September 10am–4pm