Highlights
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![Collage of six women with floral, forest, and nature-themed headpieces, wearing glasses and colorful clothing, set against various nature backgrounds.]()
The Story Keeper
Jill Carter
1 September - 18 October 2025
Exhibition launch party Friday 5 Sept 5pm
Less than perfect, intuitive inky drawings, collages, paintings, photographs, journals, mixed media assemblages, figurative totems, boxes and bundles of memorial pieces.
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Patch Perfect
Saturday 1 November 2025
10.30am - 3.30pm £45
Join artist and maker Janice Botterill for an enjoyable day of colourful textile creativity. Using traditional hand quilting, appliqué and darning stitches, learn how to make unique decorative patches from vintage and re-purposed fabrics.
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![A silhouette of a flying bird over a city skyline with a prominent skyscraper, and the word "Malmesbury" at the bottom.]()
Flying Monk Art Trail 2025
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September
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![A graffiti-style mural of a gorilla wearing sunglasses and headphones, with multicolored dots in the background.]()
Malmesbury Young Artists Exhibition
John Bowen Gallery, Town Hall
13 - 24 September 2025
Artwork by Chris Hills, Jess Waddell, Iona Carter, Lizzie Marriage, Rufus Lawton and Ellie Priest are on display.
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![Flyer for a public discussion event titled "Small Acts of Kindness: the value and impact of humanitarian aid," scheduled for September 10, 2025, from 7 to 9 pm at The Kings Arms upstairs. The flyer features an image of multiple hands of different skin tones surrounding a globe, symbolizing unity and humanitarian aid. Guest speakers include Shane Stevenson and Dr. Zoë Jordan. Tickets are available for £5 at Caerbladon, 24 High Street, Malmesbury, or at the door. Proceeds support Oxfam.]()
Small Acts of Kindness
Shane Stevenson, Joss Saunders and Dr Zoë Jordan
Wednesday 10 September 2025 7pm
The Kings Arms (upstairs)
Public discussion on the value and impact of humanitarian aid
£5, all proceeds in support of Oxfam
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![An abstract painting of a lush green meadow with purple, yellow, and blue flowers under a blue sky.]()
Meadow Time
Sally Stafford
4 July - 6 August 2025
Exhibition preview 5pm Friday 4 July
This small collection brings together paintings inspired by the changing light and quiet richness of Malmesbury's meadowlands.
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![Skit of a group of people sitting and standing around a table outdoors near tents in a refugee camp setting, with a background of tents and a distant cityscape.]()
The Wind Will Carry Us
Majid Adin
12 - 28 June 2025
An artist, writer and filmmaker from Iran, now settled in London. He was forced to leave his home country, having been briefly imprisoned and politically exiled from Tehran after his blog upset the regime. Caerbladon artist in residence during Refugee Week 2025.
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![Triptych of abstract religious artwork featuring angels and a central figure surrounded by intricate symmetrical designs in black, white, and beige tones.]()
In Living Memory: Abbey South Porch
Various artists
19 June - 1 July 2025
Malmesbury Abbey
How artists have represented the iconic South Porch of Malmesbury Abbey from the late 19th Century to present day. Part of Pride of Place Malmesbury 2025
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![A fern leaf placed over blue and white botanical print papers.]()
Bee Day workshops: Anna Sellen
21 June 2025
In our Sanctuary Garden in Birdcage Walk, on Midsummer’s Day artist and beekeeper Anna Sellen ran bee-making activities for children in the morning and a cyanotype photography workshop for adults in the afternoon.
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![A small outdoor park area with benches, trees, and potted plants. People are walking and looking at artwork displayed on the fence and along a metal framework. There's a stone building and houses in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.]()
The Sanctuary Garden
Birdcage Walk
June - August 2025
Caerbladon, in partnership with Fruitful Malmesbury, has created a temporary garden in Birdcage Walk for the Summer months as a place of peaceful contemplation, sociability, sanctuary and immersion in nature. Pride of Place Malmesbury 2025.
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![A collage of 15 different wildflowers against a light gray background.]()
Meadow Study
Anna Sellen
June/July 2025
'Meadow Study’ is a botanical photo study and reflection on the state of the meadow habitats countrywide. Part of Pride of Place Malmesbury 2025.
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![An artist sitting outdoors in a garden, working on a painting with art supplies scattered on the grass, surrounded by trees and greenery.]()
Malmesbury Landscape Artist of the Year
Join us in Abbey House Manor Gardens for a four hour painting, sketching or mixed-media landscape art challenge
10am - 3pm Saturday 7 June 2025
£6 entry fee (includes access to the gardens)
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![Abstract landscape painting with blue, green, and yellow tones, depicting a foggy, rainy scene with trees and water.]()
Timepeace
Miranda Carter
25 April - 31 May 2025
Exhibition launch 5pm Friday 25 April
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![Several people gathered around a table covered with open sketchbooks and watercolor paintings, discussing and pointing at the artwork. There are blue cups on the table.]()
Outdoors Sketch and Paint
Jill Buckley
Workshop starting Tuesday 6 May 2025
Four week workshop, Tuesdays 2 - 4pm
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![Artistic sculptures of soap bars and rounded objects that resemble stones, featuring abstract black and white patterns.]()
Elemental
Carolyn Black, Lucy Carolan, Alison Goodall and Gill Hackett
20 March - 19 April 2025
Exhibition launch 3.30pm Saturday 29 March 2025
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![A close-up of colorful embroidery on fabric on the left side and a paper collage with torn paper pieces in various colors arranged in a circular pattern on the right side.]()
March Workshops
Monday Making, Colour Theory, Tempera Painting and our Tuesday drop-in, with Janice Botterill, Jill Buckley and Paul Deacon
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![Abstract landscape painting with mountains, sky, and a house with a yellow roof.]()
Orcadia
Jane Harforth
5 February - 8 March 2025
Exhibition launch 5pm Friday 7 February 2025
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![Person lying on the floor, painting a large poster with a lightbulb, a sun, and leafy branches, with the words "The best house of the youth" written on it.]()
Feb Half-term Youth Workshops
Let’s Create and Let’s Innovate free workshops for young people aged 13+ with Paul Eardley and Miranda Carter
Weds 19 and Thurs 20 February 2025
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![Close-up of three pinkish-purple flowers with curly, spiky petals and green, jagged leaves on a yellow background.]()
Light in Nature
Dasha Aksyuta, Jacqueline Hammond, Alexandra Hudd, Matt Underwood
5 November 24 - 31 January 2025
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![Three women are sitting in front of easels, painting portrait images during an art class. One woman is observing her painting, another is holding a paintbrush, and the third woman is seated behind the easel, facing forward.]()
Portrait drawing and painting
Weekly sessions, 2 - 4pm Tuesdays 21 January - 11 February 2025
Tutor Jill Buckley
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![Three textile art pieces hanging on a pink wall, including a quilt with various blue and gray patterned fabric panels, framed fabric art with layers of denim and string, and a multicolored patchwork quilt with uneven stitching.]()
In Stitches
Malmesbury Textile Group
Janet Casselden, Gloria Pugh, Heather Martin, Fiona E Vann, Sarah Bond, Rachel Hatchard, Patricia Bell, Susan Sutton, Ruth Vaughan, Janice Botterill, Mary Clarke, Katie Griffin, Ursula Ackling, Francesca Caton and Margaret Laurence
16 - 31 October 2024
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![Four large decorative crosses with religious art featuring Jesus Christ on the cross, mounted on a pink wall. Below the crosses is a folding screen depicting biblical scenes with birds and nature, along with candles on either side.]()
The Wings of God
Father Elias Polomski
Waterpower
Mike Hipwell and Darren Rumley
Friday 6 September - Tuesday 8 October 2024
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![Flyer for 'Gig for Gaza' event featuring a woman in a hospital with a baby. The event is on September 14, 2024, at Malmesbury Town Hall, with live music, Middle Eastern food, and an Old Palestine exhibition. Supports British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians.]()
Gig for Gaza
Family friendly event to raise funds for the British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Saturday 14 September 2024, 4.30 - 9.30pm, Malmesbury Town Hall. Middle Eastern food, live music, Old Palestine exhibition + more.
Tickets (including dinner) £30 adults, £20 Under 12s available from Caerbladon or online here
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Ink on Paper
Launch event 5pm Thursday 6 June
6 June - 24 August 2024
Six contemporary and modern printmakers: work by Sarah Kirby, Matt Underwood, Kate Robinson, Phillip Kingsbury, Kathy Hutton and Robin Tanner
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Refugee Week 2024
17 - 23 Jun 2024
Sam Ivin, Abbie Traylor-Smith, Ada Trillo, Lais Pontes, Ai WeiWei, Cesar Dezfuli and Omar Imam
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Mixed Media Journal Making
10am - 3pm Saturday 6 July 2024
Full Day workshop £45
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Backbridge Farm Public Art Commission
Deadline for expressions of interest 7 June 2024
New opportunity for artists to create permanent and/or temporary artworks that respond to the site of this new housing development fostering communty engagement and sense of place
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Distant Echoes - Wiltshire Landscapes by Simone Dawood
18 April - 1 June 2024
Original oil paintings inspired by the artist’s walks along the Ridgeway
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Modern Calligraphy
11am to 1pm, Saturday 15 June 2024
Join us for a relaxing workshop learning the art of Calligraphy using traditional dip pen and ink.
You will be introduced to everything from mark making, letter formation and numbers, whilst building your own unique hand lettering style.
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Design a Sgraffito Pot with Jen - workshop
10am - 1pm Saturday 20 April 2024
or at the same time on Monday 22 April
£55 (includes materials)
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Global Carnival
26 July 2023 - 9 March 2024
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Sir John Betjeman's Banana Blush
7pm Saturday 18 November 2023
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The Caravan Gallery
9 October - 4 November 2023
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Jogja Disability Arts - street art designs
15 November - 9 December 2023
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Surface Detail
7 September - 14 October 2023
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Photo Mini-Marathon
Saturday 8 July 2023
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Source: Food and Drink Weekend
14 - 15 July 2023
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In Living Memory
30 June - 22 July 2023
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John Betjeman: from gas lamps to grottos, cottages to cathedrals
Saturday 8 July 2023
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A Family of Artists
20 June - 22 July 2023
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Unseen
19 May - 17 June 2023
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In the Flow
5 May - 10 June 2023
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New Narratives
Our selected projects
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Emergence
17 March - 22 April 2023
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Deacon Blue and other colours
3 February - 11 March 2023
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In Living Memory
21 October - 11 November 2022
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Between Line and Shadow
7 - 26 October 2022
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Less Is More
8 September - 1 October 2022
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Round These Parts
8 August - 3 September 2022
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More Than a Number
20 - 30 July 2022
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Heart of Glass
28 June - 16 July 2022
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Passengers
20 - 25 June 2022 (Refugee Week)
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In Search of Lost Time
30 May - 18 June 2022
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These Four Walls
6 - 28 May 2022
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As We See It
25 March – 30 April 2022
Projects
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Flying Monk Art Trail 2025
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Backbridge Farm Public Art Commission
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Pride of Place Malmesbury - 24 May to 6 July 2025
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M:ZINE/Young People's Art Studio
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In Living Memory
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New Narratives
Who will take me home? mixed-media collage by Jill Carter, from The Story Keeper
Learn about our latest artist work for sale
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Brighten up your home or office with original artworks from our latest exhibition Jill Carter’s The Story Keeper, jewellery by Copper Bee, textiles by Susan Sutton and ceramic work by Christine Ratcliffe, and Alex Hunter
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Our limited edition prints are all signed and numbered by the artist and printed on high-quality archival paper, available for you to take away immediately on purchase
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Original artworks are available for collection when the exhibition closes, and signed limited edition prints can be taken away upon purchase
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