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Event Yoga in the Gallery

Thursday 16 January, 6.30pm to 7.30pm

£8 per session

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.


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Event Lunchtime Conversation: Insights on curating Towner Collection artworks

Saturday 18 January, 1.30pm to 1.50pm

Gallery 1, Free drop-in

Join Towner’s Exhibition Coordinator Laurel Pearce for some behind-the-scenes insights into the process of exhibiting a Towner Collection artwork display.


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Event Yoga in the Gallery

Sunday 19 January, 9.15am to 10.15am

£8 per session

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.


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Event Wriggle Room

Tuesday 21 January, 10.00am to 12.00pm
Studio 1

Free, drop in

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.


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Event Blue Monkey Network: Out of hours - Drawing the Unspeakable
Thursday 23 January 2025, 6.00pm to 8.00pm

Blue Monkey Network is delighted to have been given out of hours access to the current Drawing the Unspeakable exhibition at Towner.


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Event Yoga in the Gallery

Thursday 23 January, 6.30pm to 7.30pm

£8 per session

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.


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Event Yoga in the Gallery

Sunday 26 January, 9.15am to 10.15am

£8 per session

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.


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Event Wriggle Room at Willingdon Trees Community Centre

Tuesday 28 January, 10.00am to 12.00pm
Willingdon Trees Community Centre

Free, drop in

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.


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Event Lunchtime Conversation: Terry Henson and Vivienne Roberts discuss artist Madge Gill

Thursday 30 January, 1.30pm

Gallery 2. Free with exhibition ticket, drop-in

Join Towner staff member Terry Henson in discussion with Vivienne Roberts, curator and former archivist at The College of Psychic Studies, speaking about the work of the pioneering artist Madge Gill.


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Event Yoga in the Gallery

Thursday 30 January, 6.30pm to 7.30pm

£8 per session

Lit by the soft flickering glow of candlelight, enjoy a slightly slower-paced flow session led by Alli Stevenson.


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Event BSL Tour of Drawing the Unspeakable

Saturday 1 February 2025, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, Galleries 2 & 3

Free, booking required

Join artist Alison France on a tour of Drawing the Unspeakable, curated by David Dimbleby and Liza Dimbleby


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Event Wriggle Room

Tuesday 4 February, 10.00am to 12.00pm
Studio 1

Free, drop in

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.


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Event Climate Eco Café

6 February, 6.00pm to 7.30pm

Free to attend, booking advised

Climate Café is a chance for you to share how the climate emergency and related biodiversity crisis are affecting you in a safe and hospitable environment.


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Event Wriggle Room at Willingdon Trees Community Centre

Tuesday 11 February, 10.00am to 12.00pm
Willingdon Trees Community Centre

Free, drop in

Wriggle Room is a free drop-in workshop for under-5s and their caregivers. Our fun and creative sessions are developed by our new Lead Artist Tanvi Kant and Towner’s Learning team, building on a three-year early years’ partnership with Willingdon Trees Community Centre.


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Event Lunchtime Movement Session: Nigel Hall – Sound and Music

Saturday 15 February, 1.30pm to 1.50pm

Studio 2, Free drop-in

In this lunchtime movement session in Nigel’s Here and Now, There and Then exhibition, we will listen and – if you so wish – move to a piece of music that Nigel sees as an influence on his work.


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Event In Conversation: Gerard Byrne and Brian Dillon

Free, Online

Wednesday 19 February, 6.30pm

Join artist Gerard Byrne to discuss his moving image work: Jielemeguvvie guvvie sjisjnjeli - Film inside an image currently on display at Towner until 21 April 2025.


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Event Family Day!
Friday 21 February, 12.00pm to 4.00pm, Free drop-in

Artist-led workshops and activations for families throughout the building.


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Event Art Course: Modern British Art in Focus

SOLD OUT
26 February to 2 April**

Wednesday mornings, 10.00am to 1.00pm

This six–week course offers an introduction to modern British art by exploring a selection of predominantly British artists and artistic movements, and their response to the dramatic societal changes which occurred during the first half of the 20th- century. Themes and artists have been included to tie in with selected works from the extensive Towner Collection.


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Event Climate Eco Café

6 March, 6.00pm to 7.30pm

Free to attend, booking advised

Climate Café is a chance for you to share how the climate emergency and related biodiversity crisis are affecting you in a safe and hospitable environment.


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Event Question Time - Flipped

The Birley Centre

Sunday 9 March 2025, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, £15 (Concessions available)*  

A question time – but not as you know it! David Dimbleby surrenders his role as host to be a panelist with his daughter Liza and others in this special question time answering audience questions about the exhibition themes.


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Event Wood Engraving Day Course

Saturday 22 March, 10.00am to 4.30pm

£80*

Join us for an introduction to wood engraving with Emily Johns, a printmaker, and experienced wood engraving teacher based in Hastings, Sussex.


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Event Porcelain Tealight Making Workshop

Friday 4 April 2025, 10:30am to 1:00pm

£80/ £75 (Towner Members)*

Create bespoke hanging decorations and little gift toppers, decorated with festive foliage!


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