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  Although these events are free of charge we kindly request a donation towards our running cost. As an independent institution and a registered
charity the RWA depends on donations and self generated income to run its events. Recommended donation £2. Please give generously.
       
  Lectures    Lunchtime Literature
  A series of lectures exploring the human association with nocturnal   Run in partnership with the University of the West of England.
  worlds. These will cover a wide range of subjects including history,   Take 15 minutes from your lunch break, and enjoy being read to in
  literature and art.   the relaxing setting of the RWA galleries. Sit back and close your
Venue : 
 RWA, Fedden Gallery.   eyes whilst you are transported into the realms of the night.
Fee : 
 Free of charge   Different texts have been selected for each session and will be read
Booking : 
 Places are limited. To book please call Louise Holt on
 
 every Tuesday at 1.15pm for 15 minutes. The texts have been
 
 0117 9735129 or email : admin@rwa.org.uk   selected to reflect the exhibition and can add insight to the works
      on display. Many of the works have been written and are being read
 
 Darkness visible : riot, disorder and the burning city 1666 - 1831
   by academics and students from the University of the West of
Professor Ian Haywood, University of Roehampton   England. Amongst others, Dr Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Reader in
Date : 
 Tuesday 1st April 7.15pm 
Literary Studies at UWE, will be reading Lord Byron’s poem
   
‘Darkness’ and extracts from Angela Carter’s ‘Company of Wolves’
  James McNeill Whistler : Night and the City
and Peter Cann, Writer-in-residence at UWE will be reading
Professor Margaret F. MacDonald, Professor of Art History,
extracts of his own work.
 
 University of Glasgow  
Date : 
 Every Tuesday during the exhibition, 1.15pm
 Date : 
 Saturday 5th April 1pm 
Venue :  
 RWA, Main Galleries
   
Who :  
 Open to all
  Dreams of the Night : Nocturnal Themes in Fin-de-Siècle art,
Fee :  
Free of charge but usual admission fees do apply
  design and literature
Booking :  
No need to book
Dr Claire O’Mahony, University of Bristol and Oxford
  
 
 Date :  
 Saturday 12th April 1pm     Night Films at Arnolfini
      Run in partnership with Arnolfini
  
 ‘In Such a Night as This’ - Romanticism’s Nocturnal Address   An evening of films held at the Arnolfini, introduced by Professor
Tricia Passes, University of Bristol   Paul Gough RWA, to coincide with Night: A Time Between.Artists’
 Date :  
 Saturday 19th April 1pm
shorts, including works by Anthony Shapland, Emily Richardson
   
and Guy Sherwin, followed by a special screening of Jules Dassin’s
From the Battlefields of the Somme : Images of Night
superior film noir, Night and The City (1950), introduced by
Robert Perry RSBA, exhibiting artist
Dr Andrew Spicer (UWE Reader in Cultural Studies).
Date : 
 Saturday 3rd May 3pm
Date :  
Sunday 4th May, 7.30pm
   
Venue :  
 Arnolfini
Nocturnal Embodiments : Gendering Allegories of the Night
Who :  
 Open to all
Professor Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zurich
Fee :  
£5.50 or £4 concessions
Date : 
 Saturday 10th May 3pm
Booking :  
Please contact Arnolfini Box Office on 0117 917 2300/01
      for full details and to book.
  Gallery Tours    
  A chance to join artists and curators as they tour the exhibition   The Night of 30 October 1831
  and give insights into the work and their own personal favourites.   Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery has dramatic prints,
  Gallery tours last approximately half an hour.   watercolours and oil sketches showing the city in flames during
  Danny Markey RWA, exhibiting artist   the Bristol Riots. The riots were part of the general unrest in the
Date :  
Saturday 5th April, 3pm
country in the years before the Great Reform Act of 1832. For two
Venue :  
 RWA, Main Galleries
days Bristol was in the hands of a mob who set fire to prisons,
Who :  
 Open to all
the Bishop's Palace and Queen Square. This is an opportunity to
Fee :  
Free of charge but usual admission fees do apply
view some of the works, including William James Müller's celebrated
Booking :  
No need to book
oil sketches, with Sheena Stoddard, Curator of Fine Art.
  Janette Kerr RWA, curator of Night : A Time Between and
Date :  
Thursday 1st May, 1.30pm
  exhibiting artist
Venue :  
 Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. Please meet at reception.
Date :  
Saturday 19th April, 3pm
Who :  
 Open to all
Venue :  
 RWA, Main Galleries
Fee :  
Free of Charge
Who :  
 Open to all
Booking :  
Places are limited. To book please call Louise Holt on
Fee :  
Free of charge but usual admission fees do apply   0117 9735129 or email : admin@rwa.org.uk
Booking :  
No need to book    
      Night Dances
  Night Thoughts - An invitation for you to get involved   Dance troupe ‘Switched’ from Bath Spa University will be performing
  A project being run by UWE Media students
   night pieces devised specifically for Night : A Time Between.
  Night Thoughts invites you to exhibit your own night images,
Dances are inspired by and responding to the works on display and
  photographs, drawings and texts. Become part of the dialogue
the theme of night. Costumes are being designed and made by
  between artists and artwork spanning four centuries.
Bath Spa textile students in collaboration with textile
  Please send your work for this 'exhibition within an exhibition’ to
designer/artist Carole Waller
rwa_night@hotmail.co.uk. Don't forget to add your name and
Date :  
Thursday 27th and Saturday 29th March, 2pm
where you are from! Your images will be loaded onto the RWA
Venue :  
 RWA Main Galleries
website and will be displayed in the galleries during the
Who :  
 Open to all
exhibition.
Fee :  
Free of charge but usual admission fees do apply
 
Booking :  
No need to book
Draw and Glow workshop    
Artists from DRAW group will hold a day of drawing to explore the   Museums at Night - Screening of Wallace and Gromit
dramatic extremes of light and dark linked to the exhibition. Using   in 'The Wrong Trousers' and 'Shaun the Sheep' short films
lights and shadow effects come and create your own magical   As part of the Museums at Night initiative organised by the Campaign
landscape. Suitable for both children and adults - be prepared for   for Museums and part of Museums and Galleries month 2008, the
a fun and ‘where did the time go day’.   RWA is proud to present a special one-off preview screening of
    Wallace andGromit in the Wrong Trousers and a selection of Shaun
Date :  
Saturday 12th April, 11am-1pm and 2-4pm   the Sheep short films. This is in support of the of the European
Venue :  
 RWA Main Galleries   promotion for Nuit des Musees to encourage museums to open in
Who :  
 Open to all   the evening. This one-off event will be held at the RWA one week prior
Fee :  
Free of charge but usual admission fees do apply   to the main national Museums at Night Weekend, which will be on
No need to book   16/17/18 May. The screening will last approximately one hour.
    This Museums and Galleries Month event is possible thanks to
  School Workshops and Resources   Aardman, the BBC and 2entertain.
  Run in partnership with Bristol’s City Museum and Art Gallery
Date :  
Saturday 10th May, 6.30pm
  The RWA will be offering a number of exciting and fun workshops
Venue :  
 RWA Main Galleries
  for Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils and producing a teacher’s resource.
Who :  
 Open to all
  Schools are invited to book a workshop with an Education Officer
Fee :  
Free of charge but usual admission fees do apply
  or make an independent visit.
Booking :  
Places are limited. To book please call Louise Holt on
Venue :  
 RWA Main Galleries   0117 9735129 or email : admin@rwa.org.uk
Booking :  
 contact Kate Morgan on : 0117 973 5129 or    
  email : kate.morgan@rwa.org.uk   Reading Buddies
      Run in partnership with Ablaze
  return to the top of the page   The RWA is pleased to welcome Reading Buddies to its galleries.
      The Reading Buddies scheme helps children with their reading and
    literacy skills by pairing them with a buddy from a business.
      For more information please visit the website : www.ablazebristol.org