WHAT’S ON | ART

ALL OUR ART EXHIBITIONS, SCULPTURE TOURS DEMONSTRATIONS, FILM SCREENINGS AND TOURS ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE

Workshops are offered by professional artists at specially discounted festival rates.
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Printed programmes are available at all festival venues during the festival.
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FREE | ART EXHIBITION at SOMERSET HALL - over 20 artists & events
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FREE DROP-IN CREATIVE SESSION FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER 10 | SUNDAY 9.45-11.45
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FILM SCREENING followed by Q&A SESSION | Not to be missed - ArtPort is thrilled to be screening MULTI- AWARD WINNING SWAN SONG; a short film made by four local artists right here in Portishead.
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PRO GRAFFITI ARTIST ACER ONE will be creating an art mural LIVE on Portishead High St during this year’s festival
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CALLING LOCAL AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS OF ALL AGES! We want to see how you interpret our competition theme! Images courtesy of Alan Harrison
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FREE | ART EXHIBITION AT the Methodist Church & Hub - 20 artists, plus film and live art.
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FREE INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING SESSION FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AGED 4+
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FILM | THE BOULDER by DAVID NASH Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this short, filmed over 25 years by sculptor David Nash
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CREATIVE LINO PRINTING with Barbara Ash. Sunday 25th September, 2.00-5.00pm at the Lock Control Building.
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FREE SCULPTURE WALKS | Booked out last year, our artist-led sculpture tours are always a festival stand out. (FREE but must be booked).
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Fantastic fun for all the family - BOOK NOW for modelling workshops from AARDMAN ANIMATION
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FREE EVENT | poet Peter Gibbs will be giving a reading of his work at the Folk Hall at 2.00pm.
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FREE ART EXHIBITION at the Folk Hall - 10 artists, poet Peter Gibbs.
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WOW! Learn to write your name graffiti-style, with a professional graffiti artist from Graffarty - BOOK NOW yo tag yourself a place on a graffiti art workshop
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Sign up for this wonderful introduction to printing. Run by Kate and Anna of Portishead Studios this is guaranteed to be a fun and colourful event!
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FREE EVENT LIVE ART | Meet Artist Sam Buckley and watch her create with traditional Indian brush and ink painting techniques.
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FREE SCULPTURE WALKS | Booked out last year, our artist-led sculpture tours are always a festival stand out. (FREE but must be booked).
WORKSHOPS
Workshops are offered at specially discounted rates.
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CREATIVE LINO PRINTING with Barbara Ash - Just a few places left on our Creative Lino Printing Workshop with Barbara Ash
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Fantastic fun for all the family - BOOK NOW for modelling workshops from AARDMAN ANIMATION
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Colourful introduction to printing in a fun and friendly atmosphere with artists Kate Nirnie & Anna You g
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WOW! Learn to write your name graffiti-style, with a professional graffiti artist from Graffarty - BOOK NOW yo tag yourself a place on a graffiti art workshop

SING LIKE ​A PIRATE

Don't expect to get away without singing like a true pirate - it's The Kilkenny Bay Steamers!

STRETCH YOUR LEGS - AND SEE SOME SKY

If you live in Bristol, you may not even know how much Portishead has to offer, just half an hour away. Come and stretch your legs, see some sky, breathe some fresh air.

RETAIL THERAPY
(SUPPORTING ALL OUR LOCAL ARTISTS & MAKERS)

Indulge in a little retail therapy, with unique hand-made items from over 50 local artists and makers at our venues Somerset Hall and Methodist Hall. knowing that you are shopping locally and sustainably and supporting local businesses.
Don't miss award-winning pastel artist Michelle Lucking's stunning hyper real paintings on display in Somerset Hall

SIMPLE
​PLEASURES
​Feed the ducks (seed only please - you can buy it at the cafe on the park), visit the play park, ride a pedalo, have a coffee or an ice cream, run around safely - all in Portishead's glorious pleasure gardens on the sea's edge.

STEPHANIE GAY | SILK ARTIST

Drop in to Somerset Hall to see artist Stephanie Gay's stunning paintings painted directly onto Chinese silk.

DANCE UP A STORM

Everyone will be dancing in the streets again at this year's festival as we LeRoc around the clock
with Portishead LeRoc

DO SOME SHIP SPOTTING

Did you know that Battery Point is the closest point in the UK that big ships come to the coast? (And we also have the second largest tidal range in the world!)

Take a walk along the front at Portishead, between the Severn Sea and the beautiful Victorian pleasure gardens - maybe you'll get to see the ships roll in from all around the world.