Bluecoat

What’s on at Bluecoat

The Bluecoat hosts a year-round programme of exciting events and exhibitions. Whether you’re interested in literature and poetry readings or want to learn a new skill in a creative workshop, we have something everyone can enjoy.

  • Tracing Indy Biennial – 7 June – 14 September
  • Heritage Open Days: Open Studios – Saturday 13 September
  • Heritage Open Days – Saturday 13 September & Wednesday 17 September
  • British Science Festival: Blue Room presents Art Lab – Thursday 14 September
  • Heritage Open Days: Tours with Bryan Biggs – Tuesday 16 September – Sunday 21 September
  • Art History Festival: Greening the Bluecoat – Thursday 18 September
  • Introduction to UV Screen Printing – Saturday 20 September
  • Baby Book Club – Thursday 18 September – Thursday 23 October
  • Birds, Bugs and Botanicals of the Bluecoat: A Blue Room Exhibition – Saturday 20 September – Sunday 12 October
  • Introduction to Intaglio Printing with TetraPak – Saturday 27 September
  • We Dream of Our Freedom: Creative Workshop – Saturday 25 September – 1 November (selected dates)
  • Experimenting with Collagraph – 11 October
  • Bluecoat After Hours: Print Social – 14 October
  • Introduction to Copper Sulphate Etching – 18 October
  • Lou Miller: We Dream of Our Freedom – 25 October – 8 February
  • Just Browsing – 25 October – 8 February
  • Creative Bookbinding – 8 November
  • Photopolymer Etching Weekend with Bev Hayes – 15 November
  • Pop Art Portraiture with Screen Printing – 21 November
  • Festive Wreath Workshop – 23 November
  • Festive Cyanotype Ornaments – 29 November

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