Clifton Life
Arts
/ exhibitions
26 Oct – 14 Dec
Autumn Exhibition
Now in its 156th year, the Autumn Exhibition is the RWA’s most popular exhibition of architecture, painting, printmaking, photography and sculpture, selected from open submission. RWA, Queen’s Road, Clifton; 0117 973 5129
4 Nov – 23 Dec
Winged Creatures
Opening with a concert of the Bristol Cube Orchestra, Metamorphosis: Winged Creatures is an exhibition of Katalina Szom’Bath’s decorative and expressive artworks, exploring these creatures which are often religious symbols of magic, hope and peace. Part of the proceeds from all sales goes to Children’s Home No 40 in St Petersburg. www.stegeorgesbristol.co.uk
Until 14 DECEMBER
Society of Wood Engravers
The 71st annual exhibition of the Society of Wood Engravers brings together some of the world’s most talented engravers, including Bristol favourite Trevor Haddrell. Admission free. Watercolour Gallery, City Museum & Art Gallery, Queen’s Road, Bristol; 0117 922 3571
22 NOVEMBER – 18 JAN
Supertoys
Exhibition and related events exploring how toys operate as ‘transitional objects’ in allowing feelings to be carried between human and external object. Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol; 0117 917 2300
6 - 24 DECEMBER
Natural Order
Five Bristol artists capture a natural world fizzing with colour and light, in Jane Furness’s Morocco; Bob Gale’s half-imagined landscapes; Richard Hope-Hawkin’s poppies and barns; and Sophie Howard’s sculpted figures. Bristol Guild, 68/70 Park Street; 0117 926 5548.
28 NOVEMBER – 24 DECEMBER
Everything for Christmas
Works by 10 new artists and designers will feature at the Fizz Gallery this Christmas including landscape photography by Mary Thorp and glass sculptures from one of the UK’s leading glass-blowers, Stuart Ackroyd. Fizz Gallery, 65a Hill Road, Clevedon; 01275 341141
Until 5 January
Treasures
Diana Porter’s Christmas exhibition features an eclectic mix of beautiful jewellery by Katie Warren, Anna Hegarty, Ashi Marwaha and Michael Carpenter, among others. Diana Porter, 33 Park Street; 0117 909 0225
18 NOVEMBER – 24 DECEMBER
Secret Labour
A re-staging of the 1987 exhibition marking the centenary of Le Corbusier’s birth, as a backdrop to questions of the architect’s continuing influence and his thoughts on human scale. The Architecture Centre, Narrow Quay, Bristol; 0117 922 1540
Don Egginton
Inspired by warm temperatures and strong light, Don Egginton’s paintings are on display at The Pump House, Merchants Road, Hotwells; 0117 927 2229
From 1 DECEMBER
Universal
A group exhibition of new works by three artists who met during the 1990s via their involvement in graffti: Egs, Pinky and Russell Maurice. Friend & Co, 8 The Promenade, Gloucester Road; 0117
924 1335
10 Dec – Feb 2009
Art at the Square
More than two dozen artists, including Jimmy Galvin, Alison Black and James Starr, are producing one piece of work based on the number three for this Winter Exhibition. The Square, Berkeley Square, Clifton; 0117 921 0455
13 Dec – 11 Jan 2009
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
One of the museum’s most popular exhibitions returns to Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery. Owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife magazine, the 44th Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition features nearly 100 of the winning, runner-up and commended photographs. There will also be two free talks on 15 & 17 Dec by competition judge Rosamund Kidman Cox. Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery, Queen’s Road, Bristol; admission free
