🔥 Co-curator, exhibiting artist and textile art pioneer Professor Alice Kettle @alicekettle will be at the RWA on Saturday 2 August to give a guided tour of the exhibition. 🎟️ Free with an exhibition ticket 🗓️ Saturday 2 August ⌚ 11am-12pm 🔗 rwa.org.uk/events Image: Alastair Brookes/KoLAB Studios

📣 The results are in! #RWAAOE172 👉 If you submitted to our 172 Annual Open Exhibition and you haven’t heard from us then make sure to check your emails (and the spam folder) as your results are sent directly to you this year. 🗓️ 172 Annual Open Exhibition | 6 September 2025 – 28 December 2025

🔦 Spotlight on Soft Power | Sarah-Joy Ford We spoke to Ford about the origins of her piece 'Domestic Scene in Chorlton', a re-visioning of a 1990 painting by Rachael Field which depicts herself and her partner in an intimate, lesbian domestic space. Read the full interview at rwa.org.uk/blog

📣 Introducing… Skin Deep | 8 July – 31 August 2025 | FREE Six female artists explore the body as storyteller in Skin Deep, an exhibition of fierce and complex works by RWA Academicians in the Kenny Gallery, curated by Wendy Elia RWA. Artwork: Wendy Elia RWA, 'I could've been a contender...'

Submissions close at 1pm TODAY for our 172nd Annual Open Exhibition 📣 👉Visit rwaopen.co.uk or go to link in bio to submit #AOE172 #RWAAOE172 #RWAAnnualOpenExhibition #OpenCall #CallforEntries #ArtistsOpportunities #ArtPrize

Only 24 HOURS left to enter our 172nd Annual Open Exhibition 📣 👉Visit rwaopen.co.uk or go to link in bio to submit #AOE172 #RWAAOE172 #RWAAnnualOpenExhibition #OpenCall #CallforEntries #ArtistsOpportunities #ArtPrize

🚨 This is the final weekend to enter our 172nd Annual Open Exhibition 🚨 Deadline: Monday 30 June, 1pm 👉Visit rwaopen.co.uk to find out more and submit

🚨 ONE WEEK left to submit to our 172 Annual Open Exhibition We are pleased to welcome artist Harold Offeh who will join an impressive line-up of seven other selectors on the panel for the Open. Deadline: 30 June at 1pm 🚨 👇 rwaopen.co.uk 👆

🔦 Interview with Pippa Hetherington and the Keiskamma Art Project Soft Power is all about storytelling, and Pippa Hetherington’s collaborative piece, Cuttings 1820-2020, tells stories that span centuries and cultures. 👉 Read the interview at rwa.org.uk/blog 📅 Soft Power | 17 May – 10 August 2025

We have got a huge line up of events in July 😮 Learn more about our exhibitions, chill out to some tunes on our sunny balcony and get hands-on with textiles. Find out more 👉 rwa.org.uk/events Images: Alastair Brookes/KoLAB Studios

Come along to our Social Textiles drop-in tomorrow as part of Bristol Refugee Festival and led by Sherien Elsheikh, a member of Bristol Refugee Artists Collective (BRAC) 🩷 Thursday 19 June, 10-12pm See BRAC's exhibition, Sharing Love from 17 June – 31 July ✨

📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED | 172 Annual Open Exhibition Submissions are open until 1pm on 30 June You’ve got two extra weeks, but you know it will fly by – go to rwaopen.co.uk to submit now!

🧵 Come and explore tales of loss, longing and love in our powerful summer exhibition, Soft Power: Lives told through textile art | 17 May – 10 August 2025 📷 Soft Power, Alastair Brookes/KoLAB Studios

Brilliant to be at the launch of Negotiating Space, a new installation by @lukejerram.bsky.social at @rwabristol.bsky.social A 1km ribbon that celebrates connection by connecting the beautiful RWA to the neighbouring church, University of Bristol building and Bristol Council land. #Bristol #art

🥳 It is Volunteers’ Week 2025 and we want to give a huge shout out to our fantastic team of volunteers! To kick off the week we spoke to three of our volunteers who between them have been with the RWA for a total of 17 years 😮 👇 Comment below to join us in saying an enormous THANK YOU!

We are delighted to be taking part in Bristol Refugee Festival this year 🩵 7-22 June 2025 👉 To find out more about the Festival and see the full programme visit bristolrefugeefestival.org and go to rwa.org.uk to find out what's on. #BRF2025 #CommUnityAsASuperpower #RefugeesWelcome

Get out your needles and thread for the Summer of Textiles at the RWA ☀️ We have three new Drawing School classes inspired by our headline exhibition, Soft Power, and each one offers a unique opportunity to weave your own stories. Find out more at rwa.org.uk/drawingschool Image by Alice Hendy.

📣 Curator’s Talk: Connecting Threads | Saturday 7 June 2025 | 2-3pm Dive into this reflective exhibition of meditative rhythms and intricate mappings with RWA Academician Vera Boele-Keimer. Curated by @malcolm-ashman.bsky.social 🎟️ FREE 🗓️ Saturday 7 June 2025 | 2-3pm 🔗 buff.ly/XtZPg32

Read about Sharing Love: an exhibition by Bristol Refugee Artists Collective in our blog: buff.ly/un10mCT The RWA has been partnered with Bristol Refugee Artists Collective (BRAC) for five years and this summer we will be host to their newest exhibition, Sharing Love, from 17 June – 31 July ☀️

📣 Coming soon… Curators in Conversation: Soft Power | 16 May 2025 | 2.30-4pm Join the curators of Soft Power: Lives told through textile art, Prof Lesley Millar MBE and Prof Alice Kettle, for a discussion about their upcoming exhibition. 🔗 buff.ly/vlLRZA4 Artwork: 'Bride', Susie MacMurray

#BookLaunch of #TheRedDress: Conversations in Stitch www.rwa.org.uk/collections/... Tuesday 27 May 2025, 6:30 - 8:30pm with @rwabristol.bsky.social Bringing together voices from The Red Dress global collaborative #embroidery project, created by artist #KirstieMacleod & published by Quickthorn.

🚨 FINAL DAY | Paule Vézelay: Living Lines and Paper Works | 10am – 5pm Today is your last chance to see this very popular pair of exhibitions (and maybe even buy your favourite from Paper Works 🤭) – don’t miss out! 🔗 buff.ly/428TT3a Slide 1, 2: @alicehendyphotography

🚨 Last week! Paule Vézelay: Living Lines and Paper Works | Until 27 April 2025 Don’t miss the opportunity to see the extraordinary work of Bristol-born Paule Vézelay alongside this year’s Biennial Open Exhibition. You won’t want to miss out! 🔥 🔗 buff.ly/428TT3a Image: @alicehendyphotography

Applying for our 172nd Annual Open Exhibition? Then you need to get these important dates in your diary: 🎯 Submissions deadline: 16 June 2025 📜 Results go live online: 21 July 2025 🤲 Hand-in days: 16/17/18 August 2025 🌟 Exhibition dates: 2 September 2025 – 4 January 2026 rwaopen.co.uk to enter 🫶

🎨 RWA 172 Annual Open Exhibition submissions are open! 🤩 We are delighted to announce that the South West's largest open exhibition will be returning this year between Saturday 6 September 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026. 👉 Find out more: buff.ly/UnHrh0X #RWAAOE172 #OpenCall #ArtistsOpportunities

Here is RWA Volunteer, Claire, showing someone how to make their own artwork with Nik Ramage’s ‘Mixer Drawing machine’. Visit our Paper Works exhibition for the perfect day out this Easter break 🌷| Until 27 April A ticket also gives you entry to Paule Vézelay: Living Lines🌟 🔗 buff.ly/Ip9ExBb

Coming soon… artists wanted 🔥 #OpenCall #172AnnualOpenExhibition #ArtistsOpportunities

Transition to another place /So the time will pass more slowly /Your features fuse and your shadow's red /Like a film I've seen, now show me 🎨 #PauleVézelay 🇬🇧 ▶️ #LivingLines 🎟️ #RWABristol @rwabristol.bsky.social 💻Review www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

⚡Paule Vézelay Exhibition Tour | Saturday 5 April | 11am | FREE (with exhibition ticket) Join RWA Head of Programme, Dr Kathryn Johnson, for a deep dive into our spring exhibition, Paule Vézelay: Living Lines. 🔗 buff.ly/gZukSft

Today we are celebrating all of the incredible women who are and have been part of the RWA 💕 To our staff, volunteers, artists, visitors, patrons and supporters: Happy International Women’s Day 🎉 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Artwork: M. Kerry (Miss), The Life Class. Courtesy of RWA Collection.

🪻 Last chance to see | Flora | Until 9 March 2025 Step into a botanical wonderland in this joyous exhibition curated by Malcolm Ashman RWA and Stephen Jacobson RWA. 🌷 buff.ly/40uST8m Artwork: Charlotte Price RWA, 'Flower Piece (III) (detail)

📣 We’re hiring! | Head of Marketing and Comms | Full time Contract: Permanent Salary: £33,000 Annual leave: 28 days paid holiday pro rata in each holiday year, plus public holidays. Location: At the RWA 🔗https://buff.ly/6GC4Sii Deadline: Midnight on Sunday 23rd March 2025

👋 We need your help! RWA is delighted to have been accepted by Big Give to raise money for our Happy Families and Happy Mondays programme 🥳 Our fundraiser launches on 18 March and we have just one week to raise £10,000! 🔗 Find out more rwa.org.uk/BigGive 🗓️ 18-25 March 2025 #ArtsforImpact

What a fantastic day! Everyone came out of filming feeling emotional, but inspired and super pumped for our upcoming project. What this space for more details 🩷

📣 We’re hiring! | Finance Officer | Part-time Contract: Permanent Hours: 15 hours per week. Ideally 5 hours a day 3 days a week Salary: £25,350 pro rata, actual salary £10,140 Location: At the RWA 🔗 Find out more https://buff.ly/36sFpg1 Deadline: Midnight on Sunday 2 March 2025

‘The ties that bind’ two piece installation currently showing @rwabristol.bsky.social ‘Paper Works’ exhibition until 27th April

Avant-Garde Pioneer Paule Vézelay Feted in Long Overdue Exhibition by Jo Lawson-Tancred for @artnet.bsky.social news.artnet.com/art-world/av...

🌷Introducing… More Than Memory: dementia, art and caring for loved ones | 4 February – 23 March 2025 This exhibition of drawing, painting and sculpture is a joyful celebration of the older people and people living with dementia, as well as those who care for them. 🎫 FREE

📣 Introducing… Paper Works: RWA Biennial Open 2025 | 25 January – 27 April Discover the artists exploring the limitless possibilities of working with paper. Printed, crumpled, painted, cut, burned, sculpted and completely transformed. 🔗 https://buff.ly/3CbkvpF #RWAArtGallery #RWAPaperWorks

📣 Artists’ Talk – Flora | Saturday 8 February | 2pm | FREE Uncover the stories of rarely-seen pieces from the RWA Collection by artists including Mary Fedden, Alastair Michie and George Tute, alongside recent works by Academicians Cynthia Lear and Charlotte Price. 🎟️ No booking required

⚡ Introducing… Paule Vézelay: Living Lines | Open now until 27 April 2025 “Vézelay scrutinised the world with a forensic curiosity, never forgetting a lifetime of visual cues that would shape her vision […]” Simon Grant, Curator. 🔗 https://buff.ly/428TT3a #RWAArtGallery #PauleVézelay

🌷 Coming soon… More Than Memory: dementia, art and caring for loved ones | 4 February – 23 March 2025 Artworks by the older people and people living with dementia, as well as those who care for them, who we are proud to call our community. Supported by Bristol Dementia Action Alliance. 🎫 FREE

🪻 Introducing… Flora | 15 January – 9 March 2025 Flowers, plants and botanical-inspired artworks fill the Kenny Gallery in this joyous exhibition curated by Malcolm Ashman RWA and Stephen Jacobson RWA 🔗 https://buff.ly/40uST8m #RWAArtGallery #RWABristol #RWAAcademicians #FreeExhibition

It’s a new year and our calendar is filled to the brim with exciting exhibitions and events! Paule Vézelay: Living Lines | 25 January – 27 April Paper Works: RWA Biennial Open 2025 | 25 January – 27 April Flora | 15 January – 9 March 👉 rwa.org.uk Image: Space Age trifle by Deborah Hillyar

✨Coming soon… Paper Works | 25 January – 27 April Explore the versatility of paper as an artistic medium in this this year's Biennial Open Exhibition. 🔗 www.rwa.org.uk/paperworks #RWAArtGallery #RWABristol #PaperWorks #ArtExhibition #BristolArtists #BristolArts

This piece is not part of our Annual Open Exhibition this year, but it does look great in our galleries 🤩

A Toutou teaser. ‘Paperworks’ at the @rwabristol.bsky.social 25 Jan – 27 Apr 2025 RWA Biennial Open 2025: Paper Works

I went to an art workshop at @rwabristol.bsky.social yesterday. I had a lovely time there. This is one of the pieces I made.

✨Coming soon… Paule Vézelay: Living Lines | 25 January – 27 April Discover the internationally important work of Paule Vézelay, a key figure of 20th-century British abstract art. 🔗 www.rwa.org.uk/vezelay #RWAArtGallery #RWABristol #PauleVézelay #ArtExhibition #BristolArtists #BristolArts