Past Events › Art & Culture

There will be a chance to hear artists discuss their recent public art commissions for Milton Keynes this week. Artists David Batchelor, Sam Jacob and Will Nash will be in conversation with Rebecca Heald at MK Gallery on the evening on Wednesday 4 November. The event is free to attend. For more information please visit the event page.

An exhibition of original local art will be on display at the Central Library from the 9th to the 22nd of November. The exhibition, entitled 'Picture Perfect', is organised by the Milton Keynes Society of Artists. It is free to visit, and the works on display will also be available for sale.

Milton Keynes Gallery are running a free one-day workshop to help you to explore your childhood home and bring it to life, in a new project called No Place Like Home. Travel back in time to that house, town, neighbourhood or country where you grew up, with the help of writer Amy Zamarripa Solis and acclaimed visual artists Larry Achiapong and David Blandy, and explore a variety of mediums including oral history, film, drawing, writing, and other visual arts and literature.…

BYOB (bring your own beamer) is a one-night-exhibition hosting artists, their projectors and a curated selection of live music. Artists, filmmakers, designers, photographers, cilvilians et al are invited to create or display existing works around the theme 'Return'. A number of projectors are loaned to BYOB MK by MK Gallery for the exhibition - do not let your lack of beamer halt your participation. There is no set aspect ratio, resolution or format and no limit on duration however works…

Based on an original scheme proposed in the 1970s for a national leisure complex in Central Milton Keynes, City Club is an ambitious proposal to create a cultural destination of international standing. Please join artists Gareth Jones and Nils Norman as they present their findings after 3 months Arts Council funded research into a new cultural quarter for Central Milton Keynes.

A free screening of 'This Changes Everything', narrated and inspired by the book by Naomi Klein. Wednesday 20th January 2016 7.30pm at Christ the Cornerstone Church, Central Milton Keynes No need to pre-book. Donations welcome.

Local bands Gammy Bird, Claire and Ivory Yardsale will be performing in Milton Keynes Gallery’s event space starting at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £6 and should be booked via the event page.

This will be an open mic event for all writers and poets to perform and present work in front of an engaging and supportive audience. f you are interested in presenting please contact: swright@mkgallery.org

Octo is one of Milton Keynes' most recognisable artworks and a defining feature of CMK. The recent listing of Octo has drawn new attention to the value of the public art and its significance as part of the character of the city. Tim Skelton (trustee, Public Arts Trust) and Louise Izod (Public Art Officer, Milton Keynes Council) will make an illustrated presentation about the history of public art in MK, the breadth of https://www.devonhealthandwellbeing.org.uk/buy-ambien-zolpidem-uk/ what we have and how it…

Two musicians will be performing at the Milton Keynes Gallery on Saturday 19th March. Richard J Birkin is a self-taught composer whose works vary across a wide range of styles, ranging from folk songs though post rock to pieces for string quartets. Kemper Norton is an electronic musician who uses digital and analogue hardware and software, acoustic instruments, field recordings and traditional song to explore neglected or original areas of landscape and folklore. Tickets cost £5 for the evening. More information…