Artists Gareth Jones and Nils Norman are proposing to take the ideals represented by the unbuilt City Club scheme as a starting point to consider future use of the public spaces around the soon to be expanded MK Gallery. Planned in the 1970s as a unique combination of physical recreation and entertainment, City Club was to be a place […]
This event is an open session for musicians, sound artists and non-musicians who are interested in exploring improvisation and developing new musical relationships. Artists should bring their own instruments/equipment/objects (and amplification should you require it). MK Gallery will provide the PA, Mics, DIs and the space for exploration. For more information, please see the event page […]
Head over to the Guildhall behind Christ the Cornerstone Church for a celebration of the breadth of languages that are spoken around the world, and Milton Keynes. Activities will include a “parade of nations”, blindfolded cultural food tasting, a languages quiz, international games tents and rugby-themed artworks. It is being held partly to celebrate the […]
Digital artist Jade Sarson will be leading a free comic making sessions for anyone aged 12 and above. This workshop will teach the art of writing, designing, colouring and publishing comics. To register, visit the Enquiry Desk on the first floor at Central Library, telephone 01908 254075 or email digitalis@milton-keynes.gov.uk. Thanks to Arts Council funding, these sessions are […]
A concert will be held at the Christ the Cornerstone Church at 7.30pm, featuring pipers from the MK Pipe Band. Tickets cost £10 per person.
The annual Keith Emmett & Sons fireworks display returns to Campbell Park this year.
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 […]
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 […]
There will be a talk by Dr Susan Fern, Curator at Buckingham Old Gaol and author of “The Man Who Killed Richard III”, at Milton Keynes Central Library on Tuesday, November 17th. The talk is entitled "Anglo-Saxon Treasure: Unravelling the Lenborough Hoard". Tickets for the talk are £2 in advance, available from the Central Library.
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 […]
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 […]
