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Exhibitions

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Majiang

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Events

Please note all events require advance booking unless otherwise stated.

Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Events between April and June 2008 will be produced in partnership with Mandarin in Bath, supported by a festival grant from CHINA NOW.

Wednesday 9th July
HAIKU WORKSHOP
10.30am- 12.00pm
Poet Caroline Heaton will lead this, the first in a series of adult workshops this summer on the art of writing haiku, the beautiful poetry which distills experience and encapsulates the spirit of Japanese culture.
Cost £6 - please book 5 days in advance.

Wednesday 23rd July
PRECIOUS ADORNMENTS SLIDE SHOW & TALK
10.30am -12.00pm
Join Bradley Rowe, collector of Tibetan nomadic ornaments, as he presents them in their everyday, functional yet fascinating context. Bradley will also be bringing along some other pieces not in the exhibition, which visitors will be able to handle and examine more closely.
Cost £4 - please book 5 days in advance.

Wednesday 30th July
MANDARIN TASTER SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN 2.00-3.30pm
Mandarin In Bath will be running this opportunity for young learners to learn some Mandarin Chinese.
2-2.45pm: 3-6 year olds + free accompanying adult
2.45- 3.30pm 7- 11 year olds.
Free with admission - please book 5 days in advance.

Tuesday 5th August
MAJIANG EVENING
5.30-7.30pm
For details see Tue 1st July.
Cost £4- please book 5 days in advance.

Wednesday 6th August
HAIKU WORKSHOP
10.30am- 12.00pm
Caroline Heaton leads the second in our summer series of haiku workshops for adults, (Previous attendance is not necessary but this is a separate workshop from the July one so previous attenders are welcome to come and develop more)
Cost £6- please book 5 days in advance.

Thursday 7th August
SHADOW PUPPETS WORKSHOP
2.00 - 4.00pm
Discover shadow puppets from the museum’s collection by trying them out yourselves! Then design and create your own shadow
puppet to take home with you.
Ages 8+ Cost £4 - please book 5 days in advance.

Wednesday 13th August
MANDARIN TASTER SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN
2.00-3.30pm
Mandarin In Bath will be running this opportunity for young learners to learn some Mandarin.
2-2.45pm: 3-6 year olds + free accompanying adult
2.45- 3.30pm 7- 11 year olds.
Free with admission - please book 5 days in advance.

Tuesday 19th August
PAPER WINGS WORKSHOP
10.30am - 12.30pm
Explore the museum’s collection of kites from East Asia and then design and build a kite to take home with you. Ages 8+
Cost £4 - please book 5 days in advance

Wednesday 20th August
PRECIOUS ADORNMENTS SLIDE SHOW & TALK
2.30 - 4.00pm
Another chance to enjoy Bradley Rowe’s fascinating account of his travels in Tibet, setting the objects from his collection in context.
Cost £4 - please book 5 days in advance

Tuesday 3rd September
MAJIANG EVENING 5.30-7.30pm
For details see Tue 1st July.
Cost £4 - please book 5 days in advance.

Wednesday 10th September
HAIKU WORKSHOP
10.30am- 12pm
Local writer Caroline Heaton leads this, the last of our summer haiku workshops. (Previous attendence is not necessary, although anyone who has attended earlier workshops is welcome to come and develop their writing further!)
Cost £6 - please book 5 days in advance.

Tuesday 16th September
BUDDHISM AND ART PRESENTATION
3.30-4.30pm
Highly recommended presentation by artist and writer John Danvers on the connections between Buddhism and modern & postmodern art. John is Teaching Fellow and head of the MA Fine Art programme at Plymouth University and has lectured and exhibited work internationally.
Cost £4 - please book 5 days in advance.

Wednesday 24th September
THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHINESE POTTERY
3.30-4.30pm
Oriental ceramics specialist Eddie Field will present a lecture with slides, tracing the development of this art from prehistory, also looking at the adoption of the kiln, wheel and glazes.
Cost £4 - please book 5 days in advance.

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