Sunday 14 September, 11.30am-12.30pm
Intermediate Linocut Printmaking
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T12:13:00+00:00Sunday 9 November, 11am-4pm
Introduction to Linocut Printmaking
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T12:12:48+00:00Sunday 12 October, 11am-4pm
Four-Week Life Drawing Course
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T10:27:38+00:00Saturdays 8, 15, 22 and 29 November, 10.30am-12.30pm
Bookbinding: Longstitch Variations
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T10:42:45+00:00Friday 14 November, 11am-4pm
Expressive Monoprinting
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T10:42:35+00:00Saturday 1 November, 10.30am-4.30pm
Look See Draw: Four-Week Drawing Course
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T10:42:23+00:00Saturdays 27 September, 4, 18 and 25 October, 10am-1pm
Intermediate Watercolour Course: Expressive Landscape Sketchbooks
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T10:44:34+00:00Fridays 26 September, 10 October and 24 October, 10am-12 noon
Appledore Book Festival: Samuel Alexander: The Green-Wood Carver
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T10:44:08+00:00Saturday 13 September, 2pm-3pm
Appledore Book Festival: Judith Mackrell: Artists, Siblings, Visionaries – The Lives & Loves Of Gwen & Augustus John
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T10:39:13+00:00Saturday 13 September – SOLD OUT
Ceramics Gallery: Reflections of a Collection
Kate Williamson2025-07-09T09:36:57+00:0020 June – 30 September 2025
Joan Miró: Painting and Poetry
Kate Williamson2025-06-25T15:21:07+00:0022 November 2025 – 18 January 2026
The Friends Annual Open Exhibition
Kate Williamson2025-06-20T11:50:50+00:0015 November – 21 December 2025
Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape
Kate Williamson2025-07-21T08:51:04+00:0019 July – 14 September 2025
Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society Annual Open Exhibition
Kate Williamson2025-06-20T11:44:53+00:0027 September – 2 November 2025
Introduction to Spoon Carving – Afternoon Session
Kate Williamson2025-08-11T10:33:51+00:00Friday 12 September, 2pm-5pm
Introduction to Spoon Carving – Morning Session
Kate Williamson2025-09-03T10:27:32+00:00Friday 12 September, 10am-1pm
Emma Stibbon RA: Melting Ice | Rising Tides
Kate Williamson2025-08-05T17:57:02+00:0010 May - 5 July 2025
Ceramics Residency Exhibition: Platter by Florence Dwyer
Kate Williamson2025-05-27T16:17:59+00:00From 25 January 2025
The Visionary Brush of Leslie Worth
Kate Williamson2025-04-28T11:13:36+00:0015 March - 27 April 2025
Other Worlds: New Works from the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
Kate Williamson2025-03-03T13:46:53+00:0011 January - 1 March 2025
Environmental Commission: Shimmer by Andy Hughes
Kate Williamson2025-03-05T15:09:29+00:00From 22 November 2024
The Bideford Witch Trail
Kate Williamson2025-04-01T11:11:15+00:00Listen along to be transported back in time to the late 1600s and the lives of Temperance Lloyd, Susanna Edwards and Mary Trembles.
Jason Wason: A Journey through Clay and Culture
Kate Williamson2025-01-15T10:27:39+00:0026 October 2024 - 13 January 2025
Friends Annual Open Exhibition
Kate Williamson2024-12-23T15:42:33+00:002 November - 22 December 2024
Burton Youth Collective
Kate Williamson2025-01-03T14:50:47+00:00Free art-led youth group for young people aged 14-18
RJ Lloyd 1926-2020 Memorial Exhibition
Kate Williamson2024-12-30T14:09:24+00:0026 October - 24 December 2024
Makers from the Christine Halstead Collection
Kate Williamson2024-10-25T15:57:31+00:0019 July - 15 October 2024
Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society Annual Open
Kate Williamson2024-10-14T09:02:20+00:0024 August - 13 October 2024
Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society Annual Open
Admin2023-11-14T16:08:06+00:001 April - 14 May 2023
Rupert Johnstone: Water Vessels – Sampling the Torridge
Admin2024-07-22T08:27:42+00:00From 16 December 2023
Sewing Bee
Admin2025-06-06T11:34:14+00:00A free drop-in sewing group for adults on Tuesdays during term-time, 1-3pm
Industrial Bideford: The wharves and the leather trade
Admin2025-02-04T12:38:53+00:00Between 1680 and 1830, leather was one of England's most important industries after textiles.
Art 4 Home Ed
Admin2025-08-01T09:36:21+00:00Mondays 22, 29 September, 6, 13, 20 October, 3, 10, 17 November
Crafty Kids
Admin2025-07-30T15:23:58+00:00For under 5s on Tuesdays during term time and under 12s on Tuesdays in school holidays
Jam Westwood: Don’t Look At My Jugs… And Other Stories
Admin2023-11-10T10:00:16+00:0017 June - 19 September 2023
The Permanent Collection Curated by Community Groups
Admin2023-11-10T10:00:02+00:0022 May - 4 July 2023
Revealing the Human Form: Sculpture From Leading British Artists
Admin2023-11-10T10:00:31+00:0015 July - 5 September 2023
A wedding, a teapot and women in the local glove-making industry
Admin2025-02-04T12:38:34+00:00In January 2023 a beautiful, early 20th-century, silver spirit teapot arrived at The Burton. Having left Bideford in the early 1920s, the teapot travelled on many adventures around the globe, finally arriving […]
In January 2023 a beautiful, early 20th-century, silver spirit teapot arrived at The Burton. Having left Bideford in the early 1920s, the teapot travelled on many adventures around the globe, finally arriving […]A Bideford wedding and a teapot
Christine Halstead – Collection of Studio Pottery
Admin2024-07-02T07:07:12+00:00A private collection documenting Studio Pottery in the South West and passionately amassed over 40 years.
Bideford Witch Trial: Prejudice and scapegoating in 17th century Devon
Admin2025-02-04T12:39:54+00:00Bideford Witch Trial: Prejudice and scapegoating in 17th century Devon
Individuals or groups can often be singled out by their communities and labelled because they don’t fit in. Known as “othering”, this often influences how people look at or treat, those who are seen as different or not behaving […]
Burton Family Activities
Admin2025-02-04T12:43:43+00:00A series of fun family activities.
Welcome back to the Burton Art Gallery, we’ve missed you!
We are so pleased to be able to invite you through our doors again and hope that our new exhibitions will encourage you to ‘Stay Curious’ and inspire you to […]
From Source to Sea – Sheila Hutchinson
Admin2024-07-02T07:06:05+00:00A series of watercolours from the original 1951 exhibition and testament to the artist's love of nature, the local environment and the River Torridge.
A Folk Art Tradition
Admin2025-02-04T12:52:22+00:00This folk art exhibition explores the theme of ‘folk’ art found in The Burton’s ceramic collections.
The North Devon Ceramics Trade and the American Connection
Admin2025-02-04T12:39:23+00:00Intro
The story of pottery production and trade with America is […]
The ArtsLab!
Admin2022-10-31T15:25:16+00:00Entertainment For Everyone
FAMILY FRIENDLY SERIES
Join in the free arts activities, games and quizzes. Do the activities on your own or with your family and friends. The choice is yours!
Keep coming back to see what’s new. There’s lots more on the way.
Popalini and Jezando Wood-Fired In Japan
Admin2025-05-06T08:49:32+00:00An exploration of the Japanese influence on the pots of local North Devon artists, Popalini and Jezando.
Seeds of Hope
The Burton at Bideford2025-02-04T12:44:11+00:00All of us at the gallery sincerely hope that you, your families and friends have stayed safe and well during these strange and difficult times.
We would like to invite you to visit our exhibition ‘Seeds of Hope’
All of the artworks on display have been chosen […]
Ackland & Edwards: Between The Lines Part 2
Admin2019-04-26T10:02:44+00:00Judith Ackland and Mary Stella Edwards are synonymous with Bucks Mills and their cabin preserves the secrets of their beautiful artwork.
Where’s Your Head @?
Admin2019-03-12T14:09:08+00:00The highlight of a year-long project, this exhibition delves into the Burton’s permanent collection and introduces some of the highlights from a new perspective.
Christiane Baumgartner
Admin2019-02-25T16:39:49+00:00Acclaimed artist Christiane Baumgartner is best known for monumental woodcuts based on her own film and video stills.
Friends of The Burton: The Golden Age of English Clockmaking, 1650 – 1720
Admin2018-12-19T10:14:12+00:00Talk given by former curator at the British Museum, David Thompson.
Friends of The Burton: A Blast from the Past
Admin2019-01-08T08:47:58+00:00Jonathan Weeks presents weird and wonderful ancient woodwind instruments
Print REbels: Haden, Palmer, Whistler and the origins of the RE
Admin2018-11-05T11:09:47+00:00A unique opportunity to see the work of printmaking greats
32nd UWE Annual Miniature Print Exhibition
Admin2019-01-08T08:50:45+00:00The annual exhibition visits The Burton, showcasing a special collection of limited edition prints. A great opportunity to acquire a tiny treasure
Celebrating Ceramics
Admin2019-01-08T08:52:04+00:00Uncovering highlights of The Burton’s rich pottery collections with inspiring workshops, informative talks and a free ceramics valuation session
Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
Admin2019-01-08T08:55:14+00:00The best in contemporary printmaking
ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus
Admin2019-01-16T09:49:29+00:00Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. Born in New York City, she is best known for her black and white portraits of singular people.
Arbus refused to take pictures of her subjects in ways that people wanted to see them. Her bold, direct approach to photography reveals the […]
