Guided tour of the University Sculpture Walk
Enjoy a free guided tour of the sculptures at the heart of the Streatham Campus.
The University's sculpture walk includes works by Dame Barbara Hepworth, Paul Mount and Peter Randall-Page RA. Take a tour of the sculptures on the central part of the Streatham Campus, led by the University's Arts and Culture Co-ordinator. Places are limited for this free event - advance booking is essential.
An Arts and culture event | |
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Date | 15 June 2017 |
Time | 14:00 to 15:00 |
Place | starting in the Forum Building, Streatham Campus |
Provider | Arts and culture |
Event details
Starting in The Forum
University of Exeter
Stocker Road
Exeter
EX4 4SZ
Led by the University’s Arts and Culture Co-ordinator, take a tour of the sculptures at the heart of the Streatham Campus. Included in this guided walk you will see works by renowned artists such as Dame Barbara Hepworth, Peter Randall-Page and Paul Mount, not to mention our ‘sculpture with a story’ – the Tiananmen Square figure. In this free tour of the sculptures, you will see artworks from the 1960s to the present day.
Advance booking is essential for this free guided walk, as places are limited. Click here to book your ticket.
This event is wheelchair friendly. There will be some uphill walking and walking on grass, so plesae wear appropriate footwear and appropriate clothing for the weather.
Refreshments are available on Campus at Reed Hall, an italianate mansion on Campus, set in one of the most beautiful parts of the grounds, which offers tea, coffee and lunch in its Cafe Reed. Why not enjoy afternoon tea there after the end of the walk? More information here: http://www.reedhall.co.uk/dining/cafe-reed/
Whilst you are on campus take the opportunity to visit the exhibition in the Forum, The Observatory: perspectives on landscape, society and spirit, featuring artworks from artists across the South West, who have created art inspired by the University's key research themes.
During the exhibition, there are a range of other associated free bookable activities on campus for you to enjoy:
- Wednesday 14 June - Guided tour of the water features on Campus, (the Jubilee Water Walk)
- Thursday 15 June - Guided tour of the sculpture collection on central Campus
- Friday 16 June - Curator guided tour of the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
- Saturday 17 June, 11 - 4pm - free family fun day, Think..Art offering a variety of free fun artistic activities linked to the University's research themes.
Click here to find out about getting to the Streatham Campus,including parking.
Mariners Way II by Edward Crumpton
Location:
starting in the Forum Building, Streatham Campus