Celebrating 200 years of the National Gallery - in Glos!

On 10 May 2024 the National Gallery is beginning a year long celebration to mark bringing people and paintings together for 200 years, called NG200.

It’s now just 100 Days until the celebrations will begin and Gloucestershire will be taking part. The idea of NG 200 is to celebrate the past and look forward to the future with a year-long festival of art, creativity and imagination, to set the tone for their third century.  

There are events planned in the central London gallery as well as up and down the country. CG is one of the host organisations for the travelling art studio programme, ‘Art Road Trip’, which will bring 200 workshops and learning activities to different communities who otherwise would not have ready access.

“We are absolutely thrilled that Create Gloucestershire has been able to broker this unique opportunity for people in Gloucestershire to take part in fantastic art and creative activities. The road trip will bring talented local artists together with National Gallery educators and resources into the heart of our communities.”
Pippa Jones, CG Director and Founder.

The 18 Art Road Trip locations across the UK

Art Road Trip Locations 2024

The Art Road Trip will visit 18 locations across the UK and work with 24 local arts organisations… 5 of them in Gloucestershire! Read more about the Art Road Trip here.

Create Glos is working alongside partner organisations from across the county (Forest of Dean Working Group, Cam & Dursley Creatives, GAS Projects, The Venture: White City and Culture Matson) to welcome the travelling art studio to 4 locations in July 2024.

We’ll be updating this page with more info about how and where to take part as soon as we have it. Watch this space.