Salisbury landmarks will feature in a LEGO® exhibition this summer, offering workshops and 16 original brick paintings.
Bath Assembly Rooms will shortly be kicking off a six-week partnership with Brick Galleria to bring LEGO® Brick Paintings to visitors and families in Bath this summer.
Between Saturday, July 27 – Sunday, September 1, a free exhibition of LEGO® Brick Paintings will be on display in the magnificent Tea Room, featuring landmarks including Castle Combe and Salisbury Cathedral.
The exhibition will feature 16 original LEGO® brick paintings by LEGO® Brick Artist Emily Corl.
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Emily will be creating a custom piece of art of Bath Assembly Rooms. Visitors can support by sponsoring her a suggested £2 per LEGO® part as she builds.
Emily said: “As an artist I love to push the boundaries with my art and I am so excited to be working with Bath Assembly Rooms to bring my paintings to the public.
LEGO workshops (Image: National Trust)
“I am inspired by the amazing countryside and architecture in the British Isles and showing my exhibition will hopefully encourage others to be creative and get inspired as well.”
Kevin Hall, Brick Galleria’s professional LEGO® brick artist will be running free LEGO® Brick Painting Workshops every Wednesday and Saturday.
Families, visitors and LEGO® loving adults can come and have a go at creating LEGO® Brick Paintings using hundreds and thousands of different LEGO® parts that will be available. The creations will be displayed for a limited time in the Great Octagon. Workshops are open to everyone aged 4 or older.
For younger visitors there’s a DUPLO® pit in the Card Room alongside other National Trust run crafts that will keep everyone entertained.
Bath Assembly Rooms visitor and programming manager Alana Wright said: “We’re so excited to be partnering with Brick Galleria this year.
“This summer programme has something for everyone, whether a LEGO® fan or not. We’ve got a brilliant new exhibition and lots of activities with the workshops plus the school holiday crafts that people have started to associate with Bath Assembly Rooms.”
Vital conservation funds will also be raised during the exhibition as Emily Corl is creating a custom LEGO® brick painting of Bath Assembly Rooms, with suggested donations of £2.
She’ll then place the part on the painting when she’s at Bath Assembly Rooms on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the summer, before the work is left on display for the final week of the exhibition.
Further information, including opening times, can be found on the National Trust website: Family-friendly activities | Bath | | National Trust
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