City Space at Winchester Discovery Centre

A trip to Winchester Discovery Centre provides an opportunity to share in the history and culture of England's ancient capital.

A specially-designed exhibition area on the ground floor featuring a changing programme of exhibitions, ranging from displays drawn from the vast collections held by Winchester City Council's museums service to installations by some of our talented local artists. Every exhibition is brought to life by a range of talks, workshops and other activities such as object-handling sessions, with opportunities to explore new hobbies and interests or simply to lose yourself in another era.

With a special emphasis on families during the school holidays, the programme includes opportunities for everyone to participate, and to celebrate the special quality of the city and its surrounding towns and countryside.

Andrew Carnie - Seized Out Of This World Exhibition

4 July to 26 July

A visual exploration of temporal lobe epilepsy and its creative effects

Andrew is a local artist who is currently part of the teaching team in Graphic Arts at Winchester School of Art. His artistic practice involves interaction with scientists in different fields in particular the area of medical research. His pieces often involve the use of 35mm slide projection using dissolve systems or video projection in a darkened space with layered images appearing and disappearing on suspended screens. He also creates sculptural pieces, sequences of printed images suspended on wires or on acrylic plates sealed in cases which often replicate the dissolves used in the projection work.

‘Temporal Lobe Epilepsy has affected many creative individuals and is thought to be the source of much creative inspiration.

Much of the work and research that exists is very visual leading to a goldmine of information for a visual artist like myself interested in the visual and the underlying neurological condition’ – Andrew Carnie.

Andrews work has been exhibited extensively including in the Science Museum, London, the Design Museum, Zurich, the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam and Exit Art, New York.

Prehistory Exhibition

1 August to 6 September

A display of Winchester Museums’ Stone Age collections that are not normally on view to the public covering the earliest human history in Hampshire. Create your own Cave Art and see tools made by Neanderthals. Dare you take our ‘Surviving the Stone Age’ challenge?

A family friendly, hands-on exhibition for all ages.

Thursday 13 August - Children's Make and Take
Make a mask of a Stone Age animal. Will you take on the courage of a Sabre-toothed tiger or the swiftness of a running deer?
10am - 4pm Free event

Saturday 15 August - Finds Identification Day
Found anything interesting while digging the garden, walking the dog or metal detecting? Drop in and let our curators identify it for you.
10am - 4pm Free event

Free entry

Thursday 20 August - Object Handling Session
Drop in and handle genuine Stone Age artefacts from the museum collections with a museum curator
10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm Free event

Winchester Art Club Annual Exhibition

12 September to 4 October

This annual exhibition offers the chance for members of the club, who range from complete beginners to experienced artists, to exhibit a range of work from painting to sculpture, drawings to prints.

Winchester Art Club was founded in 1919 and developed from the Winchester Fine Arts Society which had existed since 1888. The object of the Club is to encourage the practice of fine arts in Winchester, particularly among those who paint as a hobby. Club members range from complete beginners to experienced artists and submit their work for judging and inclusion in the annual exhibition held for the second year in City Space.

Winchester Embroiderers Guild

10 October to 8 November

Winchester Embroiderers Guild is the local branch of the national Embroiderers Guild which was founded in 1906 and is a national educational charity for the promotion of embroidery, its heritage and its future. It is open to anyone with an interest in embroidery and textiles.

The exhibition will contain new work by members of the Winchester Embroiderers Guild and Young Embroiderers. This colourful exhibition demonstrates the range and versatility that can be achieved when working with textiles and fabrics, from landscapes to abstracts, clothing to sculpture. Most of the pieces on display will be available for sale. Throughout the period of the exhibition a member of the branch will on hand to answer any queries visitors may have about the exhibition or the work of the Guild.

The local guild members will be happy to provide workshops, for children and adults, during the exhibition.