Burges Art Gallery
coventrysociety Three stunning pieces of artwork have been revealed in an historic part of Coventry city centre. The three works in the High Street Heritage Action Zone of Burges and Hales…
Culture
Coventry’s official Lady Godiva Celebrates her Ruby Anniversary
Pru Porretta MBE said “I rode in my first official Godiva procession on 12th June 1982 which started from the War Memorial Park, 6 miles around the city then back…
Coventry Food Festival
Coventry will be having its own Food Festival from 17 – 19th June 2022. The event is being organised by the city’s BID team (Business Improvement District) and follows a…
Citizen’s Assembly on Arts and Culture
Our friends at Talking Birds have convened Coventry’s first Citizen’s Assembly to look at arts and culture in the city. Fifty residents were selected from across the city to explore…
Cathedral Reflections
As part of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the consecration of the Cathedral, the Friends of the Cathedral have published a small book called Cathedral Reflections. The book…
The Sahara as palimpsest.
The next Arts Society Coventry lecture, on Tuesday May 24th, provides insights into the richness and variety of art from what many regard as one of the most inhospitable places…
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and The Coventry Precinct
In May 1940, a month before the first minor air raids on Coventry, Donald Gibson, the city architect had put together an exhibition called the ‘Coventry of Tomorrow’. It focussed…
Pioneering Arts – Sadler’s Photos of the Cathedral
Following the success of the first two exhibitions, this third phase of Photo Miners’ exhibition of the photographs of Richard Sadler has been launched at the Old Grammar School. This…
Coventry Dragons
Ahead of St George’s Day on Saturday, April 23, people have been challenged to find 22 dragons across Coventry. The mythical creatures can be found on historic buildings in the…
Epstein: Stories in Stone
We reported on the plans for this exhibition at the Cathedral back in February. The exhibition is now open and we would encourage you to visit it. In addition to…