Art and recreation
You told us you enjoyed being surrounded by attractive works of art so we expanded our display space and turned much of the Library into an exhibition space.
Category: Subjects: Creative Arts
Zine making workshop
Let the University Library’s Outside in World: Children’s Books in Translation collection inspire you to make your own zine to take away. Join us for a zine-making workshop as part of BookFest 2025. The event is open to everyone – …
Exploring 66 Portland Place: HQ of the Royal Institute of British Architects
RIBA Library
Back in May, I shared my visit to the RIBA Library explaining that if you haven’t been, you need to go soon before the building is closed for a lengthy retrofit to ensure its future. Well, if you haven’t made it, RIBA has …
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The Invisible Story nominated for prestigious award
The Invisible Story by Jaime Gamboa & Wen Hsu Chen
Award winning children’s book publisher Lantana have just announced that The Invisible Story has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2025 in the illustration category, which is fantastic news for this wonderful book. The Invisible Story was the subject of our recent exhibition relating …
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Crafting@Lunch
Freeform crochet blanket - work in progress by Sarah Parham.
Crafting@Lunch is a joyful initiative led by Emma Rogers, member of the professional services team in the CCi Faculty. It offers a weekly opportunity for members of staff and friends of the Faculty to get together for a relaxing hour …
“Our Portsmouth” photography exhibition now showing
Come take a photographic tour of Portsmouth as you have never seen it before. We are delighted to welcome an exhibition brought together by our colleagues in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries celebrating photography from around Portsmouth by local artists. …
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The Invisible Story – free webinar
The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World, the organisation dedicated to promoting and exploring world literature and children’s books in translation, are delighted to announce the latest event in their seminar series on translation for children. This webinar will explore Jaime Gamboa and Wen Hsu Chen’s El Cuento Fantasma, its selection as part of Outside in World’s Reading the Way project, and how it came to be translated by Daniel Hahn for Lantana as The Invisible Story. Hear from the author, illustrator and others involved discuss the project.
In training for a heroine: heritage sector volunteering opportunity
Would you like to have a passion for history and literature or want to pursue a career in the heritage and museum sector? Don’t miss a fabulous opportunity to volunteer at Gods House Tower in Southampton. Gods Tower are curating …
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Keep up with the latest changes to JSTOR
JSTOR for images: 2024 update Thursday 22 August from 4 pm BSTExplore how to use Artstor’s high-quality collections and key functionality in their new home on JSTOR. Join this free webinar for an update on the latest time-saving features and …
Art of glass and beyond
We are lucky enough to have local artist and Senior Teaching Fellow in Nursing at the University of Portsmouth, Simon Holliday is displaying two imaginative exhibits of his imaginative work, both related, either directly or indirectly, to the local landscape. Come see them in all their glory on the first floor landing!
Art of Glass is probably best described as a body of sculptural work which I’ve been constructing using found objects. The project is born out of my habitual tendency towards beachcombing. In particular, this tendency to collect objects of interest from the shoreline around Hampshire.
Simon’s photographic exhibition, the Serenissima of the South Coast, describes a walking tour of Portsmouth as a city in decline.
