Talk and draw: February
'The Horse Fair'
Online tickets
This is an online event, hosted on Zoom.
Please book a free ticket to access this event. You will receive an E-ticket with instructions on how to access your online events, films and resources via your National Gallery account.
Please note, only one ticket can be booked per account. Bookings close one hour before the event.
This event is open for Members priority booking until Sunday, November 23, 2025.
About
Lecturer Fiona Alderton and artist Alex Bowie explore ‘The Horse Fair' by Rosa Bonheur, selected to mark this year’s LGBT+ History Month. First, listen to a brief talk, then respond by making your own work in this short, artist-led drawing session.
Please have to hand a sharp pencil, paper and a rubber. Sometimes we might suggest using different drawing or craft materials, so, if you are able to, please keep a pencil case of different colours, a ruler and a pair of scissors nearby, as well as anything else you might like to experiment with.
The session will take place online and will last about one hour.
This session will be accompanied by live speech-to-text transcription supported by Stagetext.
Speakers
Fiona Alderton is a Gallery Educator and storyteller. With a background in performing, she writes and gives sessions for adults and children, including commissions for various organisations such as the National Portrait Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, and the Royal Opera House in London.
Alex Bowie is a Scottish visual artist with a background in socially engaged art projects, arts education and the therapeutic use of the arts within community, education and healthcare settings. Before joining the National Gallery as a Gallery Educator she was the School Programme Manager at Dulwich Picture Gallery and has delivered creative projects and interventions for the Brixton Project, A New Direction, Create London, The MacRobert Arts Centre and Glasgow Life among others.
Supported by
Adult access provision is supported by The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust