Bolton's Egypt Summer Study Day "Ancient Egypt's Art & Artists"

Following on from the successful "All About Mummification" and "Queens of Ancient Egypt" study days, Bolton's Egypt brings you "Ancient Egypt's Art & Artists”.

With spectacular coloured wall scenes adorning the temples and tombs throughout Egypt, this study day focuses on ancient Egyptian art, those who created it and those who copied it. The sessions will look at how and why such scenes were produced, deciphering key images, texts and the materials used, both in ancient times and by archaeological artists such as Howard Carter, whose huge watercolour copied from the Deir el-Bahari funerary temple of Hatshepsut is currently in Bolton on loan from the Egypt Exploration Society. Yet our Bolton Study Day not only looks at the importance of Bolton's Egyptian collection, its unique blend of workshops provides the opportunity to get up close and learn at first hand.

The day will consist of a lecture, three hands-on workshops, an optional exhibition tour and a film.

The Study Day will conclude with after-hours wine, nibbles and chats with the experts in the Bolton’s Egypt galleries themselves.