Join us for our latest Christmas themed Gallery Late, an opportunity to see our Sargy Mann exhibition after hours whilst enjoying Life Drawing in the galleries, and a night of film, spoken word, debate, Christmas card making, mulled wine, a brownie bar and more.

LIFE DRAWING //A regular part of our Gallery Lates, we will once again be offering the opportunity to do some life drawing in our galleries, surrounded by the work of Sargy Mann.

Our two sessions for the evening will run between 8.30pm – 9.15pm & 9.40pm & 10.20pm

POETRY/SPOKEN WORD //Bridie Squires is a writer, editor, workshop facilitator and poet from Nottingham, UK. She is Editor at Large of LeftLion Magazine Nottingham, and was appointed as Nottingham Trent University's first Writer in Residence in 2019. An alumnus of the Mouthy Poets collective, Bridie has performed her poetry in venues spreading from London's Southbank Centre to Karlsruhe's Staatstheatre, and she is currently developing her first full-length solo show: Casino.

MUSIC/DJ //

DJ Mr Hickford from the collective will be bringing a vinyl only selection of funk, soul and disco selections, along with a few alternative festive tracks to get your groove on in the gallery bar!

The Promised Land DJ collective play across Leicester venues and events at The Tree, The Turkey Cafe, LCB Depot, Last Friday and more across the East Midlands.

DEBATE //C.O.T.O - The ‘Art of Thinking’ about Christmas with philosopher Dr Greg Scorzo Listen to a light-hearted talk, watch clips and discuss Christmas. Do you love it or dread it? Are you embracing the tradition and the indulgence, or rejecting a materialistic consumer fest? Who knows? You may be able to either cope far better this year thinking about it in a different way…

BROWNIE BAR //Bitsy’s Emporium of Awesome will be popping up with her amazing brownie bar. A bar devoted to slabs of indulgent Brownies and Blondies in a range of flavours. Bitsy will be bringing the festivities in edible form and tantalising your taste buds with incredible creations such as gingerbread Blondies and After Eight brownies.