Museums & Art Galleries
The Company of International Artists has worked with several museums & art galleries in the South West to develop quirky, family-friendly art trails and in-person workshops that promote refreshed engagement with their collections.
If you'd like to find out more about what we could do with your museum or art gallery, do please get in touch!
The Company of International Artists are a delight to work with!
They are professional, dedicated, passionate and produce genuinely imaginative and quirky content for all to enjoy."
Stephen Bradley, Bristol Museums
More intel on our previous museum & art gallery projects
GIANT BRISTOL ART TRAIL MISSION
commissioned by Bristol City Centre Bristol Improvement District (2024)
We hid 10 inspiring artworks in various shops and venues in the central Bristol area between August and November 2024.
We made sure the art looked the part in all the different locations, for example there was pirate art in Treasure Island Sweet Shop, book illustration art in Second Page Bookshop and Matisse art under a Matisse quotation in Cass Art on Park Street.
Agents were invited to locate the artworks and investigate them closely with the help of some creative questions.
There was also the offer for agents to create new art inspired by the trail which we displayed and celebrated on our social media.
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FREE MUSEUM FAMILY ART TRAILS (in person & remote options)
commissioned by Bristol Museums (2022/23)
Secretly, on certain Mondays in 2022, when Bristol Museum & Art Gallery was closed to the public, Agents Kahlo and Dali slipped, incognito, into the museum on Park Street in Bristol.
Turns out the agents were making family friendly art trails about Bristol Museum & Art Gallery's art collection!
There are three themed art trails to complete either in-person or online. They are all free of charge, and encourage families to investigate the art at the museum, and then to create new art inspired by the artwork featured in each trail.
There's an accompanying short film for each art trail, which gives family-friendly art history insights into the art featured in each trail. We recommend watching these films in advance of going to the museum (or instead of going to the museum).
New art made by young agents can be showcased both on the Company of International Artists social media, and in some cases also on big screen in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery cafe.
You can engage with these art trails remotely, if you can't make it to the museum. To do this, explore the films and links below.
Time to pick your trail, agents!
The Travel Edition
investigate art featuring travel
The Nature Edition
investigate art featuring nature
investigate art featuring families
Digital engagement for rural communities
commissioned by The Corinium Museum, Circencester (2021)
The Company of International Artists was commissioned to work with Gloucestershire Libraries and the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, as part of the Art of Libraries,
We created a bespoke mission about artefacts from the Corinium Museum including the famous Hare Mosaic, and designed a simple kit of creative resources which were taken to rural schools in the Cotswolds by the Gloucester Libraries schools' librarian.
Children took the missions and kits home, and created new art inspired from the artefacts at Corinium Museum. These families were also invited to join a special online mission, and to show Agents Kahlo, Dali & Bourgeois the art they made.
See artwork made by agents on The Corinium Mission here.
We made this film to encourage the agents to complete The Corinium Mission.
Art Trail to encourage off-site exploration
commissioned by The Dorset Museum, Dorchester (2021)
We were commissioned by Dorset Museum to design a bespoke Creative Mission to help families explore the ancient Roman artefacts uncovered at the Roman Town House in Dorchester.
If you are in the area, you can still download this free mission to enhance your visit!
If you are a museum or art gallery interested in commissioning us to engage local families with an art or museum collection, please contact
hello@companyofinternationalartists.com