Arts – The Nose

FOOD

pH KITCHEN
Acids 2–3: Citrus

Sunday 15th February
6pm-8pm
Set menu £25

You are invited to the first in a series of creative cooking evenings where we will be working our way through the pH scale, starting with the Acids. We are preparing a dinner exploring Citrus flavours, and will be serving you saporous food and curiosities from the store cupboard.

ART

Smörgåsbord
Art exhibition of artworks by 25 artists
Opening Friday 28th November
6.30pm-8.30pm

Exhibition runs from Saturday 29th November until Saturday 20th December 2025.

Join us this Friday evening for the opening of our new exhibition Smörgåsbord. A group show of a variety of small works by 25 artists using drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and textiles. You are invited to come and see the work, and for some food and drinks. Snacks welcome. Art works are for sale.

Alec Dixon, Alice Cole, Aya Fukami, Catherine Griffin, Charlie Inskip, Deborah Stebbing, Dee Noble, Di Humphreys, Elin Bielecka, Eliza Johnson, Evie Jackson, Glenda Wakeman, Greg Lashmar, Ian Noble, James Barnard, Jane Ostler, Jane Stewart, Jennifer Lewandowski, Jimmy Symonds, Jo Marshall, Roger Crimlis, Sally Child, Samantha Listens, Selena Chandler, Shane Waltener, Sue Bennett, Suzi Lince.

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Billboard

Walton Memory Map. Illustrated by Greg Lashmar. (2025) Walton Folk Festival 1987. Billboard photograph by Malcolm Batty.(2024) Metal Detecting ...

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DOLPHIN DERBY

Jane Stewart is running Dolphin Derby costume workshops at The Nose on the run up to the Walton Dolphin Derby in Saturday 7th September on Walton Beach.

These workshops are to make costumes to wear at the races, for you, your family or friends or for anyone wanting to compete to wear. Each week we will work on a different design. Workshops are for adults or children but kids must be accompanied by an adult.

Come and join the fun. If you have spare cardboard can you bring it along.

ART WORKSHOP
Dolphin Derby Workshops

Saturday 9th August, 3pm-5pm
Making Porpoise Head Dresses.

Saturday 16th August, 3pm-5pm
Making Jellyfish Costumes.

Saturday 23rd, 3pm-5pm
Making Seahorse Costumes.
Free.

ART TALK / WORKSHOP

How to Set Up an Art School
Thursday 7 August, 6pm-8pm
Book a free ticket.

Join us for an evening exploring the power and politics of alternative art education as part of the mini book launch tour of How to set up an art school. Emma Edmondson and Ames Pennington will host a workshop come conversation, looking at the themes of the book and asking what makes a bad art school, what makes a good one and how shared experiences can build a utopian space for creative learning together.

JAMES CANTON

Renaturing: Small Ways to Wild the World
By James Canton
Thursday 17th July, 7pm
Tickets £5, or pay what you can.
Book here or in bookshop.

Dr James Canton is Director of Wild Writing at the University of Essex. He is the author of Grounded: A Journey into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors (2023), The Oak Papers (2020), Ancient Wonderings: Journeys into Prehistoric Britain (2017) and Out of Essex: Re-Imagining a Literary Landscape (2013), which was inspired by his rural wanderings in East Anglia. He has written for the Guardian, reviews for the TLS and Caught by the River, and is a regular on television and radio. The hardback book is available for £18.99.