Friday 3 July. At Cartwright Hall Art Gallery this Friday attend not one but three exhibition previews. From 6-7.30pm the private view for Renny Tair, Art in the Park and How Nations Are Made, will be open. Refreshments provided, RSVP cartwright.hall@bradford.gov.uk

CONNECT: New exhibition marks the re-opening of Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Cartwright Hall. Discover our new Permanent Collection which includes paintings, prints, drawings, textiles, sculpture, stained glass and ceramics and features works by artists such as David Hockey, L.S Lowry, Joshua Reynolds, Andy Warhol, Sylvat Aziz, Bridget Riley and Jamini Roy.

Young Open 09 11 July - 18 October 2009. Cartwright Hall. The Young Open exhibition displays a huge range of work by young people up to the age of sixteen. We accept individual applications or collective submissions from schools, nurseries and community groups. Prizes courtesy of the Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums. Prizes will be awarded at the Launch: Sunday 12 July 2 – 4pm

Poison: Morwenna Catt 10 March - 13 September 2009, Cartwright Hall. All toys earn scars from children’s careless love, but these bunnies tell stories of more purposeful abuse.

Art in the Park 9 May - 9 August 2009, Cartwright Hall. Continuing from the previous years well received summertime sculpture programme, Lister Park will once again host large scale outdoor works for the summer period. Eva Drewett works mostly in bronze and recently in steel.

Rough Guide to Rag Rugs 2 May - 12 July 2009, Bradford Industrial Museum. This exhibition celebrates the 21st Birthday of the West Riding Ruggers at Bradford Industrial Museum. This colourful exhibition showcases recent work, drawing on inspiration and techniques of rug making from around the world.  

Bingley Art Society and Keighley Art Club Annual Exhibition 4 April - 5 July 2009, Cliffe Castle. The two art groups return for their annual exhibition displaying the finest paintings and drawings created by their members in recent years.

Darwin 2009 23 January 2009 - January 2010. Cliffe Castle 2009 sees the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work, ‘On the Origin of Species’.

Flower Power: 25 Years of the Bradford Botony Group 5 April -5 July 2009, Bracken Hall. Join us and celebrate the incredible world of many of the plants found in the Bradford District.