Forest of Imagination 2024

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Forest of Imagination returns for eleventh year

This year marks the eleventh Forest of Imagination, a contemporary arts and architecture event that is set to take over the Holburne Museum and Gardens from Wednesday 26 to Sunday 30 June 2024.  

The award-winning, free-to-attend event invites adults and schoolchildren to come along and experience a 'Biodiversity Ring: A million small acts', inviting everyone to think on behalf of the planet to make a difference every day. Forest of Imagination highlights the importance of nature connection and our collective imagination.

Forest of Imagination is a partnership between Grant Associates, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, House of Imagination, and Bath Spa University, alongside the wider creative, cultural, and educational community of Bath.

Bath Spa University is playing its part again this year, with staff, students and alumni all invited to be involved in the creative, cultural ecology of the forest. The University’s partner, the Holburne Museum and Gardens, also plays host to this year’s event.

Deputy Vice Chancellor of Bath Spa University, Professor Georgina Andrews introduced this year’s Forest of Imagination at the University’s Locksbrook Campus on the evening of Wednesday 5 June with the RSA team. Georgina celebrated the importance of nature and imagination in all our lives, and the role of creativity at Bath Spa University.

Forest of Imagination 2024 will be smaller than last year due to funding but beautifully formed as always, with high quality creative interventions. The fun-filled event reimagines spaces inside and outside the museum, transformed into a ring of playful, nature-inspired arts experiences, offering visitors the chance to immerse themselves in interactive multisensory interventions by local and international artists.

The festivities will also pop up at Bath Royal Literary Scientific Institution (BRLSI) in Queen’s Square too!

Forest of Imagination needs your help! Extra funds could really help to support the magic of the forest and especially artists’ fees.

Dr Penny Hay, Professor of Imagination at Bath Spa University said:

“It is important to all of us that the Forest of Imagination is free and for all ages. Everyone is welcome in the forest!”

Find out more about this year’s event, and if you’re able, contribute to Forest of Imagination.