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BRISTOL

WEEK OF APRIL 13 – 19, 2026

THIS WEEK (1) NEXT 4 WEEKS (10)

THURSDAY - 4/16

Bristol Art Museum

Watercolor for Intermediate (& up) with Lana Quann, The Wandering Brush: Advancing in Watercolor at 10:00am - 1:00pm ♡ watercolor class

TUESDAY - 4/21

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum

Fairy Houses ♡ fairy houses

THURSDAY - 4/23

Bristol Art Museum

Watercolor for Beginner & Intermediate Students (& up) with Lana Quann, The Wandering Brush: Basics and More at 10:00am - 1:00pm ♡ watercolor class

FRIDAY - 4/24

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum

Pollinator House Workshop at 10:00am, 12:00pm ♡ pollinator house

SATURDAY - 4/25

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum

Arbor Day Festival and Bristol Community Day at 11:00am, 3:00pm ♡ arbor day

Bristol Art Museum

Magic Colors & Flowers: Silk Painting Workshop with Lidia Mikhaylova at 1:00pm - 4:00pm ♡ silk painting

SUNDAY - 4/26

Bristol Art Museum

Open Studio Time at 1:00pm - 3:30pm ♡ open studio

SATURDAY - 5/2

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum

Toad Abodes! at 10:00am, 12:00pm ♡ toad abodes

Bristol Art Museum

Introduction to Cyanotype with Kim Arthurs at 1:00pm - 2:30pm ♡ cyanotype workshop

SATURDAY - 5/9

Bristol Art Museum

Advanced Cyanotype with Kim Arthurs at 1:00pm - 4:00pm ♡ cyanotype workshop

TUESDAY - 5/12

Bristol Art Museum

Spring into Colored Pencil with Kendra Ferreira at 9:30am - 12:00pm ♡ colored pencil

ALL VENUES

Adaptive Aquatics Lessons in Bristol - SafeSplash Audubon Nature Center & Aquarium Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum Bristol Art Museum Bristol Events & Celebrations Bristol Historical & Preservation Society Bristol Parks & Recreation Bristol Theatre Company Bristol Town Events Children's Activities Events Calendar - Trumba Coggeshall Farm Museum East Bay Gymnastics Inc. Herreshoff Marine Museum Linden Place Rogers Free Library

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