
Photo Bethlem 2025
Bethlem Gallery
1 – 4 October 2025
Open 9.30am – 5pm, Wednesday-Saturday
Programme Outline
Guided Photo Walks
1 and 3 October, 1-2.30pm
4 October, 11am-12pm
Can we see the familiar in new ways? A guided photo walk at the gallery and surrounding grounds will attempt to do this in an open, participatory session, followed by the opportunity to share your images.
Bring your camera, phone, or anything else that can make images.
Talking Images: Artists in Conversation
2 October, 12.30-2pm and 2.30-4pm (Hybrid events)
Image-making and photography allow for new perspectives and ideas to emerge. It allows for artists and photographers to explore ways of seeing, and to share lived and sensory experiences visually.
These artist talks/conversations will feature the work and ideas of an artist in the development stage of their practice, offering a chance to share and explore their work in depth.
Featuring artists Beth Hopkins (2.30-4pm) and Peter Ball (12.30-2pm).
Crit Session / Share & Discuss Your Work
4 October, 2-4pm
An important part of art classes and degrees, ‘crits’ are often intense sessions that allow for precious opportunities to share your work, but often come with difficult criticism and high expectations for shared references and often inaccessible knowledge.
Through an open, friendly, and experimental format, this session aims to ‘rethink’ what a crit can be, focusing on the many ways we make, think of, process, share our work, and discuss ideas and thoughts about the images we see. Hosted by artist, facilitator, and learning practitioner Francesca Telling.
If you are an artist and want to discuss a piece of work that you can bring along, please register to take part in this session.