The Owls of Bath have landed in The Telegraph today in a feature about city-wide sculpture trails taking place across the UK this summer, including Gromits in Bristol, Cotswold Hares, Robins in Nottingham, Bees in Manchester and Penguins in Dundee! The Minerva’s Owls of Bath trail is named after Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom … Read More
This summer, Curo’s delighted to welcome Mulberry Park’s newest resident to the neighbourhood. Mowlberry Beak is coming to roost outside the marketing suite on Bradford Road as part of a city-wide sculpture trail. Curo is proud to sponsor the Minerva’s Owls of Bath sculpture trail, which takes inspiration from the Roman Goddess Minerva, whose … Read More
It hasn’t just been the wonderful weather causing visitors to Bath to smile broadly this week. Thousands of visitors have been flocking to the city to get a first glimpse of the colourful owl and owlet sculptures which have been nesting in and around the cities sights, shops and restaurants since they were installed last week. ‘Trailblazers’ … Read More
The Mayor of Bradford on Avon, Councillor Alex Kay, unveiled ‘Frida Owlo’, Bradford on Avon’s addition to the Minerva’s Owls of Bath Trail yesterday. The colourful, eye-catching Owl, located at the end of the town bridge and was painted by Bath artist ‘Bunny’ who was inspired by the world’s first truly global woman painter, Mexican … Read More
The 20cms tall paint-your-own white plaster mini-owls will be available soon, along with Owl posters, children’s colouring books, Owl mugs and t-tOWLs. Please keep your eye on the website for news of their arrival! Owls of Bath 2019 calendars and the official Owls of Bath book will be landing later in the summer. If you … Read More
BMI Bath Clinic is inviting the local community to discover its own medical owl sculpture, to be unveiled as part of the Minerva’s Owls of Bath 2018 Trail. Dr Tawny, ‘Privoot GP’ will be on show at Bath Clinic and accessible from the National Trust Skyline, Combe Down. WHEN? Saturday 30th June, 10.00 -11.00am WHAT? Pop-up owl … Read More
Thirty giant Owl sculptures swooped onto Bath’s world famous Royal Crescent today to launch the city’s newest sculpture trail, which begins this month. The eagerly-anticipated Minerva’s Owls of Bath event takes place between 25th June –10th September. Altogether, it will feature over 80 large Owl and smaller Owlet sculptures. It is the latest public art … Read More
Over 80 super-sized interactive owl sculptures will soon be landing on the streets of Bath and surrounding area for this summer’s Owls of Bath 2018 sculpture trail. The trail officially starts on Monday 25th June, but owls will start taking up their perches from Wednesday 20th June.
News of this summer’s Owls of Bath trail has flown far and wide and we’ve had some great support from the media. The high profile public art event has featured on the BBC and ITV, in national media including The Guardian, The Times and The Sunday Independent, in consumer magazines, on radio, and across regional … Read More
Visitors flocking to Bath this week have been in for an unexpected surprise, as they stumbled upon artist Emma Taylor producing some exquisite art in the sunshine outside Abbey Hotel.
Any beady-eyed viewers might have spotted a cameo appearance by some of our Minerva’s Owls ‘flock’ on ITV West Country on Tuesday night (5th June). A selection of the newly decorated owls made an appearance…
A fantastic flock of eye-catching, decorated owls is winging its way to Nest HQ from artists’ studios across the region in readiness for this summer’s Owls of Bath trail, which starts on Monday 25th June. Artists’ imagination knows no bounds! Some owls have had their heads chopped off so that secret and wonderful interactive objects … Read More
Children from Combe Down Primary School couldn’t believe their eyes when a large white owl came to roost in their playground! The owl, part of this summer’s Minerva’s Owls of Bath sculpture trail, was donated to the school by Curo. Curo’s sales manager, Susan Harrison handed the owl over to head teacher, Jane Gascoigne and … Read More
Decorated Owls are starting to return to Nest HQ from their artists’ studios and spending time getting to know each other before the Owls of Bath 2018 trail starts on 25th June. A beautiful sunny day was the perfect opportunity for a mini-parliament of owls to head up to the world famous Royal Crescent for … Read More
‘Aled Bre-hoo’ the Owl meets his namesake Aled Brew and team-mates Zach Mercer, Kahn Fotoali’i and Freddie Burns Bath Rugby goes Owl-Out this summer! We are delighted to welcome Bath Rugby’s new winger “Aled Bre-hoo” to the scrum of supersized owls, which will be nesting across Bath this summer! Aled will be perched at Pulteney Bridge … Read More
Celebrating World Heritage Day 2018 with Roman soldiers, the Roman ‘Goddess Minerva’, real owls and supersized owl sculptures in front of the Royal Crescent in the World Heritage city of Bath was a perfect way to mark the annual event! Over three thousands residents and visitors to the city swooped down to the Royal Crescent … Read More
