A great hoot was had by all at our recent ‘Meet the Owls’ evening for Owl sponsors and businesses interested in finding out more about this summer’s interactive city-wide sculpture trail. Owls of Bath artists, supersized owl sculptures, owl sponsors and owlets gathered at Spaces, Bath’s new co-working office space, to hear more about the … Read More
(News story published in the Bath Business News on April 13th) Innovative Bluetooth technology developed by Bath firm Blispa will make this summer’s Minerva’s Owls public sculpture trail in the city the UK’s first fully interactive attraction of its kind. Beacons from the firm will allow visitors to interact with the super-sized owl sculptures that … Read More
Nine-year-old Jack Hills’ plea to Bath businesses to sponsor an ‘Owlet’ for his school for this summer’s Minerva’s Owls of Bath sculpture trail It’s been a personal obsession since he was knee-high to a grasshopper and with his bedroom jam packed with owl toys, owl paintings, owl books and owl games, nine-year-old owl fan, Jack … Read More
To mark the royal visit of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Bath, one of our Minerva’s Owls artists, Angus, has created ‘Meghan Sparkles’ a commemorative design in search of a sponsor for this summer’s public art sculpture trail. In the design ‘Meghan’ can be seen wearing the Spencer Family tiara (rumoured to be what … Read More
Congratulations to the 50 leading Bath businesses which feature in the Bath Chronicle’s Business Guide 2018. The guide also includes a profile on the Minerva’s Owls of Bath sculpture trail and reports on some of the major developments taking place in Bath, such as Bath Quays and Bath Riverside, which have both sponsored eye-catching, super-sized … Read More
Fabulously talented 17 year old Bath artists Naomi Johns is decorating an Owlet for The Owlery in Newton St Loe. Naomi’s owlet will be completely decorated with… yes, Owls! Can you guess which species these owls are? The Owlery forms part of a Bird of Prey Rescue Centre at Newton St Loe and features a … Read More
Children from the B&NES Young Carers Centre in the Lower Bristol Road have now finished decorating their super-sized Owlet! Congratulations to everyone involved for your artistic talents – we can’t wait to see Ono in person! Ono (pronounced Oh No!) will go on display in the SouthGate shopping centre during the public art sculpture trail … Read More
A beautifully decorated owl, painted by celebrated local artist Richard Twose, will be nesting in a prime location just outside The Ivy Bath Brasserie in Milsom Street for this summer’s Minerva’s Owls of Bath sculpture trail. The Ivy Bath Owl, pictured here with Richard Twose and Katja Kammerer, General Manager at The Ivy Bath Brasserie, … Read More
One of the blank Minerva’s Owls of Bath has landed in Sainsburys in Moorland Road! Local Councillor Will Sandry is keen for Moorland Road to have one of the eye-catching Owl sculptures to decorate and display this summer. As all of the Owls will be featured on the Owls of Bath app and over 10,000 … Read More
A blank Owl and Owlet are currently perched at Milsom Place where they will be nesting for a few days before they fly off to their artists for decoration. If you’d like to meet the owls and admire their fresh-faced beauty before they are transformed by their artists, do head down for a closer look. … Read More
Staff from RUH Bath’s Oncology and Therapy departments and Big Ted were delighted to meet newly hatched Owl and Owlets, which swooped into the hospital yesterday for some TLC before heading off to their artists for decoration. 70% of the profits from the auction of the large Minerva’s Owls of Bath sculptures will be donated … Read More
The Team from MHA Monahans has chosen Bath artist Jo McCarron and Bath designer Chris Dawson of tallhatDesign, creator of our Owls of Bath website, to decorate their owl sculptures. One of the Monahans Owls will be greeting clients outside their office in Manvers Street and the other will perch in a prime spot in … Read More
Award-winning BBC wildlife TV presenters Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan have become official ‘Owlbassadors’ for Bath’s forthcoming sculpture trail – Minerva’s Owls of Bath. The two presenters, who currently co-present the BBC’s popular Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch series, are both keen owl fans and swooped at the opportunity to be involved with the Owls of … Read More
Some of the hard-working Bath BID rangers met a couple of Owls in Bath Street recently where they sized up their surface area, as they have very kindly offered to give the flock occasional bird baths during the summer whilst on duty around the city! The parliament (as a group of owls is known) will … Read More
The Royal High Junior School has sponsored an owlet for their pupils to decorate for this summer’s public art sculpture trail. Owlet arrived for his first day at the school, which is surrounded by 11 acres of beautiful gardens. Cuckoos could be heard in the grounds, but there was only one owl on the register. … Read More
We are delighted to welcome Norland College as a Gold Sponsor of the Minerva’s Owls of Bath 2018 sculpture trail. Dr Janet Rose, Principal of Norland College said: “Having recently celebrated Norland’s 125th anniversary and our 15th year in Bath, we are really excited to further cement ourselves in the local community by being part … Read More
