The shiny new ‘Owls in Transit’ van pulled up at the Paragon School to deliver their owlet, but before Chief Owl Wrangler Ian Wells had a chance take it to reception, Paragon pupils had taken ownership and carried owlet down to the playground to meet fellow pupils and their Owl and the Pussycat wood carvings. … Read More
Our new Owls in Transit van will soon become a familiar sight around Bath, as Owls and Owlets are delivered to artists and sponsors around the city and surrounding region. The Ford Transit van has been very generously loaned to the project for nearly 10 months by Allen Ford, which also provided vans for the … Read More
An Owlet was welcomed to Twerton Infant School and Nursery by a group of artistic 6 and 7 year old children, chosen to decorate their owlet for this summer’s Owls of Bath sculpture trail. The owlet was donated to the school by the Bath Percent Club and will be displayed in a mini ‘parliament’ of decorated … Read More
Gold Sponsor The Bath Percent Club has chosen Bath artist Emma Rose to decorate its large Owl and has donated its Owlet to Twerton Infant School for them to decorate and display as part of the Minerva’s Owls trail this summer.
The Owlery, which is part of the Bird of Prey Rescue Centre at Newton St Loe, near Bath, took delivery of their owlet sculpture this week and introduced it to some of the other Owlery residents.
Private hospital BMI Bath Clinic in Combe Down is one of the latest businesses to sponsor an Owl.
Headline sponsor SouthGate Bath is providing a nesting home for blank owl sculptures arriving in Bath from the fibreglass factory near Andover.
The Silver Shop of Bath, based in Union Passage, has signed up as an Owl sponsor after seeing the benefits of sponsoring its ‘King of Bling’ Bath Lion sculpture eight years ago.
Check out our video of the official launch of Minerva’s Owls of Bath 2018 at The Roman Baths on Tuesday 6th February.
A host of regional media and bloggers mingled with sponsors, charity partners, artists, Bath dignitaries and event organisers at The Roman Baths for the official launch of the Minerva’s Owls of Bath sculpture trail this week.
BBC TV’s Ali Vowles reported on the launch of Minerva’s Owls of Bath with feature pieces on BBC Points West, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC Radio Somerset.
Discover how the Owl sculptures were conceived and made with the help of local sculptor Alan Dun.
Minerva’s Owls of Bath is the latest in several high-profile sculpture trails in the South West, which have driven strong economic impact in the last decade.
A Bristol engineering company has been ‘elected’ to create the master sculptures for a giant ‘parliament’ of owls, which will take up perches across Bath and the South West for a colourful public art sculpture trail taking place this summer.
