Event Type: Local / Community

Takes Place: 9th May 2026

Time: 11am-4pm

Venue: Bristol Central Library

Description: Samuel Loxton was a commercial artist whose pen-and-ink drawings were created for newspapers - designed to sit beside stories, articles, and ballads, helping readers imagine a scene in an instant. But when these images are separated from their original texts, something interesting happens: the picture remains, and the story disappears. This workshop invites you to step into that gap. What You’ll Be Doing Using a selection of Loxton’s original drawings, you’ll explore how images generate story—and how words can return to them in new, unexpected ways. You’ll be invited to try prompts such as: Write the newspaper caption that never ran. Write the story behind the illustration in 100 words or fewer. Write from the point of view of a background figure. Write the headline, then the scene beneath it. Write the moment just before or just after the image.  Who This Is For Open to all. Ideal for anyone who loves art, history, or storytelling. Why? For the fun of it - for creativity, imagination, and discovering Loxton’s art. To celebrate a Bristol artist during Local and Community History Month. 

How to book: Drop-in

Email: refandinfo@bristol.gov.uk

Website: https://bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=338755

Organiser: Bristol Libraries

Region: South-West England