Cheltenham Art
What's On and Art News
(Updated 12th May 2008)
Cheltenham-art.com will be keeping you up-to-date with the latest news about art in Gloucestershire, as well as highlighting exhibitions taking place in the county. Galleries are welcome to send e-press releases to the Webmaster, by clicking the icon below, or sending information by post to Andy Lloyd, P.O. Box 144, Gloucester, GL4 5YL.
Cotswold Art Club
Lower Slaughter Hall
A new exhibition of paintings by members of the Cotswold Art Club
Lower Slaughter Village Hall
21st May - 3rd June 2008
1st Day 1pm - 5.30pm, then daily 10am - 5.30pm
Cheltenham
Open Air Art
Exhibition 2008
The exhibition dates this year are 21st June to 20th July 2008.
As usual, artists who are interested should contact Frances Arrow for details on (01242) 243673.
There are only a few screens left in
Week 2.
Cheltenham has a brand new art centre in Montpellier Gardens. The enclosed exhibition space is being used by local artists and groups, and back-to-back exhibitions proving highly successful. Visit their website for details of exhibitions, and to see their Virtual Gallery:
The Wonderwall Gallery, Cirencester
Michael B. Edwards; ‘On the Beach’, reproduced with permission
‘Summer Colour’
The Wonderwall Gallery in Cirencester opens its ‘Summer Colour’ exhibition on Saturday 17th May.
The show includes paintings by leading artists including David Wheeler and Jackie Cox, sculpture from Sophie White and Joanna Cooke, and glass by Malin Blomgren. Also included in the exhibition are brand new paintings by the well-known Gloucestershire artist Michael B. Edwards. ‘We are delighted to have Michael’s very latest paintings as part of our exhibition’, explains Gallery owner David Bloomfield. ‘Michael has returned from his travels in Spain and his latest work captures the colours, mood and atmosphere of the country beautifully and will be a particular highlight of this years summer show’.
The exhibition continues until July 27th.
The Wonderwall Gallery, Gosditch St, Cirencester
(01285) 650555
Tues - Sat 10am - 5.30pm, free
Red Rag Gallery
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eproduced with permissionA painting by Red Rag Gallery artist Simon Davis has been short listed at one of the UK’s major art award events - the prestigious National Gallery BP Portrait Award 2008.
The Portrait Award, sponsored by BP, is an annual competition aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop the theme of portraiture in their work. Of the 1,727 entries received, 55 paintings have been selected to appear at the exhibition opening at the National Portrait Gallery in London on June 12. The winner will receive £25,000 and a £4000 commission, which will enter the gallery's permanent collection. The exhibition will be on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London from 12 June - 14 September 2008.
Simon Davis, who has a background in illustration and graphic design, has already successfully exhibited art work in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition at the Mall galleries in London in 2006 and 2007. For his short listed portrait of his friend Amanda Smith, Davis was influenced by a study undertaken by Toulouse-Lautrec of his mother. Davis lives in the Midlands in Evesham.
Davis says: ‘I had previously painted a number of closer-in portraits of Amanda, but this time I wanted the composition to have a calm and contemplative feel to it with a lot of space around it’. The sitting took place on a sunny Sunday morning at Amanda’s house.
Davis only started showing his paintings in commercial galleries four years ago when Red Rag Gallery first spotted his undoubted talent. Since then Simon has gone from strength to strength. In 2005 he was elected a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and then last year was accepted to join the prestigious Royal Society of Portrait Painters. His main gallery continues to be Red Rag where examples of his paintings are usually on display.
Simon Davis paintings can be seen at Red Rag Gallery's current art exhibition 'People and Places' which opens Sunday 27 April
Red Rag Gallery
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Sandy Brown:
Ritual - The Still Point and and The Dance
Ceramics inspired by the spontaneity of dance.
Until 31st May 2008 , free
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Clarence Street, Cheltenham
(01242) 237431
Mon - Sat 10am - 5.20pm
Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, nr Gloucester
£3.60, conc £3, under 8s free, family £11
Wallsworth Hall,
main A38,
Twigworth,
Gloucestershire,
GL2 9PA
Tel: (01452) 731 422
The Guildhall, Gloucester
Jenny Westbrook
Mixed media works
Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1NS
(01452) 503050
Tues-Saturday 10.30am - 3pm
Martin's Gallery
Imperial House, Montpelier Parade, Cheltenham
Wed-Sun 11am-6pm
01242 526044
Web Address: www.martinsgallery.co.uk
'Prema' Arts Centre, Uley
Cate Fox
Textiles and piecesmade from found objects
To 28th June 2008
(01453) 860703
Mon - Fri 10am -6pm, Sat & Sun by appointment
Newark Park
Mike Henton: Photographic Exhibition
1st-31st July 2008
Newark Park, Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge
(01793) 817666
Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun 11am - 5pm
Stroud Valleys Artspace
John Street, Stroud
(01452) 751440
Mon,Wed & Fri 9.30 - 2.30pm
Stroud House Gallery
Stroud House Gallery, Station Road, Stroud
(01452) 750575
Wed - Sat 10.30 - 5pm
Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth
(01453) 837537
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm
The Subscription Rooms, Stroud
The Subscription Rooms, George Street
(01453) 760900
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
Brewery Arts Coffee House, Cirencester
Brewery Arts Coffee House, Brewery Court, Cirencester
(01285) 657181
Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 9.30am - 5.30pm
Corinium Museum, Cirencester
Poulton Hoard
Bronze Age gold artefacts found in Poulton, including rings and bracelets, believed to date from between 1300-1100BC.
On-going exhibition
Admission £3.90, concessions
Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester
(01285) 655611
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 2pm - 5pm
The Museum in the Park, Stroud
Anthony Abrahams
A collection of works from the renowned sculptor
Until 26th April 2008
The Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud
Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 11am-5pm
(01453) 763394
Cotswold Art Club
Church House Talks 2008
‘Along the Canal (South Cotswolds)’ by Michael B. Edwards (Reproduced with permission)
Michael Edwards gave a superb demonstration of his new acrylic technique to a packed audience in April 2008. Here is an example of his new work.
All meetings begin at 2.30pm on the third Saturday of the month.
Sabre Art Gallery, Quedgeley
Sabre Art News
GANet’s show at The Old Crown received good reviews from visitors and it was good that a new and slightly unusual venue was tried. Gloucester is not the easiest of places to exhibit; with a distinct lack of facilities, so artists have to be particularly flexible and take the best advantage of any offer of space.
(We are now thinking of the possibility of combining the Art Trail with a pub crawl!)
Public Art Strategy – Gloucester. Barry Leach of the City Centre Community Partnership has gathered the information received following the public consultancy and hopes to circulate the results in the next 10 days. If you have any further comments, or amended comments to add, please do so quickly; [barry_phoenix@msn.com]
Jenny Westbrook’s show at The Guildhall continues this month. If you are unaware of her work; which is richly colourful, womanly and witty, then you’re in for a new treat. (These are my words, not hers. I’m not sure whether ‘womanly’ is good English, but I dislike the negativity that is sometimes wrongfully attached to ‘feminine’!)
SABRE ART NEWS – Please remember that we are closing the gallery in June to catch up with work (and possibly some rest) and to take part in SVA Open Studios. Dave will be showing work at my home studio with me this year on the weekends of 7/8th and 14/15th June at Greenacres, The Knoll, Cranham, GL4 8HR. Open 11am – 6pm. Please come and visit.
Cranham Country fair is also on the 7th June I believe, so those of you with children may want to double up on a visit, or maybe take a walk in the woods afterwards.
We’ll have the ‘Family Trees – 1000 hands’ panels ‘on hand’, so you can make your impact on this community artwork too.
Sabre Art, 32, Sabre Close, Green Farm Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4NZ.
Tel: 01452 397479
Open: Thurs. & Sat.10am–5pm - Fri.10am-3pm, or phone to visit on other days.
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