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(Updated 1st July 2009)

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Cheltenham Open Air Art Exhibition

The exhibition begins on Saturday 20th June 2009, and will be opened by the Mayor of Cheltenham at 10a.m.  All are welcome!  The exhibition will run daily from 10a.m. to 8p.m., with different artists each week, until 19th July 2009.  Please come and support our popular annual event in Imperial Gardens, opposite the Queens Hotel.

 


'The Gardens Gallery'

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 view their Virtual Gallery of exhibitions which have already taken place during 2007 and 2008, as well as what's in store in 2009:

www.gardensgallery.co.uk

 This month's exhibitions at the Garden's Gallery:

1 – 7 July 2009

Jan Whitton:  Exhibition of Landscapes and Seascapes.

This year, in addition to Jan Whitton's traditional landscapes, the centre piece of the exhibition is a series of works inspired by her view of life beneath the waves.

Pastels & oils

 

8 – 21 July 2009

‘SuB roSa’: Judith Barker,  Belinda Durrant, Jane Garbett, Annie Hobson, Barbara Southcott, Caroline Tate, Pippa Tideman and Carolyn Watts

A group comprising eight artists who work in a variety of disciplines through an entrancing exploration of the hidden and the implied.

 

22 – 28 July 2009

‘Phat Yamma’s Art Club’:  Paul Carpenter, Simon Slater & Emma Robertson

A mixture of medium/large scale oil & acrylic work, abstract colour field & mixed media pieces.

 

29 July – 4 August 2009

‘Fire & Ice’:  Millie Joynes & John Bromley

An exhibition of images & ceramics.

 


Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum

Then and Now

To Sunday 21 June 2009, free

Uncertain Weather

To Sunday 21 June 2009, free

Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum

Clarence Street, Cheltenham

(01242) 237431

Mon - Sat 10am - 5.20pm


Cheltenham Town Hall

Richard Cannon: Leading Lights

A photographic portrait exhibition celebrating Britain's young pioneers in the fields of science. engineering, maths and technology.

To 7th June, free

Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham, GL50 1QA

Box Office: 0844 576 2210

The Exhibitions are in the Buffet and can be viewed during the daytime, events permitting

www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk

 


Meantime Arts Space

Freya Gabie 

 

Starting with the surface of objects or environments, Freya Gabie employs a strategy of ‘subtle bullying’ of material (casting, carving, splicing, stacking, breaking) to manipulate, re-model or shift the character of the original, which is often humourous and/or perverse.


Opening: Wednesday 15th July, 7-9pm

Also open: Saturday 18th July, 11am-3pm 

MEANTIME

Oxford Passage

off St Margaret's Road

Cheltenham

GL50 4EF

 

Directions and further information at http://meantime.org.uk/

 


Sudeley Castle Grounds

Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

(01242) 602308

Mon-Sun 10.30am - 5.30pm

Entry £7.20, & concessions

 


Gloucester Folk Museum

Gloucester Folk Museum, Westgate Street, Gloucester

(01452) 396467

Tues-Saturday 10am - 5pm

 


 Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

Colourful Gear

Landscape paintings, cartoon drawings and poetry by people who are homeless or have once been.

To 4th July, free

Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, Brunswick Road, Gloucester

(01452) 396131

Tues-Saturday 11am - 5pm

 


The Guildhall, Gloucester

Joined Up Art

Work by GANet and artists from Gouda

To 30th May, free

Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1NS

(01452) 503050

Tues-Saturday 10.30am - 3pm

 


Nature in Art

 Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, nr Gloucester

Anthony Gibbs: Life in detail

Paintings by the artist, including his famous White Tigers Ever Watchful.

To 21st June

20 Years of Collecting

 A highlight of collectable artefacts from the museum's collections.

To 21st June 

£4.50, conc £4, under 8s free, family £13, under 8s free


Wallsworth Hall, main A38, Twigworth, Gloucestershire, GL2 9PA


Tel: (01452) 731 422

Nature in Art

 


The Wildlife Gallery, Slimbridge

A Walk on the Wild Side

To Friday 17 July 2009, admission price applies

The Wildlife Gallery, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge

0870 334 4000

Sat -Mon 9.30am -5pm, Sat & Sun by appointment


'Prema' Arts Centre, Uley

Freya Cumming

To 6th June, free

Neil Spalding

To 6th June, free

 

(01453) 860703

http://www.prema.demon.co.uk/

Mon - Fri 10am -6pm, Sat & Sun by appointment


Stroud Valleys Artspace

John Street, Stroud

(01452) 751440

Phone for times.


Stroud House Gallery

Stroud House Gallery, Station Road, Stroud

(01452) 750575

Wed - Sat 10.30 - 5pm


Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth

 
Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth, Old Bristol Road

(01453) 837537

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm


The Subscription Rooms, Stroud

Site 09 Open Studios Exhibition

An overview of the art on offer as artists around Stroud invite you into their homes, studios and workshops.

Sat 30th May - Tues 30th June (except 14 & 21 June), free

The Subscription Rooms, George Street

(01453) 760900

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm


The Space, Lansdown, Stroud

Elemental: Ruth Davey, Sam Mukumba and Nikki Simpson

Photography and sculpture exploring the essential elements in the surrounding world.

To 11th June, free

The Space, Lansdown

(01453) 767576

Sat & Mon-Thu 10.30am-4.30pm


The Museum in the Park, Stroud

The Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud

Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 11am-5pm

(01453) 763394


The Wonderwall Gallery, Cirencester

Summer Exhibition

 

The show includes new paintings by leading artists including Rachel Milne, Alexa Davenport and Michael B. Edwards.   

Also included in the exhibition will be a series of cow portraits by leading animal painter Sue Moffitt.  Sue travelled down from her home on Northumberland to paint portraits of some of the cows grazing freely on he beautiful limestone grassland of Minchinhampton Common, near Stroud.  Sue was born near Corbridge, Northumberland and grew up on a large dairy farm.  Her family have been farming for generations, originating from Hunday Farm, near Workington, Cumbria. Her grandfather established the now famous Hunday Herd of Holstein Friesians.

 “The strong bond with dairy farming is so rooted in my psyche that I have continued to paint cows for the last 10 years and will probably continue to do so till I die!” explains Sue.  Sue had heard so much about the cows roaming on Minchinhampton Common that she was very keen to meet them. 

“On several occasions they stood in the middle of the road oblivious to the traffic waiting patiently to pass through”, comments Sue.  “They wandered down the narrow lanes past homes and gardens, stopping at anything that aroused their curiosity, even more so when I arrived with sketch book and camera to hand, they allowed me to share some time with them.  Despite the vast space they roam, I kept coming across some of my favourite faces and those which stood out to me in terms of some quirky characteristic.”

Sue’s work has been exhibited in many venues throughout the North East, Cumbria and Lancashire, the demand for her unique style of cow portraits has spread around the UK and internationally.

“Many artists attempt to paint cows, although no-one seems to quite capture the individual personalities and quirky characteristics of the animals quite like Sue”, comments Wonderwall Gallery owner David Bloomfield.  “Her portraits reveal a strong understanding of the animals that can only come from living and working with them over many years”. 

9th July until 8th August.

The Wonderwall Gallery, 7 Gosditch St, Cirencester

(01285) 650555

Tues - Sat 10am - 5.00pm, free

www.thewonderwallgallery.com

 


New Brewery Arts, Cirencester

Sheep from Lamb to Loom: Kate Lynch & Alastair Goolden

Oil paintings and charcoal drawings of farming life and industry.

To 21st June, free

Theatre Space, Brewery Arts Coffee House, Brewery Court, Cricklade Street, Cirencester

(01285) 657181

Mon - Sat 9am - 5pm, Sun 10am -4pm

www.breweryarts.org.uk


Quenington Old Rectory

Quenington Old Rectory, Church Road, Cirencester

(01285) 750358

Sat-Sun 10am - 5pm , Mon-Fri by appt only

 


Corinium Museum, Cirencester

Music of the Eye

Celebration of the 10th anniversary of the British Association for Modern Mosaic.

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


Cotswold Art Club

Church House Talks 2009

All meetings begin at 2.30pm on the third Saturday of the month.  Cotswold Art Club members only.

Sat 20th June        Martin Abrams, Pastel Artist

Sat 19th Sept        Jacqueline Williams        Oil Painting

Sat 17th Oct          TBA

Sat 7th Nov            Lorna Maria Stevens, Figurative works oil

 

Club Exhibitions

Stow on the Wold -- 17th August - 1st September 2009

Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham -- 25th November to 8th December 2009


Sabre Art Gallery, Quedgeley

Sabre Art News

Sabre Art, 32, Sabre Close, Green Farm Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4NZ.  

Tel: 01452 397479

www.sabreart.co.uk

Open: Thurs. & Sat.10am–5pm - Fri.10am-3pm, or phone to visit on other days.


Red Rag Gallery

Essentially English – John Lines

Reproduced with permission

An art exhibition by leading British contemporary artist John Lines RBSA GRA is taking place at Red Rag Gallery from 7 June to 21 June. For Lines, the exhibition is a celebration and record of England today featuring landscapes, marine and urban scenes across the UK.  John Lines has a distinctive, strong and individualistic style. Low in palette colour Lines chooses scenes and situations reminiscent of L S Lowry.  His paintings evoke similar emotions – childhood memories, humour, industrial decline, romance, and nostalgia. And as always his paintings are beautifully crafted. 

Lines says: “I simply paint through honest eyes.” But there is more to his paintings than that – he also displays an excellence in observation and composition together with talent for uncovering day to day beauty in the most unlikely places.    For the exhibition Lines has toured the British Isles painstakingly recording scenes. Although landscape and marine are included it is the gritty urban scenes – canals, factories, back to back houses and railways that dominate.  All the paintings are in his preferred medium of oil.

From: June 7 to 21 June 2009

Red Rag Gallery
Church Street
Stow on the Wold
Gloucestershire
GL54 1BB
+ 44 (0) 1451 832563

www.redraggallery.co.uk


Martin's Gallery

Imperial House, Montpelier Parade, Cheltenham

01242 526044

Web Address: www.martinsgallery.co.uk


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