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12:42pm Thursday 18th March 2010
COINCIDING with the Cheltenham Festival is a celebration of contemporary Irish art at the Red Rag Gallery in Stow from this week.
12:35pm Thursday 18th March 2010
SPRING is bursting into bloom at Ragley Hall with the arrival of the crocuses on the Spring Bulb Bank. The gardens are now open at weekends from 10am to 6pm, while the house and state rooms are also open on Sundays from noon to 4pm.
12:12pm Thursday 4th March 2010
The Red Arrows will perform at the Cotswold Air Show on June 19, which is being held in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund. The arrows were based at RAF Kemble, now Cotswold Airport, in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. In addition to the Red Arrows, the show includes an RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Team Viper Strikemaster jet aircraft, the Yakolevs display team and the Swift Glider Aerobatic Team. Tickets are available online from tomorrow. For details, visit cotswoldairshow.com.
12:08pm Thursday 4th March 2010
Worcestershire County Museum is offering two new art and craft courses.
12:05pm Thursday 4th March 2010
A TEXTILE artist is exhibiting her latest work at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, this month. Wendy Hughes has produced Fragments, an exhibition that runs from tomorrow until March 24. Wendy lives and works near the town producing items that cross the line between fine art and textile design. Her work also includes wearable accesories such as hats, fascinators, bags and jackets.
12:04pm Thursday 4th March 2010
A PAINTING workshop called Can’t Paint, Will Paint is being held at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester from 10am-4pm on Saturday, March 13. All materials are included in the £42 fee. To book call 01285 657181.
12:09pm Thursday 18th February 2010
SCULPTURE fans can enjoy a new exhibition at a Chipping Campden museum.
12:04pm Thursday 18th February 2010
SCENES of the Cotswold countryside will form part of a new exhibition at The John Davies Gallery in Moreton.
12:28pm Thursday 11th February 2010
artist John Robinson returns to his roots to show a collection of new paintings at the Bevere Vivis Gallery in Worcester.
12:10pm Thursday 4th February 2010
THERE will be a chance to learn how to create willow structures for gardens at The Subscription Rooms in Stroud on Sunday, February 28. The workshop, hosted by Norah Kennedy, costs £30, including all necessary materials. Booking is essential by calling 01453 760900.
12:10pm Thursday 28th January 2010
THE Gallery at Bevere, near Worcester, is bringing together six sculptors to brighten up Febuary. New exhibitors Michael Flynn, Mo Jupp and Claire Murray are joined by returning sculptors John Maltby, Emma Rodgers and Christy Keeney for Figuratively Speaking. The exhibition runs from February 6-28. Details at beverevivis.com.
11:12am Thursday 17th December 2009
AN exhibition by award-winning illustrator Tony Meeuwissen finishes this Saturday at Stroud’s Subscription Rooms. Tony, a Stroud resident for 30 years, has adorned postage stamps, Penguin book jackets and V&A-commissioned cards with his intricate and witty designs which have delighted viewers for decades. For more details, call 01453 760900 or visit stroud.gov.uk/subrooms.
11:09am Thursday 17th December 2009
A FESTIVE exhibition of ceramics, paintings, jewellery and wood will be on display at The Gallery at Bevere in Worcester. It runs until Thursday, December 31, and features work by Sasha Wardell, Tony Laverick and Peter Beard. There will also be an exhibition of prints by illustrators including Quentin Blake, Eric Hill and Anita Jeram. For details, call 01905 754484 or visit beverevivis.com.
10:36am Thursday 10th December 2009
THERE is lots to do at Stratford Armouries in the run-up to Christmas. On Saturday and Sunday, December 12-13, a Christmas market and fun fair is taking place. On the following weekend, a vintage gathering includes a Christmas market and dog show. Stratford Armouries is on Gospel Oak Lane in Pathlow, near Stratford. For details, visit shakespearesrally.com
10:35am Thursday 10th December 2009
Onya McCausland has an exhibition called Clearwell – Relocated Landscape at the Pittville Studios in Cheltenham, until Friday, December 18. It is open Monday to Friday from 10am-4pm.
10:34am Thursday 10th December 2009
work from the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen will be shown at Court Barn Museum in Chipping Campden. Fine Sparks offers visitors a chance to admire or buy work from the guild, which was founded in 1933. Feltmaker Anne Rogers, bookbinder Christopher Rowlett and glass artist Amanda Lawrence will all be showing their work. The exhibition runs until Sunday and entry is free.
12:12pm Thursday 26th November 2009
WORK by Inkberrow artist John Harris is on display at the village’s pavilion. The painter has just returned from exhibiting in Dubai, Oman, South Africa and Kenya. The display is open until 9pm today and from 10am-6pm tomorrow.
12:04pm Thursday 26th November 2009
THE three Rs will dominate the latest Yellow Hat Tribe art exhibition at Brookfield Ostrich Farm Gallery at Church Westcote, near Stow. The 3Rs exhibition – in this case rucksacks, rambles, rivers – opens tomorrow and runs from 10am-7pm daily on the following two days and then from 10am-5pm daily until Monday, December 21.The Yellow Hat Tribe is the creation of Irene Tyack, who began painting at the age of 50 after being inspired by her husband’s tales of Africa. Doodling on the envelope of a bill she could not afford to pay, Irene drew a picture of a tribe living in a desert and all wearing yellow hats.The intervening 10 years have seen Irene sell many of her Yellow Hat Tribe paintings, which cost up to £20,000 each. This latest exhibition will see the tribe exploring their local area and wearing subtly different clothing.
11:58am Thursday 26th November 2009
A CERAMIC painter who has retraced his classical routes after hosting workshops on the Greek island of Alonissos presents an exhibition of his work in Worcester later this month.
10:44am Thursday 19th November 2009
AN exhibition of paintings inspired by the Cotswolds will be in Cheltenham later this month. From November 27-29, Japanese artist Takumasa Ono will show watercolours, screen prints and pictures created using traditional Japanese brushes. Proceeds from the event will be given to the Friends of the Cotswolds. Mr Ono said: “I love the Cotswolds and have always enjoyed trying to capture the beauty of this landscape and I’m looking forward to establishing a new partnership with the Friends of the Cotswolds.” The paintings will be on show at the Cotswold Grange Hotel, in Cheltenham.
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