Archive for category Art
Get creative in Campden
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Crafts, Events, Poetry on July 7th, 2010
Creative Campden presents a rich diversity of creative talent for you to visit and enjoy. Artists, writers, jewellers, photographers and musicians are amongst the many to whom Chipping Campden is home. The second Discover Creative Campden Weekend will be held from 17th – 19th September 2010, with plenty to see and do and events to attend. More activities are being planned so do keep a close eye on our website – www.creativecampden.co.uk.
Some of the events will be free to enter at any time; others will be by ticket only. The suggested starting point for your Discover Creative Campden Weekend is the exhibition of works by members in the Upper Town Hall. Here you will get a glimpse of the creativity which exists in Chipping Campden. But this is just a taster; to really appreciate both the weekend and the creativity visit the open studios and other events and to be announced in a creative trail around Chipping Campden. On Saturday you can enjoy teas, coffees and light lunches, together with some crafts in action by Chipping Campden’s Country Markets, in the Lower Town Hall.
Events include Abstract Art is Rubbish, Creative Cows, Chocolate Workshop, Made in Campden, Throw Your Own Pot, Painting in Action, and many more.
Painted Quartets Exhibition
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Classical Music, Events on July 2nd, 2010
The Painted Quartets exhibition — specially commissioned to mark the bi-centenary year of composer Joseph Haydn’s birth, and so well received at last year’s HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival — is being auctioned between July 2nd and 17th. It is a rare opportunity to purchase some exceptional and collectable pieces, from artists such as PJ Crook, Mila Judge-Furstova, Ana Bianchi, Gillian Lever, Lincoln Seligman and the designer Cath Kidston. Beneficiaries of the sale of the painted violins, violas and cellos are principally the National Star College in Cheltenham, together with Cheltenham Festival’s education programme.
The silent auction will run for the duration of the exhibition, which will be showing for the last time at the Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, during this year’s music festival.
Opportunities to view the work before bidding will be on Parabola performance days (30 minutes before and after each concert starts and ends). Private views can be arranged on concert days, if you are unable to attend during these times and have a serious intent in one or more of the instruments.
Bidding forms will be available at the Parabola Arts Centre or online. For further information and regular, highest-bidder updates, go to: cheltenhamfestivals.com/paintedquartets .
Wear your art on your sleeve
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Crafts, Events on June 21st, 2010
This August Painswick is holding its second Arts Festival, which will coincide with the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen’s annual summer exhibition which has been a feature in Painswick for some decades.
As a way of launching the Festival the village streets will be closed for a parade of extraordinary creations designed to excite our imagination, and the event starting at 12pm will be compeered by well known actor Keith Allen. The models will be twirling to music by local composer Jacqueline Kroft, and the creations judged by celebrities in the world of art and fashion Dan Chadwick and Selina Blow.
The winning entries will be displayed in shop windows in Painswick throughout the month of August. During August there will be exhibitions and open studios throughout Painswick.
What on earth is wearable art you may ask? It is the interpretation of one of the 3 chosen themes to create an extravagant, imaginative, bizarre, and maybe humorous but yet wearable creation with a real show stopping quality.
The themes for this year are:-
LAMB TO LOOM
QUEEN OF THE COTSWOLDS
POWER DRESSING (to reflect sustainable energy)
There will be categories for Primary schools, Secondary schools, College/Fashion/art students, Individual artists & Veterans.
There will be some very generous prizes to entice participants in the various categories, including work placements for art/fashion students, designer fabric, and some sizeable cash prizes, to name only a few.
Entry free if registered before June 1st; £10 between June 1st & July 2nd (entries close July 2nd).
For more details on participating, contact libbygraesser@clara.co.uk
Sotheby’s at Sudeley
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Events on June 18th, 2010
Sotheby’s is delighted to announce a new and exciting collaboration with Sudeley Castle with an inaugural selling exhibition of cutting-edge contemporary design to be staged in the spectacular grounds of the estate. The Sotheby’s selling exhibition, arranged in association with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, will showcase a series of one-off and limited edition pieces by leading contemporary artists and designers including Marc Quinn, Lionel Scoccimaro, Pablo Reinoso, Marcel Wanders, Jurgen Bey, Wendell Castle, Robert Stadler, Vincent Dubourg and Ingrid Donat, as well as the design ateliers Studio Job, Demakersvan and Atelier Van Lieshout.
Our personal favourite is the Wellness Skull by Atelier Van Lieshout. The human skull - a universal symbol for knowledge & wisdom – is transformed into a centre for indulgence & relaxation, housing a sauna, bath & shower, delivering a dramatic haze of steam from the eye sockets on the outside.
The exhibition runs until 1st August 2010 www.sudeleycastle.co.uk
Between 2 shores
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Crafts, Events on June 1st, 2010
The spaces along the two shores of Britain’s longest river provide the subject for the ‘Between 2 shores’ exhibition, hosted at the Old Passage Inn from 1st to 31th July. Included are works by photographers, painters, sculptors, ceramacists and printmakers who respond to the area’s landscape and the communities who make their living in this beautiful, fragile and volatile area.
River Severn ‘Art Walk’ - guided, creative walks with Walking the Land – Friday 11th June & Saturday 19th June.
As you photograph and sketch, our Walking the Land artists will offer creative guidance about subject choice, technique and process.
Portraits in the Cotswolds
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Events on May 20th, 2010
3 day painting workshop with Mike Skidmore in Fairford, Gloucestershire – Portraits in oils using glaze and impasto techniques.
New to portraits or simply wanting to explore fresh techniques, this three day, step by step workshop is right for you. Conducted in a positive, fun and non-judgemental way, you will gain confidence and be enthused by what you can achieve with a little help and encouragement.
Day 1: Discuss your work and ambitions followed by a demonstration showing preparation, drawing techniques and fixing. You will then prepare your canvas and produce a drawing ready for the next stage in the process.
Day 2: Slide show, talk and discussion on portrait techniques followed by a demonstration showing glazing methods. You will then work on your own painting to produce a tonal picture, using glazes, in readiness for colour.
Day 3: Interactive session to explore painting styles followed by a demonstration showing colour mixing and impasto techniques. You will then complete your portrait!
Worskhops are running on May 26th – 28th, June 23rd – 25th and July 28th – 30th.
For more information contact Cathy Shaw on: 01367 252 206 or email: cathy@mike-skidmore.com.
A Cotswold Scene
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Crafts on April 27th, 2010
Photograph the Cotswolds – Your chance to see your work exhibited at O3 gallery, Oxford Castle and win some great prizes.
This month sees the launch of a exciting new photography competition celebrating the beauty of the Cotswolds and giving you the chance to have your image showcased in a six week high profile exhibition at O3 gallery, Oxford Castle.
The competition is the idea of local landscape photographer Sarah Howard, supported by the Cotswolds Conservation Board and Blueprint Imaging of Witney. Sarah has lived in the Cotswolds for much of her life and has a particular affinity with the region. She is especially keen to promote its photographic potential; “Photography has seen a surge in popularity recently and with spring now here there’s no better time to get out there with your camera, make use of its wonderful creative potential, and engage with our lovely surroundings”.
Officially designated as the largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the country, the Cotswolds is known for being one of the most quintessentially English and unspoiled regions of the UK. With its gentle hillsides, river valleys and delightful honey coloured villages there is plenty to offer the photographer.
The overall winner will take away a 2 night stay (including dinner on one evening) at the historical White Hart Royal Hotel in Moreton-in-Marsh, plus a one day one to one photography workshop in the Cotswolds with Sarah. There are plenty of other fantastic prizes to be won too, including a fabulous Ricoh R10 camera for the overall youth winner, a half day Photoshop tuition with digital imaging expert Claire Reika Wright, a Manfrotto 190 XDB tripod and Lowepro mini trekker, courtesy of Morris Photographic plus a one years subscription to Outdoor Photography magazine and over £300 worth of Image Seen gift vouchers. There will also be an opportunity to win a commission for local Cotswolds publication The Four Shires in 2011.
The competition is open until 15th October & entries will be judged at the end of October.
Full details can be found at www.imageseen.co.uk/cotswolds-photography-competition
Cities at the Red Rag Gallery
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art on April 12th, 2010
The splendour, personality and romance of cities is the exciting subject of the forthcoming spring exhibition at the Red Rag Gallery in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire from 25th April – 9th May 2010.
Cities reflect the variety and vibrancy of different cultures and the exhibition, Cities, includes the work of several contemporary British artists for whom the city fascinates and stimulates. The exhibition offers distinctive and diverse interpretations of the atmosphere and life of some of Europe’s major cities –including London, Paris, Florence, Rome and Venice. The everyday rhythms, 
energy, colour and movement of city life are explored in a variety of media against a backdrop of lively buildings and urban scenes in all the seasonal variation of atmosphere and light.
See www.redraggallery.co.uk for full details.
The Kingham Plough Goes Pink
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Events, Food on March 22nd, 2010
The excellent Kingham Plough (Culture Vulture’s favourite pub) will be celebrating all things pink on Thursday, May 6th.
The Plough’s upstairs dining room will be adorned with an exhibition of Jeremy Houghton oil or watercolour Flamingo paintings. Meanwhile one of the cleverest kitchens in the Cotswolds will be serving pink drinks and canapes. You are invited to view the exhibition from 6 – 8.30pm in the upstairs dining room.
To reserve a place, call 01608 658838 before Monday 26th April.
Broadway Arts Festival
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Events on November 25th, 2009
Broadway Arts Festival is taking shape nicely for next year and looks to be another of those events where a Cotswold community creates an important cultural event by drawing on local passion and long term historical connections.
Broadway is a gem of a Cotswold village, very well known to US visitors and this Festival will do more to strengthen the link. The American painter John Singer Sargent created his masterpiece ’Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’ whilst staying in Broadway - having fled Paris where his painting of ’Madame X’, had scandalised the art world.
2010’s Festival will be between the 11-20th of June and the organisers have already secured loan from the Tate of important studies for the picture.