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Sotheby’s at Sudeley

Culture Vulture — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:42:31 +0000

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

Summer in Gloucester

Culture Vulture — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:31:32 +0000

With over 30 great events happening this summer in Gloucester you can experience fireworks, live music, carnival, open air cinema and theatre, sport, family fun days, exhibitions, motorcycle and car shows, choral and blues festivals and even a real beach all bringing the city to life by day and by night.

July sees Open Air Theatre, Gloucester Carnival & the World Together Festival, whilst August includes Volleyball, Witches & Wizards, Seaside Fun and a celebration of Jamaican Independence Day.

Find out more at www.thecityofgloucester.co.uk/site/whats-on/summer-in-gloucester

Stroud Pharma’s Market

Culture Vulture — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:49:13 +0000

Pharma’s Market is a flower and produce show by Cleo Mussi at The Museum in the Park Gallery, Stroud. The culmination of a two-year research project exploring the contrasting imagery of historical and contemporary farming, the exhibition connects traditional ideas about food, agriculture and animal husbandry with modern developments in stem cell research and genetic modification.

‘Pharma’s Market’ is a mosaic installation exploring the contrasting imagery of historical and contemporary farming. Although the setting of the exhibition is a traditional agricultural fair, visitors will experience an exhibition with a distinctly contemporary twist. Cleo Mussi has an engaging story to tell, and her characters, from life-sized ‘robo-rabbits’ to ‘space scientists’ and ‘bucolic farmers’, all jostle for their part in the plot. Her mosaics are made from recycled china, and her stories are derived from the real world of science and medicine, albeit reconstructed through the process of her own particular visual imagination and surreal sense of humour.

Illustrated Talk by Cleo Mussi - Saturday 10th July at 2.30pm – tickets £4

‘Meet the Artist’ (Cleo Mussi) drop in event for families on Sunday 11th July, 2pm – 4pm

To book call: 01453 763394 www.museuminthepark.org.uk

Between 2 shores

Culture Vulture — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:48:36 +0000

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.

These morning ‘ArtWalks’ of around 5 km along the magnificent River Severn start from The Old Passage Inn.

As you photograph and sketch, our Walking the Land artists will offer creative guidance about subject choice, technique and process.

Booking is essential. Check our website:

www.walkingtheland.org.uk or call 01452 812224 for details.

A Cotswold Scene

Culture Vulture — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:20:17 +0000

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 15^th October & entries will be judged at the end of October.

Full details can be found at www.imageseen.co.uk/cotswolds-photography-competition

The Kingham Plough Goes Pink

Culture Vulture — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:05:40 +0000

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

Culture Vulture — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:56:54 +0000

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.

Guild Of Craftsmen Summer Show

Culture Vulture — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:10:21 +0000

The Painswick Summer Show is a selling exhibition across a range of media such as jewellery and furniture. It runs 1-31 August with demos at weekends.

Saturday 1 August
Toff Milway – salt glaze potter
Paul Spriggs – furniture maker

Saturday 8 August
Anne Rogers – feltmaker
Sarah Pearson Cooke – Shibori textiles

Saturday 15 August
Richard Bossons and Rita Dawe – stonecarvers

Saturday 29 August
Susan Early – basketmaker – “Willow World”
Val Michael – leatherworker

Locals in the know head for the Summer Show sharpish as the best work sells first. For more details click here. Painswick is a beautiful Cotswold village near Stroud, with several good pubs and places for lunch. The Rococo Gardens are just up the road.

Slimbridge Wetland Centre’s Summer Exhibition

Culture Vulture — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:38:29 +0000

Slimbridge Wetland Centre is usually associated with outdoor views over the Severn Estuary, flights of geese and swans – a firm favourite with families.

The recently added visitor centre includes a gallery and is a under-

appreciated space for art exhibitions. Between May 3rd and June 30th, the theme will be ‘At Home with Nature’ with Emma Ball, Libby Edmonson, Martin Cheek and Lisa Katzenstein bringing a mix of mosaic, ceramics, acrylics and watercolours, with work inspired by wildlife and landscapes.