Posts Tagged stroud
Guild Of Craftsmen Summer Show
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Crafts, Events on July 29th, 2009
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.
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
site09: Stroud’s contemporary arts festival
Posted by Culture Vulture in Events on May 19th, 2009
site09
‘We are used to measuring a place by how busy the tills are. This is about measuring somewhere by its ideas’
This site festival now in its 13th year, presents the work of over 300 local artists in 83 sites across the Stroud Valleys during the whole of June. The site festival creates a platform for artists and artist collectives to show new work, to initiate new projects, and work collaboratively with other artists. Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA), the festival host organisation, will be opening its doors to invite you to a month long programme of exhibitions, open studios, film screenings, talks and performance. site09 is working in partnership with Alias, which is celebrating its 10 year anniversary to a programme of activities.
One of the best things about the festival is the opportunity to meet artists living and working in the Stroud Valleys and get to know their work. There will be two weekends of Open Studios with 116 artists inviting you to see their work within their working environment, buy directly from them and to talk about their practice. Pick up the Open Studios Directory for all the information you need to plan your studio visits. site09 also brings you an eclectic mix of performance nights ranging from experimental music with Sarah Kenchington and Daniel Padden, performance poetry from festival favorite John Hegley and punk jazz from The Blessing. More information can be found at www.sva.org.uk
The Sound of Textiles?
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Events, Live Music on March 17th, 2009
Stroud International Textile Festival (1-21 May, 2009) is an annual, innovative exploration of the wonder of textiles. And if that sounds like something for the initiated only… well think again and come down to the Stroud Valleys to have perceptions changed. These days textile artists create sculptural masterpieces that would grace any conventional art gallery. And Stroud’s event is world standard.
The organisers are always keen to diversify – this year Keith Tippett and Julie Tippetts play one of the most unusual gigs of their career as they bring contemporary jazz to the Stroud Subscription Rooms as part of the Festival, on Sunday, 3rd May. Tickets on 01453 760960.
British Printmaking Festival 2009
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Crafts, Events on March 4th, 2009
The Impress 09 festival will bring together some of the best of British printmaking including the work of our own local printmakers. It will be a true celebration of the art of printmaking, often overlooked in the world of Fine Art. On show will also be some of the finest prints from around the world, in anticipation of our international festival in 2011 –IMPRESS ’11. Among the contributions from stars of the art world will be work in the prestigious Curwen Collection, lent by Tate Britain. This includes prints by Paula Rego and Henry Moore. Running from February 28th – March 29th in Stroud and the Five Valleys.
Stroud Open Studios
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Crafts, Events on February 25th, 2009
This years festival promises a ravishing and eclectic mix of exhibitions, art, image and performance that will take place in and around Stroud, the Gloucestershire town that does so much to champion the arts. SVA, the organiser behind site09, will open up its doors for the whole month of June as the main site for the festival. Open Studios, an essential ingredient to Site09 is taking place on the weekends of 13th – 14th & 20th – 21st of June, with more than 100 participating artists.
Stroud International Textile Festival
Posted by Culture Vulture in Art, Events on February 11th, 2009
Some of the countries leading artist-makers will be appearing at the Stroud International Textile Festival in May 2009.
The Festival is now in its fourth year, and is the UK’s only Festival that celebrates and profiles contemporary textile art linked through to traditional textile culture. It takes place in venues throughout the Stroud Valleys in Gloucestershire. 2009 will see new work from Matthew Harris – Trace Elements ; Jacy Wall – tapestries; Hilary Bower- textiles & mixed media; Mary Butcher – willow and reclaimed materials; Michael Brennand-Wood, Margot Selby, Rachel Gornall andRuth Waller & Lee Hewett will delight and surprise our senses with colour, texture and movement; and Dawn Dupreewill be bringing printed textiles alive.