The Contemporary Craft Festival returns to Bovey Tracey in June, bringing together 200 makers of contemporary craft including award winning silversmiths, potters, furniture makers, textile artists, glass makers, jewellery, 3D printing and even surfboards.
Families can enjoy the Children’s Craft tent with live music and a wide variety of great street food. The Talk Tipi returns with talks about differing aspects of craft plus workshops and craft demonstrations. Plymouth College of Art will showcase their inspiring opportunities in the Project Space focusing on textiles and print....
A giant slice of Devon country life packed with competitions and entertainment.
Highlights include the motocross stunt team the Bolddog Lings (fresh from Bollywood!) and Farm Wise Devon - a huge new interactive feature especially for children.
And, of course, there will be prize-winning livestock, scrumptious local food and drink, more Westcountry crafts than ever before and six packed show rings.
Further information and tickets: http://www.devoncountyshow.co.uk/
Helen Dunmore’s work has achieved notable success in a wide variety of genres – novels for adults, poetry, short stories, children’s fiction and picturebooks. She won the inaugural Orange Prize in 1996 for Fiction and her latest novel, The Lie (2014), is a bestseller. A former Chair of the Society of Authors, she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, as is Lawrence Sail, the Exeter-based poet. Together they discuss the writing life, in the close context of their own work. Sponsored by Exeter School. Organised by RAMM Development Trust, Registered charity no 1038570. The trust...
Exeter and its surroundings were home to some sixty religious houses, parish churches and chapels in the Middle Ages. Professor Nicholas Orme explains how they came into being and what they tell us about religion and society in the city up to the Reformation.
By National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) lecturer David Phillips. It’s hard enough telling whether your artwork is any good, but is it also socially acceptable? In an entertaining survey including artistic beauties as well as beasts, David Phillips will focus on what can make art socially questionable, concluding with a revealing explanation of Kitsch. Sponsored by Stones Organised by RAMM Development Trust, Registered charity no 1038570. The trust raises money through its patron scheme, sponsorship, events and grant applications.
Benedict Rubbra talks through his ideas about continuity and his search for a balance between chaos and order and the development of a technique that is based on the idea of making his own space in which he can express himself.
Join a 60-minute tour of RAMM’s permanent collection. Tickets are available online or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm. All tours of RAMM’s permanent collection and changing art exhibitions are available for private group bookings on mutually agreed dates from E ramm.extra@exeter.gov.uk or T 01392 265984. One-hour volunteer presentations are available for groups and society: RAMM or St Nicholas Priory (minimum donation of £40 to the RAMM Development Trust)...
Across the country museums open their doors for curious night time events. Enjoy the beauty of the Victorian museum in twilight.
This promises to be a special one: Indie folk band Stornoway will play. It's part a nationwide tour to celebrate the release of their eagerly anticipated third album. The band rose to national prominence in 2009 following a haunting performance on 'Later with Jools Holland'. Following this, Stornoway became the first ever unsigned band to play Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage.
The success continued with two top 40 albums and globe-trotting sell out...
After last years’ highly praised tour of The Tempest, ‘The Actor’s Wheel’ return toFaustus Image Cygnet with a collision of texts based on the Faustian myth. This highly visual and physical production utilises illusion, live music and a dynamic ensemble to entice the audience into a world of temptation. What would you sell your soul for?
