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Devon Art Society Summer Exhibition

Authored by PatHarrison
Posted: Thu, 07/16/2015 - 10:30am

Members of the Devon Art Society will be displaying their finest works at St Annes Hall, Babbacombe Road, Babbacombe.

The show runs from Saturday 1 August through until Sunday 16 August and admission is free.

The exhibition covers classical themes with floral, still-life, figurative and landscape as well as seascape subject matters. There will also be some abstracts but much of the work covers beautiful scenes of the West Country. You will be able to enjoy some high quality paintings large and small at affordable prices.

The Devon Art Society of Torquay has a long...

Celebrate - summer craft exhibition

Event Date: 
24/07/2015 - 10:00am to 06/09/2015 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9AF

Celebrating 60 years of supporting South West makers the Devon Guild’s annual summer exhibition articulates notions of festivity and reflection that such milestones bring. This exhibition allows Members to showcase a real diversity of new craftwork. Along with storyboards, road signs and a new App, themes of heritage are combined with with new trends in making. Look out for free craft demos and drop ins at weekends through the summer.

Free. Open 7 days a week 10am to 5.30pm 01626 832 223 www.crafts.org.uk

Poet Sean Borodale in residence at Exeter Art Space

Authored by BelindaD
Posted: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 4:08pm

As part of TOPOS, an ongoing project by award-winning Exeter-based artist Volkhardt Müller to make and showcase a series of brand new works in response to the city and its populace, the TS Eliot-nominated poet Sean Borodale is artist-in-residence for a period of five days.

From 30 June to 4 July, Sean and Volkhardt will enter into a dialogue to produce a series of pamphlets in response to the city. The work will involve the staging of theatrical moments in the TOPOS space and it will be periodically open to the public – with the option to spectate or to participate.

“TOPOS...

Exeter Art Show

Event Date: 
04/07/2015 - 10:00am to 05/07/2015 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
The Maynard School, Denmark Road, Exeter

A fantastic opportunity to view the work of over 100 artists in the centre of Exeter.

With a vast choice of media, from ceramics to oil paintings, sculpture to automata; visitors can buy at prices to suit every pocket, from £10 to £10,000.

This event is being organised by The Maynard School and all the commission raised will be donated to the Children’s Hospice South West and to an Art Bursary for a Sixth Form student to attend the school.

Opening times

Saturday 10am-6pm

Sunday 10am-4pm

For further information visit www.exeterartshow.co.uk

Exeter School hosts WESC art exhibiton

Exeter School Art Department is hosting the annual WESC Art exhibition in the Art Gallery.

The Private View took place on Monday evening and was attended by special guest, Barrie Goodfellow, a local visually impaired artist who has been working with the pupils this year.

Irena Boobyer, WESC Foundation Art teacher, said: “This year, pupils and students helped to celebrate gaining the Artsmark by creating amazing mixed-media art artworks inspired by visiting artist Barrie Goodfellow.

“Mixing sand into paint to create texture was both messy and fun and the results are...

Phonic FM’s call to artists – deadline approaching

Authored by Phonic FM
Posted: Wed, 06/10/2015 - 8:56am

This September and October, England will host Rugby World Cup 2015. Three of the tournament’s matches will be played at the Sandy Park ground in Exeter.

With support from Exeter City Council, Phonic FM is inviting proposals for original creative audio portraits of Exeter and its communities, in some way exploring the reach and influence of the Rugby World Cup 2015 matches in the city.

These hour-long works will be broadcast on Phonic FM around the time of the matches at Sandy Park. They will also be posted online, shared with other broadcasters and deposited for posterity...

Fairy houses and paper giraffe on show in new exhibition

Freehand is a new exhibition of inspirational craftwork made by local young people and adults in workshops run by the Devon Guild, during 2014-15

Exhibition runs until Sunday 5 July.

The gallery will show objects made in a series of community workshops by Guild makers and artists, who worked with children and young people supported by social services and with complex needs, older people living in supported communities, refugees, adults with learning disabilities and prisoners from HMP Dartmoor. Together they have produced truly inspirational work including large paper mache...

What's in store at the Exmouth Festival?

Railway posters, a promenade performance of Jason and the Argonauts and a talk by author Tom Cox are amongst the happenings at Exmouth Festival.

This year’s Festival includes theatre, music, visual arts, westcountry traditions and activities for all the family. Highlights include:

• A commissioned artist will reinterpret the railway posters of the early 20th century, creating a new series of “Visit Exmouth” posters which will be displayed at railway stations from Paddington to Exmouth.

• Four of Swords will be performing their family-friendly adaptation of Jason and...

Afternoon Tea at Spacex: 23 May

Event Date: 
23/05/2015 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Spacex, Preston Street

Join Spacex for tea, cake and conversation.

We are opening the gallery to the public to celebrate the launch of our Kickstarter campaign and it is a chance for everyone to hear about our new programme.

We also invite you to share what you would like to see from Spacex in the future.

http://spacex.org.uk/

Work by artist who uses eye tracking technology on sale in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 05/12/2015 - 10:08pm

In an art, technology, and charitable first, Sarah Ezekiel - an artist diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease who paints using eye-tracking technology - will be selling her work in Furniture Village stores across the UK in order to raise funds and awareness for disability charity The Matt Hampson Foundation .

British artist Sarah Ezekiel was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) - also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease or ALS - in 2000. Since then she has been actively raising awareness for the illness by creating pieces of art with assistive eye-tracking technology made by Swedish...

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