Internationally renowned music icon Bob Dylan will have a vibrant selection of his art on show in Exeter in a retrospective exhibition that brings together works released annually from 2008 to 2014, all from his critically-acclaimed collection: The Drawn Blank Series. All of the pieces are hand-signed by the artist.
The exhibition at Castle Galleries in the city will be showcasing the best of Bob Dylan’s art released over the last six years – inspired while he was on the road from 1989 to 1992 - and will be on display at the Cathedral Yard venue, from Saturday 28th February, for...
Local artists have again been brightening up the corridors of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with their annual Friends and Family art exhibition.
Now in its 16th year, the exhibition has been organised by Exeter HealthCare Arts to showcase the work of the local arts community who have a connection to the hospital. The exhibitors include talented RD&E staff, outpatients and former patients, who have all loaned their work to help brighten up the hospital environment.
Exeter HealthCare Arts (EHCA) is the ‘arts for health’ project for the RD&E. It delivers a range...
CCANW presents three distinctive yet intertwining projects from Oliver Raymond-Barker, including an original look at Natural Alchemy - a project produced as Creative Affiliate at The University of Exeter’s Environment & Sustainability Institute during 2013-14.
Sixteen selected graduates and early career makers challenge and celebrate traditional notions of design with fresh new approaches to contemporary crafts
A fascinating and unusual new artwork has been added to the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus, in the form of a sculpture wound around the branch of a tree and suspended in mid-air. The sculpture, entitled White Entwined, was created by Devon artist Deborah Duffin. Organic in shape, it hangs from the tree like huge exotic flower, fading from pink to white and is made from a multitude of wire collected over many years. Duffin often uses recycled materials in her work and observes the natural world to inform her creative process. The explanation for her interest in creating a sculpture...
Art-lovers are lining up to be part of an exciting new project that sees Exeter and its people taking a starring role in a series of artworks.
The project – TOPOS – is taking over an empty city-centre office space and through its crowdfunding campaign offers the opportunity to be part of a living landscape – digital recreations of famous landscapes - or even to commission an original piece of art.
Deborah Clark, owner of Southernhay House was one of the first to sign up. She said: “I've been bitching about the lack of a serious contemporary art scene in Exeter since I...
As part of [ art : weapon ], the MolinoGroup will be supporting two local theatre companies in developing work inspired by the themes of the residency. Creating work which explores the relationship between art and conflict, Squiffy Cabaret and New Model Theatre will produce brand new pieces as a double-bill – presented to audiences for the first time.
Squiffy Cabaret is an Exeter based theatre company founded by Anya Williams and Magda Cassidy that creates new and contemporary music-based theatre. Squiffy Cabaret won the 2014/15 Bike Shed Theatre Graduate Company Residency, and...
Exhibition runs Saturday 20 September – Sunday 9 November
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9AF
The exhibition takes its direction from Common Ground, a Dorset charity who explored the relationship between nature and culture through areas such as music, sculpture, poetry and film. The Devon Guild is breaking new ground by using the media of craft to celebrate the charity’s idea of ‘local distinctiveness’ or ‘the unique characteristics such as customs, myths or plants’ - of a neighbourhood or small community.
