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Artists invited to submit ideas for Street LAB commissions

Exeter Phoenix and Blind Ditch are offering two £1,000 commissions to develop itinerant new work for new project Street LAB, a micro-festival of live art busking hitting the streets of the city during Art Week Exeter (13 – 21 May 2017).

The festival organisers are looking for entertaining and politically engaged concepts that bring audiences in public sites into lively encounters with contemporary live art practice with a musical twist. Street music is at the heart of historical debates around taste, place and disruption; often described as being democratic and open to anyone,...

Tony Law: A Law Undo His-Elf What Welcome

Event Date: 
05/03/2017 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Multi award-winning comedian, Tony Law embarks on a UK tour with a brand new show of the inimitable surreal comedy-art that has made him one of the most celebrated live performers in the UK.

In A Law Undo His-elf What Welcome, Tony Law is closer than ever to nonsense nirvana. Behold the comedy event horizon. Without a hint of a joke, this powerful show has achieved a sort of comedy which aims at making no sense at all and yet, and yet, and yet it means everything. Every dog damned thing ever. Science called and they want their goal back. Law has burst the net. You will feel sick...

New exhibition submissions requested

Authored by curatorex
Posted: Tue, 01/10/2017 - 11:29am

The programme of exhibitions at Exeter Community Centre has been rolled out and there are still spots to be filled.

Calling artists of all stripes - we don't charge a hanging fee or take a commission from your sales.

You are welcome to submit work for all three themes - we only hang group shows, curated from the work submitted.

Please drop us an email with a selection of images of your work. Email: exhibitions@eccentre.org

City law firm supports art initiative

A NEW initiative, which features artwork created by people living with dementia, has received support from legal firm Cartridges Law.

The company will be displaying work from local creative workshop Budding Friends in the foyer of its Cowick Street offices, in support of Age UK Exeter and dementia care in the local community.

The exhibition was launched at a private viewing with some of the artists, their family and friends, as well as the firm’s private client and reception teams. Everyone is invited to drop in and see the colourful displays.

Bridget Garrood,...

Hiroshige’s Japan: Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Event Date: 
29/11/2016 - 10:00am to 16/04/2017 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

A new exhibition of woodblock prints from one of the best known of all Japanese artists starts at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) on Tuesday 29 Nov 2016: Hiroshige’s Japan: Stations of the Tōkaidō Road.

The exhibition features 21 prints from Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, the series that made Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) famous. Hiroshige is considered one of the last great masters of the ukiyo-e tradition and his work had a direct influence on renowned western artists such as van Gogh, Monet, Cezanne and Whistler. Hiroshige is...

An Unusually Good Book Sale, with live musical accompaniment

Event Date: 
26/11/2016 - 11:00am
Venue: 
St Michael & All Angels Church, Mount Dinham, St David's, Exeter EX4 4EB

St Michael & All Angels Church in St David's -- the church with the tallest spire in Exeter, home to peregrine falcons -- is hosting An Unusually Good Book Sale on Saturday 26th November from 11am to 3pm in aid of the St David's Neighbourhood fund and the St Michael's Redecoration Fund. The sale includes cards and prints, cds, dvds and records and will feature live musical accompaniment by two highly esteemed local musicians, Matthew Wright, pianist (from 11am), and Nigel Browne, organist (from 1pm), who will also guide those who would like to play the church's Victorian pipe organ...

An Unusually Good Book Sale

Event Date: 
26/11/2016 - 11:00am
Venue: 
St Michael & All Angels Church, Mount Dinham, St David's, Exeter EX4 4EB

St Michael & All Angels Church in St David's, the church with the tallest spire in Exeter, home to peregrine falcons, is hosting An Unusually Good Book Sale on Saturday 26th November from 11am to 3pm in aid of the St David's Neighbourhood fund and the St Michael's Redecoration fund.

The sale includes cards and prints, cds, dvds and records and will feature musical accompaniment by two highly esteemed local musicians, Matthew Wright, pianist (from 11am), and Nigel Browne, organist (from 1pm), who will also guide those who would like to play the church's Victorian pipe organ...

Specialist fine art logistics company launches in Exeter

Authored by Charlie
Posted: Fri, 09/30/2016 - 10:11am

South West based freight forwarding company Isca Forwarding has launched a new specialist division, Isca Fine Art .

Established in 1981, Isca Forwarding has spent the last 35 years shipping consignments around the world. Over the last 10 years the company has seen a significant growth in demand from the Arts and Culture sector and already counts London based gallery Messums amongst its clients, as well as a range of artists from across the region.

Managing Director Jackie Evans, explains why the company decided to launch a dedicated offering to the sector:

‘Having...

My Dog Sighs at Exe Bridges

Authored by CAlgar
Posted: Sat, 09/10/2016 - 10:31pm

The exceptionally talented urban artist, My Dog Sighs made an appearance today at Exe Bridges, in St Thomas, Exeter, where he was joined by many other "great paint throwers" after having been invited to redecorate the undersides of the bridges on the banks. This team of craftspersons will be working Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September 2016, transforming the bridges into platforms of colour and vibrance, brightening up the city and giving the Exe Bridges area the new vivacity that it needs. Well done to all involved! It was fantastic being able to watch you work and watch you create...

Souvenirs from Home - Football Clubs & Craft Industries

Event Date: 
17/09/2016 - 10:00am to 06/11/2016 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Souvenirs from Home brings together work produced in the three-year touring project ‘Home Ground’. An exhibition and workshops travelled to six towns across the UK whose football clubs have nicknames linked to their traditional craft industries: these are Sheffield United (The Blades), Crystal Palace (The Glaziers), Stoke City (The Potters), Luton Town (The Hatters), Macclesfield Town (The Silkmen) and Walsall (The Saddlers). Work on display is made by local communities and club supporters who worked alongside selected artists. Zoe Hillyard helped The Silkmen supporters design unique...

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