A series of artists’ talks in association with Exeter College’s Centre for Creative Industries. Limited places available to the public.
Laura Reeves
Laura Reeves (b.1987) grew up in Exeter but now lives and works in Swansea. Laura graduated from Cardiff School of Art and Design in 2012 specialising in sculpture and received the Eistedfodd Young Artist Scholarship shortly afterwards. Laura will discuss the transition from recent graduate to artist.
Kris Drever’s voice and guitar forms part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots scene.
A member of Lau, a band widely regarded as the epicentre of the new folk boom, and winners of the BBC Folk Award for Best Band for three years running, Kris is also widely admired as a solo artist and collaborator.
Kris will be playing with Éamonn Coyne, a leading figure in the youngest generation of Irish folk musicians.
As described in the scriptures, watch the nine primary emotions experienced by ‘Shiva’ the Lord of Dance, unfold through dance, stories and music. Displayed through Bharatanatyam (classical Indian dance) by one of the UK’s most talented young Bharatnatyam dancers, Vibha Selvaratnam With Carnatic (South Indian Classical) musicians from India. Including narration in English.
Free Bharatanatyam class on Wednesday evening with show of a ticket.
A collection of new paintings, collages and drawings. Working intuitively and quickly with few if any revisions, Piper lets the materials take the lead stopping when something new and interesting appears that resonates with something hidden inside.
Imagine the tone of Robin Trower, the inspiration of Hendrix, the influence of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the energy of Bonamassa, the intensity of Walter Trout and the haunting vocal of Stevie Nicks all rolled into one…
Described as a prodigy, at 14 Chantel was told by major labels ‘great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that!’ Wisely ignoring that advice, she enrolled at the world-renowned Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark, with 18 distinctions. Chantel left with a First...
When it comes to a distinctive sound, exceptional duo Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin have shown they are in a league of their own. One of the most inventive and captivating rising acts on the acoustic roots scene, together, they won the Best Duo category at this year’s BBC Folk Awards.
Phillip is one of the UK’s top slide guitarists and harmonica players; his innovative harmonica style combines country blues and folk styles with beat-boxing to create a jaw dropping and much coveted 21st century harmonica sound heavily steeped in tradition. He has studied the Delta blues bottleneck...
Unique Boutique are bringing their market back to the Exeter Phoenix from 11am to 4pm.
With many stalls to browse, with stalls including glass beads, decorative accessorizes, ceramics, and the fashionable upcycled furniture. Along with many sorts of fashion, drawings, cards and textiles.
Perfect for gifts, a treat for yourself or if you're just wanting to support local artists.
Entrance is free to the Phoenix with minimal charges for workshops if you wish to take part.
For more information, https://www.facebook.com/uniqueboutiquemarkets .
The Welsh pop rock band, Kids in Glass houses have announced they are to split and have also released details of a farewell tour. This tour will be brought to the Exeter Phoenix on Monday 6th October.
They have previously released four albums and their latest release was Peace. They will be playing classics from all albums. They have played Exeter before and hopefully Exeter will give them a good send off.
Tickets cost from £14.50 and are available online at We Got Tickets or you can buy tickets from the Phoenix.
The annual Acoustica Festival is back again this year and it’s bigger than ever! From 12th-14th September the festival is taking over the city playing at venues around the city including The Phoenix Arts Centre, The Bike Shed Theatre and The Old Firehouse.
The festival will showcase genres such as Alt Folk, Folktronica and Americana which are the roots of Folk music. Students from the Academy of Music will perform also.
On the 11th September at the Globe Inn, Newtown, there will be a warm up event for the festival from 8pm which is FREE!
