What's On: Exhibitions

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Sat 27 Oct 2018 to Sat 24 Nov 2018

Preview:
Fri 26 Oct 2018, 6pm

Lost and Found

Petra Freeman

Petra Freeman is an artist who grew up in the hamlet of Morwenstow in North Cornwall. After studying at Falmouth, Wimbledon and the Royal College of Art she went on to become artist in residence at the Museum of Moving Image on London's South Bank. The experimental painted work produced during the residency led to commissions by Channel 4 and the Arts Council to produce a series of animated works using oil paint on glass.

Petra's paintings, drawings and animations have been widely shown nationally at galleries including the Tate Modern, The National Portrait Gallery, I.C.A. and the... more

Thu 29 Nov 2018 to Sun 23 Dec 2018

Preview:
Wed 28 Nov 2018, 6pm

Artists Wall Exhibition

Nature in Poetry

Rose Hunter

An exhibition of original art work and linocut prints inspired by a varied selection of poems that celebrate the beauty and fragility of nature.

From classic poems many will be familiar with to lesser known new poems inspired by this exhibition. Organised by proseprints and raising money for local literacy projects.

Image: the Picardy Magpie inspired by the poem 'Magpies in Picardy' by the first world war Devonian poet and author  T.P. Cameron Wilson (1889 -1918)more

Thu 29 Nov 2018 to Sun 23 Dec 2018

Preview:
Wed 28 Nov 2018, 7pm

Christmas Crafts

Firmly established as one of North Devon’s most popular contemporary and traditional crafts events, The Original Gifts Exhibition once again kicks off the festive season in style with over 40 stalls by local artists and makers providing a fantastic selection of textiles; from quilting and felting to knitwear; furniture, woodwork & driftwood; paper and book crafts;  jewellery, glass, ceramics, basketry, ironwork, copperwork, leatherwork, candles, paintings and many other festive goodies including a great range of cards, decorations and fair trade gifts. 

Join us for mulled wine... more

Sat 12 Jan 2019 to Sat 09 Feb 2019

Preview:
Fri 11 Jan 2019, 6pm

Therapeutic Beauty

Paintings by People Supported by The Northam Care Trust

North  Devon Landscape in acrylic painted by Anne-Marie Dare and Lisa Brand who live in Christopher Lodge at The Northam Care Trust. 

Art mediums are being used by the Trust to support people with learning and physical disabilities to develop confidence and self worth, to develop talents and skills that are often ‘locked in’ through pieces of work in acrylic on canvas using mainly sponges and some brushwork. Art empowers people individually and contributes to societal change through a fully inclusive approach.... more

Sat 12 Jan 2019 to Sat 09 Feb 2019

Preview:
Fri 11 Jan 2019, 6pm

Laura Porter

Laura Porter has been selected for the Arts Council funded commission that explores the arrival of the Huguenots in North Devon - and their legacy. Graduating from Middlesex University in 2014 Laura has had several solo exhibitions, and has been nominated for the Collyer Bristol Graduate Award and... more

Sat 23 Mar 2019 to Sat 20 Apr 2019

Preview:
Fri 22 Mar 2019, 6pm

Radical Landscapes

Camilla Nelson

Radical Landscapes presents work from a range of language artists exploring the continuum between drawn, painted and written mark-making in the construction of landscape aesthetics.

Camilla Nelson is a British language artist and editor of Singing Apple Press. Her work explores human and other-than human intra-action through page-based poetry, installation and performance.more

Sat 23 Mar 2019 to Sat 20 Apr 2019

Skeleton Key

John Moat and Madeleine Dinkel

A small exhibition of ‘Skeleton Key’, taken from John Moat’s sequence of 41 short poems worked by the late Madeleine Dinkel in her exquisite calligraphy onto handmade paper. Madeleine made her own pens and fed in different coloured inks from above. Her use of varying forms superbly echo the feeling of the poems.more

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