A vibrant, creative and colourful exhibition showcasing the many talented artists across all years at GTS. The artwork has been created using a variety of materials from many interesting starting points from Mayfair, festivals and fairgrounds to name just a few.... more
Children from Great Torrington Bluecoat C of E Primary School have been working hard to develop a range of artistic skills; they have loved expressing their ideas creatively and have been inspired by a range of artists and styles - from sketching in the style of Charles Keeping to creating beautiful silhouette scenes and carnival masks!more
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
Radical Landscapes presents work from over 30 leading language artists including Hanna Tuulikki, Richard Skelton,Lawrence Upton, Alec Finlay, Judith Tucker & Harriet Tarlo exploring the continuum between drawn, painted and written mark-making in the construction of landscape aesthetics. The online catalogue can be found at ... more
John Lane (1930 - 2012) was a painter, writer and educationalist. He was Chairman of the Dartington Hall Trust, founding director of the
... moreNorth 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
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
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
