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A warm welcome to Open Studios 2023

"When I moved to Stroud in January 1997, Stroud Valleys Artspace was in its infancy. I’d left a studio in a semi-derelict warehouse in Lancaster, and found a studio in what was then a semi-derelict warehouse in John Street where I joined an eclectic group of artists who became the core of Stroud Open Studios.

Artists opening their doors and inviting you into their working spaces, seeing where and how people work, and connecting the art with the people who make it is what sustains this wonderful annual event. It also enables you to buy pieces direct from the artist.

The Taster Exhibition, with examples of work by every artist, enables you to choose where to go, and who to see; from experience it’s impossible to visit them all!

This year, following major surgery, my studio will not be open so I will visit studios I’ve long wanted to see. I hope to bump into you along the way!"

Chris Bingle, artist.

May Darbyshire, Artist in Residence at SVA

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SVA

John Street, Stroud

office@sva.org.uk
www.sva.org.uk

SVA provides artist studio spaces and an artistic programme. SVA was set up in 1996 by artists for artists. The first Open Studios was held 6 weeks after moving into the building.

SVA presents a year round programme of exhibitions and events in John Street and the Brunel Goods shed.

Textiles Studio

Liz Lippiatt

Textiles Studio

07929 412246

liz@lizlippiatt.com

Fine crafted cloth designed, screen-printed, dyed and devoré.

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Kathryn Clarke

Textiles Studio

07773 692322

kjc72@talktalk.net

Screen printed textiles, garments and accessories.

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Melanie de Gray Birch

Textiles Studio

07740 942020

mel.buckingham@btinternet.com

Gathered lampshades and soft furnishings. Working with retro, vintage & block print fabric.

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Alanna Gray

Textiles Studio

07483 251298

alannagraydesigns@outlook.com www.alannagraydesigns.com

Conceptual and sensory mixed media art and textile design inspired byv nature, science and spirituality with an emphasis on sustainability and conscious design.

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Stroud Town Centre, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

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April Shackleton

Textiles Studio

07855 363617

agshackleton@gmail.com

Playful headpieces inspired by reimagining the old to create something new.

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Corinne Hockley

Textiles Studio

07957 468940

corinnehockley@hotmail.co.uk

Mixed media textiles with a narrative thread.

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Harry Pegler

1st Floor Summerfield Studio

07852 883456

harrypegler.hp@gmail.com

Social-Documentary photographer focusing on collection based & journalistic photography

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Lorna Kerr

1st Floor Summerfield Studio

07743 604852

lornakerrart@outlook.com www.lornakerr.com

Creator of interactive, immersive work that encourages play. Viewers are invited to enter an imagined reality among the installations, sculptures, murals, and costumes.

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Mair Hughes

2nd Floor Summerfield Studio

mairkhughes@hotmail.com www.mairhughes.com

Mair Hughes reincarnates artefacts and ideas from the past under new guises, working with drawing, ceramics & installation.

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Stroud Town Centre, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

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Daniel Austin

2nd Floor Summerfield Studio

07734 295378

dsta5@hotmail.com

I work in drawing, painting, wood and metalwork.

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Stand + Stare

2nd Floor Summerfield Studio

info@standandstare.com www.standandstare.com

Stand + Stare is an interactive design studio. We combine digital and physical experiences that connect people. Come and hear about our latest projects.

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Painting Studio

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Adam White

Studio 7

www.adamwhiteartist.co.uk

A retrospective studio opening for Adams work. Adam passed away on Christmas Day 2022, aged 54. He wanted as many people as possible to continue to enjoy is wonderful work so his studio will be open.

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Zoe Heath

Studio 8

07807 803904

zoe@zoeheath.co.uk www.zoeheath.co.uk

Work inspired by found objects andephemera. I combine collage, paint, print and drawing to create pieces that range from assemblage to artists books.

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Jo Casling

Studio 9

07855 980575

jomaycasling@gmail.com

Small and large abstract work. Drawings. Constructing spaces with found materials by sewing, chopping, painting.

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Stroud Town Centre, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

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Lola Henderson

Studio 10

07778 782379

lolaviolethenderson@gmail.com/ www.lolahendersonart.com/

Lola is an artist/maker who works with many mediums and materials. Her current focus is large abstract pieces using a combination of oils, inks and metallic powders.

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Lily Ryan

Studio 11

07508 133938

lilyryanartmail@gmail.com www.lilyryanart.co.uk/

Lily is a pet portrait & wildlife artist, working with soft pastels and offering highly detailed commissions. She “captures the different personalities perfectly!”

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Jimmy Croft

Studio 12

jimmycroft15@gmail.com dangervitchandneptune.com/

Painter and one half of dynamic duo, Dangervitch & Neptune; film makers and leaders of Mould collective.

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Evie-Lola Minney

Studio 12

07445 660809

evielolaminney@gmail.com www.dangervitchandneptune.com

Multimedia works, the products of an ever-questioning mind. One half of art duo, Dangervitch & Neptune and leader of Mould Collective. Art available to buy.

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Athene Greig

Studio 13

07783 946125

athenegreig@gmail.com www.cargocollective.com/athenegreig

I use watercolours working intuitively. My paintings are subtle and sensitive in their nature. Currently influenced by matrescence and experimental female writers.

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Abigail Ford

Studio 14

07522 350661

abbiiieford@gmail.com

Conceptual and sensory mixed media art and textile design inspired byv nature, science and spirituality with an emphasis on sustainability and conscious design.

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Stroud Town Centre, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

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Archie Taylor-Roach

Studio 14

07842 195815

archietaylorroach@gmail.com

I am a multi-media artist focused on the relationship between humans and nature, and the disconnect that we have today.

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Kelly O’Brien

Studio 15

07595 353426

kellyobrienphoto@gmail.com

Documentary artist, Photographer and Educator.

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Hatty Frances Bell

Studio 15

07763 359197

kellyobrienphoto@gmail.com hattyfrancesbell.co.uk/

Filmmaker and photographer. Hatty’s practice is grounded in a deep rooted interest in humanity.

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Ritu Sood

Studio 16

07949 545373

ritusoodart@yahoo.com
ritu-sood.com/

My aim is to create visual ‘portals’ into seeing what connects us through the common languages of nature’s colours and our instinctive reading of the body.

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Sculpture Studio

Aimee Lax

Sculpture 1

07899 743358

aimee.lax@network.rca.ac.uk aimeelax.co.uk/

Other worldly sculpture and installation, rooted in the Anthropocene.

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Stroud Town Centre

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Ann-Margreth Bohl

Sculpture 3

07733 961075

annmargrethbohl@gmail.com

Geological observations and imaginings, drawings and beeswax casts.

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Emily Joy

Sculpture 4

07963 781384

emilyjoysculpture@hotmail.co.uk

Socially engaged installation artist researching ecological loss and climate resilience. Sculpture, drawing and printmaking.

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Kes Wilkie

Sculpture 5

07763 359197

wilkiek@outlook.com

Sculptures and drawings that often imagine tools, contraptions and other phenomena caught in their own obscure dreaming.

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Alison Cockroft

Sculpture 6

07790 886126

alisoncockcroft65@gmail.com alisoncockcroft.com/

Mixed media drawing and sculpture. Ecological thinking digging into relationship, connection and loss. Also socially engaged community projects.

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SVA John St. Gallery

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SVA John St Gallery

4 John Street, Stroud

GL5 2HA

07899 743358

An exhibition by Vera Boele-Keimer, Adam Hedly, Mahali O’Hare and Karolina Ptsazkowska. This exhibition spotlights artists from across four of the major studio spaces in Bristol.

See slide 42 for more information

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Stroud Town Centre

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Nicola Builder

Weven, 21 George Street

Stroud, GL5 3DP

07815 712792

info@waywardweaves.co.uk waywardweaves.co.uk/

I share the practice of SAORI, a Japanese form of weaving that encourages ‘self-innovation’. Includes an exhibition of people’s woven responses to their local area.

Weven is on the one-way street between Five Valleys Shopping Centre and Subrooms

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Henry MacKeith

First Floor Cacao Circle

2 Bedford Street

Stroud, GL5 1AY

01453 766673

hzmackeith@yahoo.co.uk

Oil paintings done outdoors, often while walking. I aim to share an enjoyment of light and shadow, the elements, and the life of public demonstrations.

Opposite Simpsons fish and chip shop, street behind Sub Rooms

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Danny Spinner

Second Floor Cacao Circle

2 Bedford Street

Stroud, GL5 1AY

hellodannyspinner@gmail.com

Inspired by natural forms and synthetic materials, Spinner’s graphically curated sculptures employ an ornamental yet minimal aesthetic.

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Katie Beard

44 High St

Stroud, GL5 1AN

01452 942139

rooksmoorpress@gmail.com rooksmoorpress.co.uk/

Owner of Rooksmoor Press and QEST scholar. I design and letterpress- print books in metal type, working with publishers and artists creating bespoke limited editions.

Top of High Street, turn left past ‘The Door’ shop.

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Jessica Taylor

44 High St

Stroud, GL5 1AN

07743 550439

jjandblue@gmail.com

Eco-Alphabets, up-cycled paper collage and detailed typographic design. Collecting and adapting everyday packaging to comment on how to treat our planet.

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Kirsty Tallon

135 Bath Rd

Stroud, GL5 3LL

07751 181076

ket@broodydesigns.co.uk broodydesigns.co.uk/

Specialising in vintage vehicles & aviation subjects, Kirsty mainly uses pen & ink & watercolour. Other commissions include animals and birds, people, architecture Nr. Golden Cross, nearby parking on Walkley Hill. Studio in back garden.

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Beth Quarmby

143 Bath Rd

Stroud GL5 3LL

07801 568240

bethquarmbyillustration@gmail.com bethquarmbyillustration.com/

Exploring gesture and line to create paintings and collage layered with texture and led by play.

Nr Dudbridge traffic lights, nearby parking on Walkley Hill. Studio is at the top of the back garden.

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Alison Vickery

Morven St Chloe, Amberley,

Stroud, GL5 5AS

07904 548321

info@alisonvickery.co.uk alisonvickery.co.uk/

Work infused with light and colour, Alison has a passion for drawing and mark making inspired by the beautiful world around us. A range of media.

From A46 go up Culver Hill to Amberley. 1st left at cattle grid, 2nd right signed to St Chloe, studio is 3rd house on left.

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Annie Hewett

Frogmarsh Mill

Frogmarsh Ln

Stroud, GL5 5ET

07976 927503

ceramics@anniehewett.co.uk

Wheel-thrown, sgraffito-decorated domestic tableware.

Frogmarsh Mill is on the A46 between Stroud & Nailsworth at S.Woodchester. Studio access via stairs, leading to ‘Personal Best Studio’...

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Alice Early

Frogmarsh Mill

Frogmarsh Ln

Stroud, GL5 5ET

07497 602952

alice@aliceearly.co.uk aliceearly.co.uk

Womenswear designed in a timeless style, crafted using natural fabrics. Limited edition collections with a bold, modern aesthetic, ethically manufactured in London.

Directions: see 8a

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Cleo Mussi

Frogmarsh Mill

Frogmarsh Ln

Stroud, GL5 5ET

07791 653208

mussimosaics@gmail.com mussimosaics.co.uk/

Figurative ceramic pieces immerse you in a historical timeline. Selecting, deconstructing, marshalling gleaned tableware into intimate & intricate mosaic narratives.

Directions: see 4a

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Nailsworth Frogmarsh Mill, Frogmarsh Lane, Stroud, GL5 5ET

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Lesley Strickland

Frogmarsh Mill

Frogmarsh Ln

Stroud, GL5 5ET

07834 454603

lesley@lesley-strickland.co.uk
www.lesley-strickland.co.uk

A sculptural range of jewellery made from cellulose acetate and sterling silver.

Directions: see 8a

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Susan Early

Frogmarsh Mill

Frogmarsh Ln

Stroud, GL5 5ET

07791 618575

susanearlybaskets@gmail.com www.guildcrafts.org.uk

Traditional baskets, wall pieces and sculptures woven from willow, rush and materials gathered from the hedgerow and woods.

Directions: see 8a

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Tessa Tyldesley

Frogmarsh Mill

Frogmarsh Ln

Stroud, GL5 5ET

07791 618575

tessatyldesley8@gmail.com www.tessatyldesley.co.uk

Jewellery using semi-precious stones and silver. I consider colour, texture and balance. to create bold and delicate pieces.

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Jenny Bowers

Article Studio, Inchbrook Mill

Gydynap Ln

Stroud, GL5 5EZ

07946 448427

jenny@jennybowers.co.uk jennybowers.co.uk

Simple moments, the Stroud valleys, making food for friends and an appreciation of the everyday inspire my colourful illustration work and prints.

Just off A46 between Stroud & Nailsworth, upstairs, parking at the rear of the building.

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Stephen Lenthall

Article Studio, Inchbrook Mill

Gydynap Ln

Stroud, GL5 5EZ

07961 198040

stephen@lenthall.co.uk article-studio.com

I work with creatives from Stroud and beyond, alongside making my own images. As a studio based photographer, I’m always keen to bring the outside into my own work.

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THISS 2023 Urban/Rural

The Hide

Pinfarthings, Amberley,

Stroud, GL5 5JJ

07961 133745

contact@thehide.co
www.thehide.co

Series of visual responses to a rural location. 5 artists, a range of mediums, and interaction with the environment & each other.

See slide 50 for more information. Take Amberley/Box rd from Beaudesert School, park on common, walk down, turn left.

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Sortilege

The Nutshell Studios

Rear of Old Market

Nailsworth

Stroud, GL6 0DU

viviana@rossicaffell.com rossicaffell.com

This exhibition responds to the heightened sense of nature-culture mergings in a psychological space informed by the physical experience of the land.

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Three Storeys

Nailsworth

threestoreys.co.uk

A multi-functional creative venue in the heart of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire – a unique community for working together.

A long refurbishment programme uncovered layers of history in the process. Some of the building may date back to the start of Nailsworth Brewery around 1820.

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Liberation through Substance

The Setting Gallery

Three Storeys, Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07976 927503

threestoreys.co.uk

Exhibition & workshops with Karen Green, Charlie Clarke & Cheryl Perret. An exploration of female creativity. Oil paintings, botanical illustrations & ceramics.

See slide 47 for more information. At the bottom of the Nailsworth Town Hall / Comrades Car Park, just off the A46.

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Alex Knell

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07961 155905

alex.knell@hotmail.com
alexknell.com

Knell’s work is preoccupied with moments of hope, doubt, possibility & potential.

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Alison Woodhead

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07900 490264

alisonwood65@gmail.com

A collection of mono prints and lino prints. Three threads are explored; a direct physical link to nature, a reminder of natural things, a connection to the natural.

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Nailsworth Three Storeys, Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth,GL6 0JE

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Emma Cooper Key

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07967 475873

emmacooperkey@me.com

A new departure for me is snapshot conversation painting.

Directions: see 12a

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Julia Godden

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07747 843287

julia@juliagoddenart.com juliagoddenart.com

Creating emotive, process driven, abstract paintings that explore personal experiences of place and time through paint and a variety of media.

Directions: see 12a

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Emma Leyfield

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07584 436655

emma@valerian.co.uk valerian.co.uk

Observed via pocket sketchbook, Idelight in sketching all things. These paintings inspire pictures and ideas, in the style of traditional, hand-drawn illustrations.

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Studio CHY x The Strangers

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

01453 833809

info@studiochy.co.uk studiochy.co.uk

Studio CHY x The Strangers is an Art and Architecture collaboration showcasing an exciting combo of adventurous stories, exploration of space and interactive tech.

Directions: see 12a

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Hannah Linfoot

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07766721402

hannahlinfoot@yahoo.co.uk hannahlinfoot.co.uk

Hannah Linfoot is an oil painter whose exciting use of colour and brush strokes brings to life her landscape and still life paintings.

Directions: see 12a

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Billy Head

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07967 484629

wbthead@gmail.com

Poems and photographs.

Directions: see 12a

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Nailsworth Frogmarsh Mill, Frogmarsh Lane, Stroud, GL5 5ET

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Victoria Orr Ewing

Three Storeys

Old Bristol Rd

Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

07741 195433

voe@me.com
victoriaorrewing.com

My paintings are a visual meditation on the raw desolate beauty of nature’s uncultivated landscapes and the spirit that rolls through all things.

Directions: see 12a

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Ruth Illingworth

Walled Garden Pop Up Studio,

The Museum in the Park, Stratford Park

Stroud, GL5 4AF

07825 441543

ruthillingworth39@gmail.com
www.museuminthepark.org.uk

As a gardener & artist, the Walled Garden is my year round studio & laboratory. Using plants from the garden and nearby, produce natural colour for paintings & textiles. Enter the Garden through the Museum, parking at the Leisure Centre.

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Studio Tuft

Anavrin, St Cyril’s Rd

Stonehouse, GL10 2QG

07929 673747

studio.tuft@gmail.com
studiotuft.com

Hand tufted rugs to brighten up your floors. I like to think of my rugs as functional art for you home. Come see where the rugs are designed and made.

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houseworkwork

9 Church Street

Stroud, GL5 1JL

07870 445053

nick@nicolagrellier.co.uk nickgrellier.com
emilylucasartwork.wordpress.com

‘houseworkwork’ : an exhibition of collaborative drawing and installation by (both laughing) collective Nick Grellier and Emily Lucas.

See slide 48 for more info. Brick house on main road bend to right of Church Square new builds opposite car park.

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Lansdown Hall & Gallery

Lansdown

Stroud, GL5 1BB

01453 767576

info@lansdownhall.org lansdownhall.org

3-11 June - Open Exhibition from Stroud Artists Cooperative, packed full of interest and colour. 14-19 June - Contemplation and Transformation, a mixed-media exhibition from 8 South West-based artists.See advert on p.60 for more info.

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May Darbyshire

26 Lansdown

Stroud, GL5 1BG

07772 178256

may.darbyshire@gmail.com

I use decorative pattern, surface, text and colour. Animal-like resemblances enter into this with glimpse of bunny ears, the hooves of a cow and the snout of a pig.

Rear access via Locking Hill down the alley opp Stroud Pottery. Come through our garage on the right.

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Mark Darbyshire

26 Lansdown

Stroud, GL5 1BG

07976 274682

darkmarbyshire@gmail.com

I try to inhabit a liminal space. One that separates our unconscious from the temporal but remembering to have fun on the way!

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Jack Duplock

52 Lansdown

Stroud, GL5 1BN

07949 304327

jackduplock@gmail.com jackduplock.co.uk

Paintings and drawings based around the narrative threads of folk tropes and iconography from subcultures; all set against a pastoral background

Off-centre, 2 mins walk from Lansdown Hall and Gallery.

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Stroud Pottery

13 Locking Hill

Stroud, GL5 1BB

07545 915997

info@stroudpottery.co.uk stroudpottery.co.uk

A collective of multi disciplinary artists who work from their own spaces exploring a range of mediums, clay, glass, mosaic, woodcut print-making, illustration and textiles.

See slide 45 for more information Lower ground floor of Centre of Science and Art entrance via Locking Hill Lansdown.

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Lucy Inder

16 Folly Ln

Stroud, GL5 1SD

07799 570418

lucy@sundialhousedesigns.co.uk
www.sundialhousedesigns.co.uk

Colourful landscapes in oil and acrylic exploring the local area through my eyes. Many sketchbooks, greetings cards and an opportunity to see my new garden studio.

The old part of Folly Lane - up footpath by old police station from town or park

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Sam Marsh

2 Upper Springfield Rd

Uplands

Stroud, GL5 1SN

07817 120923

samarsh@hotmail.co.uk
samarsh.com

Contemporary painter and ceramic artist.

Newly built art studio, clad in black. on the right as you head up Folly lane.

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Andy Bradley

4 The Woodlands

Uplands, Stroud, GL5 1QE

07970 590808

andybradley58@gmail.com www.andybradley.co.uk

Paintings convey an energetic, colourful, and playful response to their subject using still life, landscapes, and gardens as inspiration.

B4070 towards Slad, left into Peghouse Rise, left into Shepherds Croft, left into The Woodlands.

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Hawkwood CFT

Painswick Old Rd

www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk

Today Hawkwood is a centre for future thinking – bringing together people and organisations from many backgrounds in support of creative endeavour, a flourishing community, and a sustainable environment.

Hawkwood is a beautiful Victorian neo-Gothic’ style house, set on a large 40-acre estate with a biodynamic organic farm and a community managed ancient woodland.

Hawkwood CFT

Mark Clifford

Amber Sculpture Studio

Hawkwood CFT

Painswick Old Rd

Stroud, GL6 7QW

01452 813364

cliffordmark907@gmail.com

In combining wildwood and the manufactured, I struggle to resolve the dichotomy between nature and humankind – to create a harmonious, reciprocal and symbiotic relationship.

Take A46 & Painswick Old Road. Or walk over fields from Folly Lane.

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Helen Blencowe

Studio 3

Hawkwood CFT

Painswick Old Rd

Stroud, GL6 7QW

07919 151974

helen_blencowe@yahoo.com www.helenblencowe.com

Joyful intuitive paintings, abstract acrylic and mixed media on wooden panel, canvas and paper.

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Alice Fitzpatrick Parsons

Down Barn Farm, The Camp

Stroud, GL6 7EY

07508 070066

07817 120923

alice.fp@icloud.com

Currently, I am working with cyanotypes, exploring our connection to nature. I am interested in how we can capture our memories, feelings and stories.

Turn off Slad road, follow the track all the way up, take the third right turning.

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Joe Buckley

Down Barn Farm, The Camp

Stroud, GL6 7EY

07772 380327

joey.b@me.com

Currently, I am interested in ceramics, film photography and making handmade surfboards. I am inspired by the outdoors and my love for the sea.

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Studio3Stroud

Unit 3, Farr’s Lane

Stroud, GL5 2HH

07976 274682

studio3stroud@gmail.com

Collective of Stroud based artists sharing skills, teaching techniques and creating mixed media artworks. See slide 46 for more information.

Nelson Street on the right between the Big Fish and the Stroud Yoga space, you’ll find Farr’s Lane.

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Melvyn Warren-Smith

20 Nelson Street

Stroud, GL5 2HN

01453 750203

melvyn@melvyn-warren-smith.com www.melvyn-warren-smith.com

Melvyn’s work is figurative. The subjects are eclectic, landscape, portraiture and are executed in oil on canvas. Forty years of illustrating magazines & book covers.

Top of the High Street over zebra crossing up Nelson Street. Situated half way up on the right.

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Kath Williams

6 Middle Street

Stroud, GL5 1DZ

07886 973361

kathwilliamsart@gmail.com www.kathwilliamsart.com

Seascapes, skyscapes and landscapes in a range of media. Including watercolour murmurations alongside kiln fired enamel artwork and jewellery inspired by the sea.

The blue house with the blue door next to Acre Street Stores.

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Piccadilly Mill

Lower St, Stroud

Piccadilly Mill is a large industrial former mill, dating from the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with yellow brick detailing in the form of Voussoirs over the windows.

Though large, it is well hidden from any significant view by virtue of its location surrounded by the houses and cottages in Middle Street and Lower Street. It is used by a variety of local artists and businesses.

Piccadilly Mill

Anita Brayford

Piccadilly Mill East

Lower Street

Stroud, GL5 2HT

07791 796831

ajbrayford@hotmail.com

Kiln-fired vitreous enamel on copper, mostly set within, or framed using, reclaimed wood.

Approach at gap next to 18 Lower St. Walk up slope to upper mill on right. Stairs to top floor.

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Des van der Heem

Piccadilly Mill West

Lower Street

Stroud, GL5 2HT

07833 450618

dvanderheem@gmail.com

Emotive pieces of abstract art using natural materials such as grasses and rye straw in an evolution of straw marquetry practices, witnessing inner landscapes.

Approach at gap next to 18 Lower St. Walk up slope to top. Stairs on left to top floor.

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Deborah Roberts

19a Lower St

Stroud, GL5 2HT

07946 563867

deb.roberts@outlook.com www.deborahroberts.biz

Landscape and conservation photographer. Images celebrating the unique character and beauty of the Stroud Valleys. Prints, calendars & cards.

Off Lower Street in the Piccadilly Mill courtyard, on the right.

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Fionna Hesketh

19a Lower St

Stroud GL5 2HT

07817 111160

info@fionnahesketh.co.uk www.fionnahesketh.co.uk

Jewellery, precious and non-precious materials. Inspiration comes from observation, notions of strength and fragility, texture, form, and many years of experience.

Off Lower Street in the Piccadilly Mill courtyard, on the right.

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Caroline Jamfrey

1 Bowbridge Ln

Stroud, GL5 2JP

07804 677661

carolinejamfrey@icloud.com www.carolinejamfrey.co.uk

Bold watercolour plant portraits inspired by my work as a gardener and the flower paintings of the Dutch masters.

Studio is next door to the hospital on the north side of Bowbridge Lane and accessed via steps to right of house.

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Nigel Noyes

11 Horns Rd

Stroud GL5 1EB

07981 903803

info@nigelnoyes.co.uk
www.nigelnoyes.co.uk

Abstract paintings, archival prints and colour block photography that explore colour combinations using simple shapes and forms.

Access garden studio via side gate at Horns Road.

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Clare Bonnet

17 Horns Rd

Stroud, GL5 1EB

07968 803710

clarestudio@outlook.com www.clarebonnet.com

Painting, monotypes and drawing of the female form. Clare will have a selection of unframed drawings and prints for sale, as well as larger oil paintings.

Town end of Horns Rd. Use side passage. The studio is up some steps to the garden.

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Bob Garland

181 Bisley Rd

Stroud GL5 1HS

07999 548759

bobgarland@blzbob.co.uk www.blzbob.co.uk

Unique digital collages, created from a large pallet of vintage comics, newspapers, hieroglyphs, geometrical religious symbolism, spells and a little bit of magic.

Top of the road, easy access in either direction.

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Clay Sinclair

Trixter Studios, London Rd

Stroud GL5 2AY

07968 868397

clay@claysinclair.com www.claysinclair.com

I’ve been busy since closing Art of Clay/ People’s Republic of Stroud headquarters on the High Street. Pop in and see what I’ve been up to.

Behind Eagle Mill Carpets on London Road.

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Joseph Wilson

1st Floor Trixter House

London Rd

Stroud, GL5 2AY

07516 729403

joe.w0105@hotmail.com www.jwilson.art

I specialise in watercolour portraits, mainly of family members, both people and pets, who have passed away. I use bursts of bright colour to celebrate their life.

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Griffin Mill

Daisy Murdoch

Pegasus Art Shop

Thrupp, London Rd

Stroud GL5 2AZ

07970 238410

daisy_murdoch@yahoo.co.uk www.daisymurdoch.co.uk

Portrait painter working in oils.

Above Pegasus art shop on top floor

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GPC

16C Griffin Mill

London Road, Thrupp

Stroud GL5 2AZ

01453 350885

info@gpchq.co.uk www.gpchq.co.uk

Exhibition of Gloucestershire Printmaking Cooperative members work and printmaking demonstrations ranging from silkscreen printing, wood engraving and lino cutting.

See slide 50 for more information.

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Juli Bharucha

Clayworks, Unit 16, Griffin Mill

London Road

Thrupp, GL5 2AZ

07963 112767

julibharuchaceramics@btinternet.com

I work in porcelain investigating the concept of elusive and unseen invisible emotional forces, creating sculpture that plays with shadow and light.

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Polly Lyster

Woodside, Toadsmoor Rd

Stroud GL5 2UL

01453 885036

thedyeworks@me.com www.dyeworks.co.uk/

Ghosts from the past, their faces trapped forever young in paint. And fluffy animals made out of felt.

Entrance on A419, London Road next door to Lavender Bakehouse. Limited parking on main road.

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Victoria Works Studio

London Road,

Chalford, GL6 8HN

victoriaworksstudios.co.uk

Having been occupied as upholstery works for over 100 years, this iconic Chalford building has now been transformed into artist and maker studios. Work will be on show by resident makers and artists including painters and mixed media artists.

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Victoria Works Studio

Anna Simson

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07970 224470

anna@giraffe-view.com www.annasimsonceramics.com/

Functional and sculptural ceramics inspired by the natural world.

On A419 next to Lavender Bakehouse, opposite Chalford High Street. On-street parking available.

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Caitlin Buckley

Victoria Works Studio

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07586 040624

caitlinevabuckley@gmail.com

Using cyanotypes and analogue photography processes, Caitlin Buckley portrays her journey through emotional states through self-portraiture.

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Clare Mahoney

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

075220 30829

info@claremahoneyceramics.co.uk
www.claremahoneyceramics.co.uk

Clare’s ceramic work reflects her love of the natural world. Capturing its textures; patterns, relationships, and rhythms though the medium of clay.

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Lizzie Mabley

Victoria works

London Road

Chalford, GL8 8HN

07801 784173

lizzie@lizziemabley.co.uk www.lizziemabley.co.uk

Lizzie creates fresh and vibrant hand printed and digitally printed fabrics using her lino prints to create designs.

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Lampshade rebellion

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL8 8HN

07886 361787

hello@lampshaderebellion.co.uk www.lampshaderebellion.co.uk

With a background in fashion design and wedding couture, Emily Johnson has turned her creative hand to glamorous lampshades that bring an exotic focal point to any room

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Mandy Coppes-Martin

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07586 368175

acoppes@me.com www.mandycoppes-martin.com

Tracking the passage of time and attempting to capture the fascinating moment something becomes static.

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Rachel McDonnell

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07860 572968

rachel@rachelmcdonnell.com
www.rachelmcdonnell.com

Recent paintings of landscapes near and far, reflecting the beauty and fragility of the world around us.

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Rebecca Simmons

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07914 938643

rebsimmons@yahoo.com www.rebsimmons.com

Folkloric sculptures and free flow decorative ceramics and paintings with lovely cups and plates to buy.

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Golden Valley, Victoria Works, London Road, Chalford, GL6 8HN

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Rodger Williams

Victoria Walks

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07921 885922

drodgerwilliamsone@gmail.com

It’s been another year of mainly joyful scribbling. I think whoever said ‘artists are just children who refuse to putdown their crayons’ may have a point

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Shirley Sharp

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07791 126993

sharpshe@icloud.com www.shirleysharp.com

Head Space. Folded drawings stand alone, distorting their character and changing them into sculpture - complete with their own absurdly physical presence

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Teresa Poole

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07800 856460

poglespoole@gmail.com www.teresartpoole.artweb.com

Unashamedly decorative but straight from the heart. Inspired by Japanese art and created in the west. Mixed media specialising in gilding and patinating

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Zoe Watts

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

07789 930812

zskwatts@googlemail.com www.zoewattsdesigns.co.uk

Handmade items of jewellery and silverware in precious metals. Specialising in the ancient art of chasing and repousse, recycled gold and wedding/engagement rings.

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The Thursday Group

Victoria Works

London Road

Chalford, GL6 8HN

077010 009789

maggiehowe9@gmail.com

A diverse exhibition by eight local artists who work together at Victoria Works, ranging from textiles and ceramics, to paintings and constructions. See p.55 for more information

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Sarah Maingot

Spring Cottage, Far Oakridge

Stroud, GL6 7PF

07775 851834

sarahlouisemaingot@gmail.com www.bestillceramics.com

Earthy and textural stoneware vessels celebrating the natural clay , shape and form.

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BITE

An exhibition showcasing four selected artists from Bristol alongside SITE festival

10th-24th June

Saturday & Sundays 11am-6pm

Wednesdays - Fridays 10am-3pm

SVA John St Gallery, 4 John St,

Stroud, GL5 2HA

Bristol is a city with a reputation for being a hub for artists. The ever evolving artist networks often spring from the communities formed in artist studios. Showing alongside SITE Festival, this exhibition spotlights artists from across four of the major studio spaces in Bristol.

Across from an inner city farm is BV studios, an anonymous looking building from the outside, previously a printing works and home to over 100 artists and makers.

Adam Hedley, who works from a space at BV, makes mesmorising abstract paintings. He works slowly and methodically to create immersive paintings that have a hypnotising quality.

Vera Boele-Keimer’s minimal work sits in contrast to the chaotic mayhem of Stokes Croft where the longstanding Jamaica Street studios, one of the largest artist- led studios outside of London, is based. The studios huge windows look out onto a busy crossroads of music venues, pubs and massage parlours. Vera’s work explores the boundaries of painting, drawing and sculpture.

Adam Hedley

Vera Boele-Keimer

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Karolina Ptaszkowska’s studio is based at St Anne’s House, also known as Bricks, a multi use space and a hub for artists as well as social enterprises. Karolina draws from a multitude of sources including mythology and psychology to create dreamlike paintings that transport you to an unseen world.

Mahali O’Hare works from her space at the internationally renowned Spike Island which is a former tea packing warehouse and situated between the River Avon and the Harbourside. Mahali’s impactful paintings shift between the figurative and landscape and are rooted in the tradition of still life.

By bringing a selection of exciting artists from Bristol to Stroud during SITE Festival and drawing attention to the dynamic and fluid artist communities in Bristol, we hope to encourage the potential for collaboration and cross- pollination of ideas. This exhibition has been selected by Mary Roberts-Holmes and Jo Leahy.

Exhibitions and Events at SVA 10—24 JUNE

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Mahali O’Hare

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In memory of Adam White

a retrospective Open Studio

Adam White

10th-11th & 17th-18th June

Sat & Sun 11am-6pm

SVA, 4 John St, Stroud, GL5 2HA

www.adamwhiteartist.co.uk

Adam White wanted as many people as possible to continue to enjoy his wonderful work so his studio will be open for Site Festival and much of his musings can still be found on his website. Adam has been making art with SVA since the humble beginnings of our organisation, and there are few words to describe him in his entirety. So here are a few of Adam’s own words to give an insight into his passion for art.

“I don’t see myself as an artist in the modern sense. I just make stuff. My work is more informed by archaeology and natural history and life than the contemporary art

market. I ’d be happy if you left me alone for a month in Chauvet cave with an oily ferruginous stick and working with the cave paintings... in my mind adding eight-legged mammoths.

I no longer believe that beauty is a societal construct or some vestigial remnant of a biological urge. Archaeology, history and politics also inform my work as does life. I ’ve been decisively blessed by soul-cleaving illness since I was a boy and have faced extinction more than one might politely expect before breakfast. This compels an urgency in my work. Any personal circumstances I mine and try to make universal. The work is about you.”

Adam passed away on 25.12.22 aged 54.

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The Studios Collective

10th-11th & 17th-18th June

Sat & Sun 11am-6pm

Stroud Pottery

13 Locking Hill, Lansdown,

Stroud, GL5 1BB

07545 915997

info@stroudpottery.co.uk stroudpottery.co.uk

The Studios is home to a collective of multi-disciplinary artists who work independently from their own spaces exploring a range of mediums; clay, glass, mosaic, woodcut printmaking, illustration and textiles. Sitting within the lower ground floor of the Centre of Science and Arts, Stroud Pottery is next door.

The Studios also has the added beauty of a lovingly landscaped garden that provides a great space for our artists to sketch, read or just reflect with a nice cuppa together or alone.

Our ethos at The Studios is to create a space that its users can feel is their own. A place for emerging artists of any age to develop and become fully immersed in their craft, with the support and connection of fellow studio users. Our artists also offer one to one tuition within their studios and workshops.

The Studios Collective

Exhibitions and Events at SVA 10—24 JUNE

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Studio3Stroud

10th-11th & 17th-18th June

Sat & Sun 11am-6pm

Unit 3, Farr’s Lane, Stroud, GL5 2HH.

studio3stroud@gmail.com

A collective of artists sharing skills, teaching techniques and creating mixed media artworks.

Zoe Kingston teaches photography and is learning printmaking techniques. She has mainly worked with collagraph so far and has been developing prints from walking drawings. She also does dry point and is learning how to cut lino.

Sophy Churchyard gained her degree in Fine Art at Cheltenham 2018 having previously studied architectural glass in Swansea.

A colourist and expressionist, her practice explores presence and temporality in an age of information. Described as digital photographic painting the work is vibrant vivid colour abstractions informed through extensive meditation and travel through South East Asia and India.

Myrn Fisher is a product design secondary school teacher. She has a love for all art materials and processes and enjoys sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with others. She sees herself as an artist, a graphic designer, a silversmith, a woodworker, a metal worker, a sculptor, a painter, and a print maker! She enjoys working collaboratively, skill sharing and playing around with mixed media.

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Liberation through Substance

6th-18th June

Mon-Fri 9:30am-4pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm

Three Storeys, Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth,

Gloucestershire, GL6 0JE

07581215120

cheryl@cherart.uk
www.threestoreys.co.uk

Three artists collaborate to explore the interplay between creativity, womanhood and self nurture. Botanical artist Karen Green, painter Cherryl Perrett and ceramicist Charlie Clarke share how rhythms and cycles; and learnt and inherited wisdoms inform relationships with their chosen materials, subject matter and creative processes. Throughout Karen’s study of flora, fruits, folklore and symbology, Cheryl’s release into colour, adventure and movement and Charlie’s immersion of sensuality and the chemistry between earth, water, air and fire; this exhibition communicates the rich symbiosis between female experience and artistic expression. The artists invite you to enjoy the healing power of finding a flow state when creating. Paintings, prints, sketches, pots and ceramic art for sale.

Tile Art: Introduction to relief sculpture

Tues 13th June 1-3pm £25

littleearthquakepots@gmail.com

Tiles available for collection from Little Earthquake Pottery once fired.

Into Abstract

Wed 14th June 1.30-3.pm £20

cheryl@cherart.uk

Join Cheryl exploring approaches to creating an abstract painting. Bring a sketch or image as inspiration.

Botanical Painting with Pen and Watercolour:

Thursday 15th June 1.30-3pm £20

karengreenart@mail.com

Explore processes of pen and watercolour application, mixing accurate colours to create an illustration of a sweet pea flower.

See www.threestoreys.co.uk for more workshops. All abilities welcome. Materials provided.

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houseworkwork - (both laughing)

10th-11th & 17th-18th June

Saturday & Sunday 11am-6pm

9 Church Street, Stroud, GL5 1JL

07870 445053

nick@nicolagrellier.co.uk

www.nickgrellier.com www.emilylucasartwork.wordpress.com

‘houseworkwork’: collaborative drawing and installation by (both laughing) collective Nick Grellier and Emily Lucas. Over 18 months they’ve pro- duced multiple works taking diverse references from Valerie Solanas and Roland Barthes to Dolly Parton and Loyle Carner.

The work is grounded in drawing practice and rich research that explores, discovers, invents, solves problems and cracks jokes. The resulting exhibition presents artwork unlike their individual practices with interconnected pieces made using low value, low fi materials and objects from around the home in order to tackle the problem of emotion versus seriousness and other hierarchies both in the art world and wider society. The work is both playful and serious, celebrating difficulties and achievements in a domestic setting.

Housework (both laughing) Nicola Grellier and Emily Lucas

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Sortilege

Thursday Group

10th-11th & 17th-18th June

The Nutshell Studios, Old Market,

Nailsworth, Glos. GL6 0DU.

07970 648126

viviana@rossicaffell.com www.rossicaffell.com

This exhibition responds to the heightened sense of nature- culture mergings in a psychologi- cal space informed by the physical experience of the land. Artists respond to the strangeness of dreamscapes, mythologies and sensing the surreal in the quotidian. Attuning to inner realms and the otherworldly, the landscape imaginaries mirror spectral fantasies. With works by Patricia Brien, Su Fahy, Michelle Grant, Nick Phillips, James Porter, Viviana Rossi-Caffell, Louise van den Muyzenberg.

10th-11th & 17th-18th June

Studio 21, Victoria Works,

2 Golden Valley, London Road,

Stroud. GL5 2RX

07970 648126

maggiehowe9@gmail.com

The Thursday Group is eight local artists each with individual practices who enjoy working and learning together. The work on show reflects the range of interests within the group, from storytelling to abstract, and from landscape to portraiture. Guest tutors are invited by the group to inspire, teach and challenge and earlier this year Sue Rae (Suejrae. co.uk) led the group as they explored integrating collage into their practices.

The Thursday Group Maggie Howe

Louise van den Muyzenberg

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Gloucestershire Printmaking Cooperative

10th-11th & 17th-18th June

Sat & Sun 11am-6pm

Unit 16c, Griffin Mill,

Thrupp, Stroud, GL5 2AZ.

01453 350885

info@gpchq.co.uk
Gpchq.co.uk

The GPC (Gloucestershire Printmaking Cooperative) is a fantastic Stroud based printmaking facility that facilitates imagemakers in the5 Valleys and beyond. Our large membership of over 100 members ranges from those just beginning their journey with ink and paper to post MA & PHD students, through to artists, illustrators and textiledesigners. We have planned a diverse exhibition for SITE OpenStudios 2023 to be displayed throughout the studios and gallery consisting of original prints that embrace different themes, scale andprocesses. The GPC ethos is to continually evolve and improve our facilities and user experience to create a professional, well-designed space for etching, lithography, fabric and paper screenprint, monoprintand photopolymer gravure. There will be printmaking demonstrations in the studios on both weekends.

THISS 2023

Gloucestershire Printmaking Cooperative

Taster Exhibition Milligan Beaumont photo: Nigel Noyes

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THISS 2023 Urban/Rural

Taster Exhibition

6th-18th June

Mon-Fri 9:30am-4pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm

The Hide Artist Retreat, Pinfarthings, Stroud, GL5 5JJ.

07961 133745

contact@thehide.co
www.thehide.co

THISS 2023 Urban/Rural presents a series of visual responses to this rural location, from these confirmed artists; Ellie Harrison, Milky, Molly Harcombe, Zed in the Clouds, working in a range of mediums to different ends and interacting with the environment and each other during the process. These four early career artists (ages 18-30yrs) bring their practices to an outside setting in an Area of Outstanding Beauty on National Trustland. A collaboratively produced event, engaging in a public facing exhibition showcasing work for an experienced, art-appreciating audience and toconnect with other young artists to build support through peer-to-peer mentoring.

There are also additional pop-up artists at THISS - check @thehideartistretreat on Instagram for more details.

Opening night:

Friday 9th June 6-8pm

Exhibition dates:

Saturday 10th - Sunday 18th June

Wednesday-Sunday 11am-6pm

10 Russell St, Stroud GL5 3AB

www.sitefestival.org.uk

The Open Studios 2023 Taster Exhibition in the Stroud town centre offers visitors an opportunity to see one piece of work by each of the Open Studios artists, so you can plan your studio visits over the two weekends.

SVA has a long reputation for using empty shops in experimental ways and encouraging communities and groups to do the same, despite the challenges.

Find the Taster exhibition in the two empty shops on Russell Street, opposite Batemans. The exhibition is across 3 floors, and the floor surface in some rooms is uneven. We’re really grateful to all the artists, agents and volunteers who contributed to this experiment.

Exhibitions and Events at SVA 10—24 JUNE