Exhibitions

2008  Programme
 

January-March
 

April-June
 

July-September
 

October-December

Current exhibition
Special Events
Artist Showcase
   

Erewash Open Art
26 January-10 February
Preview Evening Fri 25 January 7.30-9.30pm
Our 9th annual showcase for local and
creative talent. This open entry exhibition has continued to grow in popularity showing a broad selection of artwork that range from professionals, students and amateurs.
Applications available from December.

 

Young At Art
12 February-24 February
Open Afternoon Sunday 24 February 2-4pm
Experience the world from young
people’s eyes. The exhibition allows
children to show their imagination by
creating works of art reflecting their unique
talents. Entry is open to school age children. Application forms will be available at the gallery in December for those who want to be involved.

 

“The Smiles and Schemes of an Artful Woman”
25 February-2 March
The gallery space will be set up as a working studio environment, the exhibition takes the viewer on an existential journey in which the two artists – one ‘extrovert’ (Lois Tric), the other ‘introvert’ (Gina Spilva) – contemplate their differing approaches to the human need for meaning and connection.

Manjitha
8 March-20 April
Preview Evening Fri 7 March 7.30-9.30pm
An exhibition of eastern colour and intricate textiles of Southern Asia and Africa from the collection of John Gillow.

The gallery will again be transformed into an Eastern Bazaar that exhibits a rich collection of splendid textiles, furniture, accessories and jewellery.

In the Cafe...

Special Feature Exhibitionsby individual Artists

Jennifer Collier Jude Woolley & Patricia Stanfield-Bowen Virginia Graham
9th October – 4th January 5th January - 7th March 8th March – 9th May
Jennifer creates innovative textiles and craft pieces using
natural and found materials. Through methods of weaving, waxing, trapping,
embedding and stitching she creates unusual garments and accessories to comm
unicate ideas of recycling and explore themes of the body. Jennifer's work uses the symbolic form of clothing to provoke thoughts about the fragility of the human body, the ordinary and everyday; objects that only become painfully precious
when we lose them.

Patricia’s inspiration roots from the myriad of shapes and colours that radiate from
subterranean caves. Her abstract 3D forms are created from natural substances such as
plaster, cement, sand, resin, glass fibre, lead and sugar.
Judes work is a palimpsest of collage, paint and the written word; half remembered truths,
tangled threads that tie us and those that bind us in unity, layering life, layering the soul, bleached out to be reworked; whitewash over filled-in cracks to reveal and conceal the edge
of life. The edge is a good place to be;it’s where life happens.

Virginia Graham makes curiously eccentric tea wares and vessels that
are an amalgamation of patterns, shapes and styles. Each piece is a
collection of objects placed out of context, transforming their original purpose for being. Floral transfers and metallic lustres are added for finishing touches to produce these precious and eccentric collectables.


 

 

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