January « 2010 « ArtsCulture

Somerset Art Weeks open studios to focus on artists as individuals

Somerset Art Weeks are taking place again in September 2012, with a fortnight of open studios focusing on the artist as an… »

Exeter’s Gloss Gallery’s new artists exhibition

Exeter's Gloss Gallery is having an exhibition of new artists for 2012. … »

Call for artists and makers for Devon Open Studios 2012

Devon Open Studios – the largest annual art event in the county attracting around 20,000 visits to artists’ studios… »

Let there be Light! at 45 Southside gallery, Plymouth

Plymouth gallery 45 Southside Plymouth, at the Barbican, has a collection of lamps and candle holder from Devon and Cornwall artists

Mark Ravenhill and Phillip Whiteman double bill at Exeter Northcott

Exeter Northcott is holding a Mark Ravenhill and Phillip Whiteman double bill with Eschara and Shoot/ Get Treasure/ Repeat at the theatre from Wednesday, February 17

Reawaken the inner child with Mind Games at Peninsula Arts, Plymouth

Plymouth University’s Peninsula Arts is exhibiting Mind Games by Canadian artist Ken Giles at the Cube 3 Gallery, a combination of toys and macro-photography to ‘reawaken the inner child of fantasy and dreams’. Check out it it’s still slumbering with Heather Smith’s review

Ponyskin rucksack highlights conflict of man and moor in new work by Alex Murdin

Artist Alex Murdin commissioned fine leather maker Tony Piper to make a ponyskin rucksack to make people think about the impact of tourism on wild landscapes such as Dartmoor and Exmoor, as well as how such land is managed by man.

The Fever Chart – exploring conflict in The Middle East at Exeter Northcott

Exeter Nortchott Theatre to show The Fever Chart from Pilot Theatre, exploring conflict in the Middle East

Phillip Pullman at Exeter University for Honorary Degree

Phillip Pulman will speak at a public lecture at Exeter University about about the ways in which we read, and the connection between stories and pictures. He’sin town to pick up an Honorary Degree from Exeter University

Devon ‘swimmer-artists’ create sculpture for Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre

Devon artists Kari Furre and Amanda Bluglass, passion for swimming plus artistic talent won them a commission at the newly redeveloped Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre in Mansfield, Nottinghashire.

Francesca Steele's body of work Routine. To feature in The Pigs of Today are the Hams of Tomorrow

Plymouth photographer Simon Keitch speaks to Francesca Steele about her body building performance art Routine and her involvement in the Pigs of Today are the Hams of Tomorrow.

New Devon writing at Exeter Northcott with Beyond Nora

The Exeter Northcott is presenting new writing with Beyond Nora, where three Devon plraywrights – Kim Komljanec, Christine Roberts and Hannah Mulder – have taken their inspiration from Ibsen for three plays in Beyond Nora