As part of our special schedule of summer workshops, we're excited to offer the chance to get started learning wonderful hand embroidery with our Zenbroidery kits.
In essence, this is ‘colouring in with thread’ – we have 6 beautiful designs printed on to plain white fabric, which you can then embellish in any way and frame up as they are or then make into something awesome.
In this workshop, we’ll be adorning these with a whole host of hand embroidery stitches that you’ll learn along the way. Once you’ve given it a go, I think hand embroidery is one of the most rewarding...
Build a blow-up spatial structure! Tom Randall-Page will introduce you to the exciting world of inflatable spaces. Your group will design and build a large, futuristic blow-up structure - the type commonly used for festivals, camping, temporary nightclubs and zorb-tastic fun. The workshop would suit ANYONE over 14 yrs but might be of particular interest to young people and students interested in art, 3D design and architecture.
An exhibition of beautiful titanic-size woodcut prints opens this month at our gallery from Friday 20th May. Every single work is swiftly and skilfully crafted by the Pine Feroda collective – comprising of five south west based artists, seamlessly working together in harmony on the north coast of Devon.
Meet all the members of Pine Feroda at the free launch event on Friday 20th May, 5pm-8pm. Formal opening by Chris Chapman, photographer and film-maker. Music by the Serenoa String Quartet.
The Terrace Cafe will be open until 8pm for the Launch Party, please book for dinner...
On Saturday, the route between the Exeter Phoenix arts centre and Exeter Library will be transformed, as the Freefall Youth Group wield spray cans and stencils to create a new graffiti artwork. The work, called Freefall Climate Graffiti, will feature maps of the UK showing how our climate could change in future decades.
Freefall Climate Graffiti is part of Art Week Exeter, running from 9th-15th May. It is the brainchild of two local artists: Cleo Heard, who runs Miss*C's Graffiti Academy; and Clare Bryden, an environmental artist.
Lots and lots of lovely arts & crafts, all hand made by local makers. Enjoy the serendipity of our beautiful and historic quayside. Enjoy a meal or a drink at The Prospect, Samuel Jones, Riverside cafe, Mangos or On the Waterfront. Have a stroll along the riverside and watch the swans and boats drifting by. There will also be face painting and children's activities, wool weaving & spinning demonstrations and live music by two of Exeter's best street musicians - Karl Zumar and Ryn
A series of striking paintings from cultural icon Bob Dylan have been released as signed limited edition graphics by the UK’s leading fine art publisher, Washington Green.
Following unprecedented demand for 'The Drawn Blank Series' – which was first translated into limited edition graphics in 2008 – Washington Green has published six of the most iconic images from the collection in never before seen colourways. Released in an edition of 295, each piece is individually hand signed by the artist, and will be available to buy at Castle Fine Art, Exeter from Friday 8th April.
Devon based artist photographer, Paul Moody, and painter, James Tatum, SWAc, are presenting an exciting joint exhibition in Exeter.
Double Exposure: Landscapes of Devon through Painting and Photography will be on show at St Stephens Church in Exeter from 9-14 May.
This collaboration is unique in celebrating the rich and varied landscapes of Devon showing both Paul's stunning photographs along side of James's expressionistic paintings.
James Tatum is an established landscape painter living in Exeter, Devon, his approach to painting is an expressionistic, visceral...
Devon based artist photographer, Paul Moody, and painter, James Tatum, SWAc, are presenting an exciting joint exhibition in Exeter.
Double Exposure: Landscapes of Devon through Painting and Photography will be on show at St Stephens Church in Exeter from 9-14 May.
This collaboration is unique in celebrating the rich and varied landscapes of Devon showing both Paul's stunning photographs along side of James's expressionistic paintings.
James Tatum is an established landscape painter living in Exeter, Devon, his approach to painting is an expressionistic, visceral...
Hundreds of original paintings will go on display at the Devon Art Society ´s spring exhibition at St. Annes Hall, Babbacombe. There are classical themes covering floral, still-life, figurative and landscape as well as seascape subject matters and some abstracts too. The Devon Art Society of Torquay was founded in 1912 and has a long tradition of exhibiting and selling high quality paintings. Visitors are welcome to talk with the artists to share their impressions as many of the artists will be present throughout the exhibition. Open daily 10am - 6pm Admission is free
An art exhibition examining the importance of bees will be the final exhibition at Spacex’s Preston Street gallery before the organisation relocates to embark on a new way of working.
Twelve top artists will be taking part in Honeyscribe Hive, which examines our ancient relationship with the bee. The project leading up to the exhibition has involved scientists, artists, writers, beekeepers and the public.
More than 400 Exeter primary school children have also taken part. They visited the Princesshay Bee Project and worked with artist and curator Amy Shelton to create their...
