Starting Saturday 9 May, visitors to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) will be treated to a new exhibition featuring historic scenes of Exeter canal and the Exe.
First constructed in the 1560s, Exeter’s canal system has been extended and upgraded over the centuries. Now used primarily by leisure craft, the city waterways were once vital to the regional economy. The decline of the West Country wool trade and the arrival of the railways in the 19th century led to a reduction in use. However, sizeable cargoes were still brought up to the quayside even...
Soil is a material on which the whole of civilzation depends. Along with clean air and fresh water, it is one of the fundamental components that support life on this planet. In today’s world soils are endangered due to increased neglect, leading them to become more contaminated and eroded - with surveys showing that 38% of soils in the South West England are substantially degraded. Looking deeper into the issue of value creation by recycling materials from the Dartington estate, artist-in-residence Debra Solomon examines the value of nature’s work in the rhizosphere - a narrow region of...
Two day event celebrating the work of the very best artists and makers in the South-West on Exeter's beautiful Cathedral Green.
See work being created, talk to the makers, buy something created with skill and love to treasure and enjoy the free entertainment. Now in its 40th year!
For more information, visit http://www.exetercraftfestival.co.uk
Timmy Mallet, an accomplished artist whose work is sought after by collectors, will personally unveil some fabulous new paintings at Surridge Gallery, Princesshay on Saturday 11 April.
Timmy loves painting and will reach for 'Mallett's Palette' at the drop of a brush. “I paint every day” says Timmy “Inspiration is everywhere….” Working daily in his studio and on location, he is an accomplished artist in oils and acrylics who takes his inspiration from the ever-changing seasons and his many travels across the UK and the world.
Colyton Grammar School's first, Big Art Show is a two day fund raising event featuring artworks by a selection of the finest artists, jewellers, ceramicists and glassmakers from across the region.
Internationally acclaimed Artist Charlie O'Sullivan is our enthusiastic Patron and esteemed Artist Alan Cotton is supporting and exhibiting in the Show. Marine House at Beer and the Steam Gallery have a range of their best selling Artists exhibiting work together with many other professional artists from around the SW. Examples of the artworks can be seen and purchased 6 weeks prior to...
Re-Making the Past is a new exhibition of objects that 'commute between different times and cultures' at Devon Guild of Craftsmen.
The exhibition brings together a group of artists who share a common fascination with bygone eras. While their objects are newly-made, inspiration is based on ancient landscapes and materials from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Mainly sculptural work is created from natural fibres, metal, resin and ceramics with wall-based installations in enamels, glass and textiles.
Helen Marton has made giant oven gloves patterned with scans of...
A true story about love and loss – written and performed by On The Run.
Hannah has always wanted to talk about her dad. But in the seven years since he died, she hasn’t quite managed it. Not one to be defeated, she’s enlisted her friend David to help her on a journey through memory, laughter and sorrow.
Frank, funny and endlessly inventive, So It Goes explores the light and dark sides of grief, in a playful and deeply personal show.
The Edinburgh Fringe 2014 sell-out show ventures off on a nationwide tour this Spring. On The Run are David Ralfe and Hannah Moss....
“Two years ago, I found a videotape in my loft. On it: one and a half films, one quiz show and two sit-coms. Somehow, it became the story of my life” (Ross Sutherland)
After a hard-drive crash and a near death experience, Ross Sutherland found himself house-bound with only one thing for company: an old videotape that once belonged to his granddad.
Over the months that followed, Ross memorised every second of the tape. Slowly, he learnt how to manipulate the images into telling the story of his life. The videotape allowed Ross to open a dialogue with his late grandfather,...
Internationally renowned music icon Bob Dylan will have a vibrant selection of his art on show in Exeter in a retrospective exhibition that brings together works released annually from 2008 to 2014, all from his critically-acclaimed collection: The Drawn Blank Series. All of the pieces are hand-signed by the artist.
The exhibition at Castle Galleries in the city will be showcasing the best of Bob Dylan’s art released over the last six years – inspired while he was on the road from 1989 to 1992 - and will be on display at the Cathedral Yard venue, from Saturday 28th February, for...
Local artists have again been brightening up the corridors of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with their annual Friends and Family art exhibition.
Now in its 16th year, the exhibition has been organised by Exeter HealthCare Arts to showcase the work of the local arts community who have a connection to the hospital. The exhibitors include talented RD&E staff, outpatients and former patients, who have all loaned their work to help brighten up the hospital environment.
Exeter HealthCare Arts (EHCA) is the ‘arts for health’ project for the RD&E. It delivers a range...
