An exploration of the history, manufacture and social significance of African printed and factory-woven textiles. The designs mirror the convergence of African tastes and patronage with strong historical and contemporary trading ties from across the globe. These textiles have also influenced some of the region’s foremost contemporary artists and photographers.
Social Fabric shows examples from eastern and southern Africa including kanga from Kenya and Tanzania, capulana from Mozambique, and shweshwe from southern Africa. These cloths have the ability to mirror changing times,...
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...
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...
Zanne Andrea’s sculptural assemblages and installations include items that are continuously arranged, layered and edited to explore the relationship between power, politics, history and memory. By bringing past, present, found and made together she considers how we negotiate and conjure meanings between image, object, colour, form and material.
North Street Gallery in Ashburton is showing a beautiful photographic exhibition by Emmy award winning photographer and film cameraman Toby Strong.
Toby has worked with the biggest names in wildlife filming and documentary, including David Attenborough, Ben Fogle, Bill Bailey, Michaela Strachan and Billy Connolly. Toby's credits include the following award winning projects: Bill Bailey's Jungle Adventure-based in Indonesia. Battle for the Elephants- Nat Geo undercover expose of the ivory trade. BBC's Human Planet Antarctica: following Ben Fogle with David Attenborough. Meerkats-...
North Street Gallery in Ashburton is showing a beautiful photographic exhibition by Emmy award winning photographer and film cameraman Toby Strong.
Toby has worked with the biggest names in wildlife filming and documentary, including David Attenborough, Ben Fogle, Bill Bailey, Michaela Strachan and Billy Connolly.
Toby's credits include the following award winning projects:
Bill Bailey's Jungle Adventure-based in Indonesia. Battle for the Elephants- Nat Geo undercover expose of the ivory trade. BBC's Human Planet Antarctica: following Ben Fogle with David...
From a 150-year-old crinoline to a 60s mini, garments have shaped not only their owners but also the entire face of fashion.
Killerton’s latest costume exhibition ‘The F-Word: the changing language of fashion’ explores how fashion has responded to the latest innovations and made its mark across the centuries.
Zips, buttons, elastic – items now taken for granted were revolutionary in their day. They changed what could be worn and also helped people dress faster and with ease. And the language of fashion is often bound to the technology and materials used to produce it....
The history of politics in Devon is the theme of a new touring exhibition, starting at the University of Exeter. It showcases the political events in Devon from a local angle charting the changes in post-1945 campaigning, including images of Winston Churchill at the Devonport election in Plymouth.
The exhibition ‘From the Grassroots’ provides a picture of the county’s rich political heritage, as told by the participants involved in local politics at the time and thereafter. It brings Devon’s modern political history to life through the memories and experiences of Devon’s political...
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...
Meridian RAW, an Exeter-based social enterprise, has announced its first exhibition to celebrate completing the first year of one its projects.
Meridian RAW is a not-for-profit social enterprise that uses photography as an empowerment tool for marginalised communities and socially excluded individuals. The exhibition will take place at the Glorious Art House on Fore Street from Sunday 18th January until Friday 30th January.
It is part of the Our Lives, Our Community, Our Voice community project which uses photography as a means of engagement, empowerment and training for...
