Superact's Exe-Arts programme is hosting an Open Pottery event on BBC Get Creative Day Everyone is welcome at the Exe-Arts Pottery Open Day on Saturday 2nd April at St David’s Community Centre pottery studio in Exeter.
Superact, a not-for-profit arts & wellbeing organisation based at the Community Centre, are BBC Creative Champions and the event is running as part of the BBC’s day celebration of all things creative. The Exe-Arts initiative has been running since September 2015, with a multitude of open community arts sessions including graffiti, lantern making and photography....
Exeter’s newest community centre, The Beacon, is holding its first public event this Saturday 5 December – a Christmas fair.
Come along between 1pm and 3pm and see all the months of hard work that the Beacon Vollies (you’d call them volunteers) have put in. They have sorted, cleaned, painted and even put up a new ceiling at The Beacon, which was formerly the Knight Club in Beacon Lane.
They have created a warm, light welcoming space to hold community events, private functions, meetings and already a number of local organsiatons...
Essential work to address persistent drainage and subsidence problems in Exeter’s High Street, between Mountain Warehouse/Martins Lane and Broadgate, has been completed almost two weeks ahead of schedule, Devon County Council has announced.
The problem, the cause of the subsidence it appears, was a failure of the street's drainage and poor condition of a 4" water main running through the High Street.
The work, which started on 16 January, has included drainage, footway and road works. Wales and West Utilities have also replaced a gas main from Broadgate to Burger King....
Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old pottery beaker during excavations ahead of the construction of the new town at Cranbrook near Exeter. The pot is remarkably complete with only a tiny portion of the rim missing. It was discovered buried in a pit about 2 metres deep along with a stone bracer, an arm guard worn by archers to protect their forearms when shooting. The bracer was made from stone sourced in Langdale in Cumbria.
By looking at the pot under the microscope Roger Taylor, RAMM’s geologist, was able to identify the inclusions in the clay. He concluded...
Ceramic artist Neil Johnson opens his studio in Heavitree on the weekend of 1st and 2nd December.
Neil has been making handmade thrown stoneware pottery since the 1970's and his work includes domestic ware such as jugs, casseroles, mugs, and bowls and more decorative one-off pieces, ideal for unique Christmas gifts. His latest spotty design is one of his most popular ranges, but he also makes more traditional style pieces.
Anyone is free to pop in on Sat between 10am and 6pm and Sun between 10am and 5pm. Have a browse, watch the artist at work and have a mince pie, all...
