contemporary art

The artist at work on the Exeter Phoenix 'Spotlight on Care' animation

Exeter artist Leo Jamelli shines a spotlight on the nation’s unpaid carers

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Wed, 08/25/2021 - 10:48am

Exeter-based illustrator-animator Leo Jamelli is collaborating with University of Exeter academics Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer and Dr Catriona McKenzie on an emotive contemporary art project entitled Spotlight on Care.

He's created a hand-drawn animation of an unpaid carer from Exeter which will be projected onto the Exeter Phoenix after dark in late October. The two-storey high projection will celebrate the millions who work around the clock caring for family and friends at home. Research shows their role has been made even harder by the closure of support services during the COVID crisis...

'Up Close & Personal' Leanne Christie Art Exhibition

Event Date: 
09/04/2016 - 11:00am to 17/04/2016 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Dean Clarke House, Southernhay, Exeter

Leanne Christie, exhibiting her paintings at Dean Clarke House for the first time.

Drawing inspiration from Devon coast lines, hedgerows and moorlands. Her beautiful oil paintings are decorated with glitter, jewels and embellished with gold leaf.

View her work in opulent and elegant surroundings.

'Up Close & Personal' Edward Waite Art Exhibition

Event Date: 
09/04/2016 - 11:00am to 17/04/2016 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Dean Clarke House

Edward Waite, exhibiting at Dean Clarke House in Southernhay for the first time. Turning his sketches into larger pieces of art, thus developing his signature style. Now painting iconic cityscapes using his unique drizzle technique, first inspired by ketchup bottles in a New York diner! View his work in elegant and opulent surroundings

En necromasse: an optimistic, fungal perspective on death and production

Event Date: 
08/05/2015 - 9:00am to 19/06/2015 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Dartington Gallery, next to the Visitor Centre, Devon TQ9 6EL

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...

Impulse Purchasing Survey Reveals that Brits spend £1000 on impulse purchases every year

Authored by Matt Foster
Posted: Wed, 05/10/2017 - 10:17am

A new survey has found that the average Brit will spend £1000 on spur-of-the-moment purchases every year, with nearly 60% of them admitting to as many as five impulse purchases per week, a staggering 260 snap purchases a year.

Online shopping has increased the temptation for impulse buyers according to the survey, with the UK spending £200 more online than in-store on impulse buys. Millennials are amongst the biggest culprits, with a quarter of 22 – 25-year-olds admitting to having spent over £1000 on rash purchases.

The spending habits research, conducted by St. Albans-...