From :

15th April to 23rd April

Open :

In the Town Hall Council Chamber
10.00am - 4.00pm daily, EXCEPT Sunday

Chalice by Alan Gore

Bristol and Avon Woodturners

The exhibition by the Bristol and Avon Woodturners highlights the intrinsic beauty contained within the grain of solid wood and how, in the hands of skilled craftsmen, mundane everyday objects can become highly desirable works of art.

From :

15th April to 23rd April

Open :

In the Town Hall Council Chamber
10.00am - 4.00pm daily, EXCEPT Sunday

Fantasy Floral Fashion

For many years Sandy Lambeth has pressed flowers and leaves and has gained the Pressed Flower Guild Bronze award for her work. Here she exhibits pressed flower pictures and greetings cards which preserve the colour and vibrancy of the flowers and shows what can be achieved with skill and imagination. She also designs and makes her own hand crocheted versions of the corsages which were so popular at the 2004 designer collections.

From :

15th April to 23rd April

Open :

In the Town Hall Council Chamber
10.00am - 4.00pm daily, EXCEPT Sunday

Jewellery by Sally Napier

Sally Napier designs and produces the most wonderful individually hand-crafted jewellery with emphasis on quality using a combination of freshwater pearls in grey, pink and champagne, rock crystals and aquamarine. The jewellery range includes a selection of necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pendants and new to the range, Tiaras.

Sally studied Jewellery and Sirversmithing at De Montford University and now based at her studio in Wiltshire.

From :

15th April to 23rd April

Open :

In the Town Hall Exhibition Room
10.00am - 4.00pm daily, EXCEPT Sunday

"Storm Dancer" by Ian Coleman

Ian Coleman - Wildlife artist

Ian Coleman has spent many years studing the wildlife in the natural world. He became an illustrator until, in his late 20's, painting took over his life. His work is now widely collected throughtout the world.

He has lived in USA and Australia where his reputation grew as a wildlife artist painting mammals, birds and marine fish. He has been commissioned by the Scuba Diving world and in1996 was accepted into the prestigious Society of Animal Artists and his work selected for their annual American national tour. His work has been "Highly Commended" in several UK wildlife art exhibitions including the 2000 Wildlife Art Society exhibition in Bristol.

From :

15th April to 23rd April

Open :

In the Town Hall Exhibition Room
10.00am - 4.00pm daily, EXCEPT Sunday

"Pretender to the throne"
by Alan Ward

King George V (the bell) departs Paddington alongside an IC125 to start the GWR 150th Anniversary celebrations.

Alan Ward- Railway artist

The romance of the age of steam is all but lost with the ordinariness and standardisation of the current stock of engine power. Alan recaptures with oil on canvas the thrilling sights of powerful locomotives performing near to their design limits and the sense of excitement and expectation which meant that every head turned when the train thundered past. You can almost hear and smell the atmosphere of the mainline junctions so vivid is the imagery.

Alan has a collection of his work which takes in scenes from Exmoor, Bristol, Waterways etc. in addition to his well known atmospheric railway paintings.

From :

15th April to 23rd April

Open :

In the Town Hall Exhibition Room
10.00am - 4.00pm daily, EXCEPT Sunday

Hilliard Society - Miniatures

The amazing skills and artistic talent can only be admired in this exhibition of miniatures created by members of the Hillaird Society of Miniaturists. Modern miniaturists are not confined to portraiture alone and miniatures on several different media will be on display. Artwork on such a small scale whether on canvas, or in wood, creates its own problems with scale and perspective and the exhibition highlights the wonderful skills and the wide variety of miniatures created by members of the Society which is based here in the West Country.

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From :

April 14th to April 18th

Open :

In the St Mary's Church
10.00am - 4.00pm daily.

St Mary's Flower festival

Following the success of last year's festival of Art in the church, this year Revd. David Primrose has invited a flower festival into St Mary's with the theme "Story Time". The Church is certain to look wonderful at this time and the scents can only be imagined; a visit not be be missed on a sunny spring morning.

From :

January to May 2005

Open :

In Thornbury Museum, Chapel Street
1.00pm - 4.00pm daily,
Except Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm - Sunday Closed.

A major refitting of the museum was carried out in Thornbury museum over the winter and it reopened in January with an exhibition telling the story of the mining industry in South Gloucestershire which has all but disappeared. The current rural scene belies what once was a major industrial region.

Th South Glos. Mines research group are tracing and recording many of the surviving artifacts ot this era and this exhibition showns some of the work they have been engaged in.

From :

April 11th to April 29th

Open :

In Octagon Theatre Castle School

Art exhibition "Practise what you preach"

South Glos. Art teachers

Monday - Friday
10.00 am - 5.30 pm daily.

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