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*Ronnies
is a new coffee lounge and restaurant, a haven for eclectic art lovers.
Ronnies provides a showcase for emerging artists to exhibit and sell
artworks including watercolours and screen prints, sculptures and drawings.
Ronnies
will be exhibiting work by Isabelle Roberts immediately after the Open
Studios season ends.
Directions:
located in St Mary Shopping Centre at the bottom of St Mary Street in
the middle of Thornbury
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Information.
For
the third year running,
a group of local artists, sponsored
by grants from
Castle School
Octogon Visual Arts Centre, South
Gloucestershire Council and sponsorship from Ronnies*,
have
come together under the umbrella of Thornbury Arts Festival to take part in
the South Gloucestershire Arts Trail. During the "Open Studios" period,
from May 3rd to May
17th
the
public are invited to
visit the artists in their own studios, or exhibition space, to talk about and
appreciate the works on display and hopefully to make one or two purchases of
work that catch the eye. The exact location and times when the studios will
be open can be found in the glossy leaflet available from Thornbury Town Hall
or Thornbury Library, or by clicking on the artist's name or minipic below.
Alphabetical
List of Artists in Open Studios scheme
(Click on
an artist's name or minipic for examples and description of work, directions
to the studios and the agreed visiting hours)
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Les Baker - RecklesssOrchard (Designed landscapes)
Luci
Gorrell Barnes (Paintings and sketches)
Christoper
Robert Box (Steel and Plaster sculpture)
Janet Clarke (Fleece and
natural fibres)
Pauline Darley (Oils, pastels,
acrylic)
Rosa Davis (Paper mache
figures, silk pictures)
Rita Dee (Watercolours,
mixed media & acrylics)
Valerie
Ebbs (Watercolours)
Julianne
Edbrooke (Designer shell and bead jewellery)
Elizabeth
Z Fennell (Watercolours,mixed pastels)
Jenny
Gregson (Watercolours and acrylics)
Joan
Hawkins (Oils, pastels)
Elva
Hesketh (Small ceramic totems)
Anne
Hinchcliffe (Baskets in willow)
Robert Hirstwood (Semi-abstract
landscapes)
John Huggins (Bronze sculptures)
Rowan
Isaccs (Computer manipulated imagery)
Jane
G Jeffs (Mixed media textile art)
June
King (Acrylics)
Jane
Lampard (Oils and Pastels)
Anne
Lewandowska (Nature photography)
Barbara McNamara (Oil, watercolours,
pastel & acrylic)
Joy Moorhead (Acrylics &
mixed media)
Heather Morgan (Batik & weaving)
Martin Pemberton (Photographs)
Valerie Ridler (Landscapes
& seascapes)
Isabelle Roberts (Paintings, ceramics,
drawings, digital)
Shirley
Sharp (Figurative, oil on canvas)
Jackie
Shipley (Stained Glass, copper foil & leading)
Cathy
Snowden (Decorated containers, triptyches)
Agnes
Vermorel (Mosaics from tiles, crockery, mirrors)
Mary Wilkins (Pastels,
mixed media, acrylic, oils)
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Francis Wilson (Watercolours, oils & acrylics)
Alison Wootten (Quiet nature
paintings)
Chris
Zair (Slip and glazed stoneware ceramics)
Open Studios Guide (pdf format)
Octogon
Visual Arts Centre
Festival
Art Exhibitions
Thornbury
Art Club
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Visiting procedures
for members of the public
The opening
times of each studio is listed in each artists' page and given in the
official guide leaflet. Members of the public are very welcome to visit
at these times. Please remember that you may be visiting an artist at
home, so please be very careful about leaving dirty footmarks. You should
not expect to be able to smoke, or use a phone or lavatory, or wander
wherever you please. For your own safety, you are also obliged to follow
all rules and instructions that your host may have in place.
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Festival
Art Exhibitions
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A number of Open Studios Artists will be exhibiting in Thornbury Town
Hall from 24 April - 30 April, 10.00am
to 4.00pm.
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A
number of local businesses are also hosting exhibitions of artwork in their
premises during the festival period.
Heritage
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offers a wide range of lovely gifts for special occasions, plus an exhibition
of paintings by Shirley Sharp.
Directions: 24, High St. Thornbury
T&J
Owen - florist shop exhibiting beautiful floral paintings by Mary Wilkins.
Directions:
Number 1, The Plain, Thornbury
Wildings Department Store - come and browse a high quality range
of goods and see their colourful display of local artworks.
Directions: 14 High St, Thornbury
D.T.J.
Hardwick -
building consultants exhibiting paintings by Robert Hirstwood.
Directions: 6 Castle St., Thornbury
Morgan
Stone -
insurance company exhibiting exciting papier mache artworks by Cathy Snowden.
Directions: 48 High St, Thornbury
Horders
- offers
printing, stationery and computer supplies, plus an exhibition of local artworks.
Directions: 22 High St, Thornbury
Castle
Estate Agents - local properties for sale and an exhibition of local artworks.
Directions: 63 High St, Thornbury
Thank you to all the local
businesses that have generously offered to host exhibitions of local artists
creative work on their premises helping to animate Thornbury Centre as part
of the Open Studios and Festival celebrations.
Thornbury
Art Club
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Thornbury Art Club
are holding a Spring exhibition "Serendipity
3" at The Wyevale Garden Centre,
east of Thornbury off the A38 at Buckover.
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The exhibition
is open during normal business hours from 9th to 14th May
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