Severn Vale Art Trail - May 4th to 12th 2013

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Click on centre panel to download the Art Trail Guide

containing full details of artists' locations, maps,

directions and exhibiting times. (.pdf reader required)

Printed copies of the guide are available

from Thornbury Town Hall

and Thornbury Library

Supported by The Octagon Visual Arts Gallery, Castle School, Thornbury

Participating Artists (Listed from South to North)

Click on an artist's name for the location, examples and a short description of their work. Please take care to check opening times carefully in the Art Trail Guide to avoid disappointment.

South
1) Jackie Shipley	2) Ange de Lumiere	3) Hayley Anne Woollon	4) Cheryl Miller	5) Ray Loadman	6) Bill Phillips
7) Angus Macaskill	8) George King	9) Gillian Harkness	10) Joan Hawkins	11) Jenny Gregson	12) Sara Waterhouse
13) Ira Wood

Central
14) Susan Dean	15) Rosemary Millar	16) Megan Walden	17) Anne Lewandowska	18) Mary Snartt	19) Ashley Haigh
20) Nicola Latham	21) Haidee Bryant	22) Betty Quinion	23) Beryl Phillpots	24) Marjorie Roper-Marshall	25) Mary Wilkins
26) Heather Morgan	27) Diana Western	28) Stephanie Price	29) Lyndsey Benson	30) Mitra McQuilton	31) Karen Schwamm
32) Philip Whitehead	33) Jez Truelove	34) Anne McAllister	35) Pandora McGee	36) Mary Drown	37) Eduardo Paolozzi
38) Catherine Barnard	39) Elaine Sims	40) Sophie Ploeg	41) Joy Moorhead

North East
42) Jane Lampard	43) Heidi Palmer-Smith	44) Claire Failes	45) Sally Nash	46) Rita Dee	47) Pat Ward
48) Gillian Taylor	49) Joyce Pinch

North West
50 ) TomatoJack Arts	51) Gloria Jones	52) Jenny Smith	53) Sarah Townsend	54) Izzy Wells	55) Tanya Stanyer
56) Jane Jeffs	57) Rosie Diggins	58) Ronald Swanwick

Severn Vale Art Trail

For the eighth year running, a group of local artists, supported by Castle School Octagon Visual Arts Centre, and use of the facilities at The Hatch Camphill Community, Thornbury and District Museum, Thornbury Pound Cottage Gallery, TomatoJack Arts, The Hub Celebration Fairs and Thornbury Town Council have come together under the umbrella of Thornbury Arts Festival to take part in the Severn Vale Art Trail. The trail presents a wealth of talent including paintings in oil, watercolour and pastel, ceramics and sculpture, prints and drawings, photography, jewellery, textiles, stained glass and woodturning. From May 4th to May 12th the public are invited to visit the artists in their own studios, or shared exhibition space, to talk about and appreciate the works on display and hopefully to make one or two purchases of work that catches the eye. The exact location and times when the studios will be open can be found by downloading the Guide or picking up a printed copy of the Art Trail Guide from Thornbury Town Hall or Thornbury Library.

For information about joining the Severn Vale Artists in the next Art Trail please call Jane Parfitt on 01454 6135811.

Visiting procedures for members of the public

The opening times of each exhibition is given in the official guide, members of the public are very welcome to visit at these times. Plan your route in advance and be sure to visit individual artists in their own surroundings as well as those in shared venues. Look for the red Art Trail signs as you near your destination and remember to check official notices giving parking restrictions and time limits. Please remember that you may be visiting an artist at home, so please be very careful about leaving 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 the rules and instructions that your host may have put in place.

Please note that members of the public visit the Art Trail at their own risk. The organisers cannot be held liable for any loss, damage or injury sustained by any member of the public visiting an Art Trail venue.

Whilst every care has been taken in compiling this guide, Severn Vale Art Trail cannot be held responsible for any errors, variations or omissions.

Showcase Exhibition in Thornbury Town Hall
Friday 19th - Saturday 27th April
Open daily 10.00am - 4.00pm (excluding Sunday)
Including a Children's Art Exhibition


The exhibition showcases examples of work by individual artists and makers participating in the Art Trail. Their contact details can be found in the Art Trail Guide. Work is not for sale at this exhibition.

The exhibition is your chance to see art work by local children with the theme 'On the Prowl in the Jungle'.

The exhibition also features work by the Severn Valley Quilters, which is not part of the Trail

Associated Art Exhibitions

Octagon Visual Arts Centre

Exhibition by Eduardo Paolozzi

General Dynamic F.U.N.

A Hayward Touring Exhibition

April 29th - 24th May, Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi was one of the pioneers of the pop art movement in the UK. Paolozzi's canny alchemy is vividly apparent in General Dynamic F.U.N, a series of fifty screen-prints and photo-lithographs created between 1965 and 1970.

Here Paolozzi employs the technologies of mass-reproduction and gorges on its idols - the household names and familiar faces of consumer advertising, high fashion and Hollywood.

The exhibition is open to the public between 9am and 5pm at The Castle School, Park Road, Thornbury, BS35 1HT.

©Eduardo Paolozzi

Purchase original and exciting photography by Castle School students
or hire the work to exhibit in your office space.

Visit Art For Offices on The Castle School web page. www.thecastleschool.org.uk

Directions

The Octagon Gallery is located to the rear of The Castle School, Park Road, Thornbury.

Leaving the High Street behind you, travel down Castle Street, past the church. The school is 200 yards on the left. The exhibition is number 37 in the Trail Guide.

The Octagon Gallery is based at the Castle School, a Specialist Visual Arts College and a centre of excellence for the visual arts. The octagonal facility consists of a teaching space and a gallery for school and community use.

Life drawing classes - We run a group for adults at the Castle School every Wednesday afternoon from 2.00pm - 3.30pm. All abilities are welcome and materials are provided.

Costs: £30 for 6 sessions.

For further information on art classes - please contact Heather Johnson, Community Art Co-ordinator by telephone 01454 862176 or e-mail: heather.johnson@thecastleschool.org.uk

• Art in Business 2013

Look out for examples of art work by this year's artists in the period leading up to the Art Trail in shop windows and businesses around Thornbury

Origins Cafe at Turnberrie's Community Centre. Work by Marjorie Roper-Marshall.
Location Bath Road.

Surroundings Picture Framing and Gift Shop. Work by Hayley Anne Woollon.
Location 26 St Mary Street.

Hawkins of Thornbury. Work by TomatoJack Gallery's Lynda Knott & Angela Williams.
Location 49 High Street.

Castle Estate Agents. Work by Jez Truelove.
Location 63 High Street.

Morgan Stone Insurance Company. Work by George King & Sally Nash.
Location 48 High Street.

Heritage Gift and Card Shop. Work by Jane Lampard.
Location 24 High Street.

Wildings Department Store. Work by Sara Waterhouse .
Location14 High Street.

Thornbury Bookshop. Work by Heidi Palmer-Smith and Cheryl Miller ARPS.
Location 2 High Street.

T & J Owen Florist. Work by Patricia Ward.
Location 1 The Plain.

Crossmans Solicitors. Work by Izzy Wells
Location 12 The Plain.

Bonds of Thornbury Estate Agents. Work by Haidee Bryant.
Location 14 The Plain.

Elite. Work by Rosemary Millar.
Location 14 The Plain.

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the following for their support.

The Octagon Visual Arts Centre
Camphill Community at The Hatch
Thornbury and District Museum
Christine Stone at The Hub
Daphne and Jack Ashton at Thornbury Pound Gallery
South Gloucestershire Council
Thornbury Town Council
Judith Payne
Town Hall Staff
Chris Coppin
Terry Ray

Art Trail Group

Jane Parfitt
Shirley Sharp
Barbara Ray
Corinne Wisbey

Participating Artists (Listed from South to North)

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