Exhibitions and Events

Frome, where I live, has a strong artistic community with artists in studios and outlets across the town. The Black Swan Arts Gallery has an ambitious programme of exhibitions throughout the year and local cafes such as La Strada, Dining Diva's, and The Garden Cafe showcase artist's work on a regular basis.  The Merlin and Memorial Theatres in Frome run a busy programme of quality performances. Frome has its own community based festival that runs annually in July, putting the spotlight on the wealth and variety of talent in Frome as well attracting top performers across music, dance, theatre and art.  Frome Festival includes an artists Open Studios event over both weekends of the festival.

There are a number of open studio events across the counties of Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset at different times, giving artists a chance to exhibit their work locally and visitors plenty of opportunity to see original artwork in their local area. In the bordering county of Wiltshire, the Cloth Road Arts Trail, covering predominantly west Wiltshire, runs its open studios event bi- annually in May (next 2012). Somerset Art Works organises Somerset Art Weeks Open Studios Event every September. The Wylye Valley Art Trail, covering south Wiltshire runs bi-annually in May (next 2011). Dorset Arts Week runs in May/June bi-annualy (next 2012).

Frome Open Studios July 2011
Frome Festival weekend 9th and 10th July 2011

I will be exhibiting with Stina Harris and Rowena Mayell for the first weekend of Frome Festival at my home in Frome. Phone h 01373 455634 m 0785 544 0648

   
Stina Harris

   
Rowena Mayell
 

Samantha West

A selection of our work as exhibited during Frome Festival Open Studios.

For more information about Frome Festival, check the website:

www.fromefestival.co.uk

Paintings at The Garden Cafe - May & June 2011
16 Stony Street, Frome BA11 1BU

An exhibition of my paintings on the walls of The Garden Cafe from 19th May and continuing throughout June.

The Garden Cafe is in Stony Street just off the Market Place in the centre of the town. You can enjoy breakfast, coffee, organic wines, beers and ciders, a delicious menu, cakes and puddings, and now also pizza's from 5pm on Thursday's, Friday's and Saturday's, until the dough runs out.

Opening hours:

Mon to Thurs 8:30am - 7pm     Fri & Sat 8:30am - late  
Sun 10:30am - 5pm

  'Arrival'

www.gardencafefrome.co.uk

Tel. 01373 454178

POP gallery
Catherine Hill Frome - May 2011

Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles video by six Frome artists on show for the month of May, utilising an empty shop space on Catherine Hil.

POP Opening Celebration Sunday 1st May 10am to 3pm during St. Catherine's Artisan Market - Catherine Hill Frome.

The exhibition continues throughout May opening on Monday's, Thursday's, Friday's and Saturday's, 11am to 4pm.

galleryfrome.blogspot.com

Exhibition of paintings in the bar at
Arc Theatre Trowbridge - April 2011

A selection of my paintings are currently filling the walls in the bar at Arc Theatre Trowbridge, for the duration of April.

www.arctheatre.org.uk/display_cat.asp

'November'

Pop Up Gallery
December 2010

Pop Up Gallery Bath

The Art Stable, Child Okeford, Dorset
'Secret Postcards' 2010

The Art Stable Secret Postcards weblink

The Art Stable is situated at Gold Hill Organic Farm in Child Okeford, Dorset.  They specialise in Contemporary and Modern British paintings and prints.  There are two exhibiting spaces, one for temporary exhibitions and the other permanently hanging work by gallery artists.

The current 'Secret Postcard' exhibition is raising funds for a volunteer trip to Sri Lanka to help at The Foundation of Goodness which was set up by Kushil Gunasekera in 1999.

As part of the fundraising all the proceeds from selling the currently exhibited postcard sized pieces of work, signed on the back and exhibited anonymously, will go towards the above.

You'll have to guess which are mine!

Bath Artist's Studios ' New View ' exhibition 2010

Bath Artists' Studios Gallery, Comfortable Place, Upper Bristol ROad, Bath BA1 3AJ

www.bathartistsstudios.co.uk

www.bana-arts.co.uk

Cloth Road Arts Week - next date
May 2012

      www.clothroadartists.com

The Cloth Road Arts Week is an art trail that travels through West Wiltshire - Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon and Melksham and the surrounding villages showcasing work including painting, jewellery, sculpture, textiles, mosaic, metalwork, woodcarving, glassmaking and photography.

This year's 9-day event ran from Saturday 1st to Sunday 9th May 2010. I exhibited with a group at the West Barn in Bradford-on-Avon, joining Brian Greaves, metalworker/sculptor, Anthony Rogers, wood sculptor, Sarah Truscott, weaver, and JoAnne Huntley, lampworker.

Please use the above link to visit the main Cloth Road Artists website to find out more about the event.

Photos of my work from the May 2008 event:-

Colour and Line

Bay Tree Gallery, Bradford-on-Avon  - 2009 
 

The Bay Tree Gallery is located at 48 St. Margaret's Street, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1DE.

Tel. 01225 864918  Website: Bay Tree Gallery

Somerset Art Weeks (SAW) - 2008

Somerset Arts Works

Sarah, Sally and myself at our venue- SAW 2008

FromeFM - Interview

Frome has it's own community on-line radio station, broadcasting 7 days a week. There are 65 new programmes to listen to, a month. With a vast range of topics covered, it's well worth visiting the site and having a flick through the shows and picking something that looks like it might be interesting or fun to stop for, sit back and listen a while.

You'll also currently find an interview given by myself on the 'George Neilson-Toy In The Afternoon' (GNT In the Afternoon) programme, where I am chatting about my journey to my art practise, scattered with some choices of favourite music. To go and listen to this, visit the FromeFM website, then go to 'Programmes' - 'Interviews and Chat' - 'George Neilson-Toy In The Afternoon' - 'Samantha West interview'.

Click here to visit the website  FromeFM website

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