Open Studios is part of the wider programme of Site Festival, allowing artists to explore, develop projects and open their work up to the public. For visitors it means there are 6 routes to follow across the district, on which artists open their studios for two weekends.
You are welcome to come and meet some of the community group members who have helped to fold the many butterflies for the Chapel Street installation (8th June), have a cup of tea with us and maybe learn some origami while you're here.
Mat Collishaw presents ‘Sky Burial’; an immersive audio-visual installation and meditation on life, death and humanity set to Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, recorded and mixed in 360° spatial sound for d&b Audio Soundscape by Loss Gain. Y
Passionately championing self-taught, disabled, neurodivergent and overlooked artists from around the world, the Jennifer Lauren Gallery is showcasing all the artists the Gallery represents in one display. Following its launch in London, Why We Linger features a diverse mixture of drawings, paintings, embroidery and ceramics.
A fifth exhibition featuring new and previously shown work by Sylvia Hammond, Janet Grist and Pauline A show of quilts and stitched wallhangings the inspiration for which comes from many sources to give a diverse collection of work which is mainly hand coloured or printed with dye and paint or the use of commercial fabrics.
Visit THISS 2024 for participatory art performances facilitated by artist Emma Gregory at The Hide, one performance on each of the Open Studios days:
Sat 8th - 12pm
Sun 9th - 3pm
Sat 15th - 12pm
Sun 16th - 3pm
Join Caroline Tatham at Cotswold Gardening School in Gossington for workshops as part of Open Studios 2024. “We’ll be popping out into the garden to photograph some floral gorgeousness which will then inspire simple pen drawings. Adding a wash here and there will result in a unique, real postcard for you to bring home.”
The Hide Installation and Sculpture Showcase is a yearly event offering artists the chance to experiment with placing their work in a green and textured setting in contrast to what is referred in the art world as the ‘white cube’.
Let’s play with possibility! Enter a collective space where a group of architects, academics, artists, writers and policymakers grow parsley – watch out for it when you step over the threshold – build spaces, public and intimate, craft stories and re-imagine digital futures! Co-founded more than a year ago by architect Tom Sykes, artist-researcher Annja Neumann and community impresario Kath Child Lower Street Atelier is a place that works on you.
An exhibition of new work celebrating 10 years of Victoria Works Studios. Photographs, paintings, textile artworks, sculptural installations, jewellery, & ceramics.
Open Studios is part of the wider programme of Site Festival, allowing artists to explore, develop projects and open their work up to the public. For visitors it means there are 6 routes to follow across the district, on which artists open their studios for two weekends.
Pauline Scott-Garrett is a visual artist whose practice sits at an intersection between print, drawing, video and collage. Borderland is an Exhibition at Cacao House in Two Bedford Street, Stroud.
Message is a collection of artworks presented in one of the last remaining traditional print workshops in the country. Exploring different artwork – printed, hand drawn, metal, collage and wood responding to the theme of message and communication.
A collective of artists sharing skill, teaching techniques and creating mixed media artworks. Over the Open Studios weekends visit Myrn Fisher, Hannah O'Kelly, Alice Lovegrove and Zoe Kingston.
GPC have planned a diverse exhibition for SITE Open Studios 2024 to be displayed throughout the studios and gallery consisting of original prints that embrace different themes, scale and processes. There will be printmaking demonstrations in the studios on both weekends.
Through multimedia performance art, Nat's work aims to break down shame and nurture human connection between self and others. Visit the Sculpture Studio at SVA to see Nat’s collaboration with her mentor.
Inspired by the expansive landscapes of Rodborough Common, I explore various mediums to create wearable art. As a dedicated knitter I find that my passions extend beyond conventional perceptions, aiming to redefine it as a contemporary craft form. Visit the Textiles Studio at SVA to see Meredith’s collaboration with her mentor.
Mixed media artist using dolls to satirise consumer culture, labour and productions relationship to gender through kitsch prints, textiles, collages and drawings. Visit Studio 15 (top floor) at SVA to see Harriet’s collaboration with her mentor.
Exploring the joyful world of mixed media & markmaking in an effort to overcome perfectionism, combined with more controlled botanical elements to celebrate the beauty of the natural world. Visit Studio 7 in the Painting Studio at SVA to see Ebony’s collaboration with her mentor.
Zed in the Clouds presents a series of interactive painting/drawing activities alongside live graffiti painting and new artwork/clothing at the Ale House. Visit Zed at the Ale House in Stroud where he will be co-mentoring with Jessy Plant.
Abstract, colourful artworks that document one artist’s visual language. Showing a creative practice built on my experiences with synesthesia, a condition that overlaps sensory experiences. Visit Jessy at the Ale House in Stroud where they will be co-mentoring with Zed in the Clouds.
The Studios Collective’s ethos is to create a space for artists to develop and become fully immersed in their craft, with the support of fellow studio users. Visit the studios during both Open Studios weekends.
Sprung 2024 is Prema’s new open call exhibition for artists, designers and makers aged eighteen to thirty. Building upon Prema’s history as a pioneering rural space for the arts, Sprung looks to encourage conversation between those at various stages in their career, and showcase the diversity of young artist’s practices.
Chapel Street Community Group is working with Stroud Town Council and artist Jess Farr to create a public work of art on the Chapel Street estate, for one day only. You are invited to come and explore this tucked away space, and reflect with us about the purpose and practice of regeneration.
For the last three years Rich has produced over 80 new paintings for his current project, Nine Chapters of Stillness, which will reach its conclusion this June with this solo exhibition at Three Storeys in Nailsworth.
The Open Studios Taster Exhibition presents artwork from each Open Studios artist, as a 'taster' for routes and studios to visit.
We’re really excited to announce Palestinian artist and activist Taqi Spateen arrives in Stroud as part of a UK tour with Bethlehem Cultural Festival. Graffiti art is a major cultural force in Palestine, and we’ll be warmly welcoming him for collaborations and a residency space at Brunel Goods Shed and Picturedrome.
Passionately championing self-taught, disabled, neurodivergent and overlooked artists from around the world, the Jennifer Lauren Gallery is showcasing all the artists the Gallery represents in one display. Following its launch in London, Why We Linger features a diverse mixture of drawings, paintings, embroidery and ceramics.
Aleph Contemporary in Stroud proudly presents “Erased Histories: Art in Destruction, A Journey Through Ruins and Figures,” featuring British painter Alexander Adams. This compelling exhibition, Adams’s first major solo show in Britain in over a decade, explores themes of defacement and decay in historical narratives.
