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area has a long history of excellence in the arts and crafts, and
continues to be recognised today through the substantial public and
philanthropic funding to Stroud Valleys Artspace .... This festival
is rightly the focus of this high level of activity." Professor Anita Taylor RWA, Director, Jerwood Drawing Prize, Vice Principal, Wimbledon School of Art site07 is poised to bring over 250 local, national and international artists to Stroud in Gloucestershire to participate in this dynamic contemporary arts festival. Now in its eleventh year, site07 builds on the success of previous years festivals with packed programme of exhibitions, site based works, screenings, open studios, talks, workshops and walking tours. |
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The organisation behind
site07, Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA) was founded in 1997 with the
aim of promoting and supporting the artists working in the area.
Starting from humble beginnings, when volunteers “SVA is now moving into one of the most significant
stages of its development, taking ten years of arts activities into
a new phase. We are really pleased to be working with prestigious
Tony Fretton Architects, a London based practice which has a reputation
for designing art spaces of exceptional quality.” |
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After the success
of last years exhibition, at the Museum in the
Park, this year’s
exhibition will be selected show of work by artists taking part in
the Site07 festival. Darbyshire
Framers, a leading framer and art fabricator in the contemporary
art world, will be awarding a prize of £1000 worth of framing
services to an exhibiting artist who will also offered a ten day exhibition
in the newly refurbished project space at SVA, John Street. The selectors will be Mark Darbyshire, Jean Boyd and Gavin McClafferty. The festival will see the return of the popular Open Studios events. Last year over eighty artists welcomed visitors to their homes and studios throughout Stroud’s picturesque five valleys. This year’s festival will offer art-lovers the same opportunity to see high quality art within the diverse settings in which it was created as well as the opportunity to purchase work directly from the artists. “The open studios are important,” states participating artist Nick Grellier, “people come in and rifle through plans chests and drawings and see where the art comes from.” William Morris perhaps began the trail of artists to Stroud. He has since been followed by sculptor Lyn Chadwick who set up his studio in Edge during the 1940s. The establishment of renowned sculpture foundry Pangolin Editions in the nearby village of Chalford, put the area firmly on the artistic map. And when Damien Hirst established a studio in the valleys, Stroud’s reputation for nurturing and inspiring artists and art was firmly established. |
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“This
is a town with a real buzz to it,” says painter Carolyn
White,
who has lived and worked in the area for 12 years. “Visitors
passing through notice the lively farmers market, the street cafes
that also host art exhibitions and the wealth of cultural events.
The strong artists community here is an integral part of the vibrant
town life. I think that’s why Site is such an exciting festival.
It brings together a diversity of provocative and traditional art
in a rural setting, with a progressive Cotswold town at its hub.
The Site festival is the annual highlight to the year-round arts
scene in Stroud.” |
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After the success of last year's exhibition at the Museum in the Park, this year's exhibition will be a selected show of work by artists taking part in the site07 festival. Darbyshire Framers will be awarding a prize of £1000 worth of framing services to an exhibiting artist who will also be offered a ten day exhibition in the newly refurbished project space at SVA, John Street, Stroud. The selectors will be Mark Darbyshire, Jean Boyd and Gavin McClafferty. Caption Site 06 festival exhibition. Musuem in the Park. June 06. Photograph by Nigel Noyes This exhibition was selected by Anita Taylor. Director of the Jerwood Drawing prize and Vice Principal, Wimbeldon School of Art. |
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site07 is supporting a small selection of individual and group artists shows and events. In the past these projects have included site specific works, artists talks, sound events, film screenings, visual and sound workshops and music and poetry events. Caption Circumscribe. Louisa Fairclough and Sean Borodale. Some Vacant Accommodation. SVA. Jan 2007. Photograph by Colin Glen Some Vacant Accommodation was a two and a half day collaborative event held at the newly refurbished, but still mostly unoccupied SVA buildings in Stroud on the 26/27/28 of January 2007. The event encompassed a range of site-specific works, performances, critical responses, interventions, ideas, and dialogues by invited artists and curators from across the UK. |
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 John Street
Exhibition and Events 1st - 30th June |
SVA is pleased to be able to reopen its newly refurbished building to the public in June with an exhibition of John Street studio artists work supported by Lisa Le Feuvre. Caption Simon Poulter.Some Vacant Accommodation. SVA. Jan2007. Photograph by Colin Glen Simon Poulter exhibited these pieces of vandalised works from his Knowle West Media Centre Commission in SVA's new project space as part of Some Vacant Accommodation. |
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 Artists
Open Studios Saturday June 9th & Sunday 10th 11am - 6pm Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th 11am - 6pm |
To take part in Open Studios 2007 artists are asked to open their studios during the two weekends of Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th June and Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th June from 11am - 6pm and by appointment during the week. Caption Kate Loveday's studio. June 2006. Photograph by Nigel Noyes Kate Loveday is exhibiting and opening her studio as part of Site 07 open studios artist. |
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 Open Studios Exhibition Subscription Rooms, Stroud 1st -30th June |
This exhibition will be a selected show of open studio artists work. It also works as a festival information point and is designed to help visitors plan their open studio visits. The exhibition will be part of a full programme of festival events in the Sub Rooms. Caption Open Studios Exhibition at the Sub Rooms. Photograph by Nigel Noyes |
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 Somewhere,
Not HereDrawing show Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth 1st -21st June |
In most if not all forms of drawing the artist finds a period of deep concentration. At this point the pen becomes an extension of the artist, and the paper a screen on which the skill and vision of the artist are projected. This moment of transition is what is implied by ‘somewhere not here’. Stroud and its surrounds has long been blessed with many talented artists. This annual show provides an opportunity to see into the mechanics of drawing as well as to buy original works. Caption Gavin Mc Clafferty. Somewhere Not Here. Drawing show. Ruskin Mill. June 2007. Photograph by Gavin McClafferty Gavin Mc Clafferty will be exhibiting as part of a selected drawing show of artists working in commercial art industries based in Stroud including Science, Pangolin and Darbyshire Framers. |
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