Following his successful exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral at the beginning of the year, Adam White has brought his lures and paintings down to the SVA gallery. Over a hundred painted and carved fishing lures, entitled 'Lures for the Landlocked - Beware of Savage Hooks: guess who lives in the alphabait soup?". Each lure is accompanied by mischievous text that describes helpful 'fishing tips' for catching various species.
Also on display is Adam’s Brex-art 'tribute' to parliament in shed snakeskin called “The Reptile House”. Adam used shed snake-skins to create art and uncoil the wild shenanigans going on in Westminster.
This exhibition has been extended, and will be open Friday 12th July and Saturday 13th July 10am-5pm.
On Saturday children are encouraged to visit the gallery for free special treasures to keep, and to learn about the fun side of fossils with Adam White, as part of the Playground Fest.
Upcoming Events
Installation
11th - 20th September
Pioneers in the use of light, sound and technology, Squidsoup’s artworks combine physical and dynamic digital spaces with novel and intuitive forms of interaction to produce responsive and beguiling environments.
Talk
Saturday 19th September 3pm
Travels Over Feeling, the result of extensive research by author Richard King, brings together the largely unseen handwritten scores, lyrics, photos, letters and drawings found in both Arthur’s archive and other private collections, alongside wide-ranging original interviews with his collaborators, contemporaries, family and friends.
Talk
Sunday 20th September 1.30pm
In Everything We Do is Music, Elizabeth Alker shines a light on the fertile ground that exists between the borders of classical music and pop. She showcases the innovators of the former and their fans and collaborators in the latter, and explores how together these artists challenged the notion that such musical worlds are mutually exclusive.
Live Performance
Friday 25th September 8pm
Special guest Kevin Figes, a British saxophonist, flutist, bandleader, composer and filmmaker based in Bristol.
Live performance
Saturday 26th September 7:30pm
Brunel Goods Shed
13 piece ensemble with 9 saxophones, led by Will Gregory, explore the canon of influential American composer Moondog (aka The Viking of Sixth Avenue), the blind American musician and composer, who influenced everyone from Leonard Bernstein to Philip Glass.
Artist Talks
Tuesday 29th September
Join us for our 10th Pecha Kucha Night at SVA on Tuesday September 29th. 8 visual artists present their work in the brilliant 20/20 format : 20 images / 20 seconds per image - an exciting, generous, tender, performative, adrenalin rush dive into each artist’s practice with a full and engaged audience in the bar at SVA with mc Nick Grellier.
Live Performance
Friday 2nd October 7.30pm
Tokyo-based Japanese Tap Dancer and scrap metal percussionist returns to Stroud after her sold out show here last November.
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