Young Artist Residency
Monday 27th February – Sunday 5th March
During his time in the gallery, Archie will develop samples that he’s made at Stroud College by exploring scale. He will explore his 2d and 3d pieces work while considering themes of connection to nature and the organic forms.
Young Artist Residency
Monday 30th January – Sunday 12th February
Fine artist, Albie Lucas takes residence in the gallery, producing a series of drawings and paintings. “I focus on what it’s like to be living, not pulling any punches with it, not glorifying any happiness or sadness, each are the same.”
Residency
Tuesday 11th - Saturday 15th Oct
Periscope (artists Alison Cockcroft and Emily Joy) will transform the gallery into a space for participation and collaboration, an open access workshop and thinking space for everyone.
Residency
Friday 23rd September - Sunday 2nd October
Dangervitch & Neptune share their latest take on the world in the form of massive weird paintings. Their time in the gallery will see both the display and creation of new works.
Residency
Tuesday 6th - Sunday 11th September
Grace will create and display large-scale multimedia paintings exploring mark making and mood during her time in the gallery.
Residency
Wednesday 24th August - Tuesday 6th September
Zoe and Jake take residence in the gallery exploring time, land art and natural forms via drawing and sculpture.
Workshop
Friday 19th August 1-3pm
Q takes residency in the gallery, exploring the act of drawing when you feel you want to, with what you have. Join Q for a guided silent walk to explore the OUTSIDE - having time to explore the INSIDE.
Residency
Friday 12th August - Sunday 21st August
Q takes residency in the gallery, following solo wild camping on the West Coast of Ireland. He will be showing and exploring drawings which explore the OUTSIDE - having time to explore the INSIDE. The act of drawing when you feel you want to, with what you have.
Residency
13th-22nd September
For this residency Greer will be focusing on developing some large tissue paper and gel cutouts - building window based surprises and layers. Plus Kids free drop-in workshops Sat 18th & Sun 19th 2-4pm.
Residency
Tuesday, July 13 - Sunday, July 25
Witness a surreal social commentary, as duo Dangervitch and Neptune challenge the boundaries of normality and encourage open-mindedness via time-based media. The pair often utilise reverse psychology both visually and conceptually within their work in attempt to promote a more imaginative way of thinking. Find their work during this year’s Site Festival, where their SVA Studio will be open to the public for two weekends. This exhibition and film is part of a series, which is offering space and time to young artists to make and show new work in the gallery.
Workshop
Thursday 27 May 11am-1pm
We are inviting writers to join us in the gallery while the exhibition is on, for a free 2 hour workshop for creative writers with Noor-e-Sehar Al, who is our writer in residence for Colin Higginson’s show In the Manner in Which It Appears .
Workshop
Thursday 20 May 6.30-8.30pm
We are inviting writers to join us in the gallery while the exhibition is on, for a free 2 hour workshop for creative writers with Ana Hine, who is our writer in residence for Colin Higginson’s show In the Manner in Which It Appears .
10th - 15th May
Renowned performance artist Richard Layzell returns to Stroud this May. He will be found exploring, investigating and probing the boundaries of the extensive common land that surrounds the town. What secrets are there hidden in the commons? Finding out can be a mucky business.
Residency
3rd-8th May
The fleeting glimpse of something in the corner of your eye. Half- realised, not fully understood. The image can lie dormant, returned and at some point can trigger animation. The space will be used for an installation.
Residency
28 April - 1st May
Ella Clifton-Gould and Darcie Kemp are two female artists originally from Stroud, both currently studying art and fashion in London and Manchester. Ella and Darcie will be presenting an unseen, new and exciting series of performances, 'Night Time Raiders' at SVA gallery space. A long overdue collaboration, after admiring each other's work from afar, producing a series of performances combining Clifton-Gould's love for snails and Kemp's love for flowers. These works will be exploring performance, sound, visuals, story telling, costume, props and play.
Performance and Projections
Friday 9th April 8-8.30pm
Saturday 10th April 8-8.30pm
Sunday 11th April 8-8.30pm
Brenda and Anna will be sharing the work which they will be developing during the 3 week residency for this public event which will include improvised performance, projection, sound and installation.
Tickets £4
Booking essential
Saturday 3rd April 8-9.30pm
Monday 5th April 8-9.30pm
Tuesday 6th April 8-9.30pm
Here is a great chance to see the film INVISIBLE projected up large in the gallery for 3 evenings. We are experimenting with presenting work safely during lockdwon so we invite you to join us outside the gallery and watch this beautiful poignant 7 minute film Anna Cady and Brenda Waite.
Free just turn up
Residency
25 March – 11 April
Brenda Waite and Anna Cady will be working in the gallery to create an installation and performances which can be viewed safely, despite lockdown, through the window.
Using installation, video and interactive performance in the gallery window, Brenda and Anna bring dry humour to current preoccupations with isolation, barriers and the difficulty of sharing experience. With support from Arts Council England project funding.
Residency
8th - 21st March
Drawing is an accessible and dynamic artform because it doesn’t require vast amounts of space or resources. During this residency we aim to explore the possibilities of collaborative drawing by experimenting with size, medium and subject matter.
Residency
22nd February -7th March
Using relics from childhood as tools for storytelling, Tanith Mab and Isobel Harper navigate the exponential acceleration of the world. In a period where nostalgia is more rife than ever, with both positive and negative repercussion, they reflect on the pop culture they grew up with.
Residency
8th - 21st February
Kes Wilkie graduated from Falmouth School of Art in 2019, where he began making kinetic sculptures involving various objects such as parachutes, conveyor belts and household fans to build upon ideas and scenarios found in existing cinema and poetry.
Residency
25th January - 7th February
Millie Steele graduated from the University of Gloucestershire in 2017 and has since been working as a 3D Artist Technician. Her sculptures and installations are concerned with the notion of time and coincidence. She manipulates everyday objects to radically shift their meaning, often highlighting human issues and fears for the future.
Residency
19th January -15th February
Daisy Timpson is a second year Fashion Photography student, studying at London College of Fashion. Focusing mainly on portrait photography although she also enjoys collaging and manipulating her photographs with mixed media. Working mostly with 35mm film on a point and shoot camera, taking it everywhere with her to document the people and places she encounters.
Residency
18th -24th January
Richard Layzell is delighted to be returning to Stroud to investigate the deep ecology of the local car parks. There’s nothing like mush.
Residency
6th-24th January
A surreal celebration of humour, ceremony, the land and its stranger beings. The exhibition will showcase work of multi-media artist Moina Moin and her frequent collaborators - Mermaid Chunky, Milbo Couture, Junk Baby and Mould Collective.
Exhibition
11th November - 1st December
A work-in-progress R&D residency combining revived vestiges of lo-fi history with digital futures, and live medium-wave radio mixing with in-the-moment interventions, culminating in 2 binaural live streams hosted virtually by Knaïve Theatre.
