In residence: 28th April - 2nd May
Exhibition opening: Friday 2nd May 5-6.30pm
Open 3rd - 4th May 10am - 3pm
Celtic storytelling through textiles and sound. The opening on Friday 2nd May will be part of the Marsh Marigold event with The Wicker Mantomime, Mermaid Chunky and Joicey Collective.
Exhibition
9th - 17th May
Empty Alcove is part of a new commission by Guthrie which continues his ongoing exploration of the Blackboy Clock; an object of contested heritage publicly displayed in his hometown of Stroud.
Talk
Thursday 15th May 7-9pm
Empty Alcove is part of a new commission by Guthrie which continues his ongoing exploration of the Blackboy Clock; an object of contested heritage publicly displayed in his hometown of Stroud.
Symposium
Friday 11th April 10am -4.30pm
A one day symposium investigating the powerful role art, creativity, culture can play in bringing about real and meaningful change to our communities across the Stroud district.
Artists Talks
Tuesday 1st April 6.30-8.30pm
Pecha Kucha comes to Stroud! 8 artists show and tell 20 images of their art practice for 20 seconds per image. A brilliant format for artists to present a slice of their work in an informal setting with dynamism, community, succinctness and beer.
Residency
21st - 29th March
Using cameras built from waste and experimental techniques, Harry documents abandoned materials as both artefact and witness, exploring how everyday debris becomes our future archaeologies.
Exhibition
7th - 15th March
Sam's work has developed as a result of working with refugees from different backgrounds and experiences. The work aims at raising awareness of our fragile lives and the resilience of nature.
Exhibition
20th February - 1st March
Depicting the joys and trials of everyday life, in Watching Not Helping, Helen Hardaker paints and draws through the eyes of watchful crows and the imagined lives of insects, animals, moths and birds.
Exhibition
7th - 15th February
Jussara Nazaré is a multidisciplinary Gloucester based artist with a focus on afro-queer surrealist art & performance. Her work is often full of colour, patterns and life as it blooms in many forms.
Residency
28th January - 3rd February
Exploring the theme ‘What is Real?’ this project delves into how we perceive and define reality, focusing on the segment Reality – Agreement of Senses. Through this, Bhunkal aims to examine how our senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell—work together to shape our understanding of the world.
Residency
21st - 27th January
Exploring the intersections and commonalities between their working-class experiences, Kelly O’Brien and Rider Shafique hope to address British identity, language, ritual, and tradition using their multi-disciplinary practices.
Artists Talks
14th January 6.30pm
Pecha Kucha comes to Stroud! 8 artists show and tell 20 images of their art practice for 20 seconds per image. A brilliant format for artists to present a slice of their work in an informal setting with dynamism, community, succinctness and beer.
Exhibition
10th - 18th January
This exhibition brings together a selection of creative journaling work by participants of Maternal Journal circles held by Stroud Motherhood Collective. Presenting journal pages and large collaborative pieces it aims to share the power of journaling and its positive impact on mothers’ mental health and wellbeing.
Exhibition
13th - 24th December
This exhibition sees a body of work specifically charting Ant's path out of four debilitating strokes.
27th November - 7th December
The Textile Studio will again open in the Gallery for Christmas and be bursting with festive cheer!
Residency
19th - 24th November
Evie & Jimmy explore Lisbon's gothic creatures and microworlds during their residency, A Jornada. They will create new multimedia works and share the creative ‘workings-out’ developed during their independent art school experience.
Artists Talks
29th October 6.30pm
Pecha Kucha comes to Stroud! 8 artists show and tell 20 images of their art practice for 20 seconds per image. A brilliant format for artists to present a slice of their work in an informal setting with dynamism, community, succinctness and beer.
Exhibition
26th October - 2nd November
The world's oldest surviving music from the voices of enslaved people on the sugar plantations of Barbados inspired this astonishing exhibition, originally shown in Gloucester Cathedral September 2024.
Exhibition
12th - 19th October
Shapeshifting looks at our relationship with nature with an imaginative slant. Artist Janie George, works across the mediums of paint, ceramics, drawing and print.
Exhibition
27th September - 6th October
Charlotte Aiken presents a solo exhibition of paintings exploring her fascination with cloud formations and our connection to the natural world. Through her distinct perspective, Charlotte experiences a world that feels excessively exposed and vivid. Each piece captures a fleeting moment, an experience that will never be the same again.
Exhibition
12th - 21st September
The essence of Ritu Sood’s paintings is that human experience is shareable. In ‘Post Trauma’, solitary life size figures rest in expanses of seductive colour. They act as ‘portals’ to collective emotional experience. This is a sister project to ‘The Wisdom of Trauma’ shown at The Stroud Film Festival.
Artists Talks
3rd September 6.30pm
Pecha Kucha comes to Stroud! 8 artists show and tell 20 images of their art practice for 20 seconds per image. A brilliant format for artists to present a slice of their work in an informal setting with dynamism, community, succinctness and beer.
Exhibition
9th - 18th August
Suzy Crossley’s first solo show pulls together a new body of work fabricated since moving back to Stroud, Gloucestershire, where the artist grew up. Sensitive, intimate abstract paintings comprise an exploration of colour, texture and scale. The works deliver cathartic release to viewer and artist.
Exhibition
30th July - 5th August
The Crab Museum. Inside you will find paintings, drawings, sculptures and most importantly crab specimens found washed up and Respectfully preserved. No monocles, no pipes! I collect beach plastic as a trade and this is incorporated into my art. This is perpetual absurdity and that's 'why crabs, Rex?'
Residency
2nd - 8th July
Georgia’s residency will be a release of ideas, where thought meets the air and transforms into something tangible. Her first artist residency will explore photography, words, drawing and installation.
Residency
25th -30th June
During a one-week residency at SVA Anna will develop visual responses to on-going research looking at photography & migration at the border in Calais, France.
Exhibition
Friday 3rd - Saturday 11th May
On the opening night of Beltaine Dew, Vomiton will present the Amplexus performance, surrounding themes of clowning, the anonymous and amphibian extinction. In strange new beginnings we explore the relationship between fertilization and the behaviour of frogs.
Artist Residency
Friday 19th - Saturday 27th April
Leily Mojdehi presents, ‘Stinging Nettles’, her debut UK solo presentation. Weaving inspiration from inherited traditions, an all-knowing algorithm and personal narratives, Mojdehi creates mixed-media works that act like a woven diary.
Artist Residency
Tuesday 2nd - Tuesday 9th April
With focus on strawberries, slow moving cinema and disappearing, Tori is to conjure up a web of connections and proposals by producing sculpture and film with one short collaboration in her week’s residency at SVA.
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.
