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Thursday 6 August 2015

New artist in residence- Deb Catesby

Deb, an artist who specialises in working in oils, is undertaking a residency the week of 10-16 August. Her abstracted landscapes comment on the feel and emotion of place as well as its physical presence. She is a very exciting artist who has exhibited at Millfield School at the MA student show in 2015, amongst others.

We hope that you'll be able to visit and see her at work. We may have an open event during the week, so watch this space!

Deb's work at "Interval" exhibition at Hardwick Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, earlier in 2015.

Friday 12 June 2015

look into the mirror

is the title of the community art project taking place the weekend of 20-21 June. The gallery will be open from 10am to 5pm both days, and tea and cakes will be for sale in the afternoons. However you are welcome to come and visit any time with your old, out of date make-up that would usually be thrown away. Think of all the amazing colours and textures available by using eye shadow, nail varnish, mascara, lip stick and lip gloss, even foundation and blusher....

Come and draw, scribble, doodle, bring your family and friends, young and old, to have fun, and enjoy using an unusual art material or two!

There will be some initial marked areas that if you want to, you can colour and doodle in, if the blank canvas feels a little intimidating. It's amazing how a few lines and sketched out sections help lose inhibition when drawing!

We look forward to seeing you over the weekend. A photographic record of the event will be made, and the original art work preserved for a possible future exhibition.

Monday 8 June 2015

coming very soon 20-21 June pop-up gallery exhibition

To coincide with lots of festivities in Knapp Lane (a 50th birthday party and a 21st wedding anniversary- I should add nothing to do with us- down the bottom of the lane) and the massive influx of guests (we understand over 300 have been invited!) over that weekend, we've decided to run a pop-up exhibition so those that wander up the lane have a perfect end to their stroll.

More information to follow

Wednesday 3 June 2015

welcome back

The gallery has been a little quiet the last few months as I've been very tied up with my MA in Fine Art. It's not over yet but we're on the homeward strait now....

Just to inspire everyone who might be thinking of taking on a mini residency here, or just come to exhibit- just look at the views tonight!

Friday 5 September 2014

Artist in Residence

Alison Kirby has already started her month long artist in residency, by making all kinds of exciting discoveries about the local area in her research on land boundaries, ownership and the history round Coaley. For instance, did you know there was a Roman temple nearby, on the way to Uley? And have you ever wondered what is over beyond the gliding club at Nymsfield....? and of course we know that there is a long prehistory in the local area- the long barrows on top of the Cotswold escarpment, the Iron Age fort at Uley Bury and so on. But how about those mysterious green lanes that have almost disappeared round Coaley, the tracks up to the top that are solely bridle paths now, but once must have had riders and their horses taking them on business, travelling up and down the Cotswolds, herding the sheep that were the mainstay of income in much of the area... and all those springs. Is it surprising that there is evidence of prehistoric and Roman worship in a land that bursts forth water?

It is exciting to see what Alison is uncovering, and it will be even more revelatory, when we see the art that springs from those discoveries.

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Looking for a gallery with a difference?

If you're an artist, and looking for somewhere to exhibit, why not contact us? We are looking for up and coming artists who need a lucky break! It's good on your CV, it's lots of fun, and you get to eat cake! Not bad...... The horsebox is ideal for story telling, an installation, as well as more conventional art forms and we're happy to help you put shelves up if you wish (as long as you put the gallery back to it's original afterwards..)

We look forward to hearing from you soon, or welcoming you to one of this year's exhibitions.

Alison Kirby: About Making Paths

About Making Paths

This residency will look at the people's ways: the paths in the wood. I foresee that this will include an investigation into old records and maps, land use records, parish records. I want to know some history, but also to identify, if I can, individuals crossing the land and using paths to get to work, for church, for family, to play or to court. I want to know how the paths are referred to, if at all. I want to explore classifications, notice anything that differs from today, that jars. How far back I go is a tantalising question: even geological time is relevant, as the shapes of the land and the nature of its earths, stones and rock provide resources- building stone, roof stone, limestone - and dictate the shape, stability and course of paths to them. People carve the paths that the land form allows.

I want to look at the way people make 'ways', and what the routes and paths in the wood mean now, and have meant. Where did they come from? do they link? How did those we have today survive? What called them into being, kept them alive, relevant, useful or necessary? Did they have names? Reputations? Myths and stories about them? Once I have a feel for this, I will respond.

I anticipate making maps, potentially making small installations and drawing individuals. My theoretical paradigm is phenomenological, my active research based in grounded theory made by collecting data using a form of cultural anthropology.

Will I make way-stations, memorialise individuals or specific track histories? Will I make a new use for the network of paths? Will I add a new pursuit or hobby to the walking-for-pastime that may be all the motivation there is to use the paths nowadays? Collect this, build that, provide postboxes and stamps?

Old paths come from old ways of using the land, old rights and accustomed use. Those that have made it onto official records and maps as bridle ways and footpaths have (usually) survived over considerable periods of time. They will have served a number of purposes at any one time, and over time different usages will have come into being. Or have not, and foot traffic will have ceased.

Can paths die?

Linda Davies- artist in Residence

Residency at The Gallery at the End of the Lane, Dursley. 13 July – 19 July 2015

‘Shelter’

Linda Davies, who is completing an MA in Fine Art at present, writes about her residency:

This title has been inspired by the horsebox itself. Fragile and slowly decaying, it does nonetheless provide some shelter from the elements for the creativity that goes on inside it.

I would like to use the horsebox to respond to the idea of shelter, and what it can mean to people in the wider context. I intend to make a cast of the horsebox, and turn it upside down to suggest the shape of a boat. I will make this from simple materials, newspaper and wallpaper paste. The cast will be very fragile, and may in fact disintegrate as it is being made, depending on the weather. This fragility and uncertainty will be part of the response to the idea of shelter.

Event

A picnic will take place on 19th July at lunchtime. Please bring some food and drink if you want to attend!