The Cloth Road Artists - Promoting the visual arts of West Wiltshire

Updated: Wednesday 10th June 2009

Committee News

Paul Workman, Chairman of Cloth Road Artists, has been working with the committee over the last year to take Cloth Road successfully on towards the next event in 2010. Esme Howard remains the Membership Secretary and Treasurer. Other committee members are Anne Poole, JoAnne Huntley, Elisa Amor, Samantha West, and Janice Harding.

The committee meet every other month or so to plan and organise so that the Cloth Road Arts Week continues to be an important calendar event in May in West Wiltshire every other year.

Please feel free to keep in touch with us with your news and ideas. Newsletters will circulate to members, usually once a quarter, and the newsletters together with the website, will provide information about membership, interim events, the arts week, and keep you informed about other events and opportunities that we are notified about ourselves.

We look forward to meeting more people who'd like to join or get involved with Cloth Road Artists. Please get in touch with us if you'd like to help on the committee with organising this event.

Email: info@clothroadartists.com

Updated: Monday 25th January 2010

Cloth Road Arts Week - Sat 1st to Sun 9th May 2010

Cloth Road Arts Week 2010 promises to be the best yet, with a record number of members and a greater variety of venues. This time amongst the many spaces we will be showing work at two pubs, the Lamb on the Strand, and the Somerset Arms at Semington. Galleries such as the Old Mill at Worton and the new Glove Factory Studios design and small business centre at Holt will provide prestigious showcases.

Importantly we will be enjoying a higher profile in Trowbridge this time with the participation of the Museum, which will host an exhibition comparing historic photographs of the town with contemporary pictures of the same scenes taken by Cloth Road member John Sansom. This particular exhibition will remain on view for three months.
Natasha Rampley will once more be opening her Waterworks Studio off Bradford Road and Roundstone Framing will be utilising their space in Court Street to also show work.

Cloth Road Arts Week hopes to encourage as many varied participants as possible, especially young people and to that end the 6th form art students of John of Gaunt School will be showcasing their exceptional talents in their dedicated gallery.

We hope you'll enjoy a vibrant and interesting week with the artists.

Further information, contact Sam on email: info@clothroadartists.com Phone: 01373 455634 or Paul Workman on 01225 766998

Exhibitors Meeting Wednesday 10th March 2010 7:30pm

All exhibitors are asked to attend a meeting on Wednesday 10th March 2010 at West Ashton Village Hall, West Ashton, nr Trowbridge, at 7:30pm. Exhibitors will be issued with their set of direction signs, brochures, and other exhibiting information and instructions. Tea and coffee will be available. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Membership

Membership runs annually from 1st June to 31st May. As a member you'll get an artist listing on this website, a periodic newsletter usually once a quarter, email news and information circulated, and members rates to take part in the Cloth Road Arts Week event.

The fee is still only £7.50 (we haven't increased prices for two years now). If you'd like to join or renew, put a cheque (made payable to Cloth Road Arts Week) in the post with your membership form (downloadable from this site) to:
Esme Howard, Membership Secretary, 13 High Street, Semington, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. BA14 6RJ.

See 'Joining' page and 'Members Exchange' (Members area only) page for more information on membership.

If you aren't currently a member but would like to be, sign up, and we'll send you a copy of the most recent Newsletter, by return, to start you off.

Bradford-On-Avon Arts Cafe - Next Date
Thursday 4th February 2010 - 8pm -
Upstairs at The Fowl, Bradford-on-Avon, in the town centre.

The cafe is an informal social and networking event for artists, musicians, performers, writers, poets, technicians, enablers, funders, entrepeneurs and enthusiasts. Everyone is welcome. So go along and meet up for a drink, a snack and conversation to exchange ideas and discover news of what's going on.
The Fat Fowl is in the centre of the town on the roundabout junction just over the bridge.

Bar and snacks available.

Gareth Leake has taken over the running of the cafe from Julia Warin, since the funding for her post was removed. Gareth has bravely offered to keep the cafe going on the back of his voluntary efforts. He hopes he will be able to arrange an informal talk, presentation, musical slot, or sharing of work as a part of each meeting, so all ideas and contributions are very welcome. As the Arts Cafe funding has now dried up, Gareth will need to generate a small fund to cover nominal running costs, such as the hire of a digital projector. He is suggesting we do this by collecting £1 from everyone on the night and any surplus built up can be reinvested in the Arts Cafe.

Some evenings will invite all artists to bring along a piece of work to discuss. Contact Gareth Leake to check the plan for the evening.

To ask any questions to Gareth, or to put your name down to go along and talk about your work and what interests you, contact Gareth Leake, email at gaz.leake@virgin.net

Details for the next Arts Cafe' 4th February 7:30 for 8:00.
Get in the mood for Valentines Day and join local Poet Dawn Gorman who will be reading some of her published work. The theme for the evening will be 'Love'.
Make it a night to remember and bring along a poem of your own or one that is special to you, to be read out. It would be good to see some of your own artwork along the same theme too, for us to discuss and share.
Be as lateral as you would like! Any musicians who who like to bring their instruments along for some impromptu serenading it would be great to hear from you. Looking forward to seeing you all.

For ongoing information see the arts cafe home page on Gareth Leake's website: http://www.garethleakesculptures.com/january-2010-mailing.html

Art at The Angel

The Angel Inn, Upton Scudamore.

Art at The Angel seeks 2D artists to exhibit throughout the year. Paintings sell direct from the wall with no commission. If you are interested, please contact Jane Eaton on 01225 769714 Email: chocolatedoglady@hotmail.com

Current exhibition January to March 2010:

Spring Mosaic Courses with Mosaic Artist, Kate Rattray

For more info and booking email kate@rattraymosaics.co.uk
Tel: 01749330193
www.rattraymosaics.co.uk
See past students work : http://katerattray.wordpress.com

Mosaic Mix Weekend

Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February 2010
£185 includes materials and lunch
The Corsley Centre
Old School
Deep Lane
Corsley

April Courses at Bath Artists Studios

All these courses will be held in the gallery where Kate will be displaying a selection of her work.

Direct mosaic
Tuesday 20th April 2010
£70 includes materials

Shaping and placing of tile
Wednesday 21st April 20
£70 includes materials

Colour and tone
Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd April 2010
£150 includes materials

For more info and booking email kate@rattraymosaics.co.uk
Tel: 01749330193
www.rattraymosaics.co.uk
See past students work : http://katerattray.wordpress.com

Weekend mosaic workshop (residential and non-residential) at The Ammerdown Centre

Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd May 2010
The Ammerdown Centre
Radstock, Bath
Somerset BA3 5SW
Tel: 01761 433709
Email: centre@ammerdown.org
Phone: 01225 774974
for fee details and to book. Or visit their website www.ammerdown.org

Interesting and fun Framing Courses

Roundstone Framing can offer interesting and fun Framing Courses in all aspects of Picture Framing. Awarded Guild Commended Framers Certificate. Day and Evening courses for groups of three or one-to-one. For more information and booking:
Email: mike@roundstoneframing.co.uk
Phone: 01225 774974
13b, Meadow Works, Court Street, Trowbridge. BA14 8BR
www.roundstoneframing.co.uk

Forthcoming Events at Worton Old Mill, Mill Road, Worton, Devizes, Wiltshire.

The Old Mill Gallery

Further details are available on our Events page at www.oldmillarts.co.uk

Cover Conceal Reveal 20th - 25th October 2009

The West Barn, Barton Manor Farm, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire.
An exciting exhibition of contemporary textiles by Materialise. Open daily 10 am to 4.30 pm, free entry. Tel: 01225 705012 or 01373 301717

Jitter.org.uk

Invites you to register yourself free on their new arts listings website for the UK. www.jitter.org.uk

Jitter.org.uk is an arts listings community network. It provides a showcase for the arts in the UK and helps members of the arts community to network together through arts blogs, arts forums, public listing profiles, member contact forms and galleries

Frome FM radio - artist interviews and more

Listen to local interviews on line.

www.fromefm.co.uk

Art Review South West on-line magazine

We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new free online art magazine for the South-West called ArtReviewSouthWest

Visit www.artreviewsouthwest.org

The magazine features art of the South-West. Articles are short and interesting and talk about a wide range of art.

Alan Sparks-Stained Glass Courses

Expect the unexpected - Alan Spark works on commissions designed and made to individual specifications from traditional to unique contemporary creations. The Stained Glass Studio & Gallery is a working studio combined with an exhibition gallery, featuring a changing display of art glass, fused glass, steel furniture, garden sculptures, leaded, tiffany and hand- blown glass. Restoration work and stained glass courses and workshops for beginners are also available. For more information on upcoming courses visit his website; www.stainedglassonline.co.uk or ring Alan on 01225 868146.

Access All Arts

Arts Activities for All Ages All Abilities From a 2 hour to one-day arts workshops, we can help choose the right Activity for you or your Group. For further details and information please visit www.accessallarts.comor telephone for a brochure 01225 781274

South West Open Studios Supporting

Open Studios in the South West www.southwestopenstudios.org - going live January 2007 jackie@southwestopenstudios.org 01305 756874

MissionArt

For more information visit www.missiontheatre.co.uk

Bristol Drawing School

Bristol Drawing School (www.drawingschool.org.uk) is a new space dedicated to drawing, offering a range of activities from informal life drawing classes to fully tutored courses, exhibitions, workshops and lectures.

The website is updated with all events so please check there often. You can also email from the site and be put you on the mailing list.

Currently Showing - 'Drawing Room II' Exhibiton

a-n Magazine The Artists Information Company

Our publications and programmes are designed to meet the professional needs of artists and the visual arts sector, identifying changing trends and new needs. Founded in 1980, a-n the Artists Information Company is acknowledged as aleading UK agency supporting the practice of visual and applied artists.

Readership: per issue is over 30,000 including:
11,600 plus visual and applied artists
1,800 plus arts professionals and arts organisations
2,000 retail and sample copies
All adverts in a-n Magazine also reach our growing web audiences with
37,400 plus visits a month
230,700 plus page views
6+ pages viewed per visit

For more details on anything mentioned in this email call 020 7655 0390 or email ads@a-n.co.uk

Website www.a-n.co.uk

Sculpturemad.com

Artists are invited to submit sculptures made primarily from recycled materials for two group sculpture shows:

The Love London Recycled Sculpture Show to be launched on June 4th at WWT London Wetland Centre Barnes www.wwt.org.uk simultaneously with the launch of the Love London Love Your Planet Campaign www.lovelondon.london21.org the eighth annual campaign to make London greener and more sustainable.

Horespower at Horseworld near Bristol, a sanctuary for horses www.horseworld.uk To be launched May 4th.

Full details on the home page on www.sculpturemad.com. Click on call to artists.

New Degree course at Trowbridge College

You can now start a degree course at Trowbridge College.

Trowbridge College are running a two year Foundation Degree in Applied Art and Design that starts September.

Foundation degree courses are similar in level to HND courses. They can be completed as a degree in their own right, or you can choose to upgrade them to an Honours degree course by doing a further years study at a University.

Trowbridge College have collaborated with Bath Spa University. When you have successfully completed the Foundation Degree in Applied Art and Design at Trowbridge, you can choose to join the final year of the Creative Arts Honours Degree course run at Bath Spa University upgrading your qualification to an Honours Degree.

Foundation Degrees have a greater focus on vocation than an Honours Degree. The course will include an industry placement and the goal will be on finding jobs in industry that you can apply your artistic skill following completion of the course.

The course can be completed two years full-time or four years part-time.
Upgrading to an Honours degree will mean three years full-time or five years part-time.

There are details about the course on the Bath Spa University website
www.bathspa.ac.uk
or on the Trowbridge College website www.wiltscoll.ac.uk/hecourses/detail.aspx?ref=545

For more information contact
Trowbridge College 01225 766241 email info@wiltscoll.ac.uk or courses@wiltscoll.ac.uk (Course Director - Sandra Porter)
or Bath Spa University 01225 875875 (Course Director - Dave Harding 01225 875 622).
Applications still possible for part-time basis.

Facebook - Cloth Road group

To all members of Cloth Road, just to inform you there has now been established in Facebook a 'Cloth Road' group. If any of you are Facebook members then please check the group out. There are spaces for photographs of your work, local art events information, discussion boards and lots more. This is a great opportunity for all Cloth Road members and anyone interested in the group to communicate socially together and build the 'Cloth Road' community.
www.facebook.com/groups
For more information please contact Elisa Amor lis_amor@hotmail.com