Local artist Debbie Storey returns to the Pennoyer Centre with her brand-new exhibition ‘Into the Wild’. Debbie’s reputation as an animal portrait artist is growing fast, with her work selling all over the world. Her stunning acrylic paintings are renowned for capturing the majesty of the natural world. This is a fantastic opportunity to view […]
Art Exhibition by Debbie Storey, 22nd April – 15th May Local artist Debbie Storey will once again be brightening the chapel with her vibrant acrylic paintings. Her latest exhibition features wild animals from near and afar and blends realism with abstract to give her work an ethereal quality. Look out for stags in enchanted […]
Good News! Tania Harrington will be back with a series of 6, two hour talks about the development of art in America. Starting on Thursday 27 June (10.30-12.30) with: ‘The Ashcan School’ In this session we look at the U.S’s first wave of realism, which reacted against the idealization of the previous colonial movements. £12.50 […]
Tania Harrington is back with a series of 6 two hour talks about the development of art in America. July's talk is: Social Realism 1930’s and beyond Social Realism prevailed throughout the Modern period in the States in both rural and metropolitan contexts. We look at artists such as Edward Hopper and Grant Wood who […]
Tania Harrington is back with a series of two hour talks about the development of art in America. August's talk is: Harlem Renaissance (1920s and 30s) Haarlem was a centre for a rebirth of art integrating African culture and involving all art forms, including photography music and dance. Also known as the ‘New Negro Movement’, […]
Tania Harrington is back with a series of two hour talks about the development of art in America. Septembers talk is: Art of the New Deal (1930s) We look at Roosevelt’s campaign to revive the arts in his ‘New Deal’ programme. Struggling and unemployed artists such as Diego Rivera were given opportunities to create state […]
Tania Harrington is back with a series of two hour talks about the development of art in America. Octobers talk is: Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism (1950s and beyond) We look at all forms of Abstraction including nature based (Georgia O’Keeffe), Action painting (Jackson Pollock) as well as Colour Field painting (Mark Rothko) £12.50 per session, Includes […]
Looking at American Pop Art which aimed (and aims) to democratize art and embrace popular culture. Most famously championed by Andy Warhol, we also look at living artists such as Jeff Koons and David Hockney.
