One Hundred and Eighty Degrees

An exhibition featuring the work of second year fine art degree students. It will comprise conceptual and literal responses within the ever-expanding arena of contemporary drawing.

Where: The Arts Centre
When: Tuesday 15 July - Saturday 6 September
Price: Free

Step Back - Gordon Dickinson

We tend to go through life judging things at first glance. The title of this exhibition is almost an instruction. Step back for a minute or two and take another look at the full picture, you may see it in a different light.

Words from the artist: "The bulk of the works on show have been painted from photographs I have taken over the past year.Each painting is personal to me in some way, the flowers are from my garden, the portraits are people that I am close to.I try to encourage the audience to view each piece at a distance , then move in closer or vice versa. All the painting are in oils on canvas using a style incorporating photography, computer manipulation, brush and palette knife."

Where: The Arts Centre
When: 9 September - 11 October
Price: Free

Diwali Celebration – Sangita Kapadia

One of the biggest festivals of Hindus, spreads joy, enthusiasm and unity through light, colour and food across the world.

An exhibition of work by Sangita Kapadia leads up to this year’s celebration.

Where: The Arts Centre
When: 14 October – 15 November 2008
Price: Free

Frank Quinton Retrospective

Frank’s recent paintings make a return to a freer, looser dramatic line reflecting a style used in early works. His current work portrays fleeting impressions of movement in figure studies which express fragments of life.

Venue: Swindon Arts Centre
Where: 18 November – 6 January 2009
Price: Free

John D Edwards: How Cancer Saved My Life

When: June – November 2008

Where: Hospital Gallery, Ground Floor, Main Building

The Arts Committee at The Great Western Hospital, in association with Paintings in Hospitals, present:

A series of ten paintings by the internationally acclaimed artist John D Edwards chronicling his diagnosis with, and recovery from, cancer.

"This is an uplifting record of an unbelievably difficult time, told with great humour" -Sir Peter Blake.

John will be giving a talk about his experiences at 1.30pm in Lecture Room 1, The Academy on Wednesday 25th June. All welcome.

For more information go to www.johndedwards.co.uk

First Up

When: 22 July-26 August
Where: Wyvern Theatre, Lower Foyer

Great drawings, digital artwork and other visual art created by Flux participants are on display at the Wyvern Theatre from 22 July - 23 August.

Students from Isambard School, aged between 11 and 12, have created many of the 70 or so exhibits, while some teenage young carers are also exhibiting their work.

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Gallery Details

Arts Centre

Devizes Road, Swindon SN1 4BJ.
Booking/information telephone: 01793 614837
Email: boxoffice@swindon.gov.uk

Opening times:11am-5pm Monday to Friday, 10am-1pm Saturdays

Information About Exhibitions and Visual Arts Officer

These exhibitions are organised by Swindon Borough Council Arts Services Visual Arts Officer:

Contact

Barbara Dixon
Art Gallery Officer
Swindon Borough Council
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Bath Road
Swindon
SN1 4BA
E-mail: bdixon@swindon.gov.uk
Telephone: 01793 466560.