New Exhibition at the Swindon Art Gallery: Echoes

Uniting sculptures with a selection of paintings from the Swindon Collection of Modern British Art, co-curated by sculptor James Castle. The exhibition is complemented by a talk by James Castle, and a workshop for children in October 2008.

See here for Echoes leaflet as a pdf.

When:
4 October until 7 February 2009
Where:
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Price: Free

Free talk

Echoes - a talk by James Castle Friday 10 October 7.30 pm

Free admission

An opportunity to discover more about the Echoes exhibition and the "exciting challenge" of building a relationship between sculpture and paintings, along with an insight into the creative process behind James Castle's work, from initial drawings to small scale models and the finished sculptures.

The talk is presented in association with the Friends of Swindon Museum & Art Gallery. The Friends will hold their Annual General Meeting after the talk, following a short break.

When: 10 October 2008
Where: Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Time: 7.30pm
Price: Free

Associated workshop for children: Amazing animals

Thursday 30 October 2008. 2pm - 4pm

Design and make a sculpture of an animal, real or imaginary, in this creative workshop for children. Suitable for ages 5 -11. Cost £5 per child. Booking advised. For further information and booking, Tel. 01793 466556.

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

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.