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Herts Open Studios at The Weaving Shed

Thu 14 Sep 2023

Herts Open Studios at The Weaving Shed

I am taking part in this years Herts Open Studios. Come and visit me, see my studio, watch me weave, have a go yourself. I'll have some work available to buy along with my cards and prints. For full information along.....Read more

Colour of Winter, in textiles

Tue 19 Jan 2021

Colour of Winter, in textiles

I am delighted to be showing in my first textile show of the year, with three pieces of work in SpringUp Gallery’s virtual exhibition The Colour of Winter. The exhibition runs from 10th January until the 28th February an.....Read more

Wonderful Weaving and Monster Faces

Thu 11 Feb 2021

Wonderful Weaving and Monster Faces

Weaving is a very relaxing mindful process. As so many of us are spending a lot more time at hope at the moment I have produced two short videos showing you how easy it is to create woven pieces using materials in the ho.....Read more

Spirella Unbound

Mon 25 Nov 2024

Spirella Unbound

Spirella Unbound An exhibition of textile art inspired by the rich history of the Spirella Company of Great Britain, founded in Letchworth Garden City in 1909. As a group of textile artists the opportunity to explore .....Read more

Home Art Workshop Packs for people with dementia and carers

Thu 30 Apr 2020

Home Art Workshop Packs for people with dementia and carers

We have been busy running our Home delivery art workshop project for people living with dementia and their carers in Stevenage and North Hertfordshire over the last three weeks. Already we have had some fantastic work .....Read more

Herts Open Studios Exhibition

Fri 30 Aug 2019

Herts Open Studios Exhibition

This September in Baldock for Herts Open Studio's the 'Baldock 4 at The Old Town Hall'. At the Baldock Arts and Heritage Centre, Presenting the artists: • Dawn Dominic - makes figurative and abstract carvings .....Read more

20/20 Vision exhibition – 200 Years of art history in Bushey

Sat 07 Dec 2019

20/20 Vision exhibition – 200 Years of art history in Bushey

This exhibition at Bushey Museum and Art Gallery will mark the beginning of a new decade, and plays on the phrase '20/20 vision', in as much as the focus will be on items in the Museum’s art collection from 1820’s, 1920’.....Read more

Bushey Museum and Art Gallery's 'Artist of the Month'

Tue 31 Mar 2020

Bushey Museum and Art Gallery's 'Artist of the Month'

The Bushey Museum and Art Gallery tells the story of Bushey's unique artistic history relating to Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA and his world-renowned Art School, and others that followed. We regularly show art from the Col.....Read more

Photographic Competition WINNERS!

Fri 26 Jun 2020

Photographic Competition WINNERS!

And we can now announce the Winners of the 2020 Competition! The Winner of the ‘Bushey’ class is 'Horses at Rest' by Nick Edgeworth (attached). The Winner of the ‘Artists and Craft workers’ class is 'Metal Worker – Marr.....Read more

'Artist of the Month' - Rowland Wheelwright

Wed 01 Jul 2020

'Artist of the Month' - Rowland Wheelwright

Rowland Wheelwright was a painter and illustrator who studied at the Herkomer School of Art in Bushey from 1891-93, and where he became acquainted with Lucy Kemp-Welch. Using a diffuse pastel palette, he depicted equestr.....Read more

Bushey Museum's 'The Lady in White' acquisition

Sat 12 Feb 2022

Bushey Museum's 'The Lady in White' acquisition

The Museum is delighted to announce the acquisition of this unique Herkomer painting. Almost all of Herkomer's portraits were of men, but in 1885 he produced this portrait of Miss Katherine Grant which is known as 'The L.....Read more

Artist of the Month - Ernest Borough Johnson, 1867–1949

Sun 31 Oct 2021

Artist of the Month - Ernest Borough Johnson, 1867–1949

Ernest Borough Johnson was a painter in oils, watercolours, tempera and pastel of portraits, figure subjects and landscapes. He was also an important lithographer, etcher and charcoal draughtsman, and was distinguished a.....Read more

The Rose: the botanical drawings of Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Sat 09 Apr 2022

The Rose: the botanical drawings of Pierre-Joseph Redouté

The Rose: the botanical drawings of Pierre-Joseph Redouté (published, 2022) is a book celebrating the work of the great Belgian painter and botanical artist (1759–1840), who loved and studied the rose and is often called.....Read more

New Book Marks the 200th Anniversary of the Death of John Keats

Sun 21 Feb 2021

New Book Marks the 200th Anniversary of the Death of John Keats

Keats and the Pre-Raphaelites: a selection of poetry illustrated by Pre-Raphaelite artists and their successors Edited by Eugenia Russell & Quentin Russell Illustrated in colour 2021 marks the bicentenary of the.....Read more

Ten Great Museums & Galleries of London

Tue 28 Sep 2021

Ten Great Museums & Galleries of London

London is renowned for its fantastic museums and galleries. They cover all aspects of life and culture and many have a long and fascinating history. The museums and galleries of London attract large numbers of domestic a.....Read more

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