David H Jones' Studio is open every weekend in May as part of West Berks and North Hants 2011 Open Studios

David H Jones is a regular participant in our Open Studios; last year his work was in the  Central Library.

To visit his studio, have a look at the details below:

They do look a bit small, try Googling 'West Berks and North Hants Open Studios 2011'

North Somerset Arts Week - Portishead

Open Studios, or art's weeks or whatever you call them are great.
They offer a chance to see artist's work, talk to them about it, and see where they work is so exciting.
 The walk round the studios in itself was inspiring with many breathtaking views of the sea, and in the case of some of them, from inside the house.
Janet Haigh and Stephen Jacobson have the most amazing views from their home right beside the Severn Estuary, the changes of light and mood could make it difficult to do anything but look across the estuary.

 These two pieces above are made from enamelled copper, made by an interesting method. Janet runs Heartspace Studios in Bristol, for more information, visit her blog :www.janethaigh.wordpress.com
Even the small enamelled pieces seen in the corners of the window were lovely, they don't meet Janet's high standards and so she wouldn't sell them.

 These two photographs show work by Dawn Sidoli, and below people looking at her work. Dawn is a member of Severn Sea artists, her work can be viewed on their website: www.severnseaartists.co.uk

Severn Sea Artists advertise using banners and posters

Four of the venues in Portishead exhibiting in North Somerset arts week belong to Severn Sea artists. They used banners and posters framed in A boards to advertise venues to great effect. To see more go to: www.severnseaartists.co.uk

North Somerset Arts Week 29 April- 8 May 2011

This weekend is the last chance to have a look at some of the 300 artist's work on show.
The area covered stretches form Portishead in the north to Weston - Super - Mare in the south.
To find out more, visit: www.northsomersetarts.org.uk
More on Monday about what's on show.

A Two Day Interactive Photography Exhibition at Artsite next week

 This is the Press Release:

“Far Away and Nearby” is an interactive photographic exhibition which looks at the complexities of time and memory in connection with landscape.

Every person’s memories are unique; an individual set of references. Memories help to shape our lives and make judgements on how we view our world; they help us to discover who we are and where we fit in. The images throughout the exhibition will be displayed so that the viewer can interact with them, discovering their own reading of the images, remembering and recalling. Viewers will have the opportunity to record and leave their own memories on postcards. These will then be displayed and become part of the exhibition, making the whole display a visual representation of memory.

Postcards will be placed around the town centre during the morning of Wednesday, 11^th May for the public to discover. The exhibition will be open to all at the Post Modern Gallery, Theatre Square between 3.00pm and 6.00pm on Wednesday and between 11.00am and 3.00pm on Thursday, 12^th May.

A Fabulous Start to the Literature Festival at 5.30am this morning.

The Literature Festival brochure  features an advertisement for Open Studios on one of their pages and is a the Literature Festival is a wonderful event in it's own right, so I think the magical start of the festival could be mentioned here with a couple of photos taken as the sun majestically rose this morning.
The first photo features the lone piper, and the second one, two fire jugglers. If you don't normally attend, make a note in your diary, the first Monday in May at 5.30am in Lawn Woods is the place to be.

Yes it really was this good.