Saturday 10th - Saturday 24th June
Opening night: Friday 9th June 6-9pm
Open to public:
Saturdays & Sundays 11am-6pm , Wednesdays - Fridays 10am-3pm
Artists Brunch Discussion: Sunday 18th June 11am
Donation on the door
An exhibition showcasing four selected artists from Bristol alongside SITE Festival.
Bristol is a city with a reputation for being a hub for artists. The ever evolving artist networks often spring from the communities formed in artist studios. Showing alongside the Site Festival, this exhibition spotlights artists from across four of the major studio spaces in Bristol.
Across from an inner city farm is BV studios, an anonymous looking building from the outside, previously a printing works and home to over 100 artists and makers.
By bringing a selection of exciting artists from Bristol to Stroud during the Site Festival and drawing attention to the dynamic and fluid artist communities in Bristol, we hope to encourage the potential for collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas.
This exhibition has been selected by Mary Roberts-Holmes and Jo Leahy.
Artists:
Vera Boele-Keimer’s minimal work sits in contrast to the chaotic mayhem of Stokes Croft where the longstanding Jamaica Street studios, one of the largest artist-led studios outside of London, is based. The studios huge windows look out onto a busy crossroads of music venues, pubs and massage parlours. Vera’s work explores the boundaries of painting, drawing and sculpture.
Karolina Ptaszkowska’s studio is based at St Anne’s House, also known as Bricks, a multi use space and a hub for artists as well as social enterprises. Karolina draws from a multitude of sources including mythology and psychology to create dreamlike paintings that transport you to an unseen world.
Mahali O’Hare works from her space at the internationally renowned Spike Island which is a former tea packing warehouse and situated between the River Avon and the Harbourside. Mahalis’ impactful paintings shift between the figurative and landscape and are rooted in the tradition of still life.
Adam Hedley, who works from a space at BV, makes mesmerising abstract paintings. He works slowly and methodically to create immersive paintings that have a hypnotising quality.
Open Studio weekends : 10th-11th June and 17th-18th June 2023 11am -6pm
Site Festival is an annual programme of artist-led projects; events, exhibitions, talks and directory of Open Studios in the Stroud district; established in 1997. There is always a wide range of events, and there is something for everyone.
Open Studios is part of the wider programme of Site Festival, allowing artists to explore, develop projects and open their work up to the public.
You can find the 2023 Festival Programme to see the variety of events taking place.