Residency
19th - 24th November
Evie & Jimmy explore Lisbon's gothic creatures and microworlds during their residency, A Jornada. They will create new multimedia works and share the creative ‘workings-out’ developed during their independent art school experience.
27th November - 7th December
The Textile Studio will again open in the Gallery for Christmas and be bursting with festive cheer!
Exhibition
13th - 24th December
This exhibition sees a body of work specifically charting Ant's path out of four debilitating strokes.
Exhibition
10th - 18th January
This exhibition brings together a selection of creative journaling work by participants of Maternal Journal circles held by Stroud Motherhood Collective. Presenting journal pages and large collaborative pieces it aims to share the power of journaling and its positive impact on mothers’ mental health and wellbeing.
Artists Talks
29th October 6.30pm
Pecha Kucha comes to Stroud! 8 artists show and tell 20 images of their art practice for 20 seconds per image. A brilliant format for artists to present a slice of their work in an informal setting with dynamism, community, succinctness and beer.
Exhibition
26th October - 2nd November
The world's oldest surviving music from the voices of enslaved people on the sugar plantations of Barbados inspired this astonishing exhibition, originally shown in Gloucester Cathedral September 2024.
Exhibition
12th - 19th October
Shapeshifting looks at our relationship with nature with an imaginative slant. Artist Janie George, works across the mediums of paint, ceramics, drawing and print.
Exhibition
27th September - 6th October
Charlotte Aiken presents a solo exhibition of paintings exploring her fascination with cloud formations and our connection to the natural world. Through her distinct perspective, Charlotte experiences a world that feels excessively exposed and vivid. Each piece captures a fleeting moment, an experience that will never be the same again.
Exhibition
12th - 21st September
The essence of Ritu Sood’s paintings is that human experience is shareable. In ‘Post Trauma’, solitary life size figures rest in expanses of seductive colour. They act as ‘portals’ to collective emotional experience. This is a sister project to ‘The Wisdom of Trauma’ shown at The Stroud Film Festival.
Artists Talks
3rd September 6.30pm
Pecha Kucha comes to Stroud! 8 artists show and tell 20 images of their art practice for 20 seconds per image. A brilliant format for artists to present a slice of their work in an informal setting with dynamism, community, succinctness and beer.
Exhibition
9th - 18th August
Suzy Crossley’s first solo show pulls together a new body of work fabricated since moving back to Stroud, Gloucestershire, where the artist grew up. Sensitive, intimate abstract paintings comprise an exploration of colour, texture and scale. The works deliver cathartic release to viewer and artist.
Exhibition
30th July - 5th August
The Crab Museum. Inside you will find paintings, drawings, sculptures and most importantly crab specimens found washed up and Respectfully preserved. No monocles, no pipes! I collect beach plastic as a trade and this is incorporated into my art. This is perpetual absurdity and that's 'why crabs, Rex?'
Residency
2nd - 8th July
Georgia’s residency will be a release of ideas, where thought meets the air and transforms into something tangible. Her first artist residency will explore photography, words, drawing and installation.
Residency
25th -30th June
During a one-week residency at SVA Anna will develop visual responses to on-going research looking at photography & migration at the border in Calais, France.
Exhibition
Friday 3rd - Saturday 11th May
On the opening night of Beltaine Dew, Vomiton will present the Amplexus performance, surrounding themes of clowning, the anonymous and amphibian extinction. In strange new beginnings we explore the relationship between fertilization and the behaviour of frogs.
Artist Residency
Friday 19th - Saturday 27th April
Leily Mojdehi presents, ‘Stinging Nettles’, her debut UK solo presentation. Weaving inspiration from inherited traditions, an all-knowing algorithm and personal narratives, Mojdehi creates mixed-media works that act like a woven diary.
Artist Residency
Tuesday 2nd - Tuesday 9th April
With focus on strawberries, slow moving cinema and disappearing, Tori is to conjure up a web of connections and proposals by producing sculpture and film with one short collaboration in her week’s residency at SVA.
Young Artist Residency
Monday 27th February – Sunday 5th March
During his time in the gallery, Archie will develop samples that he’s made at Stroud College by exploring scale. He will explore his 2d and 3d pieces work while considering themes of connection to nature and the organic forms.
Young Artist Residency
Monday 30th January – Sunday 12th February
Fine artist, Albie Lucas takes residence in the gallery, producing a series of drawings and paintings. “I focus on what it’s like to be living, not pulling any punches with it, not glorifying any happiness or sadness, each are the same.”
Residency
Tuesday 11th - Saturday 15th Oct
Periscope (artists Alison Cockcroft and Emily Joy) will transform the gallery into a space for participation and collaboration, an open access workshop and thinking space for everyone.
Residency
Friday 23rd September - Sunday 2nd October
Dangervitch & Neptune share their latest take on the world in the form of massive weird paintings. Their time in the gallery will see both the display and creation of new works.
Residency
Tuesday 6th - Sunday 11th September
Grace will create and display large-scale multimedia paintings exploring mark making and mood during her time in the gallery.
Residency
Wednesday 24th August - Tuesday 6th September
Zoe and Jake take residence in the gallery exploring time, land art and natural forms via drawing and sculpture.
Workshop
Friday 19th August 1-3pm
Q takes residency in the gallery, exploring the act of drawing when you feel you want to, with what you have. Join Q for a guided silent walk to explore the OUTSIDE - having time to explore the INSIDE.
Residency
Friday 12th August - Sunday 21st August
Q takes residency in the gallery, following solo wild camping on the West Coast of Ireland. He will be showing and exploring drawings which explore the OUTSIDE - having time to explore the INSIDE. The act of drawing when you feel you want to, with what you have.
Residency
13th-22nd September
For this residency Greer will be focusing on developing some large tissue paper and gel cutouts - building window based surprises and layers. Plus Kids free drop-in workshops Sat 18th & Sun 19th 2-4pm.
Residency
Tuesday, July 13 - Sunday, July 25
Witness a surreal social commentary, as duo Dangervitch and Neptune challenge the boundaries of normality and encourage open-mindedness via time-based media. The pair often utilise reverse psychology both visually and conceptually within their work in attempt to promote a more imaginative way of thinking. Find their work during this year’s Site Festival, where their SVA Studio will be open to the public for two weekends. This exhibition and film is part of a series, which is offering space and time to young artists to make and show new work in the gallery.
Workshop
Thursday 27 May 11am-1pm
We are inviting writers to join us in the gallery while the exhibition is on, for a free 2 hour workshop for creative writers with Noor-e-Sehar Al, who is our writer in residence for Colin Higginson’s show In the Manner in Which It Appears .
Workshop
Thursday 20 May 6.30-8.30pm
We are inviting writers to join us in the gallery while the exhibition is on, for a free 2 hour workshop for creative writers with Ana Hine, who is our writer in residence for Colin Higginson’s show In the Manner in Which It Appears .
10th - 15th May
Renowned performance artist Richard Layzell returns to Stroud this May. He will be found exploring, investigating and probing the boundaries of the extensive common land that surrounds the town. What secrets are there hidden in the commons? Finding out can be a mucky business.
Residency
3rd-8th May
The fleeting glimpse of something in the corner of your eye. Half- realised, not fully understood. The image can lie dormant, returned and at some point can trigger animation. The space will be used for an installation.
Residency
28 April - 1st May
Ella Clifton-Gould and Darcie Kemp are two female artists originally from Stroud, both currently studying art and fashion in London and Manchester. Ella and Darcie will be presenting an unseen, new and exciting series of performances, 'Night Time Raiders' at SVA gallery space. A long overdue collaboration, after admiring each other's work from afar, producing a series of performances combining Clifton-Gould's love for snails and Kemp's love for flowers. These works will be exploring performance, sound, visuals, story telling, costume, props and play.
Performance and Projections
Friday 9th April 8-8.30pm
Saturday 10th April 8-8.30pm
Sunday 11th April 8-8.30pm
Brenda and Anna will be sharing the work which they will be developing during the 3 week residency for this public event which will include improvised performance, projection, sound and installation.
Tickets £4
Booking essential
Saturday 3rd April 8-9.30pm
Monday 5th April 8-9.30pm
Tuesday 6th April 8-9.30pm
Here is a great chance to see the film INVISIBLE projected up large in the gallery for 3 evenings. We are experimenting with presenting work safely during lockdwon so we invite you to join us outside the gallery and watch this beautiful poignant 7 minute film Anna Cady and Brenda Waite.
Free just turn up
