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Come on an Art
Trek!
Art Trek is an annual event held as part of the
North Devon Festival, where you are invited to visit artists and craftspeople
in their studios all round North Devon. This year the event is even longer,
taking place over two weekends in June, 19th -21st and the following week
of 26th -28th June. As many of you know 14 The Gallery in the Pannier
Market has been open for several years now and is run as a successful
cooperative by 12 artisans who all live within the area. The cooperative
idea is so catchy and workable that a further two cooperative Galleries
have begun this year in Bideford and Barnstaple.
As part of Art Trek there will be four people showing their work in The
Gallery, Jo Pryor who paints beautifully patterned, curvy women in gouache,
Alison Nicholson who makes textured collages using recycled fabrics and
materials, Sue Martin who makes fused and flameworked glass jewellery,
objects and pictures, and Rosie Burns who is an "obsessive creative"
and will have work on show in many media!
Come along to 14 The Gallery to collect the Art Trek Booklet which contains
instructions for finding studios and useful information about wheelchair
access and parking. Come to the Gallery to meet the artists, have refreshments
at the Cafe opposite and perhaps sign up for a workshop in textiles. We
will be open from 10-4 on each Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Helen Bailes will be at home in her lovely cottage and garden in Peters
Marland - Janet Jopson will be in Westward Ho!, and Maureen Stanley and
Jane Templeman will be with friends in North Molton, we can direct you
to them or other local venues. To find out more go to www.northdevonfestival.org
or our website at www.14thegallery.com
While we're talking about the arts in Torrington, keep an eye out for
information about a special art and crafts fair in the Pannier Market
on Wednesday 26th August as part of the celebrations of the ten years
the market has been reopened.
Sarah Woolfenden
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