Exhibition
1st-10th July
Severn Worlding attends to the watery passages of river narrative, mythology, post-industry and post-nuclear imaginaries.
Interactive event
Friday 26th- Sunday 28th November 12-3pm
South Korean arts group The Strangers will present a location based art project Tamara in November. The project will showcase an exciting combination of an adventurous story, exploration of a space and interactive mobile technology.
Exhibition
7th-30th October
Wed - Sat 10am - 4pm
Disco Nature and Holly English curate an exhibition celebrating the humble horseshoe crab.
Call Out & Exhibition
23rd-26th September
At The Bureau for the Validation of Art, the Officials offer artists the opportunity to submit their work for Validation. The Bureau are yet to find anything that isn’t Art, and in this Public Exhibition you are invited to submit work to the show for validation.
Residency - 23rd Aug - 28th Aug
Exhibition - 30th Aug - 4th Sept
Noela James Bewry, abstract artist, will be resident in SVA John Street Gallery then following on from her residency in the SVA gallery Noela will be showing a selection of abstract paintings.
Exhibition
13 - 22 August
Showcasing their upcycled, vintage and retro summer collection, join Rochelle and Izzy, AKA 'Junk Baby' in their flamboyant, thrifted wonderland.
Exhibition
26 July - 8 August
As an artist, Rose Bendall strives to create work that combines minimalism with surrealism, mainly through sculpture. Rose enjoys experimenting with themes of repetition, movement and large, physical scale.
Exhibition
3-10 July
Drawn with compressed charcoal on plaster, these panels depict themes of the Final Major Project of Level 3 Art Foundation students, (Fine Art cohort), at SGS South Gloucestershire and Stroud College.
Exhibition
12- 26 June
In Felt Nice, Madeline Thornalley, a.k.a. Hurtence, presents a series of felted and painted pieces. Working predominantly as a milliner, Thornalley conceives of her hats as “mental tuning devices:” objects that attune the wearer to specific frequencies, opening them up or closing them off to their surroundings.
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 .
Exhibition
15 May - 5 June
Through sculpture this exhibition explores ideas of nature, nostalgia imitation and authenticity.
The artist is interested in how we relate to the natural world through objects whether found, made, domestic or mundane. The use of materials and process of experimentation are an important aspect of the work. Materials such as graphite, copper sulphate and resin are utilised to create work that alludes to geological and archaeological objects.
Exhibition
5th - 24th December
An exciting Christmas Show giving a taster of art by our members in the John Street Gallery and also in our online shop which will be opened in December.
Artists Callout
Monday 23rd November
We would like to invite all the SVA members to take part in an exciting Christmas Taster Show in the gallery and online in December.
Live Stream music
15th November 8-10pm
Live Stream performance from the Goods Shed in Stroud.
Exhibition
11th November - 1st December
A work-in-progress R&D residency combining revived vestiges of lo-fi history with digital futures, and live medium-wave radio mixing with in-the-moment interventions, culminating in 2 binaural live streams hosted virtually by Knaïve Theatre.
Exhibition
23rd October - 7th November
Artists Helen K Grant and Chris Rose met through AIM, where they discovered a shared enthusiasm for making art from scrap materials, and invite you to help them fill the gallery.
Exhibition
2nd - 18th October
From June 1st 2019 Nick Grellier made one small drawing every day for an intense and perplexing year. Via the transitory state of ‘today’ the drawings meander through personal experience and collective concerns. The drawings will be shown in their entirety at SVA.
Exhibition
8th August - 26th September
The first retrospective of the work of renowned comedian Simon Munnery. Curated by Simon Munnery and Andy Holden.
Exhibition
Eva Brá Barkardóttir and Holly English, currently studying for their MAs at Chelsea, want to converse with you here now in this stop gap if you can and will.
Performance
Friday 24th April 7pm
Richard Layzell; renowned artist, Creative Ecologist and course leader for Print + Time Based Media, will be performing about many of his ecological experiences over the past two years.
Exhibition
23rd- 25th April 10am-3pm
Richard Layzell; renowned artist, Creative Ecologist and course leader for Print + Time Based Media, will be in residence from April 23rd to 25th in and out of the gallery.
Exhibition
Friday 3rd - Sunday 12th April - Appointment only
Nettle Grellier will exhibit paintings from her 2019 series "Poisson Chez Moi" : A response to the climate crisis.
Exhibition
Enter our conceptual garden and contemplate our works as if you were in the real garden; exciting your senses with the colours, shapes, and textures.
Exhibition
Artist in residence Jo Casling is exhibiting new work exploring boundaries in the SVA gallery, viewable from the street.
Exhibition
Friday 13th - Sunday 15th March 10am - 3pm
Artist in residence Ann-Margreth Bohl sculptor/installation artist has recorded animal and human sounds during a recent residency to La Palma/ Canaries.
Exhibition
Friday 6th - Saturday 7th March 10am - 3pm
Freya Tate's Work explores the figure In a variety of emotional and physical states through drawing in a practice informed by her work as a life model and musician.
Exhibition
Opening Friday 21st February
Open - Saturday 22nd, Thursday 27th, Friday 28th and Saturday 29th February 10am - 3pm
The Crab Museum ties its tide-line of curiosities together using crabs, beached plastic and 'Petrie'.
Exhibition
13th - 18th February 10am -3pm
Sam Bailey will be displaying his posters, collages, and prints, while inviting YOU - yes U! - to join him in making collage.
Exhibition
Friday 7th February 6pm -11pm
Saturday 8th February 11am - 3pm
Showcasing a project they have produced involving illusions, lights, photography and immersive feelings and experiences.
