Gloucestershire art exhibition guide

Gloucestershire art galleries play host to an array of art exhibitions from talented local artists and visiting exhibitors alike. Find out more with SoGlos.com's Gloucestershire art exhibition guide 2009.

Whether you’re a modern art aficionado or a connoisseur of the classics, there is bound to be an art exhibition to entice you in Gloucestershire’s vibrant art galleries.

SoGlos.com’s guide to the latest art exhibitions in Gloucestershire art galleries, including art exhibitions in Cheltenham, the Cotswolds, Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, and the Forest of Dean, is frequently updated, so be sure to be a regular visitor.

Gloucestershire art exhibitions in January 2009

Event: Forest Sculptures Exhibition
Venue: Dean Heritage Centre
Area: Forest of Dean
Dates: From Saturday 6 December 2008 to Saturday 14 February 2009
Times: Daily from 10am to 4pm
Tickets: Admission to Dean Heritage Centre costs £4.90 for adults, £2.50 for children, £4.20 for concessions and £14 for families – valid for two adults and four children. Call (01594) 822170 for more information.
For more information: See Forest Sculptures Exhibition.

Exhibition: Pre-Impress 09
Venue: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Area: Cheltenham
On display: Twenty artists from the Gloucestershire Printmaking Co-operative will present a range of new and innovative work, organised as a preview to the ImPress Printmaking Festival coming to Stroud in March 2009. Expect to see screenprints, monoprints, etchings, woodcuts and artists’ books at the group show.
Dates: From Saturday 13 December 2008 to Sunday 15 February 2009
Times: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum is open 10am until 5pm daily
Tickets: Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
For more information: Visit cheltenhammuseum.org.uk or phone Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum on (01242) 237431.

Event: Rachael Nee and Jenny Crowe exhibition
Venue: Prema Arts Centre
Dates: Saturday 10 January to Saturday 21 February 2009
Times: The gallery is open Monday to Friday from 10.30am to 6pm, and on weekends by appointment. Please call Prema on (01453) 860703 to check openings however, as there are occasionally closed events going on in the gallery.
Tickets: Admission to the gallery is free.
For more information: See Rachael Nee and Jenny Crowe at Prema

Exhibition: Top Dog
Venue: New Brewery Arts
Area: Cotswolds
Dates: Saturday 10 January to Saturday 28 February 2009
Times: Mondays to Saturdays from 9am to 5pm, and Sundays from 10am to 4pm.
Tickets: Admission is free.
For more information: See Top Dog at New Brewery Arts

Event: Boats and Buoys by Mike Dexter
Venue: Taurus Crafts
Area: Forest of Dean
On display: Chepstow-based artist Mike Dexter will be displaying his maritime and Severn Estuary-inspired paintings at Taurus Crafts, created using a palette-knife technique of scraping and re-applying paint.
Dates: Saturday 10 January to Sunday 15 February 2009
Times: Daily from 10am to 5.30pm
Tickets: Admission to Taurus Crafts is free of charge. Call (01594) 844841 for more information.

Exhibition: Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 exhibition
Venue: Nature in Art
Area: Gloucester
Dates: Tuesday 27 January to Sunday 8 March 2009
Times: Nature in Art is open Tuesdays to Sundays, from 10am to 5pm.
Tickets: Admission costs £4.50 for adults, £4 for the over 60s and under 16s, and £13 for families. The under eights are admitted free. Contact Nature in Art on (01452) 731422 or visit nature-in-art.org.uk for more information.
For more information: See Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

Exhibition: Bound By Music: Photographs by Emile Waagenaar
Venue: Gloucester Guildhall
Area: Gloucester
On display: Photographer Emile Waagenaar’s intimate portraits of Cajun musicians of Louisiana offer intriguing insights into a very special culture. This exhibition coincides with the 16th Cajun and Zydeco Festival at the Guildhall.
Dates: Friday 23 until Sunday 25 January 2009
Times: Open from 10am to 9pm
Tickets: Entry to Gloucester Guildhall's gallery is free of charge. Call (01452) 503050 or visit gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall for more information.

Gloucestershire art exhibitions in February 2009

Event: Forest Sculptures Exhibition
Venue: Dean Heritage Centre
Area: Forest of Dean
Dates: From Saturday 6 December to Saturday 14 February 2009
Times: Daily from 10am to 4pm
Tickets: Admission to Dean Heritage Centre costs £4.90 for adults, £2.50 for children, £4.20 for concessions and £14 for families – valid for two adults and four children. Call (01594) 822170 for more information.
For more information: See Forest Sculptures Exhibition.

Exhibition: Pre-Impress 09
Venue: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Area: Cheltenham
On display: Twenty artists from the Gloucestershire Printmaking Co-operative will present a range of new and innovative work, organised as a preview to the ImPress Printmaking Festival coming to Stroud in March 2009. Expect to see screenprints, monoprints, etchings, woodcuts and artists’ books at the group show.
Dates: From Saturday 13 December 2008 to Sunday 15 February 2009
Times: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum is open 10am until 5pm daily
Tickets: Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
For more information: Visit cheltenhammuseum.org.uk or phone Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum on (01242) 237431.

Event: Boats and Buoys by Mike Dexter
Venue: Taurus Crafts
Area: Forest of Dean
On display: Chepstow-based artist Mike Dexter will be displaying his maritime and Severn Estuary-inspired paintings at Taurus Crafts, created using a palette-knife technique of scraping and re-applying paint.
Dates: Saturday 10 January to Sunday 15 February 2009
Times: Daily from 10am to 5.30pm
Tickets: Admission to Taurus Crafts is free of charge. Call (01594) 844841 for more information.

Event: Rachael Nee and Jenny Crowe exhibition
Venue: Prema Arts Centre
Dates: Saturday 10 January to Saturday 21 February 2009
Times: The gallery is open Monday to Friday from 10.30am to 6pm, and on weekends by appointment. Please call Prema on (01453) 860703 to check openings however, as there are occasionally closed events going on in the gallery.
Tickets: Admission to the gallery is free.
For more information: See Rachael Nee and Jenny Crowe at Prema

Exhibition: Top Dog
Venue: New Brewery Arts
Area: Cotswolds
Dates: Saturday 10 January to Saturday 28 February 2009
Times: Mondays to Saturdays from 9am to 5pm, and Sundays from 10am to 4pm.
Tickets: Admission is free.
For more information: See Top Dog at New Brewery Arts

Exhibition: Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 exhibition
Venue: Nature in Art
Area: Gloucester
Dates: Tuesday 27 January to Sunday 8 March 2009
Times: Nature in Art is open Tuesdays to Sundays, from 10am to 5pm.
Tickets: Admission costs £4.50 for adults, £4 for the over 60s and under 16s, and £13 for families. The under eights are admitted free. Contact Nature in Art on (01452) 731422 or visit nature-in-art.org.uk for more information.
For more information: See Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

Exhibition: Dolores Phelps: Recent Landscapes
Venue: Gloucester Guildhall
Area: Gloucester
On display: Forest of Dean watercolour artist Dolores Phelps will be displaying a series of impressionistic and semi-abstract paintings in this exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall.
Dates: Monday 2 until Saturday 21 February 2009
Times: The main gallery is open from 10am to 4pm on Mondays and from 10am to 9pm on Tuesdays to Saturdays
Tickets: Entry to Gloucester Guildhall's gallery is free of charge. Call (01452) 503050 or visit gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall for more information.

Gloucestershire art exhibitions in March 2009

Exhibition: Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 exhibition
Venue: Nature in Art
Area: Gloucester
Dates: Tuesday 27 January to Sunday 8 March 2009
Times: Nature in Art is open Tuesdays to Sundays, from 10am to 5pm.
Tickets: Admission costs £4.50 for adults, £4 for the over 60s and under 16s, and £13 for families. The under eights are admitted free. Contact Nature in Art on (01452) 731422 or visit nature-in-art.org.uk for more information.
For more information: See Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

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