The Orchard exhibition at New Brewery Arts

Until 22 June – Artist Edwina Bridgeman’s touring exhibition, The Orchard, will be on show at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester, offering visitors a chance to contemplate nature and get involved too.

A fresh infusion of spring nature will be recreated at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester at Edwina Bridgeman latest exhibition, The Orchard – where visitors can not only visit, but also take part in the developing artwork themselves.

On show until Sunday 22 June 2008, visitors can expect to take in the sights of an exhibition focusing on the imagery, magic, songs, and stories related to apple trees – as well as reflecting on the resurgence of sustainability and self-sufficiency, and the curative qualities of homegrown food, wine and cider.

The central installation is the gated orchard, with three trees, a ladder, an apple box and a grazing animal as well as a host of other hidden wildlife, combined to create a space that visitors can enter to enjoy the thought-provoking surroundings. The trees are made from workaday materials, often thrown away, containing objects and painted narratives about the history and folklore of orchards and apple-growing.

As well as Bridgeman’s re-creation of her experience of being in the contemplative surroundings of an orchard, the stories and experiences of others are also included to make 25 additional pieces of mixed material work.

Plus, the battered old writing table under an apple bough will be the focus of education work and visitors will be encouraged to write or draw their memories, or compose poems and prose about their own memories of apple-picking, cider-drinking, and natural surroundings.

Event: The Orchard exhibition by Edwina Bridgeman
Venue: New Brewery Arts
Date: Until Sunday 22 June 2008
Times: New Brewery Arts is open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am until 5.30pm, and Sunday from 10am until 4pm.
Tickets: Admission is free of charge. For more information contact New Brewery Arts on (01285) 657181.

SoGlos.com
8 May 2008