Happy Halloween season to you. The bats and spiders have arrived in the gallery along with our annual Halloween & Carnival exhibition featuring work by Kayleigh Miller and our resident artist Bridget with guest paintings and some lovely oak pieces by local artisan Gerry.
A lot has happened this year, from radio interviews to winning the Art Gallery of the year award, and of course, the Walled memorial garden/long gallery project. Starting in May this year with the dismantling of the long gallery, then its re-build followed by the hard landscaping, re-using materials where possible from reclaimed brick mindfulness paths to carpet moss balls and old pipe trellis.
The Garden Project
The garden features a Zen garden, moss garden, water feature, stage, lawn and, of course, sculptures. So far, we have installed a dancing Bee Circle, started on the Fish arch and Tree stump sculptures. Planning to open to the public next year – this autumn planting and a tidy up of the windows down the long gallery and an invitation to local Sculptors to display their work. Further additions include a Tree seat and a high table.
Tony Machin and I were painting in the gallery for Somerset Art Weeks, a busy time, where we could show off the gallery, our own paintings and local artist Nicky’s work, who was exhibiting in the garage gallery following a fabulous exhibition by Des Fox and successful exhibition by Alexandra Lavizzarri.
Carnival approaches – looking forward to watching the carts from the gallery again this year.
We will again be running our Count the Bat challenge, looking to reward eagle-eyed visitors who find the whole cauldron.
