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Avron House will be running an inaugural watercolour weekend with professional local watercolour artist, David Webb on the weekend of April 28th-29th. This is the ideal opportunity to learn a range of traditional watercolour painting techniques during this relaxed and friendly, indoor-based weekend. You'll receieve personal tuition from David, who will advise on disciplines including colour mixing, wet-into-wet and how to build your paintings from light to dark. Materials are not included, but we can advise on what you should bring. Prices start at £300 which includes all tuition, bed and breakfast accommodation, homemade lunches, cake and refreshments. Places are limited, so booking is essential to avoid disappointment. Call Avron House on 01803 294182 or email stay@avronhouse.co.uk. For more information about the weekend or Avron House, please visit their website at www.avronhouse.co.uk About David Webb My artwork is mostly watercolour-based and, with a background as an illustrator, is unashamedly figurative. I do however, paint in a looser style than I once did in my illustration days. A couple of decades of highly detailed work led me to wonder that, perhaps, there might be bigger brushes available. My work today is rooted in the pure watercolour tradition. I use transparent washes to build up my paintings, the whiteness of the paper playing an important role as I do not use white/opaque paint. This way of painting requires forward planning as any highlights must be avoided. I work from life as much as possible but also work on more considered, or larger work, in the studio. I have always had an interest in nature, which still inspires me to paint animals and wildlife today. However, my range of subject matter has broadened over the years to include landscape, seascape, buildings and still life. One thing that inspires, whatever the subject, is light. If the light and atmosphere are right then any subject can be something worthwhile to paint. #Workshops #watercolour #Ad

After a sell out term at Dartington, local artist Matthew Davison will be running further workshops in Sidmouth during January and February. The course is intended for students with some experience of producing a painting (perhaps in watercolours, pastels or oils). It will explore observation, imagination, atmosphere and personal response to create explorative and evocative paintings on a reasonably large scale (60cm x 60cm). A basic knowledge of acrylic painting is necessary as this will be an improvers course and focuses on more advanced practical techniques and conceptual awareness. The course includes creating suitable surfaces, exercises in drawing, using pencil & charcoal, painting, use of rags and palette knives and will cover the transition from representational naturalism to abstract painting. Weather permitting participnts will be working outside for some of the session, with the seafront at Sidmouth ia short walk away from the studio door. The course will also look at the development of formal elements and obscurity in picture making, using imagination, expression and atmosphere. There is limited availability for the weekends, with a maximum of 12 places for each weekend. About Matthew Davison I’m a landscape painter based in Dartmoor Devon I teach painting in groups and also one to one. I worked for most of my professional life in television and film as Director of Photography, winning awards for cinematography, photography, theatre & opera lighting design. As an artist, my body of work started in 1978 with Elephant size screen prints, selected at Royal West of England Academy. Painting in acrylics, I draw inspiration from Dartmoor, working from my studio in Bovey Tracey. Dates, prices and bookings can be found at www.wea.org.uk #Workshops #Sidmouth #Ad

Due to a last minute cancellation, we've had the opportunity to add an open call to our calendar at very short notice. So, we've come up with something we think is quite creative to try and deliver an ambitious and exciting exhibition in a very short time frame! If you feel you can join us on this exciting journey, and work with us to some unfortunately tight deadlines, keep reading to find out what's involved! The formats super simple and open to all creatives! As part of our continued commitment to offering space for unique and diverse forms of cultural expression, we are excited to welcome submissions to an explorative show which will run throughout February. “The Art of You” will look at works, objects, pieces of narrative, multimedia submissions, written statements, objects, journals, sketchbooks and a diverse array of other submitted material that explore the identity of the artist that submits them. This submission is open to any individual who wishes to celebrate their creativity, whether they are a full time professional artist or last did art at school as a child. This is intended to be a richly personal exhibition that is open to artists, makers and individuals of any level or discipline to submit something which goes to the heart of their creativity. This might be a sketchbook that looks at their practice in its purest form or an object or item of particular relevance to their work. Equally, the submission could take the form of a completed artwork that is in someway uniquely representative of the artists identity. We hope in this way to produce a show that is in part autobiographical, and where visitors are encouraged to focus on the lives behind the works. Through the collective display of personal items, the opportunity to draw interpretations of where shared aspects of creation lie, and where difference and similitude can be found in the homes of individual muses will be available, with scope to explore the raw and unrefined elements of creative process. We view this as an extension of the “sketchbook” or “postcard” model of exhibition which looks at either the process behind an artwork, or a small representation, with our version offering a greater degree of flexibility and wider opportunity for individual expression. The exhibition follows on from a number of other shows hosted at the Gallery including the “Postcard Exhibition” which featured as part of the Gallery’s touring London exhibition, and “The Anonymous Artist”, an open show exploring issues of identity in which artworks were hung anonymously. Dates and Details! Dates: The exhibition will run from February 6th - March 2nd with an Artist Preview on February 9th 18:00-20:00. Exhibition set-up will take place during February 5th and the final deadline to receive work is 5PM on Saturday 3rd. Exhibition takedown will be on March 2nd and all works must be collected by March 5th 10AM at the latest unless alternative arrangements are made. Application success will be confirmed on a rolling basis as we receive submissions. Follow the image below for full call details. #2018 #February #Opportunities #opportunity #TheArtofYou

Last year I was shortlisted for the RA Summer Exhibition with "Bedroom Shrine for the Virgin of the Rocks" which will be exhibited at the Riviera Art Fair in The Spanish Barn Torre Abbey Torquay 3rd Feb - 25th Feb 2018. It was also displayed in my "Chapel "' in 2017 Devon Open Studios at my home in Brixham. This chapel, named The Chapel of St Catherine and Virgin of the Passion began as a virtual concept to display my works under the theme "Art of the School" I will be taking part in 2018 with additions to the Chapel. In November 2017 I began a large painting titled "Is your all on the altar" This derives from a traditional hymn with lyrics by Elisha A. Hoffman: Scripture: Romans 12:1 and this is the painting I had decided to submit to the RA Summer Exhibition. By serendipity I discovered Grayson Perry is curating the exhibition this year. Although he is not part of the selection committee, it is hopefully an omen that a ceramic artist is involved. My painting symbolises a high altar with Milton Head pottery representing the altar pieces, as sacred relics. I have charcoal still life sketches by my father of household items that have been another influence. It measures 100cm x 70cm, one of the largest canvas I've attempted and making me a bit panicky about the February deadline for submission of digital images. This is an acrylic painting and does not involve collage. However the symbolism is stitched together in my head and translated into a painting, which in itself symbolises the traditional religious art found in churches. March will bring the results of the first round of judging, reducing the selection from 12,000 down to 4,000. Those are seen in the flesh by the selection committee. Bedroom Shrine made that journey but no further. Maybe my altar will top my shrine this year... #ArtsampCulture #Blog #Artizan #2018 #Torbay #Artists #ArtistPreview #BeckyNuttall

Over the Christmas break Jacob and I headed up to Bristol for a “relaxed” festive period; we were dog sitting for family but planned to fully take advantage of being in the city, enjoying its arts and culture, as well as the Bristol festivities. On Boxing day, we headed to Bristol Zoo; being animal mad this was mainly an indulgent day for me. Due to dog walks and picnic prep we didn’t get there until around 2pm, it was a gloomy day in Bristol, cold and grey with the threat of rain, but this didn’t cap my excitement. Heading through and paying a slightly pricy entry, (if looking for a cheaper day out, check dates online, prices vary according to peak times) we went on with our adventure. Immediately, flamingos catch my eye, their bright plumage striking out against the grey day and I’m already grabbing for the camera. It turns out boyfriend has forgotten to recharge the batteries (what a numpty) so lack of time added pressure to get the right shots with only 7% battery left! A few snaps of the flamingos and we we’re off again. Activities galore are dotted around the enclosures. You can compete to stand on one leg like a flamingo, compare the length of your tongue to different animals or race a cheetah; the last of these comes with specific warning for adults to restrain themselves when attempting the challenge! I notice how close you can get to some animals but not be intruding on them; there are areas where you can walk right through enclosures (only open in the warmer months), as well as cleverly designed bridges and tunnels and a few biomes, including the Butterfly walk through which was one of my favourites. Talks and feeds are frequent; we caught the end of the crocodile talk and feed, where staff pushed home the importance of not supporting the illegal pet and skin trade, and the keeper explained that one of the crocs was rescued from customs at Bristol airport! It was made clear the Zoo's ethos centres around conservation and raising awareness of animal rights issues. We continued to the Penguins to watch them feed, entering an enclosure which was full of life with three different bird species populating the netted “Seal and Penguin Coast”. Eider Ducks were bobbing gracefully in the water, Inca Terns were scattered around swooping over our heads clearly excited that food was coming, and finally African Penguins looking smart in their dinner jacket plumage dotted the shore. Listening to the feed talk and watching the staff, it is clear to see how passionate they are about the animals they work with, sharing knowledge on individual characters and how maintaining the zoos breeding programme aids conservation of African Penguins. This was a fantastic opportunity for pictures, but the stars of my shots weren’t always the penguins; some of my favourite shots from the trip are of the Inca Terns, incredibly charismatic with their white moustaches. Realistically, I could have spent all day at the Zoo, I love watching animals and how they interact with each other. One area where we saw some family antics was with the gorillas, having just been fed a load of veggies the Western Lowland Gorillas were munching. Jock the silverback took pride of place on the floor peeling some leeks. The design of the enclosure allows a walk-through underneath enrichment ropes and toys with blacked-out areas giving the family privacy when they want it, which made glimpses of baby Ayana a real treat as she occasionally showed her face, peeking out from behind her mum. Our final stop was the butterfly house, a warm poly-tunnel full of foliage and a sweet nectar smell. Wandering around, peering in between leaves, we tried to spot a variety of butterflies. Due to the gloomy day, and the fact that it was nearly 4:30, many of the butterflies had gone to bed but we were lucky enough to see a few of the bigger varieties; either with wings closed and huge owl eye like markings showing or gently flitting showing off their iridescent blue wings. A very informative volunteer told us where to look for some of the smaller butterflies, pointing out at least 20 nestled looking like leaves on a plant, it was brilliant! With the butterflies sleeping and everything else heading to bed we made our way to the exit! Our crazy fast 3 hours over, we thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon. The day was made even better by whopper Christmas dinner leftover butties wolfed down on a picnic bench undercover near the gorillas. Camera batteries flat, but pictures taken, a few mementos from the day, we legged it back to the car in the rain to head off for tea and mince pies. #2017 #Bristol #BristolZoo #Christmas

A final 2017 update and a message of thanks to our supporters and friends! Well where on earth did 2017 ago?! It all seems to have rushed by in quite a blur and we’re still trying to catch our breath here! As the year and our final exhibition draws to a close it’s time for myself and the team at Artizan to reflect on how it all went and to look forward to what’s to come. We’ve had a really wonderful year here at the gallery and we owe a huge debt of thanks to the artists who have joined us for the 2017 series; Richard Slater, Jim Doran, Jo West, Charles Somerton, Jennifer Harris, Marc Heaton, Alan Gregory, Chris Pitman, Clare Jenkinson, Martin Bush, Mark Wallis, Kat Fennell, Nina Kleinzeller and Susan Cavaliere. This is of course also not forgetting the hundreds of artists who have joined us for our open shows here and in other venues! To all of our returning artists, we are grateful for your continued support, and to those who were new to us in 2017 it’s great to have met you and thank you for choosing Artizan. Additionally, we need to recognise artists Arthur Homeshaw and Tim Long who are no longer with us, and also Paul Ansell who we sadly lost earlier this year. We were privileged to have hosted Paul’s final exhibition as he lost his battle with cancer; this unassuming man who had found a new direction with his art and was producing bright colourful abstracts that were unashamedly bold has left a lasting impression with his work and we miss him very much. This year we also introduced ‘The Loovre’ to our visitors, a dedicated space, albeit tiny and unusual, for artist, Anna Grayson’s, popular and well-known pastiche photography. The collection steadily grows with recent new works, ‘Ophelia in the Hot Tub’ and ‘GSOH’ now adorning our walls. The final extension to Artizan this year was the opening of the Basement Gallery, a dedicated space for 3D works which currently houses work by Gesche Buecker, David Jones, Kat Jenkinson, Roger Lissenden, Elisabeth Hadley, Amy McCarthy, Sally Fisher, Kevin Scott, Alan Austin, Gilly Pitman, Peter Stride, Joseph Hayton, and Mike Nuth. Both spaces have proven to be popular additions, offering the opportunity for us to continue broadening the variety of art we host, and our visitors more opportunity to explore the talented works being produced by Torbay’s artists. We have also been involved in some collaborative events with Torre Abbey and must thank James Tyson for welcoming us to be part of this year’s International Agatha Christie Festival and also Anna Gilroy for inviting us to exhibit there throughout December and into January. It really is a privilege for us to be part of events in this wonderful, historic building, a true jewel in Torbay’s Crown! Interspersed with all of this there has been Poetry, Music, Cocktails and Conversation, bringing with them, laughter, reflection and many new friends to the gallery. To all who have newly joined us in 2017 we hope to continue to welcome you back, and for those who have been with us for the long haul now, we glad to still have you with us. With the re-launch of our newly updated website, alongside our brand-new sister site art-hub.co.uk (currently in pre-launch), we are very excited to offer new digital opportunities and services in 2018. We’ve got a wonderful team of content creators on board with us, and we’re excited to now be receiving guest submissions to the website too. Back in the Gallery, the calendar is almost full, and we have decided to mix things up a bit, continuing with solo or small group shows in the main space but running a yearlong Salon Open show in the Garden Gallery. We guarantee another rich and diverse calendar throughout 2018 as we welcome Veronica Charlesworth, Michael McDonagh Wood, Jane Villaweaver, The Raw Art Forum, Sue Luxton, Alan Price-Roberts, Douglas Bardrick, Roger Lissenden, Sandra Lissenden, Chantal Ashwell, Becky Nuttall, and Marge Penn to the gallery. With many exciting events and activities planned to sit alongside the art 2018 promises to be anything but dull! Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to visit us this year and thanks to our wonderful and talented artists without whom there would be no Artizan. We wish you all a Happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you all again in 2018. #2017 #Artizan #Christmas2017 #Christmas

Dartington Hall is the seat of Modernism in South Devon and it was hugely influential to me as a child in the sixties. We regularly visited the gardens and the shops, including the Tridias toy shop, with visiting friends. Later I discovered that my father knew Marianne de Trey. they were founder members of The Devon Guild of Craftsmen when my dad owned Milton Head pottery in Brixham from 1950 -59. I was researching the painting All Hallow’s Day which shows three Modernist women who all studied at The Slade School of Art. They were independent and talented yet under valued at a time when the democratisation of art was at its height and women artists held little currency. Their identities were ultimately defined in history by their relationships with famous men but I did find a link with Dartington Hall through Iris Tree. Her son Ivan Moffat was educated at the Hall and although it is difficult finding references to Modernist women visitors, Dartington Hall’s progressive coeducational boarding school was chosen to embed his mother’s bohemian values. All Hallows’ Day Iris Tree (1897-1968) Iris studied art at The Slade. She is remembered as the daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and for cutting her hair into a bob and leaving the rest on a train. She was a poet, absurdist and actress. Her son Ivan Moffat was educated at Dartington Hall Dora Carrington (1893-1932) Dora studied art at The Slade; she was a friend of Iris Tree. She is remembered for her love of Lytton Strachey and shooting herself when he died Gwen John (1876-1939) Gwen John studied art at The Slade; she is remembered for neglecting her health and as the sister of Augustus John, who painted Iris Tree’s portrait "for most of history, anonymous was a woman" – Virginia Woolf Visit my FaceBook page ‘The Longing and the Lack’ for lost women artists of the avant-garde #BeckyNuttall

Arthub needs you! Read on to find out more about how you can be a voice in our arts community and why we need your help to make the site even better! It’s been just a few months since Arthub went live but already we’re beginning to get a real sense of excitement about our new creative space. We’ve had some wonderful feedback on the content we’re sharing, and it’s great to have a space to tell you more about the work we’re doing and what we get up to when we’re not hard at work in the gallery. As always, we’re immensely grateful for the support our audience and visitors are showing us and we want to make sure we continue to make this a vibrant online platform to celebrate arts and culture. But to do this, we need your help because Arthub is not just a space for us. Take a look around at some of our most recent posts and you’ll see that the most important thing to the site is the diversity of local activity there is to talk about. We want to make sure that this diversity continues to drive the site, not just in the events we review or the blogs we post, but in the voices that are represented. So, we’re looking for contributors, in all shapes and sizes, to help us promote everything arts and culture in Torbay (and further afield)! Whether you’re an artist wanting to tell your story, or a society with an exhibition that you want to shine a spotlight on, tell us about it! Or maybe you’ve recently been and seen some great theatre or met some talented creatives who you think deserve shouting about, give us the inside scoop! There’s loads of ways you can play your part and help our creative community at the same time. We’ve outlined a few options below but if you’re doing something that doesn’t quite fit, we’d still love to hear from you. Send us an Exclusive Article If you don’t have your own outlet for blogging or content creation write for us! We’re always excited to receive ready to go articles about what you’re up to and the cultural activities your attending. You could tell us about: Yourself! Maybe you’ve got a creative project on the go, maybe you just want to tell your story. Either way, we’d love to hear about it. Someone Else! Know a great creative who’s all too modest? Shout about the great work they’re doing. A Review! Whether its an event old or new, tell us what you thought and whether you’d recommend it. Re-blog With Us If you’ve got your own website but you want to get your content shared elsewhere, send us a copy. We’ll link back to the original article as well so that people can read more great stuff from you. Promote Your Events We can even publish and promote events. Make sure to let us know in plenty of time what you’re up to and we can feature your show, exhibition or performance on the site. Let us manage your box office too and sell tickets online. Send us a Story Alternatively, leave the writing to us. Just send us the details and some images and we’ll have a chat about how we can do a piece for you. Fiction We love to get creative writing pieces too, whether it’s a poem, novel, short story or script. Invite Us Along Think there’s something we should be talking about? Send us an invite and one of our team will come along and do a piece. We may even bring the camera! Getting Visual And it doesn’t just have to be a written piece. Show us your photo albums too, or even short film pieces! #Contribute #Publishing #Promotion #Opportunities

Hi all, we just wanted to give everyone a quick update from the Artizan team as we bustle on through December. We’re having a lovely Winter Open Show with loads of friends coming in to visit us for the holiday season. There’s been a handful of new faces too, which we love, all excited to discover us here on Lucius Street. With the year closing, we’re beginning to think about our annual holiday which is going to be a little bit longer this year as we probably won’t be reopening until nearer the end of January. We’ve got loads on in 2018 already, so we figured we’d take a little bit of extra time to fully prepare ourselves and come back with a bang just a little before February. There’s lots of incredible pieces in the gallery at the moment and the whole team have mentally been doing Christmas shopping from the walls, and the shelves in the Basement Gallery which is now officially reopened. The Basement is also jam-packed with lovely pieces so make sure if you’re popping in to head down there, we’ve got ceramics which would make great affordable gifts and some really unique craft pieces; all local, all gorgeous! Our final day is the 23rd, so the Team have got your back for last minute Christmas shopping; make sure we’re on your list of independent retailers to visit. For any with a bit of extra time to spare, we’ve got a great little exhibition running in Torre Abbey too with works all under £500; you can view all the pieces from that one online. It’s a great day out regardless, so make sure to head over and see the wonderful team there. We also joined them for their Winter Fest craft fair the other weekend which was amazing fun. Do check out our review of this here. Wrapping up last week, we headed down to the Imperial for an early start with TTPL and friends to celebrate another great year of student placements in Torbay. We’ve had some lovely interns this year and we highly value the skills and viewpoints they bring to the gallery, so it’s great to get the chance to meet with likeminded businesses who are also supporting this program. We picked up our “Certificate of Excellence” from the team and we’re looking forward to working with many more great students next year. 2018 is looking scarily close but we’re fairly confident we’re prepared here. The calendar is pretty much fully booked for the main space and we’ve got some great new exhibition opportunities inside and out of the gallery. We’ll be carrying on regular updates with Beach Hut Magazine and our own new digital platform is receiving loads of lovely content submissions. We’re now representing the work of more than 50 artists over there with regular content provision from a growing team at the gallery. We’ll be bringing you more updates up until we close on the 23rd December and announcing more details from our 2018 calendar so do keep an eye on our social media. Until then, have a great week and happy Christmas shopping! #Artizan #ArtizanUpdate #2017 #2018

Whoops, we nearly forgot we'd taken these with the excitement of the first weeks of the show! Throwback to the launch of our Winter Open. #ArtistPreview #2017 #DecemberOpen #Artizan

What does an explorer look like? The first thing I picture is a khaki clad gentleman, sporting a pith helmet, probably with a rather fabulous mustache. The next image is Harrison Ford; it transitions between the Millennium Falcon racing Hans Solo and the whip wielding Indiana Jones, a curious amalgam of space smuggler and archaeological adventurer that makes for a very unconventional picture of an explorer; perhaps this image influenced George Lucas when he came up with the concept for the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull film? In quick succession after these I see Agatha Christie, Amelia Aerheart, and a friend of mine from university who was rarely seen without her down jacket or otherwise weighed down by a large rucksack which was never filled with course books. The question was raised by Belinda Dixon to start her talk at Torquay Museum as part of their Explorers Series. Belinda is an Ordnance Survey GetOutside Champion, a British Exploring Society Media Leader, a BBC broadcaster, Travel Writer for Lonely Planet and, after careful consideration, an explorer! If I'd been asked the question of her, I'd definitely have said she looked like an explorer, and not just because of her British Exploring Society hoodie. Her approach shoes and walking trousers, along with the rucksack tucked behind the lectern, gave the impression of someone stopping off for a social call in the middle of a day's hiking but more than this, she looks happy and invigorated and has an expression which I can only associate with the question “What does an explorer look like?” Behind her, a bundle of battered maps are stacked on a table. Belinda, is a self-confessed map geek and she excitedly shows us some of her favourites. One I find particularly interesting is a river map from a recent tour along the Yukon River which unlike most maps I am used to does not unfold into a vast and unmanageable expanse of paper, but instead follows the river downwards across spiral binding. Belinda’s is heavy with notations and she explains to us that for her maps are many things from potentially life saving tools, to immensely detailed sources of information, to containers of memories. Every camp is notated with a personal name including “Bear Camp” where a large paw print was spotted on the river bank as they arrived. Another of her favourites is a little closer to home; a battered map of Dartmoor, heavily used, documents her first wild camping trip and a 10 day expedition around the moor writing a piece for Lonely Planet. Belinda is admittedly “new” to exploring, at least in this professional sense, the majority of her expeditions and adventures having all occurred in the last two years. She cites herself as evidence that anyone can be an explorer and that adventures can happen near and far and be of any length, magnitude or grandeur. This is part of the remit of the GetOutside scheme, to challenge the perception that adventurers and explorers are in someway superhuman, or alternatively, are fortunate jobless nomads who have unlimited time to spend indulging their wanderlust. The Champions are all everyday people, many with normal, everyday jobs, who are out there trying to show us that anyone can go on an adventure. The scheme aims to promote the health benefits of getting out whilst encouraging a change in attitudes towards the feasibility of exploring. And OS have some great tools for doing just this. One which we have now used several times since Belinda introduced us to it is their Greenspace map, a new online and app based map which highlights and filters different types of green spaces. This has become our new favourite tool for finding dog walking spots locally, leading us to some great woods and copses that we really should have explored sooner! Another story Belinda shared is a particularly important one and it’s all about fear! Fear can often be an obstacle to adventure or trying new things and overcoming it is no easy thing. She describes a time when she stepped out of her comfort zone to go on a solo beach bivvy. Bivvying is a super stripped down version of camping with no tents, but instead a simple sleeping bag sized protective layer as your only barrier against the elements. The bit that caused concern for Belinda was the solo element, the risk of being isolated on a beach by herself, where someone might “get her”. A fellow GetOutside Champion pointed out to her that this was a learned fear and that the chances of anything adverse happening were slim and challenged her to face the fear by the end of the week. So one evening, Belinda headed out on the Coast Path, rucksack packed, convincing herself that she was just off on a scouting mission and not actually about to spend that night outside, alone, under the stars on the beach. By the next morning, her greatest concern was that a group of runners passing in the night with headtorches might have mistaken her for a body and sparked a search and rescue. The fear was overcome and the night was spent under the stars with a driftwood campfire and a bivvy full of sand; a great adventure! There is so much more about this event I could go into. Belinda truly was an inspiring voice to make you stop and think about just how much is possible even around the nine to five routine. Her perspective leaves you with a glimpse of how every outing can be an adventure, be it exploring an unknown road, stepping out of your comfort zone or simply breaking your routine. I would highly recommend checking out her website and whilst you’re at it, go and look at the GetOutside scheme on Ordnance Survey’s website. Torquay Museum still have loads more great talks coming up as part of this series which can be found here, we’re certainly going to be heading to a few more in the New Year, and if you fancy trying out the OS Greenspace Map you can find that here. I should also mention the fantastic work of the Shiphay First Brownie Group who were running the museum as part of the 2017 Kids in Museums Takeover Day. #2017 #ArtsampCulture #Talks #TorquayMuseum

There's a brand new exhibition coming to Artizan next year: The Artizan Garden Salon Open! This is an exciting new show for the Gallery, a year long rolling open which will run on a subscription basis. The exhibition model is incredibly simple. Pay £15 and bring in a piece of art to hang in the Garden Salon. Upon acceptance, your piece will then be on display for one month at which point you can guarantee it stays up the next month for just £10. And that’s all there is to it! We hope this will be a great opportunity to welcome all of our local artists, as well as those from further afield, to show a sample of their work on our walls on a long-term basis. February will be the first opportunity to enter work and we'll be looking to start of the year with a strong showing and some very full walls! Joining us for this opportunity is really simple so if you'd like to take part grab a booking form or come in and see us to find out more. Check out the calls page for full details of this opportunity! #opportunity #Artists #ArtsampCulture #2018 #exhibiting #open