BOBBY BRITNELL OPEN STUDIO ~ Art and Textiles

BOBBY BRITNELL
OPEN STUDIO ~ Art and Textiles

Work on display
Selection of work for sale
Light Refreshments
Local accommodation available

Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th August
11.00am ~ 4.00pm

Moor Hall is a four hundred year old farmhouse, of great historical interest being the second hunting lodge from Clun Castle. It is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, making it an excellent place for creative courses as well as for walking and cycling, drawing and photography. So please come and view the courses, which will begin this September and have a lovely day out with family and friends in this beautiful countryside.

Moor Hall Farmhouse Bettws-y-Crwyn Newcastle on Clun Shropshire SY7 8PH
Tele 01547 510664 bobby@bobbybritnell.co.uk www.bobbybritnell.co.uk

BVA Open Studio Visit

I have just returned from a very enjoyable visit to a few of the BVA open studios. It was packed with some very good work which my partner couldn't resist - buying a piece and loads of cards. Other people were buying too - and the artists were reporting an 80% rise in visits from last year. Their persistence has certainly paid off - especially in Oswestry - everywhere I went there were other visitors. Well Done!

Shropshire Open Studios needs to be discussed

Comments have started so I want to keep Open Studios top of the agenda so I will make a new post every month to keep it high on the list.
Shrewsbury Open Studios in July

http://www.shrewsburysummer.co.uk/events/open-studios.shtml

Borderland Visual Arts In June
http://www.borderlandvisualarts.com/os2007/maps2007in.php

Any more out there in Shropshire? Who wants to be involved?

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Shropshire Open Studios

As an VAnet member I often feel out on a limb living on the borders and was hoping that open studios events could extend to all members. Hereford seem to have this really down to a fine art with their yearly open studios week.

This is a comment I recently got from a die hard VAN fan. I had to reply

At present you are correct –Anne McKay runs a Shrewsbury based open studios as part of the Shrewsbury Summer Season. Because we are a voluntary organisation it has been up to volunteers to come forward to organise and run events but since Steve Vicary did A Shropshire wide open studio some years ago open studios in Shropshire have been organised at a local level. Borderland Visual Arts do one around Oswestry and the Borders – I have heard of one around Broseley – If more people talked about it and could agree a format with enough people working with their local artists it could be made to happen. It’s not my thing though although I do visit some open studios - I do my best at keeping information flowing and try to provide ways for people to communicate. Others need to come to the fore to make a Shrops Open Studio happen.

A reply came -

Maybe after I have launched my new studio/workshops I will put on my thinking cap to get something started more locally.

Post your interest here - nothing is going to happen about this if people don't get involved by talking about it.

THIS IS WHERE IT CAN HAPPEN ACROSS SHROPSHIRE!!!! COMMENT