2010-09-18

This year’s Somerset Art Weeks (SAW) will be an Open Studios event taking place from Saturday 18 September to Sunday 3 October, when around 200 studios/venues across the county will be open to the public featuring over 300 local artists.

The event will focus on individual artists in their working environment looking at how they work, their inspiration and creative processes.

A diverse range of artworks will be showcased from pottery, glass, basketry and watercolour to textiles, wood and metal work as well as print, photography and several site-specific installations.

Artists of regional and national repute such as James Lynch (painting); Pauline Rook (photography), Julia Manning (print), Janette Kerr (painting), Rod Page (wood), Tom and Kim Atherton (glass) and Michael Fairfax (site-specific installation), will be opening their studios alongside an increasing number of emerging talented artists including Lucy Brown (ceramics) and Kitty Hillier (painting).

For the first time, a new Art Weeks exhibition programme is being introduced with displays at the Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton; AIR Gallery in Wells and the Meeting House, Ilminster. Somerset Art Weeks and SPAEDA, Somerset’s arts education development agency, are also working on a project to highlight young artistic talent in Somerset with a temporary studio at the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil.

To find out more call 01458 253 800 and mention The Pass magazine.