Black Swan Arts Exhibition Archives 2022

Celebrate Solastalgia’s first issue at our launch exhibition on 2^nd February 6-9pm, come along to meet the artists and see their work in person.

Solastalgia zine is a collection of artists’ work that highlight environmental issues and celebrate the natural world. It is a place for artists, writers and readers to explore their grief towards climate breakdown. It features local artists, students and international artists. Solastalgia was created by Edventure student Summer Auty, to fundraise money for their course project which focuses on building community resilience in Frome by sharing, swapping and mending.

Free, no need to pre-book, everyone welcome.

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Artists:  Brian Bishop, Martin Brewster,Bonnie Brown, Michelle Griffiths, Ursula Leach, Stephen Powell, and Peter Symons

The members of “group 7” are all established artists who are connected by their confidence in their practice as a relevant and vital medium, they aim to develop and substantiate their position within contemporary practice. All the artists are producing powerfully mature and expressive works, where colour is a common denominator.

Coming to Frome this November; an exhibition that showcases the many talented Cloth Road Artists. From silk work to fine art painting, printing to ceramics, the Cloth Road Artists are a collective of Wiltshire based artists and artisans who have come together to promote the diverse range of visual arts on offer in the local area. In the contemporary surrounds of the Round Tower Gallery, running from 22 November – 4 December 2022, entry to the exhibition is free and everybody is welcome. 

Once renowned for their cloth weaving industry, Melksham, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon and their surrounding villages are now home to a thriving community of artists and artisans. The Cloth Road Arts is a non-profit collective formed in 2004, run by artists, for artists, to promote the visual arts in West Wiltshire. 

With members exhibitions, lectures, arts fairs, networking events and the popular and well supported Cloth Road Arts Week to look forward to, join the mailing list or follow the Facebook page for the latest news.

www.clothroadartists.com | @ClothRoadArtsWeek

Frome Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (FWSD) present the craft of Hand Weaving.  Yarns from animal, plant or synthetic fibres are twisted for tensile strength. Functional and decorative cloth is created from tensioned warp threads that are crossed and interlaced with horizontal weft threads.

Working on a range of looms from ancient tablet-weaving and simple rigid heddle looms to multi-shaft table and floor looms, a variety of woven textiles are formed that explore weave structure, pattern, texture and colour. Weight, drape and functionality are expressed.

Inspiration and creative processes differ for each maker: A specific fibre or yarn; some hand-spun and dyed, a tactile quality, an image, a technical challenge of weave structure and drafting, a treasured memory of travelling, a beloved landscape, or quite simply an intuitive resourcefulness in using-up yarns and recycling. Demonstrations and ‘have a go’ looms are shared during the exhibition.

Frome Weavers, Spinners and Dyers is a charity that exists for the preservation of and education in hand weaving, spinning and dyeing. More information: fromeweavers.org.uk

An exhibition based on a walk celebrating ‘weeds’ within Frome town, plants you might walk past finding sanctuary in walls, reaching up from drains or pushing through cracks in the pavement. Involving sculptural intervention, sound, performance and engaging community to highlight these small determined life forces in tandem with the human spirit.

 This walk supported by Somerset Art Works came out of a project, partly based in Brazil, developed by Lucia Harley focusing on the relationship between plants and people.

 Earlier this year, as artist in residence within North East Brazil, she walked a group of botanical trails published by her father within the Chapada Diamantina and engaged with the local community.

 Lucia makes and uses objects, live actions, drawing and film. She explores the boundaries between outer and inner worlds, relationships with each other and the environment that surrounds us. 

Claire Beale is interested in overlooked, forgotten or bypassed objects. A chip of granite, bubble wrap, rolled up polythene, a pebble. Observations are made, objects played with and records kept in a glossary of Latin names that references the Linnaean system of classification. Working with installation, photography, drawing and video objects are returned to their daily use. Douglas Huebler’s statement is brought to mind “The world is full of objects, more or less interesting; I do not wish to add any more.”

Frome Art Society are delighted to announce their autumn exhibition in the Round Tower Gallery. Society members are a diverse group of amateur and professional artists creating an exciting range of art. The only specification was a size limit to within 30 x 30cm, giving as many members the opportunity to exhibit as possible. It also means the artwork should be both affordable and easier to find a place to display. There will also be unframed works and cards on sale.

Vote for your favourite artwork and the artist with the most popular work is awarded £100.

The exhibition is open every day, 10am to 4pm, from Saturday 22 October until Sunday 6 November.

A new show at Black Swan Arts by artist Cath Bloomfield features collagraph and collaged prints inspired by the human form and landscape.

Cath explores colour, texture and narrative using the medium of collagraph and collage. Utilising textured and contrasting materials, she layers and constructs collagraph boards and stencils for printing. She believes that ‘Deep in the making something hidden is released through the process of construction.’ Working intuitively, and responding in the moment, she overlays or collages several plates to create relief. As a result, the original collagraph plate becomes a textural object, layered with the memory of use.

This exciting exhibition is across our Long Gallery on the first floor (lift available) and the Shop on the ground floor (via Bridge Street entrance).

In response to this year’s Somerset Art Weeks theme SANCTUARY, artists Siân Cann and Sarah-May Rogers present Drawing Near the Light. An exhibition of photographs and ceramics that express their experiences of hope, comfort and safety that they draw from their individual places of sanctuary.