ARTS
ARTS
By Julie Locke
VISUAL ART
Until Saturday 26 February from 10.00am to 5.00pm at ACEarts, Somerton, there is an exhibition ‘Hope Emerging’ by Tara Kennedy. Textile sculptures and wall art inspired by an emotional response to different cultures and religions suffering in conflict. Important messages of acceptance, empathy and hope are shown emerging from this pain. Coloured yarns provide a metaphor expressing the transformation from blood spilt and the pain of suffering through graduated tones to ivory conveying hope. Open: Tuesday to Saturday. For further information, call 01458 273008 or visit www.acearts.co.uk. Until Monday 28 February from Monday to Saturday from 5.30pm to 8.00pm at the Nationwide Branch, Yeovil, there is a digital window projection on display. The projection artwork was created by artist Richard Tomlinson and creative educator Natasha Rand, working with students from Buckler’s Mead Academy and Young Artist Yeovil, a group of young creatives aged 13-17. Anyone can join Yeovil Window Wanderland and create a window display any time of the year! Yeovil Window Wanderland 2022 was organised by Yeovil Art Space in partnership with Love Yeovil. www.yeovilartspace.uk. www. loveyeovil.com.
Until Tuesday 1 March from 10.00am to 5.30pm at David Simon Contemporary Art Gallery, Castle Cary, there is an exhibition ‘Impressions on Paper’ which will include works by some of the most significant names in modern British art, and coincides with a major exhibition of Francis Bacon: Man & Beast at the Royal Academy. A fine collection of original, signed works on paper by Francis Bacon, is exhibited alongside work by Lucien Freud, David Hockney RA, Henry Moore, John Nash, Ben Nicholson,
Graham Sutherland, figurative engravings by Maynard Hales, and characteristic still life and interiors by Steven Hubbard. Open: Monday to Saturday (closed on Wednesday and Sunday). For more information, call 01963 359102 or visit www. davidsimoncontemporary.com.
Until Saturday 5 March from 9.30am at Ilminster Arts Centre, there is the annual ‘Schools go Visual IX’ exhibition, featuring the amazing creative talents of the pupils at schools in and around South Somerset. Taking part: Chard School, Greenfylde, Neroche, Swanmead and Stanchester Academy. Free entry. All welcome. Open: Tuesday to Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm and Saturday 9.30am to 3.00pm (closes at 1.00pm on the final day of the exhibition). For more information, call 01460 54973 or visit www. ilminsterartscentre.com. Until Monday 2 May at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton, there is an exhibition of works by Ida Applebroog. The exhibition ‘Right Up To Now 1969-2021’ consists of highlights from the artist’s largest retrospective to date at Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, alongside important new works created over the past year. Throughout her career, Ida Applebroog has consistently explored the interconnected themes of power, gender, politics, and sexuality. Open: Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00am to 4.00pm. To visit the exhibition, book a timed reservation at www.hauserwirth.com/hauserwirth-exhibitions. From Saturday 5 March to Saturday 2 April from 10.00am to 5.00pm at ACEarts, Somerton, there is an exhibition ‘Six of the Best’. Sebastian Chance, Tom Clark, Heather Fallows, Nina Gronw-Lewis, Frank Martin and Ricky Romain were brought together by ACE founding trustee Frank Martin to showcase current contemporary art practice in the South West now. There’s an opportunity to
meet the artists on Saturday 5 March from 2.00pm to 4.00pm. Open: Tuesday to Saturday. For further information, call 01458 273008 or visit www.acearts. co.uk.
From Saturday 5 March to Saturday 2 April from 10.00am to 5.00pm at ACEarts, Somerton, there is an exhibition ‘Chaos and Order: Adventures in Clay’ by Jane King. This is a collection of dynamic ceramic sculptures, many made especially for this exhibition, which combine opposites of form, texture and colour as metaphors for perfection and control versus imperfection and chaos. Vivid, flat acrylic surfaces contrast with muted, messy or collapsing sections that express the contrast between how one would like life to be with how it really is. Open: Tuesday to Saturday. For further information, call 01458 273008 or visit www.acearts.co.uk. From Tuesday 8 to Saturday 26 March from 9.30am at Ilminster Arts Centre, there is an exhibition by Art Textiles: Made in Britain entitled ‘Found’. This exhibition showcases the diversity of British art textiles and celebrates the wealth of textile talents based in this country. Art Textiles: Made in Britain is an exhibiting group of professional artists and comprises ten internationally renowned textiles artists based in the UK. Free entry. All welcome. Open: Tuesday to Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm and Saturday 9.30am to 3.00pm (closes at 1.00pm on the final day of the exhibition). For more information, call 01460 54973 or visit www.ilminsterartscentre. com. From Tuesday 29 March to Saturday 16 April from 9.30am at Ilminster Arts Centre, it is the Yeovil Art Group’s Spring Exhibition. This is the group’s first exhibition at the Arts Centre. Works by this exciting group of multi-talented artists will include paintings in acrylics,
oils, pastels and watercolours, and sculptures – something for everyone. Free entry. All welcome. Open: Tuesday to Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm and Saturday 9.30am to 3.00pm (closes at 1.00pm on the final day of the exhibition). For more information, call 01460 54973 or visit www.ilminsterartscentre. com.
MUSIC On Friday 25 February at 7.30pm at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton, is Toyah’s Posh Pop Tour. This is a unique chance to experience Toyah up close and personal with a show that has a lively cinematic sound using Toyah’s vocals, keyboards, stand-up bass and storytelling. It will include Toyah performing her hit singles and classic songs, alongside recalling stories from her colourful, forty-year career. Tickets £22. Book online at www.stur-exchange.co.uk or via the box office (01258 475137). On Friday 25 February at 8.00pm at Ilminster Arts Centre, it’s The Sound of BlueNote. The band features some of the most prominent jazz musicians in the South West, recreating songs and arrangements that define the BlueNote Records sound of the 1950s and 60s. The Sound of BlueNote comprises leader Terry Quinney (saxophone), Andy Urquhart (trumpet), Phil Doyle (piano), Ben Taylor (bass), Andy Chapman (drums) and guest Mark Nightingale on trombone. Tickets £18. To book, please email musicbookingsIAC@gmail. com or call 01460 54973. www. ilminsterartscentre.com. On Saturday 26 February at 7.30pm at Charlton Horethorne Village Hall, there’s a chance to see Flats and Sharps, one of the UK’s most prestigious Bluegrass outfits. Their shows include a wide variety of influences, from a fresh and modern outlook on footstomping Bluegrass material 23
