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Torquay’s Artizan Gallery and Artizan Collective

Exhibitions and Events

Moments featuring Louise Bougourd

9-20 March (plus launch event 6 March) Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm, Saturdays 10am-6pm Louise Bougourd is a painter of seascapes, landscapes and still life. She is largely self-taught and lives in Devon. She has exhibited work at the Mall Galleries, London with the Society of Women Artist and was selected to exhibit with the Chelsea Art Society. She says, “I do not seek an actual representation; I focus on the connection with a place and feeling to steer my creativity” Artizan Gallery & Café, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, TQ2 5UW art-hub.co.uk/ex/moments20

Just Breathe

Louise Bougourd

The Sculpture Studio at Artizan

Joining this newly renovated studio in March are Elizabeth Hadley, Ezra Bailey, Jenny Amon, Anthony Barclay and Sara Evans. The artists’ work is complementary to each another but there is a clear differentiation in medium, technique and style. Artizan Gallery & Café, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, TQ2 5UW artizangallery.co.uk

Listen Sara Evans

March Contemporary Showcase

10 March – 4 April Wednesday-Sunday 11am – 4pm To launch Artizan’s calendar for 2021 they will be welcoming a group of contemporary artists working across multiple mediums and in both 2D and 3D. List of artists will be announced. Artizan Collective Unit 5, 74 Fleet Street Torquay TQ2 5EB

art-hub.co.uk/ex/march2021 Diana the Huntress Elizabeth Elizabeth Hadley Hadley

Artworks Online Collection

Explore the Postcard Artworks Collection online, support culture in Torbay and take away a unique Eggshell No. 17 Black original work from as little as £10. Serpentine, Gold Half blind auction, half raffle, the Ezra Bailey scheme, started as part of the English Riviera Winter Open Exhibition 2020, allowed artists to donate small original works in lieu of exhibition fees. These generous donations now form an exclusive collection of work accessible only to backers who every month get the opportunity to view included artworks and secure a new piece of art against their donation. art-hub.co.uk/postcards

Artizan Artist Support Pledge

This idea supports artists and makers and was established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Instagram, artists and creatives can post images of their work using #artistsupportpledge giving details of the piece offered and the price (no more than £200 or equivalent). If interested in a piece, you just message the artist. Every time an artist reaches £1,000 of sales, they pledge to buy £200 of work from other artists. Artizan is supporting Torbay arts by working with #artistsupportpledge and promoting exhibited works under £200. Every time we reach £1000 worth of sales, we’ll reinvest and purchase work from a local artist. The piece will then immediately go back on display, but the artist will receive payment straight away and see the benefi t o a sale art-hub.co.uk/artistsupportpledge

For more information contact: juliebrandon@artizangallery.co.uk 07522 509642 artizan gallery.co.uk Also check out art-hub.co.uk

The GALLERY @Cockington Court

10.30am-4.30pm daily Ongoing selling exhibition showing the region’s leading artists and makers. Items ranging from scarves, jewellery, ceramics, metalwork, artists cards, metalwork, collages, paintings and prints. 01803 607230 Facebook @cockingtoncourt

Local Artist Pro le Beth Hill

Geopark Ambassador Artist Artizan Gallery supports the Geopark Ambassador Artist Programme designed to promote artists who are inspired by the wonderful UNESCOrecognised English Riviera Global Geopark. As part of this project, Beth Hill was commissioned to produce a piece of artwork for an interpretation board, which is being installed as part of improvements to Beacon Cove in Torquay. Graphic designer and artist Beth takes her inspiration from landscapes right across the English Riviera. Her background and training is in Fine Art and she combines her skills to create her beautiful nature illustrations. She sells these via her online shop and at craft fairs. She loves walking along the coast and countryside of Torbay and enjoying the views, which she sketches before taking them back to her studio to complete. Beth was born and brought up on a farm in Shaldon before moving to Torquay. With two children aged 6 & 9 she is kept pretty busy but has managed a very successful pre-Christmas period with sales of her prints, greeting cards and gifts proving very popular. hillfolk.co.uk