The Gallery opening event
You are cordially invited to the official opening of The Gallery at Symondsbury on 10th August. The gallery is open from 10:30-18:00, with drinks served between noon and 14:00. Meet the team, see the fully open gallery space hosting a new exhibition, and enjoy the ambience of the lovely setting at the Manor Yard. There's plenty of free parking - just follow the signs from the B3162 (West Road, Bridport).
Upcoming exhibitions
We are developing the programme at the Gallery in Symondsbury, and have just concluded a Printmakers' Exhibition while work continues to fit out the space. Next on:
- Art in Squares, 20 July-4 August
This special exhibition is being hosted by The Gallery, Symondsbury, the new home of Lyme Bay Arts CIC, a group made up of local artists which organises showcases and events around the region. In this one, a wide diversity of subjects, creative processes and styles will be on display: the only key requirement being that all the artwork must be in 16” squares.
- Terra Incognita, 10-21 August
Lyme Bay Arts CIC officially launches its new exhibition space, The Gallery, Symondsbury, on 10th August with Terra Incognita, a showcase of recent paintings by Andy Rollo, a lecturer in art and design at Yeovil College, which will run until 21 August.
Andy says “I'm excited about exhibiting at Symondsbury for a number of reasons. Firstly, the work I have been producing over the course of the last ten years has been inspired in part by the geology and history of Dorset and in particular the Dorset Ridgeway and Jurassic Coast. Secondly, I feel that this new gallery provides a good opportunity for me to raise my profile. It’s a beautiful location in the midst of the landscape of Dorset. Thirdly, it is exciting for a new gallery to open that provides opportunities for work to be exhibited that isn’t quite as traditional — work that doesn’t only respond to a specific place but delves more into imaginary landscapes and foregrounds visual language elements like shape, line and colour.”
- The programme thereafter includes:
- 24 Aug to 3 September Textiles - Sculpture - Ceramics
- 7 to 22nd September Lyme Bay Arts Members' Exhibition. We'll be sending out details of how to take part in due course.
- 27 September to 9 October Waterline - Contemporary Photography, Tricia Scott - Lois Wakeman
Press coverage
Our publicity wizard - Karol Kulik - has been hard at work again, and her lovely article is appearing in the August edition of the prestigious Dorset Magazine. You can download a copy from our web site.
Contact details
We have a new landline at last - 01308 301326. If you want to make a general enquiry by email, please use contact@lymebayarts.co.uk.
Would you like to join us?
If you haven't already joined and would like to become a member, you can join at the gallery, or complete and return the membership form (here's a PDF membership form to print and scan, or a Word membership form to email directly). Once received, we will invoice you for payment. Your membership will run for a year from the month on your form.
We appreciate your support and look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions, please contact Tricia Scott at tricia@lymebayarts.co.uk.
Phil Clayton, Artistic Director
Lyme Bay Arts CIC, The Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Symondsbury, Bridport DT6 6HG
Company Registration: 11678091
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