The Coordinator will be an energetic individual working with artists and Trustees at the heart of the Trust, taking responsibility for the day to day running of the studios and the workings of the Trust. You will have the benefit of joining a longstanding charity in which you will be able to bring...
We are looking for people interested in working as Trustees to take on a role in running our lively studio communities of artists in buildings currently based in Welwyn and Letchworth. You will have the benefit of joining a longstanding charity in which Trustees make an active contribution to...
Susan Coussens BA (Hons) Fine Art, a Fellow based at The Fenners Letchworth, is a figurative artist in love with the human figure. How would you describe your current practice? My name is Susan Coussens (although everyone calls me Susie) and I am a figurative artist. I work on a fairly large scale...
Digswell Arts Trust has now completed a review of its current ceramics workshop resource use and activities including the classes it has been hosting. The review brought together a panel of people with different perspectives, notably including those with external expertise. The panel have reported...
Prism is an exhibiting group with an international reach, and they’re responsible for marrying fine art with textile in a wonderful exhibition. Fabric won’t ever be seen the same way after seeing the exhibition, as it is incorporated with media themes and observers will be able to see...
Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th June at Goldsmiths Hall, London Flourish bookings can be made via www.craftscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/flourish/. Be an early bird and take 25 percent off the full price until May 16. What It Is This is a workshop full of vibrancy and activity. The two-day event is...
Digswell Arts alumnus Louise Lahive’s latest exhibition takes inspiration from science to explore ancestry, death and time. Showing until 11 May 2019 at the Surface Gallery in Nottingham. Using her father’s ashes, she started with patterns found in them with an electron microscope and...
Digswell Arts Trust is an arts and educational charity offering low cost, well-maintained studios in our two buildings in Letchworth Garden City and Welwyn Garden City, providing studios for approximately 26 emerging artists. The Fenners Building in Letchworth houses 16 artists from a wide range...
To celebrate the Broadway Gallery exhibition Allistair Covell: Canvas To Carpet, featuring the artworks of Digswell Arts Fellow Allistair Covell, the Broadway Gallery has launched its ‘Design Your Own Rug’ competition. Organised in partnership with the Digswell Arts Trust, Letchworth Garden City...
Fenners Fellow and Artist Julie Leaming has been running a group of drawing skills and life drawing classes for school students at the Fenners Studios in Letchworth. Supported by Digswell Arts Trust this series of workshops were part of an ongoing series of classes made available to schools, aimed...
Press Release: Digswell Arts Trust February 2019 Contact: Dave Nelson on 07801 236257 or at dave@davenelsonart.com Meet Hertfordshire’s Award-Winning Artists Digswell Arts Trust Open Studios this Spring The Forge, Hertford Road, Digswell Nr Welwyn Garden City, AL6 0BU 11 and 12 May 2019, 11am to...
Allistair Covell is nearing the end of is five years with Digswell Arts. 1) How would you describe your current practice? I create vibrantly colourful and rhythmic abstract paintings, inspired by my synaesthesic responses to sound, primarily music. Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon, a...