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...
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. A number of our studios in Letchworth will be coming vacant during 2019,...
Stuart Jones took part in the Artrooms Art Fair at the Melia White House Hotel, Regents Park, London in January 2019. During the Private View, Stuart was awarded the Contemporary Arts Trust Prize. It was judged by the trustees, including Professor Andrew Stahl, Professor of Fine Art at the Slade...
The Forge Printroom ready for the workshop If the new year has inspired you to learn new skills and be more creative- look no further. Two Digswell Arts artist are starting workshops at The Forge this Saturday 26th of January. Sally Tyrie opens up the print room to everyone who are interested and...
To start off the 2019 creative year, our Featured artist for the January is Forge’s Print member and workshop tutor Sally Tyrie. Sally has had busy year and lot more exciting plans for 2019. To find out more about the upcoming workshops at the Forge have a look here:...
Digswell Arts fellow Julie Leaming, based at the Fenners studio in Letchworth, has a section of her ceramic sculpture artworks on display in an exhibition at the Open Door Gallery, High Street Berkhampsted. The exhibition runs until the 14th January 2019. Julie works with charcoal, paper and clay...
Whilst we have had a few Print workshops ticking along in the Autumn, in Spring 2019 we will be stepping up a gear or two and introducing some new Weekend courses. Inspired by her adventures in Australia, working with Fibre Arts Australia, Sally Tyrie will be running a Print and Stitch weekend...
Around 30 artists and Trustees gathered in the University of Hertfordshire architecture studio for our annual development day. The day was focused around Fellow’s showcasing their recent work, an update on the work of the Trust and a look forward to participation in Hertfordshire Year of Culture...
Digswell Arts Ceramic Fellow Ruta Bartkeviciute is taking part in the 22nd Art in Clay Pottery and Ceramics Festival in Farnham over the weekend of the 17th and 18th November 2018. Fresh from showing her work at Art in Clay in Hatfield during the summer of 2018, Ruta has been invited to show at...