As the nights start to draw in and we start to think about getting cozy by the fire, it’s good time to look back to the successful spring summer that the Digswell Art Fellows have had. Digswell art Fellows held their annual open studios in June this year. The open studios are a great opportunity...
Marks and Tilt Gallery, St Albans Herts Visual Arts Forum Open Studios 2018 Digswell Fellow Jane Bottery and Digswell Print Member Jonathan Emmerson, along with artist Gail Robins, will be exhibiting at Marks and Tilt Gallery during September as part of HVAF Open Studios. The exhibition will...
1) How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I am a printmaker. I have just finished my MA in Fine Art. When I started it, the focus of my research was the Partition of India and how it had affected my family and also all aspects of...
Digswell Artist Sally Tyrie has just returned from a 17 day excursion to Australia, where she has been delivering Print and Stitch Workshops. These were part of a series of events organised by Fibre Arts Australia during their Winter programme. Read about her experience by clicking on the website...
The Forge fellow Kirke Raava is starting brand new workshops in the Forge at Digswell. Kirke is offering evening workshops with her “I Made This!” series. She believes that being creative means to create art that represents you and your journey, and of course have fun. The workshop is for a small...
Digswell Alumni Mandy Wax is one of eleven artists selected for ‘If We Were Houses’, an exhibition exploring the notion of built structure as a metaphor for the self. Curated by Helen Scalway. July 5th – July 8th 2018 at 5th Base Gallery, 23 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ All...
1.How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I make woodcuts and lino prints. The process starts with a lot of drawing. I really enjoy thinking about how I’m going make the print – thinking in layers. I’ve found...
Draw Jam, Hertford Castle Former Digswell fellow Jane Glynn is co-hosting a ‘draw jam’ in the beautiful grounds of Hertford Castle on Sunday 17th June. Please come and join Jane and co-host Michael Wright any time between 11.00 and 4.00 to explore collaborative, expressive drawing on a large...
Open Studios Weekend at The Forge, Digswell This weekend, the artists at The Forge will open their studio doors to welcome members of the public into their work spaces, keen to share their inspirations, motivations and methods of their art practices with the wider world. The event will kick off...
The Print room at the Digswell Arts ‘Forge’ studios was buzzing with activity recently during the 2 day course in methods of Print and Stitch. The Print and Stitch weekend, led by Digswell Arts Print Member Sally Tyrie, covered methods in multi layered printmaking on the first day followed by ways...
The Forge, Hertford Road, Digswell, AL6 OBU Private view Friday the 1st June 5-8 pm Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 June 2018 11 – 4 pm Fifteen local artists from Digswell Arts Trust will be opening their studios to the public for the weekend in June 2018, some of them exhibiting for the first time at...
