Reflecting on Community – an Installation by Forge Fellow Bob Spriggs, April 2019 “I exhibited my largest work to date, ‘Community’ an array of 100 pendulums each four metres long, at Wycombe Arts Centre. The centre used to be St John’s church but was deconsecrated a...
We are currently interviewing for artists (Fellows) to become part of Digswell Arts. We offer low cost, well maintained studios in our two buildings in Letchworth Garden City and Welwyn Garden City providing studios for approximately 26 emerging artists. We look for fellows from a wide range of...
Two works by Dave Nelson have been selected from 1,900 entries to appear alongside paintings by some of Britain’s leading figurative artists. The New English Art Club’s annual exhibition is on display at Mall Galleries in Central London between 16 and 25 June 2017. ...
Digswell Arts Trust Fellows open up their studios to the public at all three studio sites at various times across the year. For details of current / upcoming open studios, see below. To find our studios, further information can be found here.
News from Freya about her Residency with the National Trust: “Countryfile filmed Susan and I the other week for the Beatrix Potter special. It is about my National Trust Residency which celebrates women working with animals now! It is on on Sunday 24th of July. My amazing 12 are: Alice...
Anton Psak is in his second year as a Fellow with Digswell Arts at The Farmhouse, Stevenage. 1) How would you describe your current practice (e.g. materials, techniques, themes, key questions, approach)? I am an oil painter, and I use a combination of wet on wet and glazing techniques on canvas....
The Digswell Forge Studios will be the venue for a new Lino Print Day on Monday 18th July. Sally Tyrie will be hosting the day and the workshop will be led by Guest Fine Artist Katharine Green whose work has previously been selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition as well as being...
Amanda Bloom is delighted to have work accepted again this year into the Prism Textiles Group Exhibition “Fracture” at Hoxton Arches from 1st – 12th June.
‘A great success all round’ is the general consensus from all concerned at the Forge Open Studio Event in May. Cakes and refreshments provided by members and their families were available at the two day event, the proceeds of donations amounted to £325, in aid of Isabel Hospice. We...
Hideki Arichi, a Forge fellow is currently taking part in a month long residency in northwest Iceland where he will be staying in a town of 530 along with other artists from around the world. While there he will experience the long summer nights and dramatic landscape which offers a unique energy....
Digswell Arts fellow Allistair Covell has been interviewed for the second time by Arts Thread for their online Practical Guides section. In collaboration with the website iCould.com, Arts Thread interviewed Allistair as part of their ‘My Day In Five Pictures’ online series. Allistair’s interview...
Sat 11th June – Collagraph techniques – learn about methods of creating unique and textural Collagraph plates and how to make a series of colourful and exciting prints from your plates, using the etching press – with Sally Tyrie Sat 2nd July – Expressive Mark Making in Printmaking – learn about...