Another Brillustration Window Event!

On Saturday 7th JULY, between 11.00 - 3.30PM

The regular team of Illustrators and Authors from Bristol's illustrator network/social group "Brillustration" will be gathering in
Blackwell's Book Shop, Bristol,
to live-draw a summer-themed widow display.

We will also be signing our books (if you ask us) and generally having fun in our fave Bristol book shop!
Why not come along and join us!

You will find Blackwell's Book Shop at

87 Park Street, Bristol BS1 5PW

follow the fun 

on twitter.

@blackwellsParkS

@brillustration

Or come along in person and meet the illustrators.

The Big Draw with Brillustration

The Big Draw at Foyles

On Saturday 29th October, a group of Bristol based illustrators celebrated 'the fun of drawing' with a Big Draw event in Foyles Bookstore, Bristol.

There were SWillustrators and Brillustrators at the event, along with unsuspecting members of the public who followed their enthusiastic children upstairs to draw and eventually got the courage to doodle a little something themselves!
There were also a lot of very creative badges made throughout the day.

Thank you to everyone who came along and made their mark on the walls, and thank you to Foyles for hosting our Brillustration Big Draw event.
To find out more about Brillustration, visit the Brill blog, or the Brill Facebook Group.

West Bristol Art Trail - THIS WEEKEND 15 -16 October

SWILLUSTRATOR Tim Bullock will be showing and selling his paper automata kits this weekend 15-16 October on the West Bristol Arts Trail.  Also at the venue (42) are paintings by Anne Bullock, Pam Kaye, Liz Vibert, Franka Douglas and papier mache works by Alice Newton.

For details of Venue 42 and the rest of the trail see the West Bristol Arts Trail venue page.

The Big Draw

Bristol illustrators (Brillustration) (including quite a few SWillustrators) will be celebrating The Big Draw this Saturday 8th of October at Blackwell's bookshop, at the top of Park Street, Bristol.

There will be drawing and badge-making inside and a few brave illustrators will be decorating the front window with a big group drawing.

So come and join in the BIG DRAW and maybe buy a couple of our books!
We will even sign them for you if you want.

http://brillustrationbristol.blogspot.com/

http://www.thebigdraw.org/bigdraw/

Bristol Gorillas back in Bristol - Bristol Zoo (24-28 September)

The Bristol gorilla guys & girls are back in Bristol.  They are now lined up on the central lawn at the zoo.  They can be seen until closing time on Wednesday 28 September.

On Thursday 29 September, 60 of the apes will be auctioned at The Victoria Rooms, in aid of The Wallace & Gromit Grand Appeal in aid of Bristol Children's Hospital, and ape conservation.  There are no tickets left for the auction but there will be a live web cam feed of the events at the auction to the auction page http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/auction on Thursday evening.

Gorillas in London! (until Thursday 22 Sept 2011)

Gorillas on Parade - with HMS Belfast - Queen's Walk, More London (photo: Liz Shaw)

Endangered PJs (Bert) (photo: Suzy-Jane Tanner)

Guerilla Tourist (Bob) & Tower Bridge (photo: Suzy-Jane Tanner)

Blackbeard Silverback (Ed) & others  (photo: Suzy-Jane Tanner)

Spring is in the air!

Come and join the happy hoards eager to see the latest trends in home and gift ware design for 2011 at The International Spring Fair at the NEC from 6th-10th February. http://www.springfair.com/

Suzy-Jane Tanner and Carol Tratt will be exhibiting various ranges of images for licensing with Vicki Thomas Associates in Hall 2, stand C02

Carol Tratt


Carol Tratt


Suzy-Jane Tanner


Suzy-Jane Tanner

Celestine and the Penguins on CBeebies

 

 

Penny Ives picture book 'Celestine and the Penguins' is featured on the BBC's 'CBeebies Bedtime Stories'! Story read by the lovely Holly Willoughby.

Published by Templar Publishing, it can be viewed here until 13th January:

Celestine and the Penguins

Christmas Fairs at Kilver Court Gardens - Sunday 14 November & 12 December 2010

SWillustrator Jan Nesbitt will be at Kilver Court Gardens on both these dates, offering you the chance to purchase either her very original paintings or prints of these beautiful pictures. They would make very special Christmas presents!
Find Jan in the Directors Suite this Sunday
10am - 4pm

Kilver Court Gardens,
Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5NF
http://www.kilvercourt.com/
info@kilvercourt.com
01749 340410/6

Jan Nesbitt: The Dawn of Spring

 

Jan Nesbitt: Old Year into New Year





Jan Nesbitt: Hedgerow





Jan Nesbitt: Deep Blue Sea



North Bristol Art Trail - (Friday 26), Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 November

SWillustrator Christina de la Mare's work will be on show at Fig - gallery and shop - as part of the North Bristol Art Trail this weekend: Saturday & Sunday 27-28 November 10am-6pm.

Christina de la Mare:  Stuffed birds

As well as illustrations, Christina has been creating collages and sewing stuffed birds.

Also exhibiting at the same venue are Jemima Lumley (jewellery) and Kate Tarling (mixed media).  See the Art Trail leaflet for more details.  These can be picked up at Bristol Libraries and at the venues, or see www.northbristolartists.org.uk.

Fig is having a Preview Night on Friday 26 November 7-9pm

Venue 18:
Fig
206 Gloucester Road
Bristol
BS7 8NU

Front Room 2010 - Art trail, Totterdown, Bristol 19-21 November

SWillustrator Ivana Svabic Cannon is taking part in the art trail Front Room 2010 this weekend in Totterdown, Bristol.

Friday 19 November: 6-9pm

Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 November: 12-6pm
See Ivana's work at Venue 26

Ivana Svabic Cannon - Sparclar

Ivana Svabic Cannon - attraction3



Ivana Svabic Cannon - edge



Christmas Craft Fair

Suzy-Jane Tanner will be participating in the Christmas Craft Fair at St Matthew's Church, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath on the evening of 12th & all day on 13th November 2010.
Free parking on the Friday evening at the Prior Park Garden Centre on Prior Park Road.
She will be selling prints, cards, books and gifts featuring her illustrations along with beaded gifts and she hopes to see you there!

Bath Artists' Open Studios

Felicity Roma Bowers invites you to visit her studio this weekend, 25th & 26th  September 2010, for the Bath Artists' Open Studios Weekend.

 

All info (+ directions) can be found here - Bath Artists' Open Studios

25 - 26 Sept; 11am - 5pm

Private view 24 Sep; 6 - 9pm

The Open Studios event gives us a chance to welcome you into our workspaces and the heart of Bath Artists' Studios. As we open our many studios and workshops, you will be able to explore our site, talk to artists and exchange ideas. Don't miss the opportunity to purchase and commission work directly from our artists, and most of all to experience the breadth of our artistic output.

Futures Fund
This year's event includes our Futures Fund Raffle to raise money towards securing the future of BAS. Studio artists have donated artworks, courses and other prizes to this bumper raffle. The draw will take place on Sunday 26 September."

Felicity Roma Bowers

Surface Patterns at Centrespace

This exhibition reveals how individual styles can use commercial or craft based approaches to produce pattern as fine art.  SWILL member Ivana Svabic Cannon has work in this show.

A Centrespace exhibition by members

of the Spike Print Studios 

at

Centrespace

6 Leonard Lane,

Bristol BS1 1AE

Friday 9 July – Thursday 15 July 2010

Private View (Friday 9 July) 6pm-9pm

(9-14 July)11am – 5pm 

(15 July)11am-2pm

Jamaica Street Artists Open Studios 2010

An invitation to all to come to
Jamaica Street Artists Open Studios 2010

at

39 Jamaica Street

Bristol

BS2 8JP

from Friday the 11th until Sunday 13th of June 2010

(see times below)

illustration from an 'Abécédaire' for french publisher Editions Auzou, by Leah Heming

Jamaica Street Studios is home to illustrator Leah Heming as well as 12 other illustrators and 25 artists. So come on down for a fun and arty weekend!

For more information visit: jamaicastreetartists.co.uk

Chris Molan ~ Open Studio

Historical illustrator and painter Chris Molan is taking part in an Open Studio event with fellow artists who share space at the Guild Studios in Bristol UK.

"Musicians in the Pub" by Chris Molan,   Watercolour   20"x14"

The Guild Studios Open Days

on

Saturday 5th and Saturday 12th June 2010

between 11.00 - 4.00pm

The Guild Studios are situated above the Guild Gallery, in The Bristol Guild of Applied Art, otherwise known simply as 'The Guild'.

Bristol Guild of Applied Art Ltd
68 - 70 Park Street
Bristol
BS1 5JY
Bristol Guild is situated near the top of Park Street, on the right when walking up the street, below the University. There are regular bus routes from the City Centre and Clifton, and there is ample car parking within walking distance.

London Elephant Parade

The London Elephants are now listed on the Auction site. If you want to place a bid, or simply view all the Elephants, click here.

122 - Roselephant

Jane Veveris Callan was honoured to be invited to paint an Elephant sculpture as part of the London Elephant Parade. 

Jane's Roselephant's auction page is here.

The Elephant Family Charity is organising the event which will see over 250 painted sculptures the size of a baby elephant, located around central London for 2 months this summer. They will hit the streets on May 3rd 2010 and then be sold at a Gala Auction on 30th June to raise money for conservation work to support the endangered Asian Elephant.
 Jane recently completed the painting on ‘Roselephant’, which was inspired by one of the aims of the conservation work, to preserve Elephant Corridors which allow the Elephant herds to travel from forest to forest to find food and water.

www.elephantparadelondon.org

Bath Coffee Festival 2010

Following on from her '100 days of Coffee' illustration project, Angela Fernihough is exhibiting at the UK's first ever Coffee Festival, to be held in Bath on 15th and 16th May.

'The Expresso Train' by Angela Fernihough

Look out for Angela on the children's colouring-in stand! (B85) 

More about the Bath Coffee Festival Events can be found here: EVENTS

The Pride of Bath

In 2008, painted pig sculptures were to be found snuffling around the city of Bath bringing amusement and pleasure to everyone. Now there is to be a pride of 100 decorated life-size Lions prowling the streets of Bath!

From the website:
  "A giant pride of 100 individually decorated, life-size lion sculptures, will be taking up residence in and around the World Heritage City of Bath from the end of May to mid September 2010 in a colourful cultural event to raise funds for local charities and bring a smile to the faces of residents and visitors alike."

Jane Veveris Callan, who painted 3 pigs in the 2008 King Bladud's Pigs event, is one of many artists selected to decorate a Lion for the 2010 event.

Installation of the Lions around the city will begin around 20th May.

  "The lions will remain on public display throughout the summer and then return to their den in September 2010 to be restored to their former glory in preparation for the 'Lions Roar Goodbye' weekend event, 9th and 10th October, when the pride will gather together in front of Bath's world famous Royal Crescent for their public farewells before the Lions of Bath 2010 charity auctions on Friday October 15th and Sunday 17th 2010."

More details can be found on the main website here: Lions of Bath 2010

Lions of Bath 2010 was inspired by the successful 2008 King Bladud's Pigs event, which raised £200,000 for the Two Tunnels Project.
To see our blog archive about the King Bladud's Pigs event, click HERE.

Cloth Road Arts Week : 1st - 9th May 2010

Two of our members are taking part in the 2010 Cloth Road Arts Week, promoting visual arts across west Wiltshire.

   

"Cloth Road Arts Week 2010 promises to be the best yet, with a record number of members and a greater variety of venues."     

(Quote from the Cloth Road website)

The Cloth Road Art Trail

Saturday 1st May - Sunday 9th May
Art Trail brochures available from libraries and tourism centres

Click here for a PDF download of the Cloth Road Art Trail brochure

Jo Loring-Fisher is exhibiting with Liney Kean and Juliet Abbott at:

The Barn Studio

Green Farm

The Green

Urchfont

Devizes

Wiltshire

SN10 4RB

click to enlarge image to read details

(There is also the Scarecrow Festival happening in Urchfont 1st - 3rd May)

Jan Nesbitt is also holding an Open Studio event during

Cloth Road Arts Week.

Vibrant paintings, Drawings, Prints

Opening fresh windows into the natural world.

 Exuberant, Celebratory.

Creatures and Characters dancing into dimensions of

Poetry and Imagination.

Jan Nesbitt's Open Studio

Sat 1st May - Sun 9th May

Every day 11am - 6pm

7 Langham Place

Rode

Frome

BA11 6PL

E: jan@jannesbittartwork.com
T: 01373 830941
http://www.jannesbittartwork.com/
Directions. Down Rode Hill from Trowbridge direction, turn R into Langham Place
from the hill just below the church with 2 spires.
No 7 is in the bottom corner of Langham Place.