Art Trail in Street, Somerset (week two)

There is still time to catch the Art Trail in Street, running until the 18th May 2019. With large scale installations at the Grange and in the Shopping Village, plus residencies in several venues around the town.

This week Emma Housley is the artist in residence at Strode Theatre, where you can see her at work creating her beautiful contemporary abstacts full of colour and form. The workshop is open from 11am-4pm.  More information and details are on the Strode Theatre website.

Debs Butterfield is in residence at The Shoe Museum on the High Street Street on Thursday 16th and Saturday 18th May making her unique organic vegan shoes. 

Ron Webster will be in the foyer of the Strode Theatre on 15th -17th May from 11.00am demonstrating his amazing marquetry and parquetry skills and there is an evening of poetry, Looking Out: with Kim Ridgeon on Friday 17th May, also at Strode Theatre, details on the website.

Sculpture by Jan Niedojadlo 

Sculpture by Anthony Butterfield 

In the Crispin Hall, High Street you will find artwork on display by Steve Cobbin.

An example of one of trail boards to find while out and about in the town.

Art Trail in Street, Somerset.

With a couple of hours of spare sunshine this afternoon, I set off to explore part of the new Art Trail in Street, Somerset which runs for the next two weeks in venues around the town.

In all there are ten trail boards to find featuring local artists and their work and the first location is in the beautiful setting of a Georgian house.  In the grounds of the building are works by Garry Sharp, large, dynamic sculptures built from re-purposed roadside litter and textural patterns worked into the grass.

Exploring these installations in the garden led me to a WILDEDGES by Melanie Thompson, an immersive art experience in a hidden walled orchard where I wandered through the blossom trees and then up into the nearby barn for a video installation with views out across the town and countryside beyond.

The house itself is host to a vibrant collection of local artists work, housed in two airy and peaceful rooms, connected by and sweeping up a grand staircase.

Upstairs I found Jules Meriano in residence, an artist who works in beading and mixed-media to create bespoke pieces of jewellery, headdresses and accessories. Trained in colour and crystal therapy her unique and gorgeous pieces are tailored to the individual to create personal works of art. Jules is in residence on Saturday 11^th and 18^th of May 2019.

Details of the #ARTTRAILINSTREET is on Facebook -

 www.facebook.com/ARTTRAILINSTREET/

The art trail runs from 4th to 18th May 2019.

The venue visited today was the Alfred Gillet Trust, The Grange, Street BA16 0BB.
(Accessed via car park 4)

https://alfredgilletttrust.org/whats-on