October events
'Back Stories' Simon Ryder
'Outside Studios' Dug Mackie
Private View Friday 3 October 7-9pm
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 October 11am-4pm
4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
Simon Ryder will be exhibiting of limited edition prints, engravings, enamels and printed objects each with its own unique backstory. These stories will be told in a performance talk on the Friday evening, after which the editions will be on sale both in the gallery and online at www.theplanchest.com. Design Director of Outside Studios Dug Mackie will show a collection of images of unusual exhibitions, unique museum galleries and interpretive design.Both artists are based at SVA.
Mister Messy hosts
John Street Social Club
Friday 3 October 7-11pm
4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
£1 membership
The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly Friday night club socials hosted by different artists with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a selected number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities...
Art/Design
with Simon Ryder and Dug Mackie
A breakfast discussion exploring partnerships between contemporary artists and designers
Sunday 5 October 11am-1.30pm
4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Tickets: £5 breakfast included. Booking essential - email: office@sva.org.uk or tel 01453 751440
Over the last decade artist/designer collaborations have become more commonplace where fine artists have been used in a consultative roles with collaborations that may lead to designs that can be produced in multiple or in single iconic statements. The boundaries between disciplines are becoming more blurred where design concepts and contemporary art conceptual ideas are adopted and exchanged. Simon Ryder/artNucleus is "an artist working in the public realm through residencies and commissions." Dug Mackie is a director of Outside Studios which is "a developer, designer and deliverer of the unexpected in museum galleries, science centres and leisure attractions". Designer/artists breakfast begins at 11am. Participants are invited to interpret the materials provided (fresh coffee, fruit, eggs, salmon, juice, fresh bread, olives, chorizo, beans etc) with collaboration in mind, cross-fertilisation is welcomed.
Stroud Jazz Sessions presents Phil Mercer
Thursday 9 October 8.30-11.30pm
4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Tickets £5 (£3 performers)
We have esplendido jazz ahead - for this month's Jazz sessions we have the excellent local sax-star Phil Mercer gracing the Stroud Jazz Sessions hub-ship again. Phil is a fantastic interpreter of jazz standards and tells it like life really means it in the bebop, swing, straight, latin, and nicey nicey ballad styles. It’ll be a delight to have Phil in the house! Phil runs his own jam session in Cheltenham on the last Thursday of each month at the Abbeymead community centre, runs the CAJE Big Band, and also can be heard playing for Crescendo Big Band and numerous small groups. Phil’s opening set will be followed by our usual excitable jam to keep us warm and happy as Autumn becomes pre-eminent! All welcome to perform or sing.
Mould hosts
John Street Social Club
Friday 10 October 7-11pm
4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
Come as your 3 year old self for Mould's 3rd birthday party and join in the party games. Mould, in conjunction with SVA, is a youth arts collective dedicated to bringing contemporary arts to a younger generation. Mould hopes to make art a more accessible medium for young people through organizing talks, workshops and group projects with a variety of both artists and creative thinkers. The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities...
Studio Nine presents
Wednesday Night at the Fights
Wednesday 15 October 7pm
4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Tickets: £5 on the door
Studio Nine presents Chaplin vs Keaton, the fight of the (last) century! Chaplin's masterpiece The Immigrant is up against Keaton's fabulous The Goat with live SVA audiences getting to vote for who wins. The New Champ each Wednesday night climaxes the show with their own Surprise Classic short comedy. Live piano with silent comedy works best with an audience that has had time to coalesce into a bonded group. To help with this process we are featuring, before the main bout, what we are calling Selected Short Subjects. These include a 'Story Behind The Song' reading (a tale called 'Hollywood Beauty'), plus a few songs with lyrics by Leo Robin and also (uniquely) a bit of live cartooning, showing off one of Albert's failed comic strips, The Nudists. Book yourself in now for an evening where our own elderly polymath, Albert Lamb, will be offering Stroud something completely new and different in the fun department.
Robbins and Roberts present
'Playing with the Gods', Clare Bottomley
Private View 17 October 6-9pm
18 October – 1 November
Tuesday - Saturdays 10am-4pm
4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
This first event at Robbins and Roberts is an exhibition of photographs by young artist, Clare Bottomley. 'Playing with the Gods' is an exhibition of photographic works by award winning artist Clare Bottomley who documents herself, family and friends in poses that often reflect upon religious iconography, addressing uncomfortable issues in society. Clare was awarded the prestigious Deutsch Bank Award in 2013 whilst completing her MA at RCA, London, where she also received the RCA Fine Art Bursary in 2012. Robbins and Roberts is a new gallery project at SVA, John Street, Stroud. Artists, Lorraine Robbins and Soozy Roberts will be taking over the running of the recently refurbished and purpose designed gallery space in the centre of town, from October, hosting a series of challenging and critically considered exhibitions and events.
Robbins and Roberts host
John Street Social Club
Friday 17 October 7-11pm
4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
£1 membership
A John Street Club special with Gender Bender Twist. The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a selected number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..
Gifts for Mother Mnemosyne
an exhibition by Emily Joy
Private View 17 October 6-9pm
18 October – 9 November, Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 4pm
The Museum in the Park, Stroud
Stratford Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 4AF
6 November - 28 November, Thursday – Friday 11am – 4pm
Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
Stroud based artist, Emily Joy will be ramming over 10 tonnes of earth to make a new series of sculptures for her solo exhibition at the Museum in the Park and the Goods Shed. ‘Gifts for Mother Mnemosyne’ will explore how the past is recalled through the imperfect copy that is memory, language and image, and will be complemented by talks, film screenings, tours and a programme of workshops which will direct the form of a major new piece of work. The exhibition at the Museum in the Park also includes ceramics, drawing and projection, which combine to create a sense of character, a wanderer or traveller searching for a home. A major new rammed earth sculpture, formed using an old boat, will be created in the Goods Shed. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Studio Nine presents
Wednesday Night at the Fights
Wednesday 22 October 7pm
4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Tickets: £5 on the door
Studio Nine presents Chaplin vs Keaton, the fight of the (last) century! Chaplin's masterpiece The Immigrant is up against Keaton's fabulous The Goat with live SVA audiences getting to vote for who wins. The New Champ each Wednesday night climaxes the show with their own Surprise Classic short comedy. Live piano with silent comedy works best with an audience that has had time to coalesce into a bonded group. To help with this process we are featuring, before the main bout, what we are calling Selected Short Subjects. These include a 'Story Behind The Song' reading (a tale called 'Hollywood Beauty'), plus a few songs with lyrics by Leo Robin and also (uniquely) a bit of live cartooning, showing off one of Albert's failed comic strips, The Nudists. Book yourself in now for an evening where our own elderly polymath, Albert Lamb, will be offering Stroud something completely new and different in the fun department.
Oliver Offord hosts
John Street Social Club
Friday 24 October 7-11pm
4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
£1 membership
The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a selected number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities...
Hot Feet EP Launch with Cocos Lovers and The Magic Lantern
Saturday 25 October 8pm
Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
Tickets: £8 advanced £10 on door
Advanced tickets can be bought online here or in person from Trading Post, 26 Kendrick Street. Stroud GL5 1AQ
As part of a UK tour, local band Hot Feet launch their eagerly awaited second EP, Mist Is Dust. Their set will be preceded by the intimately mesmerising songcraft of The Magic Lantern, fresh from the release of his second album, and followed by Kentish afro-folk 7-piece Cocos Lovers, who run the Smugglers record label on which all three artists are releasing their new material. This is sure to be a journey of musical splendour - start the evening quietly listening; finish with raucous dancing and hollering!
Stroud Short Stories
4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Sunday 26 October 8pm
Tickets: £5 on the door
Stroud Short Stories returns with another night of surprises as ten specially selected local authors read their tales. Previous nights have included wild animals in the house, wayward girl-guides and passionate encounters in the bookshop, so come prepared for anything! To submit for future events, please email your stories (under 1500 words) to stroudshortstories@yahoo.co.uk or visit our website stroudshortstories.blogspot.com
Studio Nine presents
Wednesday Night at the Fights
Wednesday 29 October 7pm
4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Tickets: £5 on the door
Studio Nine presents Chaplin vs Keaton, the fight of the (last) century! Chaplin's masterpiece The Immigrant is up against Keaton's fabulous The Goat with live SVA audiences getting to vote for who wins. The New Champ each Wednesday night climaxes the show with their own Surprise Classic short comedy. Live piano with silent comedy works best with an audience that has had time to coalesce into a bonded group. To help with this process we are featuring, before the main bout, what we are calling Selected Short Subjects. These include a 'Story Behind The Song' reading (a tale called 'Hollywood Beauty'), plus a few songs with lyrics by Leo Robin and also (uniquely) a bit of live cartooning, showing off one of Albert's failed comic strips, The Nudists. Book yourself in now for an evening where our own elderly polymath, Albert Lamb, will be offering Stroud something completely new and different in the fun department.
Bandit 13 Superstition
presented by Maidenhill School, SVA and longtrainride.co.uk
Thursday 30 October Doors open 7pm
Goods Shed, Station Yard, Stroud GL5 3AP
Tickets: Adults £12 Children and concessions £6
Advance tickets from Trading Post & Maidenhill School
Bandit the music workshop is back with a new theme of 'Superstition' meaning that the students will write songs about certain points in time. Special guests will be talking and performing on the subjects. BandiT is a three day rock and pop workshop for 70 students aged 7 to 17. Students throughout the community come together to form bands and to be creative in writing, recording and performing.The prime function of the workshop is to give young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to gain experience in musicianship, creative song writing, recording techniques and performance skills. The Workshop project will be held at Maidenhill School on 27-29th October with the final performance at SVA. Applications are still being accepted for bandit 13. Click the link to go to the Bandit website and down load the application form http://banditmusicprojects.co.uk/
Site Festival Open Studios hosts
John Street Social Club
Friday 31 October 7-11pm
4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
£1 membership
The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a selected number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..
Site Festival presents
Autumn Open Studios
Friday 31 October 6-9pm
Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November 11am-6pm
4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
Looking for gift inspiration? Artists are opening for a special autumn Open Studios weekend where you'll find contemporary hand-crafted unique presents for the upcoming festive season. Featuring a selection of Site Festival Open Studios artists across the district, visitors will be spoilt for choice by the variety of work for sale, with a collection of work that ranges from ceramics, paintings, textiles, jewellery, prints, and many more. (Photograph by Nigel Noyes)
