September listings
September listings
John Street Cafe
Every Friday 11am - 4pm
and Saturday 10am - 4pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Now open every Friday and Saturday for drinks and eats plus live acoustic sessions.
Art Hubs
SVA Fridays 11am - Noon free
Regular Friday morning coffee breaks for artists and friends. Meet up, make connections, talk projects.
The Vine Club presents the
John Street Social Club
Friday 28 August 7-11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Killer Vinyl all night... The Vine Club’s residents Ollie and Harvey host ‘John Street Social Club’ with special guests Alf and Nick.
John Street Social is a series of
weekly Friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share.
£1 membership on the door
Crazy Golf
until 6 September everyday 10-4pm
SVA, Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
Millar + Howard Workshop and SVA present the first indoor 18 hole artist/designer crazy golf course in Stroud.
Tickets: £2/£3 on the door
Crazy Golf closing event
Sunday 6 September 1-7pm
Last chance to have a go at the
brilliant indoor crazy golf course. With Café / Bar and BBQ grill. Live music with Situations and The
Bernards and DJ’s.
David Evans
Private view Friday 28 August 6-8pm
28 August -2 September
Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm
Line Gallery, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
www.linegallery.co.uk
David’s work takes the aesthetics of the macabre along with elements of the tradition of Catholic and
Christian art and mixes it with a dash of pop art sensibility. The Line Gallery at SVA is run by artists David Evans and Jessie James.
Plastic Tree Presents
Bamboo
a night of jazz and hip hop
Thursday 3 Sept 7pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Bamboo is a night playing different genres of music based around jazz and hiphop. Live Music from Tom Gill, Potato Salvation and Clear Conscience. Plus DJ Sempsy Stigs.
Tickets: £1/£3
Holly English
Private view Friday 4 Sept 6-8pm
4-9 September
Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm
Line Gallery, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
www.linegallery.co.uk
Mixed-media artist with a meddlesome nature, driven by themes of anthropology. Primarily investigating innate faculties and how they resonate in misplaced obsessions, with a particular emphasis on ‘value’ within and to the exclusion of social structure.The Line Gallery at SVA is run by artists David Evans and Jessie James.
John Street Social Club
Friday 4 and 11 September 7-11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
A series of weekly Friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities...
£1 membership on the door
The Mighty John Street Ska Orchestra - Ska in the Park
Saturday 5 September 1-4pm
Stratford Park Leisure Centre, Stratford Rd, Stroud, GL5 4AF
Live Ska Music on the band stand in Stratford park on a Saturday
afternoon...Bring your family, food and enjoy some great live music for free!
Free
Practice in Calcium
Carbonate, Simon Ryder
10-16 September
9am-1pm Mon-Fri (all day Tues 15)
Line Gallery, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
www.linegallery.co.uk
For one week, Simon Ryder will be transferring his current studio practice – large chalk drawings on blackboards – into public view.
What we talk about when we talk about drawing
Tuesday 15 September 7-9pm
Discussion with Simon Ryder, Paul Fowler, Dan Hughes McGrail.
Stroud Jazz sessions presents Dom Franks
Thursday 10 September
8.30 pm till 11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
This months special guest is Dom Franks. Dom is a wonderfully
talented, stylish and experienced saxophonist most sought after for his superb jazz improvisional skills. All welcome, singers, players, listeners.Stroud Jazz Sessions is a hub for all interested in jazz.2nd Thurs of the month at SVA.
Tickets: £5 on the door
Big Boss Man
Friday 11 September
8.30 pm till midnight
SVA, Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 2HA
The foundations of the SVA Brunel Goods Shed stand to attention as they prepare to be rocked by the one and only Big Boss Man. With sonic grooves so fine people get ready to put on your dancing shoes. Funk, Soul, Boogaloo, R’n’B, Beat and Ye Ye all in one easy to digest night.
Support: Bernards and the Mighty John Street Ska Orchestra.
Tickets: £6 advance oline or from Trading Post or £8 on the door
Diablos Del Ritmo
(devils of rhythm)
Saturday 12 September 9pm-2am
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Pav and Neil play latin music from 50s, 60s and 70s including Cumbia Mambo, Samba, Salsa, Boogaloo, Mexican surf...
Tickets: £6 advance from Trading Post and £7 on the door
John Street Blues presents
Luke Philbrick and
Damon Thomas
Wed 16 September 8pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Luke Philbrick from Solid Gone and Gloucester’s king of blues, Damon T, unite for a night of blues and roots music featuring powerful vocals, deft guitar playing and an irresistible beat! Plus blues open mic, archive footage and blues on vinyl
Tickets: £5/£3 on the door,
performing open mic musicians free
Coalesce.flux
an exploration of light and sound through paint, music and moving image
Andrew and Zoe Heath
Private view 18 September 6-8pm
18-23 September
Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm
Line Gallery, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
www.linegallery.co.uk
Using a range of different media, the themes of texture and mark-making are interwoven into a unique
collaborative presentation. The Line Gallery at SVA is run by artists David Evans and Jessie James.
Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff featuring Rob Auton:
The ‘Water’ Show
Alternative cabaret with a
spoken word spine
Friday 18 September 8pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
A bawdy, low-life “Penny Gaff” - bringing colourful entertainment to the great unwashed. ... With
special featured guest Rob Auton and his new show from Edinburgh. Plus poetry from Adam Horowitz and performance art from Kirsty Limburn.
Tickets: £8.50 advance oline or from Trading Post or £10 on the door
Situation Sounds
Saturday 19 September 9pm till late
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Returning to the SVA bringing their unique flavor of futureboogie, nu disco & re-edits to your favourite dance floor.
This time we will be boasting a full live band - watch this space for more details. Come join us for some
serious funk…
Tickets: £6 advance from Trading Post and £7 on the door
Tom Brown and Uta Balduf present
John Street Social Club
Friday 25 September 7-11pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Creatures of the Night - Monstrous costumes, B movie vibes, get your face painted by graphic novel artist Tom Brown and enter the creepy world of his art. Originals from The Raven’s Child, recently published by Penguin, will be on display, Uta Balduf will be spinning discs,
eldritch screaming optional. John Street Social Club is hosted by
different artists each week.
£1 membership on the door
Ann-Margreth Bohl
Private View Friday 25 Sept 6-8pm
25 - 30 September
Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm
Line Gallery, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
www.linegallery.co.uk
Sculptural works and drawings
explore the ability to see and feel light and shadow through form.
Focusing on instinctive erosion of natural materials and the place where conscious reduction meets form. The Line Gallery at SVA is run by artists David Evans and Jessie James.
Sea Slugs
Saturday 26 September
8.30 pm till midnight
SVA, Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 2HA
The Sea Slugs’ contemporary take on Afrobeat is both potent and
communicable; their sound and intent are indivisible.They have been gigging regularly across the south, taking in opportunities to work and share ideas with some renowned musicians, including percussionist Lekan Babalola and keyboard player in Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 band, Dele Sosimi.
Tickets: £6 advance online or from Trading Post or £8 on the door
Composite Approaches
a screening of short films
Wednesday 30 September 7.30pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
Five artists whose video works
address themes of internal/external space. Screening followed by an informal chaired discussion. Curated by Brenda Miller.
£4 on the door
Meanwhile residencies
in empty shops
Since 1997 SVA have used over 40 properties as temporary spaces for exhibitions and events, working with local property owners and property agents.
UP This Way
Fridays and Saturdays 9-6pm
or by appointment: 01453 297260
56 Merrywalks, Stroud GL5 3DA
UP This Way is an outlet within the Merrywalks highlighting the work of furniture and accessory makers within the broader Stroud area.
MycoCulture
The Art, Design & Cultivation of Fungi
Drop in or by appointment
email: lean2@mundusloci.org
Unit 23, Merrywalks,
King Street, Stroud GL5 3DA
Artist and permaculture practitioner Dominic Thomas has designed and built a sustainable Fungusloci micro-farm in which oyster mushrooms are cultivated on spent coffee grounds from local cafes Fungusloci is a project of Sustainable Creativity CIC with the help of Stroud District Food Grants.
The Weaving Shed
29 High Street, Stroud
drop in or by appointment
Sally Hampson, an artist and weaver, is back in SVA’S project space bringing Weaving
workshops and events in the
coming months.
Sally Holditch and Tim Parry
Williams will be guest weavers in the Weaving Shed during the
summer.
For more details of workshops and upcoming events will be sent to you in the Autumn email to SVA: office@sva.org.uk.
SVA is an artist led project for the promotion of contemporary arts.
Supporting artists through
an information network, studio space and project space facilities.
SVA 4 John Street, Stroud,
Gloucestershire, GL5 2HA
dev.sva.org.uk
01453 751440
Membership
Our new SVA Associate Membership is open to everyone...
If you enjoy SVA’s artistic and
educational programme as an artist, participant or audience member then we’d love you to join up as a
member.
For more info visit: dev.sva.org.uk
