CREATIVE SPACES: Artists in the early decades of the 20th century 5 May – 19 June Watts Contemporary Gallery Opening at Watts Contemporary Gallery on 5 May (until 19 June), Creative Spaces explores how artists working during the early decades of the 20th century were inspired by the spaces which they inhabited.…
IMPORTANT PAINTING BY G.F. WATTS HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR THE NATION AND ALLOCATED TO WATTS GALLERY A significant painting by George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817-1904) has been allocated to Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village via HM Government’s Acceptance in Lieu scheme, run by the Arts Council. Commissioned in 1848, the large-scale painting…
VISIT WEST HORSLEY PLACE THIS SPRING West Horsley Place reopens to visitors this spring with a programme of special events, guided tours and open days. From 7 April, visitors will be able to see the GladRags community banner, which will go on public display in Place Farm Barn for the first time. The…
Opening this spring, Invisible Landscapes presents new work by artist Edward Hutchison which encourages us to deepen our connection with the natural environment. Presented across two galleries – Bankside Gallery, London (27 April – 8 May) and The Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire (25 April – 4 May) – the exhibition brings together over 90…
Stratford upon Avon Literary Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary with a superb line-up of leading writers and thinkers. Taking place between 3rd and 8th May the packed programme includes acting legend Sir Derek Jacobi, whose roles in Shakespeare plays have won him worldwide acclaim, Booker prize winner Howard Jacobson, Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen, Women’s…
This month, West Horsley Place Trust – the charity created by Bamber and Christina Gascoigne to save Grade I listed West Horsley Place and its surrounding estate so that they can be enjoyed by the public – announces a partnership project with VocalEyes, the national access organisation working to ensure that blind and visually impaired…
Four top level speakers will appear at Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival’s Spring Weekend on Friday 11th March and Saturday 12th March. The programme of events will include BBC Radio 4 Today presenter Justin Webb, broadcaster and food campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, journalist turned palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke, and broadcaster and filmmaker David Olusoga OBE.…
This week, an innovative project to connect generations within the local community gets underway at West Horsley Place. Our Stories – which has received support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund – is an intergenerational project through which young people aged 15-18 will interview older people about their memories of West Horsley Place and…
Opening at Watts Contemporary Gallery on 14 January (until 13 March), Heartlands: Inspired by Our Landscape brings together unique work by eight local artists to celebrate Surrey’s treasured landscapes. Heartlands: Inspired by Our Landscape also shows a deeper connection with nature that many of us have experienced over the past two years as we…
Investec International Music Festival (IIMF) is delighted to announce the programme for its 2022 season. Each spring, IIMF brings world-class musicians to perform in beautiful and unique venues across the Surrey Hills. This season’s programme celebrates the 150th anniversary and close Surrey connections of the county’s foremost musical figure, Ralph Vaughan Williams (RVW). …