Showing posts with label North Devon Local Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Devon Local Events. Show all posts

Friday 3 November 2023

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois opens at the Burton at Bideford Art Gallery and Museum this November

A new exhibition opening at the Burton includes sculptures, prints and drawings by the acclaimed French-American artist Louise Bourgeois. Eight decades of intense creativity firmly established Louise Bourgeois as a giant of 20th century art. Through this exhibition, the Burton at Bideford makes her ground-breaking work freely available to the people of North Devon for the first time.

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois opens at the Burton at Bideford Art Gallery and Museum on Friday 17 November, 6-8pm, and runs until 11 February 2024. Admission is free.


Born in Paris in 1911, Bourgeois settled in New York in 1938, where she remained for the rest of her life, continuing to make art until her death at the age of 98. Her endlessly inventive work, inspired by her memories and experiences, spanned monumental installations, figurative sculptures, fabric collages, and drawings. She is perhaps best known for the large-scale spider sculptures that she produced in the last decades of her life, including one she created for the opening of Tate Modern in 2000.

Bourgeois’s art was closely bound up with her life, and she used artmaking as a way to make sense of her experiences. Her sculpture, drawing, and writing are characterised by emotional honesty, and she reworked her ideas in different forms and materials including marble, bronze, latex, and fabric, compelled by the need to make and re-make.

This exhibition focuses on works produced during the last 20 years of her life, a period of extraordinary creativity, during which Bourgeois re-examined many of her lifelong concerns to create a body of powerful new work exploring identity, gender, childhood, family and motherhood. Personal, provocative and raw, Bourgeois’s work reaches us with a powerful immediacy more than a decade after her death.


ARTIST ROOMS presents the work of international artists in solo exhibitions drawn from a national touring collection jointly owned by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland. This exhibition is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection and includes works on loan from The Easton Foundation and Tate. This is the Burton at Bideford’s third collaboration with Tate and National Galleries of Scotland through the ARTIST ROOMS programme, and follows presentations of internationally renowned artists Richard Long (2014) and Diane Arbus (2018).

Warren Collum, Interim Co-Director of the Burton, said:

“Working in partnership with Tate and National Galleries of Scotland through the ARTIST ROOMS programme for the third time to present one of the twentieth century's most influential female sculptors, Louise Bourgeois, is a unique opportunity.

This show not only celebrates art but also emphasises the need to bring culture to rural areas, as well as putting a light on the strength and ingenuity of women in the creative world.”

The ARTIST ROOMS programme provides support for young people to get involved in creative projects, discover more about art and artists, and learn new skills. A Burton Youth Collective will be supported through ARTIST ROOMS by Art Fund and Henry Moore Foundation, providing local teenagers with the opportunity to explore a career in the arts, experience life behind the scenes of an arts organisation, and work alongside practising artists. Sessions are open to young people aged 13-19 years. Places are limited and anyone interested is advised to contact the gallery to check availability and register their interest.

Louise Bourgeois Spirals 2005 ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Lent by Artist Rooms Foundation 2013 © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023. Photo © Tate
Louise Bourgeois Spirals 2005
ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Lent by Artist Rooms Foundation 2013
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023. Photo © Tate
Louise Bourgeois 10am is When You Come to Me 2006 ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Lent by Artist Rooms Foundation 2013 © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023. Photo © Tate
Louise Bourgeois 10am is When You Come to Me 2006
ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Lent by Artist Rooms Foundation 2013
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023. Photo © Tate

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Wednesday 13 July 2022

Summer Signings. Devon author, Liz Shakespeare bringing new life to Devon's past.

One Devon author is looking forward to a busy summer. Liz Shakespeare, who specialises in breathing life into true stories from Devon’s past, will be attending a number of events this summer to sign copies of her books and to talk to members of the public.

Liz said, ‘Writing is a solitary activity, so I really look forward to opportunities to meet readers when I give talks or attend book signings throughout Devon.’

She has written six books set in Devon, bringing to life the stories she finds in old newspapers, on gravestones and in parish records. Liz has a long Devon ancestry which she feels has given her a good understanding of the county and its people. Her most recent book The Song of the Skylark tells the true story of a young girl who was sent out as a parish apprentice to work on a remote Devon farm.

‘I am currently working on my seventh book,’ Liz said. ‘Each book takes around three years to research and write, so it will be a while before this one is ready to publish.’

Liz will be signing copies of all six of her books at the following events:

  • Magpie Marquee at the Mid-Devon Show on July 23rd
  • North Devon Show on August 3rd
  • Appledore Food and Craft Market on August 6th
  • Hartland Farmers’ Market on August 7th
  • Okehampton Show on August 11th
  • Chagford Show on August 18th
  • Ashwater Show on August 20th
  • North Molton Country Fair on August 21st
  • Holsworthy Show on August 25th
  • Torridge Art and Craft Market on August 27th
  • Lustleigh Show on August 29th
  • Appledore Food and Craft Market on September 3rd
  • Clovelly Lobster and Crab Feast on September 4th
Liz’s books can also be ordered post-free from her website www.lizshakespeare.co.uk

Eventful Summer for Devon Author, Liz Shakespeare
Author, Liz Shakespeare and her Books from Devon
Devon author, Liz Shakespeare at the Mid-Devon Show 2019.. 
Devon author, Liz Shakespeare at the Mid-Devon Show 2019.

Liz’s books can also be ordered post-free from her website

Devon author, Liz Shakespeare

Saturday 8 August 2020

Circle of Fun at the BIG Sheep Outdoor Stage & Socially Distanced Arena. Supporting local arts, theatre and music.

The BIG Sheep are pleased to be able to welcome 'ewe' back with open arms! Their fantastic open air show arena is ready to entertain the whole family, from toddlers dancing at Jiggy on the Farm, "theatre goers" enjoying performances organised by The Plough Arts Centre and "music lovers" soaking up the sounds of local bands organised by The Palladium Club Bideford.

From the picture below, you'll see the socially distanced circles clearly marked on the outdoor arena which guides you to where you can safely socialise whilst enjoying the entertainment.

Alcohol is served at all evening events. Their license only allows to serve to you, so please do not bring your own. Please bring your own food and snacks or limited snacks will be available to purchase. 

There's a new one-way system in place to help keep you safe as well as plenty of hand sanitising stations filled with our own sanitiser made here on site! They've got a brand new reception area where you'll have your temperature taken on arrival, plus we have screens at all our contact points to keep our staff safe.

Naturally there are some new guidelines to be aware of when you arrive on site, so please take a moment to read > Coronavirus Customer Guidelines and Covid Safe Charter. You will be expected to comply with this at all times.

Some of the steps taken in order to reopen include:
  • No-hands door pulls on all external doors
  • A new visitor charter
  • A new one-way system
  • New state of the art thermal imaging camera system to check temperatures
  • Hygiene screens at contact points Staff training to guard against Covid-19

BIG Sheep Outdoor Stage & Socially Distanced Arena
 BIG Sheep Outdoor Stage & Socially Distanced Arena
Rights of access reserved. 
Pre-booking is essential for each of the events.
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Follow the BIG Sheep flock on
The Big Sheep, Abbotsham, Bideford, North Devon, EX39 5AP - Tel: 01237 472366
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Local Music and Theatre Performances organised by
The Plough Arts Centre - The Palladium Club Bideford