‘Ordinary Worlds’ is an exhibition featuring five artists: Jill Davies, Kushuma Holyoak, Lesley Hook, Molly Lemon, and Clover Robin. Working in a wide range of media, these artists share a love of colour, pattern and the natural environment. There is joy in their explorations of the ordinary, everyday items, domestic environments, or the wide expanse of a landscape.  

This much anticipated exhibition of layered patterns and assembled textures is expected to be particularly popular. Amongst them, these five artists have a large following and so Green Hill Arts Gallery excitedly awaits their arrival.  

Join us on the 3rd of May between 10:00am and 12:00pm, for a one off ‘Meet The Artist’ morning! Molly Lemon, Lesley Hook, and Jill Davies will be in the gallery along with Green Hill curator Carol Harvey. They will busy working away on a group artwork, but will be more than happy to chat with you and answer your questions. We are very much looking forward to hosting them, and invite the public to pop in and say hello!

Slow Stitch & Cake with Textile Artist Melinda Schwakhofer– meets once monthly beginning on:

25th May

22nd June

20th July

Slow Stitch and Cake is gentle, unstructured session to sit and stitch together. 

Slow Stitch is a meditative and mindful practice where the process of the movement of needle and thread through fabric is as important, if not more so, than the goal of producing a finished piece of work.  You will learn some basics of hand stitching and some new stitches, but the emphasis is on letting your creativity unfold.

Bring your own hand sewing or Melinda will have some prompts and ideas to get you started.

Suitable for beginning to advanced stitchers.  One to one tuition as needed. 
Materials provided. 

Homemade cake and tea/coffee provided. Upstairs at GREEN HILL ARTS. Sessions run from 10:00am – 1:00pm.

3 course booking required.

Contact - info@melindaschwakhofer.com for more information.

(Please note that we cannot provide refunds or transfer funds to other workshops).

THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULLY BOOKED!

Join Exmoor artist Jill Davies for an afternoon of playful creativity, making vibrant collage images. 

Jill will show you how to make patterns and textures using monotype printing methods. You will then be able to build your image using your hand printed collage papers and other recycled materials. Jill will show you how to build your composition, using colour and texture to create depth and interest.  Attendees will go home with a completed image as well as handprinted collage materials for further independent work. 

This charming workshop partners beautifully with our ‘Ordinary Worlds’ exhibition that Jill is exhibiting in. This is a great opportunity to learn from one of the best!

Suitable for all abilities. Ages 18 +

(Please note that we cannot provide refunds or transfer funds to other workshops).

Saturday the 8th of June

11.00am - 1.00pm

Drypoint is the simplest and most direct of the intaglio processes. The technique is an etching process where an image is scratched into a metal or plastic plate with a drypoint tool to create an image.

In drypoint, it is the ‘burr’ created by a scratching process that holds the ink and transfers the image when printed through a press. The more prominent the burr the darker the line.

You do not need to be an experienced artist to take part in this workshop as the instructor will be bringing a variety of images for inspiration or tracing. Please feel free to bring your own photographs of flowers, landscapes etc...

The objectives of this workshop are:

- To provide an accessible art form that is easy to master!

-To enable participants to have a finished plate and copies within one session.

-To use a printing system and materials which are affordable if participants wish to carry on at home.

(This workshop is for adults only.)

(Please note that we cannot provide refunds or transfer funds to other workshops).

The Green Hill Arts OPEN EXHIBITION is back!

(21st of June – 31st of August 2024)

We are delighted to be working with Dartmoor Magazine on our upcoming Open Exhibition, offering every participating artist the opportunity to take part in a professionally curated show at Green Hill Arts Gallery. An independent panel of judges will select from submitted works, which can be in any medium, and as always we look forward to seeing the unexpected surprises the ‘Open’ often produces.

Editors from Dartmoor Magazine will also choose one successful applicant to be named ‘Dartmoor Magazines Choice’. The chosen artist will be awarded with a feature article about their creative practice within the magazine later this year. Good luck!

We will be accepting submissions on our website from the 1st of March 2024. Submissions will close at midnight on the 12th of May. Successful applicants will be contacted on the 28th of May.

Submission Guidance:

• Artists are invited to submit up to three images of their work for consideration. (Exception of Jewellery: a collection of up to 5 pieces.) All submissions cost £20, whether you submit one piece of work, or three.

• Submitted images should be no more than 1mb in size. Please title images: (your firstname_last name_number 1-3.jpg). Example: Jane_Smith_1.jpg.  

• Include a brief description about you and your work together with dimensions and price, (this should include a 35% gallery commission) please include your website address and any social media channels if you have any.  

• The Open exhibition is open to artists aged 16 and over on the date of submission. All selected work must be delivered to the gallery between 10am and 4pm on the 10th of June 2024 (or by separate arrangement). All individual works must be clearly labelled with your name and the title of the piece.

• Entries are accepted in the form of painting, drawing, photography, prints, sculpture and applied arts. Installation art will be considered, but will depend on available gallery space.  

• 2D artworks – The maximum size for any individual work is 1.m x 1.m. Works should either be framed, tablet canvas, mounted on board, aluminum or similar and consideration should be given as to how these will be displayed.  

• 3D artworks –   Dimensions should not exceed: width 0.80cm, height 1.5m, length 1.5m. When submitting sculpture, please consider health and safety, and public liability issues. Any special installation requirements should be made clear at the application stage. Where multiple parts make up one piece of work, please make this clear in your application and statement!

• Digital Media: Green Hill Arts Gallery has limited supply of audio-visual equipment (projectors, monitors, players etc) and therefore artists who submit work in this category may be required (or may prefer) to supply their own equipment.  

• If artworks are sold, Green Hill Arts will take a commission fee of 35% of the sale price. Please ensure that the sale price you supply is inclusive of this fee. Any money owed to the artist from sales of work will be paid within 6 weeks of the end of the exhibition.  

• The gallery will produce any marketing and publicity materials that it considers appropriate. Copyright will remain with the artist, however by signing the submission form the artist agrees that images of their work may be used for promotional purposes.  

• Any submissions which could be deemed to cause offence (at the discretion of the curator) will not be accepted. The selection panel’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Please note, due to limited gallery space we cannot guarantee that all submitted work will be selected for exhibition. The £20 submission fee is non-refundable. 

IMPORTANT:

• The picture hanging system requires D-loops (1.5cm width) positioned 10cm down from the top of the frame on both sides to add to stability and strength. Positioning the D-loop a few cm in from the side of the frame allows for fixings to be less visible. On smaller works position D-loops on top third of frame or use string across the back. All work to be hanged must have D-loops attached or cannot be accepted.

• We do not class reproductions of drawings and paintings as prints and they will not be accepted. Reproductions that form part of a piece may be accepted so long as there is no breach of copyright. If copyright may be an issue please explain with your application how this has been addressed.

• Where multiple parts make up one piece of work, please make this clear in your application and statement. **For hanging purposes, all individual works must also be clearly marked on a stringed luggage label which will reach over the front of the work, with your name and the title of the piece.  

In this workshop led by Lucy Patrick, we will undertake a short walk to a place determined by drawing a spiral around the Green Hill Arts gallery. On the walk, participants will be encouraged to observe what is around them, collecting drawings, objects and photographs.

Once we have arrived at the destination, participants will look for the nearest tree that draws their attention and make “colour samples” using natural materials found nearby.

On the return to Green Hill Arts, there will be a presentation on the principles of making mandalas using symmetry, colour, geometry, number and intention. Objects and sketches collected as part of the walk will be used to form templates and traced onto a circular board. The board will be decorated using the colours inspired by the samples collected in the field. 

Participants will benefit from learning a new way of looking and engaging with their local landscape. They will also have a beautiful decorative wooden board to take home with them. (They make beautiful wall hangings, decorative serving mats, and plant pot stands).

Adults only (ages 14 +)

Participants are to meet at the Green Hill Gallery for 1:00pm on the 6th of July. Participants are invited to bring, if possible, their own small paintbrushes.  Everything else will be provided.

(Please note that we cannot provide refunds or transfer funds to other workshops).

Join us on Saturday the 7th of September, between 1:00pm and 3:30pm, for an afternoon of book making with creative practitioner Jenny Perry.

Jenny will show us the art of book making using a variety of paper folding , hand sewing and covering techniques, with a choice of materials.

You will take home a beautiful, handmade concertina book, and will leave the workshop equipped with the skills , ideas and creative inspiration to make others.

Your books can be filled and adapted into anything you choose: sketch books, poetry books , story books, picture albums and more…

This workshop is suitable for beginners and adults over the age of 16. Please bring your own Pritt Stick and craft knife! All other materials will be provided.

(Please note that we cannot provide refunds or transfer funds to other workshops).