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Lin Hawkins: Power Stations
Posted on September 8, 2014
September 8, 2014
Lin Hawkins paints power stations because they are almost like the new cathedrals…of power, wealth and fear; they represent both our need for power, and our ambivalence towards this need.
RIBA South West Awards 2014: Great British Buildings
Posted on June 3, 2014
June 3, 2014
The 2014 selection of RIBA Award shortlisted projects, presented to celebrate and explain the 15 shortlisted schemes with citations and photography.
Frome Festival: Anarchy in the Organism + Plenum
Posted on April 10, 2014
April 10, 2014
A unique evening of audio visual immersive performances. Both Anarchy in the Organism and Plenum display a world of transience and disorder out of which fleeting patterns emerge.
Instructions for an Ordinary Utopia – Launch and talks
Posted on March 10, 2014
March 10, 2014
Launch of Instructions for an Ordinary Utopia, a new exhibition which builds on Foreground’s interest in curatorial models centred around innovative participatory and distribution structures designed to bring critically acclaimed contemporary practice to new and diverse audience.
Frome Art Society Springtime Exhibition
Posted on February 20, 2014
February 20, 2014
A seasonal collection of works from Frome’s esteemed art society.
Free the Words Part 1: Adventures in Outdoor Literacy
Posted on December 18, 2013
December 18, 2013
Break 3 and the Frome Community Learning Partnership share new ideas and work around adventurous literacy, technology for making stories in the wilderness, and den-building for secret reading.
I CAME, I SAW, iPAD: David Chandler’s Year with Yapp Brothers.
Posted on July 23, 2013
July 23, 2013
Award-winning French wines, expertly selected by Yapp brothers wine merchants, have inspired an exhibition of artworks by Frome artist and francophile, David Chandler.
Afro-Cuban Sensibility
Posted on July 23, 2013
July 23, 2013
A weekend of events celebrating the root of Afro Cuban culture and beliefs taking place at the Merlin Theatre and Rook Lane Chapel, presented by Curator Lekan Babalola.
Arena Photographers South West – Somerset Art Weeks
Posted on July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013
A diverse group of portfolios, including conflict photography, fine art photography and portraiture. Part of Somerset Art Weeks 2013, the exhibition will also provide a back drop to a number of evening talks.
Mark Carr: Suppression
Posted on July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013
Suppress: ‘to overpower, to subdue, to withhold, to repress, to conceal, to keep back from disclosure.’ Multidisciplinary artist Mark Carr brings a new body of site-specific work to Rook Lane Chapel.
