New Brewery Arts
Based in a former, beautifully converted, brewery in the centre of Cirencester New Brewery Arts is home to a Gallery showing exciting contemporary exhibitions, 18 residents, a large craft gallery shop featuring British artisans, The New Brewery Arts Café, a delightful theatre space and four education studios hosting a multitude of art and craft courses and workshops.
Below are a few events taking place during this festive season:
Crafted for Christmas
High quality, innovative contemporary craft
Sat 24 Nov – Sat 5 Jan 2013
Let us tempt you in from the cold to buy high quality, exciting and innovative contemporary craft carefully selected from makers who have shown here before and those completely new to New Brewery Arts.
Crafted celebrates the extraordinary breadth of craft. This year's show concentrates on five, with artists including:
Ceramics
Adam Buick
Jitka Palmer
Lara Scobie
Claire Palfreyman
Helen Nottage
Annie Hewett
Jewellery
Lucy Easton
Louise Parry
Katherine Richmond
Fiona Hesketh
Anna Backman
Textiles
Ekta Kaul
Ruth Harries
Annie Hutchinson
Wire sculpture
Mel Day
Celia Smith
Prints
Sue Brown
Painting
Alison Vickery
Alice Adams
Sue Ptaszek
Galina Gardiner
The Little Paper Pop Up Gallery
Rethink your conception of paper! Paper baubles, Christmas cards, unusual paper, marvellous fairy lights, prints and papery products will be available for the whole of December in our ground floor Pop Up Gallery.
Cirencester Christmas Arts and Crafts Trail
Thursday 6 December – 6pm-9pm
Now in its fifth successful year the Cirencester Christmas Arts and Crafts Trail is firmly on the regional calendar as the occasion to peruse and select from the huge wealth of art and craft exhibited and for sale in the Cotswolds.
Between 6 and 9pm on Thursday 6th December four Cirencester galleries will throw wide their doors with a warm Christmas welcome. A free ‘ hop in hop out’ taxi will take you between venues to help make the most of this cornucopia of art, craft, festive refreshment and musical entertainment.
Don’t forget to take your event card to each venue to enter the draw to win one of four gallery prizes.
This year’s participating galleries are:
- New Brewery Arts www.newbreweryarts.org.uk
- Wetpaint Gallery http://www.contemporary-art-holdings.co.uk
- M.A.D.E http://www.made-gallery.com
- Corinium Museum Gallery. http://www.coriniummuseum.cotswold.gov.uk
New Brewery Arts Craft Shop
Brewery Court GL7 1JH
01285 657181 www.newbreweryarts.org.uk
New Brewery Arts offers a stunning collection in the Craft Shop; The Main Gallery exhibition CRAFTED FOR CHRISTMAS - jewellery, ceramics, textiles and more by some of the most acclaimed makers in the UK; cake tasting and mulled wine in the Café plus Christmas entertainment courtesy of The New Brewery Arts Choir.
Wetpaint
The Old Chapel 14 London Road GL7 1AE
01285 644990 www.contemporary-art-holdings.co.uk
Wetpaint’s Christmas exhibition gives visitors a unique opportunity to see and buy original works by Eric Gill, Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden and more in this delightful former chapel. A warm welcome, festive refreshments and musical entertainment await.
M.A.D.E.
9 Silver Street GL7 2BJ
01285 658225 www.made-gallery.com
M.A.D.E. Makers and Designers Emporium with its selection of beautiful hand crafted gifts from ceramics to textiles, wall art to jewellery, will be a Christmas delight and all will be served up with festive treats and musical entertainment.
Corinium Museum Gallery
Park Street GL7 2BX
01285 655611 www.coriniummuseum.cotswold.gov.uk
Corinium is joining the trail for the first time giving visitors the chance to meet popular artist Tony Meeuwissen at a preview of his Chistmas show: postage stamp designs for the Royal Mail, children's book art works, Christmas magazine illustrations, prints and more. The museum shop will be open with local craft and refreshment will be available.
The Cirencester Christmas Poetry Slam
Friday 7 December 8pm
Tickets £8 New Brewery Arts www.newbreweryarts.org.uk Tel 01285 657181
It’s a cracker of a contest as merry gentlemen and women aim to move your hearts and hearing parts with festive verse and verve! A jovial performance poetry competition that sorts the sugar plum fairies from the pantomime dames! Join the applaudience and yule have a slamtastic night!
Brewery Blues CHRISTMAS PARTY! With the Keith Thompson Blues Band
Friday 14 December
Doors open 7.45pm
New Brewery Arts Theatre
Tickets £8 in advance, £9 on the night. Booking advisable www.newbreweryarts.org.uk or telephone 01285 657181
Back on home turf after a year of touring the USA and Europe, trust Keith to give a real Christmas treat to end the 2012 Brewery Blues season.
Check in with New Brewery Arts to see what activities and theatre shows are planned for Christmas 2012.
For more information on New Brewery Arts, visit www.newbreweryarts.org.uk.
Open Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm. Sunday 10am – 4pm. Free admission.
Lantern Making Workshops
As part of Christmas in Cirencester 2012, there will be a beautiful procession of paper lanterns through the streets of Cirencester to the Market taking place on Saturday 8th December starting at 5pm. In the weeks running up to the Christmas in Cirencester celebrations, there will be 3 workshops organised at New Brewery Arts where children can learn how to make these wonderful lanterns. This is very much a fun family activity so parents, brothers and sisters are all encouraged to take part.
The workshops will take place from 10am to 1pm as follows:
- Saturday 10th November
- Saturday 17th November
- Saturday 24th November
For bookings and enquiries, please contact New Brewery Arts on 01285 657 181or email
