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June 2022
Mongrel Works by Mary Partridge and Tammy Woodrow
Open Wed 15th - Saturday 25th June, Arcadia 12 - 4pm (except Fri 17th and Sun 19th June). Two conceptual women artists (Mary Partridge and Tammy Woodrow) have started an experimental dialogue through their 2D works. These hybrid art conversations start life as an initial presentation of scrap of material/sketch/redundant work to the other. These elements then get re-worked and evolve into a hybrid. The new pieces are multi-layered with meaning, capturing the ideas of 2 artists in one creation.…
Find out more »Mongrel Works: Closing Party
Join us for a festive ending to the Mongrel Works exhibition. Meet the artists, buy a raffle ticket and perhaps go home with a new piece of artwork!
Find out more »July 2022
Denise Startin: Hints for British Tourists – Private View
Denise Startin: Hints for British Tourists Text by Anneka French A figure in a bowler hat, waistcoat and rolled-up trousers brushes sand from their feet. They read a book in front of a painted beach hut, climb on rocks, clutch a newspaper, wait, fall asleep and look out to sea. In one moment after another, we see tourism performed and time laid out in photographic frames like film stills. Coventry-based artist Denise Startin presents a series of site-based performative actions,…
Find out more »Denise Startin: Hints for British Tourists
Denise Startin: Hints for British Tourists Text by Anneka French A figure in a bowler hat, waistcoat and rolled-up trousers brushes sand from their feet. They read a book in front of a painted beach hut, climb on rocks, clutch a newspaper, wait, fall asleep and look out to sea. In one moment after another, we see tourism performed and time laid out in photographic frames like film stills. Coventry-based artist Denise Startin presents a series of site-based performative actions,…
Find out more »Unshackled
An exhibition celebrating individual identity from Coventry Artspace's South Asian Ambassadors Thursday 21 July - Saturday 30 July 12.00 - 6.00pm daily (not open Sunday) Opening Event: 23 July 6.30 - 9pm On Saturday 23 July we will be supporting South Asian Heritage Month with a series of online events culminating with a celebration of South Asian music with DJ Deesh at Arcadia 6.30 - 9pm. Identity encompasses the memories, experiences, relationships and values that create a steady sense of…
Find out more »August 2022
SEVEN: Skyscraper Stories – Opening Night
Come along to view an exhibition of artworks by Coventry Artspace Studio Holders at Arcadia Gallery: Janet Tryner, Lorsen Camps, Polly Merredew, Adele Mary Reed, Paul Lemmon, Madeleine Snowdon and Rhys Thomas. Opening night: 6pm Friday 5th August - All welcome to join us! Open Saturday 6th - Sunday 21st August 11am - 5pm Thursday - Sunday
Find out more »SEVEN: Skyscraper Stories
Come along to view an exhibition of artworks by Coventry Artspace Studio Holders at Arcadia Gallery: Janet Tryner, Lorsen Camps, Polly Merredew, Adele Mary Reed, Paul Lemmon, Madeleine Snowdon and Rhys Thomas. Opening night: 6pm Friday 5th August - All welcome to join us Open Saturday 6th - Sunday 21st August 11am - 5pm Thursday - Sunday About the studio holders... Adele Mary Reed Adele was born in 1988 in Warwickshire, UK, and is now based in Coventry in the…
Find out more »SEVEN: Skyscraper Stories – CLOSING EVENT
Join us at Arcadia Gallery to celebrate the wrapping up of our studio holder's show 4pm - 6pm on Sunday 21st August. This is the last chance to see the exhibition during a relaxed gathering with the artists: Lorsen Camps, Adele Mary Reed, Madeleine Snowdon, Rhys Thomas, Polly Meredew, Janet Tryner & Paul Lemmon.
Find out more »May 2023
Environments in Arcadia – Student Exhibition
OPENING EVENT - 31ST MAY 5 - 8PM Exhibition opening times: 31st May - 10th June 2023 Monday - Friday 11am - 5pm 32 City Arcade, Coventry, CV1 3HW Join us for an exciting showcase of artwork exploring intersections of art and environments. This exhibition celebrates Coventry University student's 2nd year in Fine Art, featuring the work of artists creating pieces focused on women's and queer issues, as well as the cycles of environments and the relationships between chance and…
Find out more »June 2023
Free Hartley – Jessica Timmis Open Studio
Artist Jessica Timmis has completed a 2 month residency at Coventry Artspace, funded by Art Friends Warwickshire. Drawing from her own experiences she has used the opportunity to develop her practice through a creative exploration of complexities within the maternal relationship. At this open studio she will be sharing work on this theme through the characters Mary Hartley Fitch found in Iris Murdoch's novel, The Sea, The Sea, and Jessica6 of Logan's Run, the American TV Series inspired by the play of the…
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