THE Whittox Gallery at RISE have announced the return of the Somerset Printmakers for their annual Christmas show this year, taking place from Saturday November 12th to Sunday 22nd January.
The show will showcase the group members’ latest work from this renowned collective of professional artists. The exhibition will include work by returning members to the gallery – Julia Manning RE, Cath Bloomfield, Pennie Elfick, Gail Mason, Sue Lowe, Bron Bradshaw and Sebastian Chance.
New to the gallery this year will be Jacy Wall, Lisa Takahashi, Sarah Ward and Sally Hebeler. Sarah and Lisa are new members of the group and will be showing their work for the first time here in Frome. Somerset Printmakers was created in 1998 by a group of 17 professional artists living and working in Somerset, brought together by their dedication to creativity and their shared passion for the craft of printmaking and all its diverse techniques.
Their aim, then as it is now, is to promote their work as a collective and to showcase the best of printmaking in Somerset. Each artist has their unique style and use different printmaking methods including etching, lino and woodcut, relief prints, stencil, intaglio, collagraph, screen-printing & mono-printing. The artists will be showing limited edition and one-off unique prints.
The organisers say, “As a group, as well as exhibiting with us last year in November 2021, they have exhibited at Spike Island in Bristol, the Contemporary Print Show at the Barbican Centre London, the International Print Fairs in Bremen and Hamburg Germany, the Fresh Art Fair in London and numerous Galleries throughout the west country.
“RISE was built in the early 1800s as a beautiful church and has now been lovingly transformed into a cultural, lifestyle and community venue in the centre of Frome. Within the restored building, set in the upstairs mezzanine, you can find The Whittox Gallery overlooking the Rye Bakery café below. Downstairs you will also find the gallery’s shop which will have a selection of the artists’ unframed prints and greeting cards also for sale.
“A private view is on Friday the 11th November from 6.30pm until 9pm. All welcome for drinks and an opportunity to meet the artists.”
For any further queries please contact the gallery’s curator Sarah on 07712523734. The event can be found at Whittox Gallery, Rise, Whittox Lane, Frome, BA11 3BY.
