Arts Hub
at East Harptree

The Arts Hub at East Harptree is an arts project connecting artists with the local community

The Arts Hub has completed its first year of residencies and we are in the exciting stages of finding new artists in residence for the studio space who will run workshops with the local community.

We are delighted to share that the Arts Hub was successful in achieving funding from the Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants and the community infrastructure levy from the East Harptree Parish Council for a further two year project. We have plans for further workshops with local schools, new mothers and social prescribing sessions. Watch this space....!

Do get in touch if you have any ideas for collaboration!

Email Arts Administrator Ruth at artshubharptree@gmail.com

Thank you so much to Keri Green and Louis Neale for bringing so much to the community through their workshops and presence in the studio in 2024 - it will be a hard act to follow!

Arts Hub Recent Projects

Streams of the Mind
- Artist in residence Louis Neale ran wellbeing sessions with social prescribing clients referred through Harptree Surgery. Follow our blog post here!

Hunky Punk Heritage Project 2
- Artist in residence Louis Neale and local artist Patrick Barker ran art classes with schoolchildren from East Harptree Primary School to create their very own clay Hunky Punk. The works were then displayed in St Laurence Church, East Harptree. Follow our blog post here!

The Big Arts Weekend
- Local artists, including artist in residence Keri Green, created a community art exhibition and arts weekend in the East Harptree Theatre in October. We were delighted to see so many visitors and people in the local community supporting the art weekend. Follow our blog post here!

Background by Meg Lovell Photography @meglovellphoto

Here are the Arts Hub 2024 artists Keri Green and Louis Neale working in the studio early last year - what an amazing year with them as the first artists in residence at the Arts Hub East Harptree!

Applications are still open for our next one year Artist Residency at the Arts Hub studio, in East Harptree. If you are an artist looking for a free studio for one year and the chance to do paid community workshops, this could be a fantastic opportunity for you!

Please visit our website (link in bio) for further information and to apply email a CV and cover letter to artshubharptree@gmail.com by 15th January
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#chewvalley #studiospace #artistresidency #freestudio #artshub
@kerigreenillustrator @louisnealeart

👩🏽‍🎨 Are you an artist looking for a studio space?
🏘️Are you passionate about using art to connect with communities?

The Arts Hub is looking for two new artists to join our artist in residence programme from March 2025! We have completed our first year of residencies and are thrilled to announce a new exclusive opportunity for two artists for our second year, now funded by the Arts Council National Lottery Projects Grants and the East Harptree Parish Council.

The selected artists will receive a free studio space at the Arts Hub in East Harptree for one year, starting in March 2025. They will also be supported financially to work with the community on arts projects while being free to produce their own art in the studio

Follow the link in bio for further information and how to apply.

DEADLINE: 15th January 2025

#artstudio #communityart #freestudio #artshub

The Arts Hub have been working on a very exciting collaboration with Harptree Surgery! Our artist in residence @louisnealeart ran art sessions in October with clients from Harptree Surgery, with the aim of improving wellbeing and social interaction. The sessions, which involved going for a walk to gather natural resources to create something with clay, have received some brilliant feedback. Thank you to Louis Neale and Lisa Smith, Social Prescriber for Harptree Surgery for making this happen and looking forward to future collaborations!

Follow our new blog post on our website to learn more!
#newblogpost

The Hunky Punk exhibition is up at St Laurence Church, East Harptree, until tomorrow at 5pm! 👹 Drop by and see what 9 children from East Harptree Primary school have been making with our artist in residence @louisnealeart and local sculptor @patrickbarkersculptor during the second Hunky Punk heritage project collaboration with Project Newton and the Heritage fund.

St Laurence church has an array of original decorative hunky punks on the church towers, and the children were tasked to recreate their own version using clay. Thank you to Louis Neale and Patrick Barker and of course the children of East Harptree primary school for getting involved with this project! The sculptures are incredibly detailed and creative and all very unique 😍✨

The exhibition highlights the hidden rarities of historic Somerset culture and the lost crafts that people and communities once dedicated themselves to.

We are really excited to announce the next Hunky Punk exhibition at St Laurence Church, 14th-15th December! A group of year 5 & 6 children at East Harptree Primary school have been part of a special collaboration with the Newton Project creating their own clay Hunky Punk with our artist in residence @louisnealeart and local artist @patrickbarkersculptor.

These contemporary Hunky Punks will all be shown at the church for a limited exhibition weekend - drop by and view the show between 10am-5pm on 14th and 15th December!

#exhibition #somersetart #somerset #hunkypunk #artshubharptree #artshub #schoolart #schoolproject

A shout out to this super cool show coming up in East Harptree theatre on 30th November - get your tickets now! There's also a free workshop too!

In collaboration with Valley Arts and Theatre Royal Plymouth "the Awkward Guide To Friendship" brought to you by House of Figs, is a new work navigating the choppy waters of friendship, from perfectly platonic meet-cutes to courageous conversations...and beyond.

Join poet Beth Calverley and musician Beth Roberts on a voyage through deep friendship feelings, safely afloat in an otherworldly choir of spoken and sung voices.

Go to the Valley Arts Website to book tickets 🎟️

Thank you so much to everyone in the community who came and supported the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend! Scroll along to see the guest artist exhibit, the full exhibition and the artworks created at the workshops. We were delighted to see so many visitors to the exhibition and participants taking part in the art workshops....there was a creative buzz all weekend and all the cake was eaten too!

Just a shout out about the artists on the guest artist wall if you want to find out more about them after seeing their works...
🗿Sculptures by Patrick Barker @patrickbarkersculptor , Helen Gordon @helengordonsculpture and Fred Gordon @fredgordonsculpture
🖼️Paintings by Sue Hemmings and Alison Gibson
🧾 Linocut by Julia Haggett

And a list of artists with full exhibits
- Potts Cottage Collective @potts.cottage.collective - Jackie Head portrait paintings, linocuts and quilts, Chris Head linocuts and photography
- Keri Green @kerigreenillustrator illustrations and prints
- Ali Brown @iamalibrown Found Wisdom Collages
- Cheryl Herrington @cherylherrington_art abstract landscapes
- Pauline Palmer @paulinejoanpalmer ceramics, abstract drawings and prints
- Kevin Hemmings @kevin_hemmings architectural and landscape paintings
- Mary Liddell @maryliddellart portrait and still life oil paintings

#artexhibition #communityworkshop #communityarts #artstudio #villagefair

The Big Arts Weekend is just round the corner - a must see event in East Harptree! Potts Cottage Collective (exhibiting artists Jackie and Chris Head) have been busy over the last few weeks promoting the event around the Chew Valley.

Details:
East Harptree Big Arts Weekend
Sat & Sun 10am-4:30pm
East Harptree Theatre
Art Exhibition of 8 artists work including a further 6 guest artists work, art workshops, tea and cake

Learn more about the workshops (including lino, banner making and sketching!) on our website or via Eventbrite

@potts.cottage.collective

#artevent #artexhibition #communityworkshop #communityproject #ruralarts #artstudio

Kevin Hemmings shows us the in-situ landscapes for his paintings, meticulously drawn from the East Harptree Combe and St Laurence Church. Drop by the Big Arts Weekend group exhibition this weekend (18-19 Oct, 10am-4:30pm) to see Kevin's works in real life and maybe buy one for your wall! We are holding free art workshops (see our website) and will have home made cake and tea/coffee alongside the exhibition - not to be missed!

🏞️Kevin Hemmings🖌️
Kevin is an architect and has specialised in tensile fabric structures for most of his career. He enjoys exploring symbolism and humour in local landscapes and still life.

Follow Kevin here:
@kevin_hemmings
www.kevinhemmings.com

#architecture #artshub #artexhbition #landscapes #landacapepainting #art #communityexhibition

Today's spotlight is on Ali Brown. Watch how Ali creates one of her Found Wisdom Collages! We are so thrilled to have Ali as one of our exhibiting artists for the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend - only a week away now! 19-20th October 10am-4:30pm at the East Harptree Theatre

Ali will also be hosting a Creative Banner Workshop with Jackie Head on Saturday 19th @2-3pm and Sunday 20th @11am-12pm. Join them for a drop in creative workshop and contribute to their community banner project. Follow the link in bio to book!

🧑‍🎨Ali Brown 🖼️✂️✍🏼
Ali Brown is an artist and creativity coach focussing on creative wellbeing. Ali makes Found Wisdom Collages on paper and inked wood, inspired by seasons, cycles and Human Design. All of Ali's work aims to uplift and inspire your creative soul.

Follow Ali here:
@iamalibrown
www.alibrown.me

#collage #artshub #artworkshops #artexhibition #artwellbeing #communityarts

A snapshot of Chris Head in the studio creating a linocut print of the East Harptree clocktower, what a mesmerising process! Come and see his work at the The Big Arts Weekend, 19-20 October, 10am-4:30pm at East Harptree Theatre.

Chris and Jackie will be running a lino print workshop as part of the Big Arts Weekend on Saturday 19 October at 11am - create your own print to take home! Perfect for beginners or art enthusiasts. Tickets must be pre-booked and are limited. Cost of materials is £10, payable on the day.

🖼️ Chris Head👨🏼‍🎨
Chris and his wife Jackie have lived in the Chew Valley since 2001 and together and form the creative collective "Potts Cottage Collective". Their work is inspired by the nature, wildlife and community of the Chew Valley area. Chris' artwork focusses on printmaking and photography.

Follow Chris here
@potts.cottage.collective
www.pottscottagecollective.com

For more information or to book onto a workshop visit our website:
www.artshubharptree.com
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-arts-weekend-lino-print-workshop-tickets-1012748737737

Today we are looking at Pauline Palmer, with a spotlight on her works exhibited at the recent Somerset Arts Festival. We are really excited that Pauline will be one of the artists featured as part of the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend at East Harptree Theatre on 19-20 October 10am-4:30pm!

Pauline has been working in the art environment for many years, as a teacher, tutor, facilitator and artist. Her work evolves from a very intuitive reaction to the mark that develops into an abstract image. She works in mixed media on canvas, board and print using a variety of techniques.

Follow Pauline here:
@paulinejoanpalmer

#mixedmediaart #chewvalley #artist #exhbition #artinstudio #artworkshops

A snapshot of how Keri Green creates her fantastic illustrations! So fabulous to have her as one of our Arts Hub artists in residence and really excited she is part of the main exhibition at the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend coming up in just two weeks - 19-20 October 10am-4:30pm!

Learn more about Keri 👩🏼‍🎨📚✍🏼
Keri is a picture book and print illustrator, based at the foot of the Mendip hills. She uses both traditional media and digital techniques to create work that is predominantly inspired by nature.
Follow her here:
@kerigreenillustrator
www.kerigreenillustrator.com

Learn more about the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend on our website at www.artshubharptree.com

#artshub #illustration #chewvalley #artexhibition

This morning the spotlight is on Mary Liddell's art practice, portraying how Mary builds detail into her oil on canvas paintings. We are really excited to be showing Mary Liddell's recent work alongside the other 8 main exhibits at the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend 19-20 October 10am-4:30pm at the East Harptree Theatre.

🖼️👩🏻‍🎨Mary Liddell studied at the Chelsea School of Art and Central School of Art in London in the 1980s. Mary's paintings are a response to specific subjects, an exploration of composition, light and colour, through the medium of oil paint and watercolour.

Learn more about Mary Liddell here:
www.maryliddellartist.com
@maryliddellart

Learn more about the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend on our website (link in bio!)

#stilllifepainting #stilllife #artshub #artexhibition

Jackie Head is putting the finishing touches to her artwork in her studio, getting ready for the upcoming Big Arts Weekend! The Big Arts Weekend is only two weeks away! Don't miss it - 19-20 October, 10am-4:30pm at East Harptree Theatre.

🖼️ Jackie Head 👩🏻‍🎨
Jackie and her husband Chris have lived in the Chew Valley since 2001 and together and form the creative collective "Potts Cottage Collective". Jackie enjoys creating commissioned portraits in either oil or lino print and quilts which hold memories of special occasions.

Jackie will also be running a workshop as part of the Big Arts Weekend - we will update you shortly about details!

Follow Jackie here
@jackies_still_standing
@potts.cottage.collective
www.pottscottagecollective.com

For more information on the weekend visit our website:
www.artshubharptree.com

#artshub #portraitpainting #portraits #artworkshop #chewvalley #somerset #eastharptree

Cheryl Herrington is one of the artists exhibiting at the Big Arts Weekend. In the run up to the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend (19-20 October at East Harptree Theatre) we will be showcasing each of the 9 artists individually and learning more about their practice - watch this space for more videos, photos and reels of works in progress and clips of studio spaces!

Cheryl paints in an abstract way, often suggesting landscapes and seascapes. She is fascinated by the shapes and colours she sees in the natural world.

Find out more about Cheryl Herrington here⬇️
Website www.cherylherringtonart.com
Instagram @cherylherrington_art

#artshub #exhibition #eastharptree #somerset #chewvalley #artexhibition #communityproject

An amazing day for the East Harptree Flower and Crafts Show! Come and pop by...we are here until 5pm. Come and see what we've been getting up to this year bringing art to the community 🤩

Keri Green and Louis Neale have some amazing artworks for sale 😍

We've also got some kids arts and crafts!

🎨 SAVE THE DATE! 🖼️

The Arts Hub is very excited to announce the East Harptree Big Arts Weekend on 19-20 October 2024 at the East Harptree Theatre and Arts Hub. Arts Hub artists in residence Keri Green and Louis Neale will also be included in this fantastic community arts weekend!

Back story:
Last October a group of artists from East Harptree joined together as a venue on the Chew Valley Arts Trail and hoped to repeat the experience in 2024. Now that the trail is taking a break this year they will be hosting a Big Arts Weekend instead. This will be a fantastic community weekend with something for everyone to come and get involved in!

There will be...
- 9 Artists with full exhibits showing recent artworks for sale
- further 9 artists putting in one piece to a special local East and West Harptree artists exhibit
- art workshops throughout the weekend for people to get involved with and meet the artists
- tea and cake!

More info and live webpage with information on the artists involved to follow shortly....watch this space!

#artexhibition #artworkshops #communityart

Arts Hub artist in residence @kerigreenillustrator held a fantastic illustrated card workshop last Saturday in East Harptree Pavillion, as part of the East Harptree Flower and Craft Show workshops.

We had a great turn out for the workshop, especially popular with families and everyone got stuck in creating their own illustrated card - or multiple cards! - with Keri's guidance.

Looking forward to seeing some of the greeting cards entered into the East Harptree Flower and Crafts show!

@eastharptreeflowercraftshow

#artshub #familyworkshop #art #illuatration #greetingcard #illustratedcard

Excited to announce a FREE card illustration workshop run by our artist in residence, illustrator Keri Green! In collaboration with East Harptree Flower and Crafts Show 🌺🌻🪻

Tickets are limited so please register your interest in the event by clicking here (or link in bio). Open to anyone over 5 years old.

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The exhibition is up! 🖼️🥳🎨

⛪Make your way down to St Laurence Church, East Harptree, this afternoon from 2:30pm to view the exclusive exhibition - only up for one day during this Rising Waters Creative Celebration Day. Don't miss the afternoon fish scale procession and concert this afternoon!

View the artworks by Arts Hub artists in residence:
✏️ "A Moment at Chew Lake" illustrations by Keri Green 🌲 Beech tree vessels by Louis Neale

🖼️These works are exhibited alongside the artworks made by the participants at our recent Rising Waters Workshops creating Sequential Illustrations with Keri Green and Roman Writing Tablets with Louis Neale

🙏🏻Thank you to everyone who took part and helped put up the exhibition! Thank you also to Valley Arts for collaborating with us on this project and funding the workshops

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#artshub #risingwaters #exhibition #churchexhibition #artworkshop #communityart #communityworkshop #somerset #chewvalley

Only a few days until the East Harptree Creative Celebration Day!!! A whole day of fun - come along and join in the morning free workshops at the Village Hall and the afternoon art exhibition, music concert and readings at St Laurence Church 😊

Artworks from Louis Neale's Roman Tablet Writing Workshop and Keri Green's Sequential Illustration Workshop will be included in the Rising Waters Community Exhibition, alongside a day of creative fun!!

What a fantastic Illustration workshop run by our artist in residence, Keri Green, on Saturday! Students created sequential illustrations using watercolour and pencil to illustrate the passing of time through memories and emotions. Thank you Keri for inspiring everyone through your teaching to make such creative illustrations, we can't wait to see the final artworks at the Rising Waters Celebration day 🖼️🥳🎭🎨

To see the final pieces come along to the exhibition of the works on 6th July 2:30-5pm at St Laurence Church as part of the Rising Waters Creative Celebration Day, alongside the Roman Writing Tablet works created at Louis Neale's workshop and many other art, writing and music activities!

A project in collaboration with Rising Waters Community Project and the Arts Hub, funded by Valley Arts

@kerigreenillustrator @valleyartscv

#artshubharptree #artworkshops
#illustrationworkshop #illustration #artshub #somerset #eastharptree #exhibition

Very excited to announce the @valleyartscv Creative Celebration Day on 6th July! A whole day of celebrating arts coming to East Harptree, including art and craft workshops, a fish puppet procession, a music concert, readings...and of course the Rising Waters Community Art Exhibition - which will include artworks by Arts Hub artists in residence @kerigreenillustrator and @louisnealeart as well as the artworks created in the Rising Waters Workshops.

🏛️✒️ Here is a sneak peak of the brilliant Roman Writing Tablets (and their creators!) crafted at Louis Neale's workshop on 25th May

✏️🖼️ Looking forward to Keri Green's Sequential Illustration upcoming workshop on 29th June 10am-1pm - still a couple of spots left, so give us a shout if you're interested at: artshubharptree@gmail.com

#creativeworkshop #arts #valleyarts #chewvalley #eastharptree #artshub #crafts #somerset #exhibition

Just a few spaces left! 🤯 Our free exclusive Sequential Illustration Workshop "a moment at Chew Lake" with illustrator @kerigreenillustrator - coming up Saturday 29th June, 10am-1pm at East Harptree Pavillion, as part of a collaboration with Rising Waters Community Project, @valleyartscv. As you can see, Keri has been working on some brilliant sequential illustrations of her own based on the theme of Chew Lake 🥰

🩵 Book a spot now by email: artshubharptree@gmail.com

👤Suitable for ages 16+, all abilities

🥳 The participants from the workshops will have the opportunity to display their artworks created in the workshop in an exhibition as part of the Rising Waters Celebration day on Saturday 6th July at St Laurence Church and the village hall in East Harptree

🎭 We are lucky enough to be teaming up with Rising Waters Community project for this workshop, which is being funded by @valleyartscv

#illustration #illustrationworkshop #eastharptree #artshub #communityproject #artstudio

The Hunky Punks Exhibition was brilliant! Thank you to all those who visited and commented on the show.

In collaboration with Project Newton, East Harptree Primary School and the Arts Hub East Harptree, we showcased the works of 10 children in St Laurence Church on 8-9 June. The Hunky Punks created by the school children looked truly magical in the church setting near to their original 15th Century decorative Hunky Punks on the outer church towers.

Thank you to the children who took part in the Hunky Punk project - Ivy, Berry, Eleanor, Dottie N, Eva, Tom, Maisy, Dottie J, Ava, Eleanor J - and to @louisnealeart and @patrickbarkersculptor for running the project! We hope to offer a repeat of the hunky punk sessions to another class at East Harptree Primary School this autumn

Feedback from Squirrel Class at East Harptree Primary School:

“I enjoyed every single last thing”

“I really enjoyed everything, especially the painting. The lion hunky punk at the church inspired me.”

“I liked making the hunky punks and going down to see the ones at church which I have not really noticed before”

“I learnt you can make anything with clay!”

#hunkypunk #artshubharptree #artshub #clayart
#claymodelling #kidsart #schoolart #artsoutreach #communityart

Last day of the Hunky Punk Exhibition tomorrow!
10am - 5pm

Pop down to St Laurence Church in East Harptree to view the brilliant Hunky punks created by East Harptree Primary school children.

A project in collaboration with Arts Hub at East Harptree, Project Newton and East Harptree Primary school. We showcase the works of 10 children from the school in the very setting of the church in which you will find nestled around the building, an original.display of decorative Hunky Punks battling the spirit of good and evil.

#artshub #clayart #claymodelling #hunkypunk #archaeology #art #chewvalley #childrenartwork

Don't miss this children's art exhibition this weekend! There will be refreshments to enjoy on Saturday morning!

🖼️ The Hunky Punks Exhibition will be displaying the brilliant Hunky Punks designed and created by a group of children from East Harptree Primary School, and inspired by the Hunky Punks found on the church towers at St Laurence Church, East Harptree.

👹 Big thank you to our Arts Hub artist in residence @louisnealeart and local artist @patrickbarkersculptor for running the sessions and inspiring such artistic creations from the children, and to the Newton Project with St Laurence Church for creating the project

Exhibition Details:
📍St Laurence Church, East Harptree
📅 Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th June
⏰10am - 5pm

📝 Feedback from the project:
"I enjoyed every single last thing"
"I really enjoyed everything, especially the painting. The lion hunky punk at the church inspired me. I created a dragon"
"I liked making the hunky punks and going down to see the ones at church which I have not really noticed before"
"I learnt you can make anything with clay!"

🏫⛪ The Hunky Punk Heritage Project is a collaboration between The Newton Project with St Laurence Church, East Harptree School and the Arts Hub, East Harptree

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Arts Hub Recent Projects

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Streams of the Mind

Artist in residence Louis Neale ran wellbeing sessions with social prescribing clients referred through Harptree Surgery. Follow our blog post here!​​​​

Hunky Punk Heritage Project 2

Artist in residence Louis Neale and local artist Patrick Barker ran art classes with schoolchildren from East Harptree Primary School to create their very own clay Hunky Punk. The works were then displayed in St Laurence Church, East Harptree​. Follow our blog post here!​​

The Big Arts Weekend

Local artists, including artist in residence Keri Green, created a community art exhibition and arts weekend in the East Harptree Theatre in October. We were delighted to see so many visitors and people in the local community supporting the art weekend. Follow our blog post here!

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Artist in residence Louis Neale ran wellbeing sessions with social prescribing clients referred through Harptree Surgery. Follow our blog post here!

Artist in residence Louis Neale and local artist Patrick Barker ran art classes with schoolchildren from East Harptree Primary School to create their very own clay Hunky Punk. The works were then displayed in St Laurence Church, East Harptree. Follow our blog post here!