2025 Festival Programme


Faces, Forms & Forgeries
Jun
25
to Jun 30

Faces, Forms & Forgeries

A group exhibition showcasing work by local artists training in the classical atelier tradition. Exhibiting: Lucinda Acton, Peta Bunbury, Kathy Cambell, Lizet Dingemans, Tania Fullerton, David Godding, Ela Koncka, Michael Sykes, Lynsey Smith, Sharon Turley.

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Dance and movement collaborations at SVA
Jun
22

Dance and movement collaborations at SVA

For 2025 we’re collaborating with movement artists and dancers to create new connections between them and visual artists. Visit SVA on Sunday mornings during Open Studios to see Brenda Waite and Sharon Gimpel, to see how movement artists interact in the SVA studios.

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Open Studios Weekend 2
Jun
21
to Jun 22

Open Studios Weekend 2

In 2025 81 artists open their studio doors in 40 locations in the Stroud Valleys :

In 2025 81 artists open their studio doors in 40 locations in the Stroud Valleys : Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd June 11am - 5pm

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Pecha Kucha
Jun
17

Pecha Kucha

Come to the 6th Pecha Kucha Night at SVA.. 8 visual artists present their diverse practices in this brilliant format: 20 slides x 20 seconds.  It's hugely engaging, an emotional ride and a rare glimpse into the minds and workings of artists. Don’t miss it!

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Dance and movement collaborations at SVA
Jun
15

Dance and movement collaborations at SVA

For 2025 we’re collaborating with movement artists and dancers to create new connections between them and visual artists. Visit SVA on Sunday mornings during Open Studios to see Brenda Waite and Sharon Gimpel, to see how movement artists interact in the SVA studios.

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Fresh Work from GPC
Jun
14
to Jun 22

Fresh Work from GPC

The GPC (Gloucestershire Printmaking Cooperative) is a fantastic Stroud based printmaking facility that facilitates imagemakers in Gloucestershire.

We have planned a diverse exhibition for SITE Open Studios 2025 throughout the studios and gallery, consisting of original prints that embrace different themes and processes.

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Hue and Eye - Approaches to Colour in Painting
Jun
14
to Jun 22

Hue and Eye - Approaches to Colour in Painting

This exhibition showcases the paintings of Vanessa Clemente Vincerò and Mick Mills. While both artists emphasise the value of abstract formal elements, such as line, tone and composition to inform their visual language, the expressive use of colour is at the core of their artistic practice.

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PaintPrintClay
Jun
14
to Jun 22

PaintPrintClay

Three women artists: paintings, printmaking and ceramics in a historic house PLUS cream teas served in the garden (weather permitting)! What’s not to like?

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Studio 3 : Open Studio
Jun
14
to Jun 22

Studio 3 : Open Studio

Studio 3 is a collective of artists sharing skills, teaching techniques and creating mixed media artworks. Myrn Fisher, Alice Lovegrove, Marta Mistrzyk and Hannah O’Kelly.

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The Studios Collective
Jun
14
to Jun 22

The Studios Collective

The Studios is home to a collective of multidisciplinary artists who work independently from their own spaces exploring a range of mediums in clay, glass, mosaic, stone and textiles. Dawn Almasi, Millie Beaumont, Johannes Steuck, Natalie Case, Anna Palmer, Marion Mitchell and Helen Rogers.

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THISS 2025
Jun
14
to Jun 22

THISS 2025

Ten artists from across the south west and London respond to the theme of adaptable matter at The Hide’s outdoor sculpture exhibition, now in its fourth year.

Artist-Curator Alice Sheppard Fidler is joined by Jessica Akerman, Barbara Bayer, Flora Bradwell, Luke Chin-Joseph, Will Cruickshank, Liz Elton, Chantal Powell, Valentino Vannini and Andrea Wright.

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Tapestry : Union Street
Jun
14
to Jun 22

Tapestry : Union Street

The artists of Union Street present a new show ‘Tapestry’, incorporating jewellery, textiles, ceramics, folk art sculpture, painting, illustration and animation. Artists; Heidi Hockenjos, Clemency Calkin, Lorraine Robbins, Tom Sears, Georgina Olley, Jim Pilston, Lucy Inder.

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Coach House Collective
Jun
14
to Jun 22

Coach House Collective

Three independent dance artists with differing approaches, all centred around a deep understanding of the moving body. Visitors are invited to dip into a rolling programme of film, writing and live practise and performance.

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The Dreaming Ancestors
Jun
14
to Jun 22

The Dreaming Ancestors

Patricia Brien & Louise van den Muyzenberg : Mixing metaphors, visitations and projections, this collaborative and independent project pursues near-ancient kin as if they existed once, or will in the coming times.

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