Exhibitions | anterosarts

Exhibitions run Tuesday - Saturday, 10am-5pm.

On the last day of an exhibition the gallery will close at 4pm

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CONNECTIONS by TOPstitch

21st November - 2nd December 2023

Open View: 23rd November 6-8pm

Textile Connections - a talk by Helen Durrant: 25th November 2-3pm

“CONNECTIONS” Is presented by TOPstitch, the well-known Norwich based textile art group. With new members, since last exhibiting at Anteros, each has been inspired to create pieces to form a connected series.

From classical to abstract, traditional to contemporary, using hand and machine embroidery and mixing media, the pieces showcase the divergent talents of the textile artists. The group then converges with a jigsaw presentation of stitchery where individual personalities are evident.

To accompany the exhibition, on Saturday 25th November 2-3pm, member Helen Durrant will be hosting a talk about the textile connection and techniques members of TOP stitch have used to create these unique pieces. Helen will talk about her own work inspired by wrought iron as well as some thoughts on the creative process and challenges she faced. Helen is an experienced Adult Education Lecturer. She trained as an Archaeologist and Museum Curator and worked with important social history collections at the Science Museum, Kirkcaldy and York . She took her city and Guild qualifications at Missenden Abbey specialising in machine embroidery techniques. She is committed to encouraging creativity and teaches from her home in Norwich as well as lecturing for special interest groups. This is a free event and there is no need to book. The talk will take place in our Music Room.

Members may be present throughout the exhibition, will be at the open view on Thursday 23rd November (6-8pm) and on Saturday afternoon, 2nd December, come and meet them.

Coming soon...

Another Time Another Space by Paul Rowland

5th-16th December
Main Gallery

Open View: 7th December 6-8pm
Meet the Artist: 16th December 2-4pm

Delve into this captivating collection of paintings that unveils the dual facets of inspiration driving Paul—both narratively and visually. Paul's artistic journey began at Gt. Yarmouth College of Art & Design (1976-80), with subsequent forays into Graphic Design and Publishing. Despite the diverse paths his life and career took, he always retained the desire to return to painting. Now he extends a warm invitation for you to accompany him on this journey of personal observations and interpretations.

Print Vs Paint by Stellabox Designs & Julia Tooley

8th & 9th December
Front Room Gallery

Linocut printmaker, Haychley Webb of Stellabox Designs, and gouache artist, Julia Tooley will be joining forces for a two-day pop-up exhibition! Ideal if you're out shopping for gifts, there ill be a large selection of framed linocut prints and original paintings, fine art giclee prints and a huge range of both greetings and Christmas cards!
@stellaboxdesigns
@juliatooleyart

Queer Art Market

16th-17th December across both galleries

Join us as Wild Frontier Markets take over our gallery spaces to host a queer art market and exhibition featuring 16 artists and makers. On the first day, explore and enjoy boutique shopping in our Front Room which will feature hand made sustainable clothing and textiles, queer themed art and jewellery. a fine art painting exhibition and more besides. Day two opens up to a larger art market, across both Front Room and Main Gallery spaces, including work from local print makers and ceramicists, photographers, illustrators and up cyclers.

Ideal if you're looking for a unique gift for a special someone!

Myth and Ceremony by Paul Levy and Mary Littlefield

13th-25th February
Main Gallery

Life in Pictures by Elizabeth Monahan

27th February – 23rd March 2024

Main Gallery & Front Room

A figurative artist, Elizabeth Monahan's paintings and drawings are almost entirely generated from watching and recording the everyday lives of people around her, particularly that of women and girls. Using a synthesis of stimuli, from the written word to photography, sketchbook drawings to memories of personal experiences, the images are about our ever-shifting connection with others and the endless intricacies of looking and being looked at.

Currently going through a period of transition, the work represented in this exhibition can be seen as an overview of Elizabeth’s practice to-date. The main body of work comprises figurative paintings and drawings that come from observed or felt experiences; they depict the details of people’s everyday lives, how they interact with each other and the public spaces they inhabit. These works are not a direct copy of reality, however, but re-imagined constructions that explore, through body language and facial expressions, a moment’s private drama, or an emotional frisson between two or more people.

The newer body of work demonstrates Elizabeth’s long-standing interest in female faces. Much freer in style, and more inward-looking in feeling than the earlier works, these mixed media pieces are principally an exploration into process, an answer to the question of how to make visible, through brush marks or drawn lines, an interior emotional life. Inspired by images of women found on social media or within the pages of magazines and books, what emerges are works that try to make silent, inner thoughts and feelings more discernible. They also function as self-portraits, acting as a vehicle through which Elizabeth communicates her own sense of herself in the world.

Elizabeth studied illustration at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art Design. After a period of working as a children’s book illustrator, she completed an MA Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts. Elizabeth has won several drawing prizes, and exhibited both locally and nationally. She is a qualified teacher and tutors art classes across the region, including at Anteros Arts Foundation. She also mentors other artists.