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heritage courtyard gallery and artist studios

wells, somerset

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WE'RE IN THE FINALS!

 

Thank you for helping us get to the finals of the Muddy Awards for Best Gallery in Somerset and Dorset!

Please help us win by voting for us one more time at https://dorsetsomerset.muddystilettos.co.uk/vote/

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WORKSHOPS COMING UP

NEW WORKSHOPS!
New LIFE CLASSES  with Ella Charles and Heather Wallace
for 2023 - Various dates

 

NEW DATES FOR APRIL AND MAY!

WHAT'S ON IN WELLS

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SOUND SCULPTURE IN WELLS CATHEDRAL

Thursday May 11th - July 3rd 2023

IN THE UNDERCROFT

ADMISSION FREE

BILL FONTANA

SILENT ECHOES, NOTRE DAME

UK PREMIERE

Since the early 1970s, Bill Fontana has made art from the amplified sound of chosen objects and places, interweaving discreet sounds into subtle acoustic landscapes. Following the disastrous fire on 15 April 2019 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, he designed a live sound sculpture across multiple audio channels at the IRCAM studios, using seismic accelerators attached to ten of the cathedral’s bells. Reduced to silence during the restoration works to the building, these bells nevertheless remained extraordinary recesses of sound. Each one responds through its tonality to the noises of the restoration worksite, the wind and the murmurs of the city. These complex sounds are then mixed into an ensemble relayed through loudspeakers into the stone-vaulted, perfect octagon of Wells Cathedral’s Undercroft. 

Through this installation, Wells, England joins Paris, France for a shared communion of sound and hope.

Silent Echoes is a co-production by IRCAM and the Centre Pompidou, in partnership with the public body overseeing the preservation and restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, which granted access to the worksite. It has been brought to Wells by Project Factory.

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Can you hear silent echoes?

Silent Echoes in Paris

COMING TO HERITAGE COURTYARD GALLERY

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Tina Hill

ID ARTISTS

Gail Mason, Vicki Campbell, Dawn Mason, Stephanie Wooster, Sara Parsons and Tina Hill

23rd June - 8th July

 

Shifting Spaces by iD-artists is an exhibition exploration of the themes of physical and emotional spaces. The artworks engage with a sense of the shifting space between disciplines and between concept and materiality.

Works exhibited include printmaking, painting, textiles, multimedia work, ceramics, and works on paper.

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Dawn Mason

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Sara Parsons

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Gail Mason

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Stephanie Wooster

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Vicki Campbell

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If you would like to hire our bright and welcoming gallery space

for a creative workshop, or for a private exhibition, please contact us.

(Applications for exhibitions will be assessed on a case by case basis.  Work will need to be commensurate with the contemporary vision of the gallery.)

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FIND US

SUPPORTING
ENCOURAGING

Heritage Courtyard Gallery and Studios

6 Heritage Courtyard

Sadler Street

Wells  BA5 2RR

Heritage Courtyard is through an archway next to Allan & Harris

on Sadler Street.

INSPIRING

CREATING

Gallery Opening hours during exhibitions:

Tuesday - Saturday  10am - 4pm.

Closed on Sunday and Monday.

Artists studios are open for visiting at other times as long as the artist is present or by appointment.

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