Words And Pictures

‘WORDS AND PICTURES’ – THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION

10 -16 October 2012

 

  • During this year’s Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, Gardens Gallery is hosting Words and Pictures, an exhibition celebrating the art of illustration.
  • Featured artists include Cheltenham-based Lo Cole (www.locole.co.uk) whose work regularly appears in the Guardian, among other publications, and original watercolours by children’s book illustrator Jackie Morris (www.jackiemorris.co.uk).
  • We will also be showing a selection of limited edition prints from the BOD Collection — faithfully restored from the original illustrations of Joanne Cole (Lo’s mother) — to celebrate 50 years since the first BOD picture book was published.

 

  • Open Daily: 10am – 7pm

 

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WHERE ARE WE/CONTACT US?

POSTCODE: GL50 1SW

MONTPELLIER GARDENS

The Gardens were originally developed in the early 1800's and its centrepiece is the Bandstand.

Facing the Bandstand is the Proscenium Building where we now have our Gallery.

Follow https://tinyurl.com/MontpellierGardens for a history of the gardens and https://www.facebook.com/MontpellierGardens/about for information about Friends of the Bandstand and Gardens(FOMBAG).

ACCESS

  1. There is wheelchair access to the gallery from the path between the tennis courts and the gallery.
  2. For exhibitors delivering their work, there is a locked bollard to be removed at the gardens entrance. See link below for details.
  3. Unfortunately, there is no disabled parking in the gardens.
  4. Exhibitors should take care to design their exhibition layout with wheelchair use in mind.

For full information about accessibility, please follow this link:

FOOTFALL

 Typical annual foot-fall is 22000.

If we take out the impact of Festivals then the weekly average is 400 per week.

This varies according to the variables of weather, social media, networking, number of artists, and the appeal of the Exhibition

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