April 2018 – John Wallett

‘SHIFT#2’ by John Wallett
‘Over The Sofa Fortnight’
This week and next John Wallett will be showing a selection of print work Over the Sofa in the Wivenhoe Bookshop.
John talks here bout the work:
“A couple of years ago I started doing printmaking evening classes with Kitty Reford at Colchester Institute. Printmaking brought many artistic preoccupations back together […]

The Long Spring – with Laurence Rose & Richard Allen

Art Exhibition & Book Launch

‘The Long Spring’
6.30pm Friday 16th March
Wivenhoe Bookshop
& 7.30pm at the Nottage Institute
Entry £4 on the door
Wivenhoe Quay
Join us for the launch of Laurence Rose’s The Long Spring  – we’ll start with the Private View of Wivenhoe artist Richard Allen’s beautiful illustrations for the book at the Bookshop Shed, and proceed to […]

March 2018 – Jean McCarthy

‘Fritillaria’ by Jean McCarthy
Jean McCarthy will be showing in the gallery during March. She talks about her work here:
‘After studying for a degree in  Education and  Art (Painting and  pottery)  I spent many years teaching with the elements of  pattern, texture, line and colour underpinning much of my work across a wide curriculum. (Not to […]

Wivensnow – latest news

PFriends, due to this ‘beastly’ weather we’ve had to jiggle our classes and events times a little.
We are closed today, Friday 2nd March, but the bookshop will be open as usual on Saturday 3rd March
The amendments are as follows:
‘My Europe’ 6.30pm Fri 2nd March Essex Book Festival event at the bookshop rescheduled ’til 6.30pm Fri […]