Dec 2018 – 7″ x 9″ Annual Retrospective
Year’s end once more, and time for our Over the Sofa gallery annual retrospective, the 7″ x 9″ exhibition.
As ever the gallery is filled with fabulous work by some of Wivenhoe’s finest artists.
All of the works are on sale, and it’s a marvellous opportunity to find yourself an affordable tiny treasure from a fine artist.
This […]
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‘Deck the Walls’ – Christmas Art Show in the Shed
Our ‘Deck the Walls’ art exhibition will be open in the Bookshop Shed as part of this year’s Wivenhoe Christmas Presence art trail.
The exhibition will be open from 10.00 – 5.00pm on Saturdays, and 10.00 – 4.00pm on Sundays for 3 weekends from 24th November to 9th December.
It’s a fabulous opportunity to discover a trail […]
Free Workshop – Mental Health and My Queer Self
‘Mental Health and My Queer Self’
with LaJohn Joseph
6.30 – 8.30pm Tues 30th Oct
Wivenhoe Bookshop Shed
23 High St, CO7 9BT
This is a free workshop
To book contact sheenaghkanna@gmail.com
This is a free workshop for queer people who have experienced a mental health crisis, or supported a partner through one. It is free, it is very informal, we will […]
Nov 2018 – Richard Allen
Richard Allen will be showing the beautiful linocuts from his new book ‘Garden Birds’, published by Wivenhoe’s Jardine Press, at the gallery during November.
Here he talks about his lifelong passion for ornithology:
“Some of my earliest birdwatching memories are of birds in our small narrow garden in Berkshire. I can still vividly recall the Blackbird singing […]
R.I.P. Dr Colin Phillips
Dr Colin Phillips
It is with great sadness that I bring news of the passing of Dr Colin Phillips.
Colin lectured in philosophy at the University of Essex from 1975 to 1984, when he took early retirement. He was awarded a first class honours degree in philosophy from Trinity College Cambridge and completed his PhD at Swansea. […]
