Gallery & PEDAS News

'ART OF POETRY' is showing now at the Gallery Upstairs, open daily until 3 April 

Escape into Poetry and Painting at the Gallery Upstairs - in a truly engrossing exhibition of artworks created in response to poetry written by Members of ​Poole Poetry Collective 
With ceramics by Joanna Wakefield.
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POOLE POETRY COLLECTIVE is a Dorset based grass-roots poetry group (Established 2009), a community of writers and readers of poetry. They meet together regularly to discuss established poets, poetry forms, new poetry and to support each other in creating, publishing and performing their own work.

After successfully responding to an invitation to collaborate with photographers and write poetry in response to work in the photography exhibition Neat Image in 2022, members had the idea to reverse the process and invite artists to make work in response to fifty original poems created by the group. They are also fortunate to have a ceramic artist amongst their members and are pleased to include her work in the show.

Exhibition finishes 3rd April.​

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And Looking Ahead at the Gallery Upstairs...
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7th - 18th April
THE ART OF PAINTING ​DIFFERENT REALITIES
Paintings by PAM MARSHALL and SARAH MCDONALD.
A vibrant exhibition of striking paintings by two distinctly different Dorset artists.  

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​20th April - 1st May
Anita Lawrence, Keala Richards, Cordelia Rampley, Franziska Conrad in an exhibition entitled  
IMAGINE

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5th - 22nd May - EQUILIBRIUM (PEDAS Spring exhibition)
An exhibition celebrating the importance of observation and composition, members of Poole & East Dorset Art Society (PEDAS) create artworks for ‘Equilibrium’.
​The focus of this exhibition is to find a great composition – one that is interesting, unexpected and yet feels ‘right’.

​The Gallery Upstairs is run by Poole and East Dorset Art Society (PEDAS).
Check out the Poole and East Dorset Art Society programme of activities here.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMME 
Meetings on WEDNESDAY afternoons, visitors welcome.
Time: 2 pm - 4 pm
Alderney Manor Community Centre, 287 Herbert Avenue  BH12 4HT 
BMOYC = bring materials of your choice.
​£3 for members, £5 for non-members. ​Accurate at time of writing, always check website for changes.​

29 March – Life Class with Trish
 
5 April – Karen Mallik 
Japanese Print
 
12 April – Break for Easter

19 April - Sue Smith
Painting Spring flowers

26 April - Untutored, Glass Still Life
Please bring a couple of glass objects to paint in the media of your choice.

3 May - Clothed model
Drawing /painting from clothed seated model.

10 May - Coronation Party
Bring your favourite photo from the coronation and use it to create a painting. 
We can have a display of our paintings and perhaps have cakes and a small party. 

17 May - Julie Herring
Painting / drawing Natural objects.  Julie will bring a selection of natural objects to draw and paint. BMOYC

24 May - Two Musicians
A return of your favourite guitar duo! BMOYC​

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PEDAS ART TOUR
Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels
Wednesday 11 to Sunday 15 October 2023 
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We are excited to announce that our planned ART TRIP will go ahead and our transport and accommodation is booked via Angela Holidays.  We are a group of 23 staying at the IBIS HOTEL, Antwerp City Centre.  Should anyone else wish to join us there are still twin/double rooms available (no singles) and the cost is £500 which includes transport from Poole/Bournemouth direct to Antwerp with Bed and Breakfast Accommodation. Two day trips to Ghent and Brussels with a full itinerary of places to visit in both cities.
For further information contact: Carole Gadsby or John Biggs via contact@pedas.org.uk