SAW News

  • 17 Jan 2012 - 2:21pm
    Artists looking for studio space: Pamela Maxfield - paintings and drawings.Emerging artist creating smallish scale (max 2' x 2', many smaller) paintings and drawings, mostly landscapes and seascapes in a variety of media. Has sold a number of paintings in previous exhibitions. Retired, with plenty of free time and practical skills to offer. Please contact the SAW office for contact...
    gslocombe
  • 12 Jan 2012 - 9:36am
    Freelance Designer wanted for Somerset Art Weeks 2012Fee £3,500 inclusive (April - July 2012) We are looking for an experienced freelance designer to produce:Printed Guide - to promote the event and provide information for visitors (to be distributed in early July) Adapt the front cover of the guideProduce advertising artworks, flyers, banners to be used on SAW website  ...
    gslocombe
  • 31 Jan 2012 - 2:41pm
    Please see copy of Minutes from SAW AGM dated 18th November 2011
    ssutcliffe
  • 11 Jan 2012 - 9:45am
    You may have seen the exhibition of SAW's Cranes during Art Weeks 2011, now you have the chance to see the real thing! If you fancy seeing one of Somerset’s newest and most spectacular attractions – the cranes -  you can now do it in style by booking onto one of the RSPB’s ‘Date with Nature’ events – details attached.
    gslocombe
  • 16 Dec 2011 - 1:47pm
    The Maximum Exposure artist commissions are progressing with all of the artists well into the research and initial production of their proposed projects.  Illuminos continue their site visits to the pillboxes of our landscape and are starting to work with a local coordinator who will assist them in raising awareness of the project locally and also gathering  knowledge on the pillboxes...
    beccy_swaine
  • 15 Dec 2011 - 2:01pm
    Take a look at a new report on the value of contemporary visual arts in places away from urban conurbations.  This evaluation study was commissioned by North by NorthWest, a consortium of 12 publicly funded visual arts organisations who support, promote and develop the contemporary visual arts in Lancashire and Cumbria. In a difficult economic climate, the...
    beccy_swaine
  • 7 Dec 2011 - 4:04pm
    SAW occassionally needs additional Marketing and PR expertise and we are interested to hear from freelancers offering Marketing and PR services.At present this would be on an occassional basis only and future plans are subject to funding. If you are interested in following this up please send a one page letter outlining your experience and areas of interest, and a CV if available. Send by email...
    beccy_swaine
  • 9 Nov 2011 - 12:20pm
    On Friday 14 October 2011, SAW held a day seminar titledMaking Matters: Making Places Growing from our experience as part of the cross-sector Company of Voices intergenerational project, SAW invited national speakers to explore and discuss the role of arts practice in community engagement work.  The seminar was for project workers, artists, the voluntary sector, commissioners,...
    beccy_swaine