Artist in Residence

Alison Kirby has already started her month long artist in residency, by making all kinds of exciting discoveries about the local area in her research on land boundaries, ownership and the history round Coaley. For instance, did you know there was a Roman temple nearby, on the way to Uley? And have you ever wondered what is over beyond the gliding club at Nymsfield....? and of course we know that there is a long prehistory in the local area- the long barrows on top of the Cotswold escarpment, the Iron Age fort at Uley Bury and so on. But how about those mysterious green lanes that have almost disappeared round Coaley, the tracks up to the top that are solely bridle paths now, but once must have had riders and their horses taking them on business, travelling up and down the Cotswolds, herding the sheep that were the mainstay of income in much of the area... and all those springs. Is it surprising that there is evidence of prehistoric and Roman worship in a land that bursts forth water?

It is exciting to see what Alison is uncovering, and it will be even more revelatory, when we see the art that springs from those discoveries.