The Gallery at the end of the Lane actually opened its doors for the first time this afternoon. Despite the constant rain, the gallery felt light and airy, and the exhibits made reference to the natural world around us, even using many found objects.
Simon created a natural object sculpture trail, following the Cotswold Way- more on this in a separate posting.
A group of us spent a couple of days making art, putting the world to rights and generally chilling out followed by finalising our mini exhibition, which was a try out for the official opening in September.
It was amazing how, once we started curating (that's deciding what to exhibit, how and where to you and me!) the space became so welcoming, enclosing and safe as a place of artistic refuge.
We believe that everyone who visits will love this little gallery and take it to their hearts. The changing exhibitions will provide beauty, challenge, fun and above all art to all people, not just those who can afford to travel to big cities and extravagant venues. It will provide a welcoming environment for those that wish to exhibit in such a space. We are currently taking bookings for 2013 so if you are interested, then please contact me to discuss.
A massive thanks to Josie, Ine, Simon, Dani, Lindsay and Pam and thanks Tricia and everyone's families and friends for supporting us over the last few days and an especially big thank you to Paul, without whom this wouldn't have happened as I might have been the ideas person but I needed someone with the practical skills to make it happen in reality!
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