THE 2014 Thurrock Art Trail (ThAT) starts in just two weeks on Saturday 6 September.
Now in its third year, the Trail includes 13 venues in 7 of Thurrock’s towns and villages. Around 80 artists will be displaying their work.
Venues include the Thurrock Riverside Nature Park in Mucking; the Well House and Swan Galleries in Horndon; the High House Artists’ Studios in Purfleet; the Thameside Complex foyer in Grays; and four church buildings.
"We hope the public will come out and see that art isn’t something elitist but for everyone," says Tim Harrold, one of ThAT’s facilitators. "We hope ThAT will inspire more creativity as people realise that anyone can express themselves in all sorts of different ways."
The artists come from all backgrounds, ages, abilities and a wide variety of practices. There are painters, sculptors and photographers; those who work in collage, mixed media and textiles; portraitists and landscapers; abstractionists and conceptualists – something for everyone!
ThAT culminates with weekend of events at High House Production Park. On Friday 19 September, the Artists’ Studios will be open to the public from 10am to 5pm. This will feature a ‘Sculpture Yard’. At 6pm there will be a ‘Pop Up Gallery’ in the Backstage Centre, followed at 7.30pm by a Showcase event featuring a local poet, folk singer, pop artist and a couple of surprises. On Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st the Artists’ Studios and Sculpture Yard will be open from 11am to 4pm.
More information on this and all the other ThAT events are available on www.thurrockarts.com, @thurrockarts and www.facebook.com/ThurrockArtsTrail.
Full list of ThAT 2014 venues & groups
1.
Well House Gallery
Saturday 6 to Sunday 21 Sept.
High Road
Horndon on the Hill
SS17 8LF
Monday to Friday 10am-4pm (closed 12-1pm)
Saturday 10am-5pm (closed 12-1pm)
Sunday 3-6pm
Contact: Lisa Anderson
www.wellhousegallery.co.uk
07946 530379
2.
Studio 19
Barry Andrews with Paul Harrison
Saturday 6 to Monday 8
Friday 12 & Saturday 13
Monday 15
Friday 19 to Sunday 21 Sept.
5 Ash Walk
South Ockendon
RM15 6TY
11am-4pm daily
Contact: Barry Andrews
07797 105078 / 01708 671023
http://www.barryandrews.co.uk/
3.
Art & Photography Show
School Arts & photography by Rebecca Street
Saturday 6 to Friday 12 Sept.
Grays Methodist Church
Lodge Lane
Grays
RM17 5PU
Contact: David Bates
4.
Expressions of the Soul
The paintings of Christian Squibb, Itan Deterville & Rowena Wright
Saturday 6 to Friday 19 Sept. (except Sunday)
Thameside Complex foyer gallery
Orsett Road
Grays
RM17 5DX
10am-5pm daily
Contact: Thameside Box Office
0845 3005264
5.
Craft Candy Jewellery Show
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7
Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 Sept.
148 London Road
Grays
RM17 5YD
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 10am-4pm
then 10am-5pm daily
Yarn Bombing will be on display at High House Production Park, Purfleet, from the Monday 8 Sept.
Contact: Susan Burns
Facebook: susan burns creative jewellery
07766 987314
6.
Realist Urban Landscapes
Paul Harrison with Barry Andrews
Saturday 6 to Sunday 21 Sept.
19 Mayflower Close
South Ockendon
RM15 6HZ
10am to 6pm daily
To arrange a viewing, please contact…
Paul Harrison
01708 671342 / 07807 293733
www.facebook.com/PSHFA
7.
Swan Song
The Dacha Group at The Swan Gallery
Sunday 7 to Monday 22 Sept.
The Swan
High Road
Horndon on the Hill
SS17 8LD
Pub opening times
Contact: Jane Barry
07552 199697
8.
Art at St Mary’s
Saturday 13 Sept.
St Mary’s Church
High Road
North Stifford
RM16 5UE
10am-4pm
Contact: Anne Symons
9.
Mucking Marvels
Wildlife & Landscape paintings,
Multimedia Timeline & Wildlife Photography
Saturday 13 to Sunday 21 Sept.
including Wildlife Photography workshop on 10am-1pm Saturday 20 September – Booking Essential
Essex Wildlife Trust
Thurrock Thameside Nature Park
Cory Environmental Trust Visitor Centre
Mucking Wharf Road
Mucking
Stanford-le-Hope
SS17 0RN
9am to 5pm daily
Contact: Renae Laybourn
10.
GPC Arts & Crafts
Thursday 18 & Saturday 20 Sept.
Gateway People’s Centre
2 High Street
Stanford le Hope
SS17 OEY
10am -2pm both days
Contact: Anne Walker
07505 425247
01375 398082
11.
High House Artists
ENAS Open Studios
Friday 19 to Sunday 21 Sept.
High House Artists’ Studios
off Purfleet Bypass
Purfleet
RM19 1AS
Friday 10am-5pm
Private View & Pop-Up Gallery at Backstage Centre 6-7.30pm
+ Open Vision Showcase 7.30pm
Saturday 11am-4pm
Sunday 11am-4pm
Contact: Tim Harrold
www.thurrockarts.com
07929 878089
