Please join us for the Celebration of Cranes event on Saturday 22nd November at the Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre in Stoke St Gregory to mark the fifth anniversary of an inspiring project that aims to reintroduce Cranes to the Somerset Levels. An iconic bird, the crane has been featured in art throughout the centuries and yet has been missing from our landscape for the past 400 years – until now, surely that is worthy of a celebration? Full story: Read more
Martin Cousin “One of the most exceptional pianists of his generation” Live at Ilminster Arts Centre, 6th February 2015
The hands that you see playing Rachmaninoff’s breathtaking Piano Concerto No 3 in the Oscar-winning film Shine, belong to Martin Cousin, a young man who is regarded as one of the most exceptional pianists of his generation. Now, thanks to the arts charity Concerts in the West, audiences in Somerset will have the chance to see those hands live in action on 6 February at Ilminster Arts Centre. Full story: Read more
Original Modern & Contemporary British Prints Exhibition, Taunton 25 October–24 November 2014
On seeing Will Shakspeare’s new exhibition space in his former Taunton glass studio, Geoffrey Bertram of Bertram Arts was inspired to suggest an exhibition of original Modern and Contemporary British prints be held there, accompanied by specially selected pieces of Will’s glass. Full story: Read more