studio and project space for contemporary art

Abstraction
8th-12th May
Monday-Fridays 10am-5pm
Saturdays 10am-4pm
The Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud GL5 1AE
Maggie Shaw and Noela Bewry, who belong to a group of abstract painters under the name Parkbench, have co-curated this exhibition to showcase the work of the group, as well as that of a selection of established abstract artists, living in the wider area around Stroud.

Doublefold
6th-27th May
Saturday 5th May 3.30pm-5.30pm
following weekends 12noon-6pm
weekdays 11am-6pm by arrangement
01453 883699 in advance or email joanna.greenhill@googlemail.com
St Mary’s of the Angels, St Mary’s Way, Brownshill, Stroud GL6 8AS
In this Arts and Crafts building, which has been recently passed to The Friends of Friendless Churches for the benefit of the village, Joanna Greenhill and James Porter will show separate works in a new collaboration. Doublefold will comprise of video, and sculpture works. The works share a common theme of doubling; respecting the building’s history, while creating new meanings, which align to the changed identity of the building.

Golden is Silence
5th-27th May
Friday-Sunday 11am-4pm
Saturday 19th May 9pm Performance
Unit 33, Merrywalks, Stroud
goldenissilence.wordpress.com
Expanding upon the concerns of their previous collaborative exhibitions Rikke Lundgreen, Helen Smith, Anita Wernström and Jennie Fagerström re-coalesce to form Golden Is Silence.

Barber of Seville
OperaUpClose
Friday 11th May 8pm
The Subscription Rooms, Stroud
www.kingsheadtheatre.com
The Barber of Seville has been transported to Jane Austen's England, a world of rich, eligible bachelors, feisty heroines and snobbish relations familiar from much-loved BBC costume dramas.

The Performance Exchange
11th-13th May
Friday 6pm-10pm, Saturday 10am-9pm
Sunday 10am-5pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
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The Performance Exchange brings together an exciting and ambitious weekend of performance art, screenings, discussions and an exhibition of performative works. Curated by Soozy Roberts, the weekend will explore the exchange between audience, artist-led spaces, performers and site.

Darren Almond Sometimes Still
5th-10th May
Saturday 10am-3pm
Sunday-Wednesday 11am-7pm, Thursday 11am-9pm
Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP
www.darbyshire.uk.com
www.whitecube.com
SVA, the Site Festival host organisation, is pleased to announce that the opening exhibition will be Sometimes Still by Darren Almond, supported by Darbyshire and White Cube. Sometimes Still is an imposing six-screen high-definition video Almond filmed on Mt. Hiei near Kyoto, Japan, over several years. This will be its first showing in the UK.

You are invited to the Site Festival launch on

Saturday 5th May 6pm 

Featuring

Darren Almond Sometimes Still  Brunel Goods Shed, Station Yard, Stroud GL5 3AP  6pm-9pm
supported by Darbyshire and White Cube

Butch Queen, First Time in Drag  Badbrook Basement Project Space, Bath Street, Stroud  7pm-8.30pm

Golden is Silence  Unit 33, Merrywalks, Stroud  7pm-8.30pm

Kitty Lake’s Cabinet  The Weaving Shed, 29 High Street, Stroud  7pm- 8.30pm

(I am the space where I am) 1 Middle Street, Stroud  7pm-8.30pm

Roger Jones, Rough Magic: New Sculpture  Lansdown Hall and Gallery Lansdown, Stroud  7pm-8.30pm

Fast Food Faster Paintings  Golden Fish Bar, London Road, Stroud  7.30pm-9pm

Brickhouse Incarnation 8  SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud  8pm-late
conceived by artist and curator Guy Gormley and designer Thomas Bush

followed by

Top Nice after party Paul B.Davis, Endgame and Top Nice resident djs 
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA 9pm-3am
Please note tickets are limited. RSVP to brickhouse@sva.org.uk

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