Fen Ditton Gallery Exhibition Programme
Green Shoots
Fen Ditton Gallery is delighted to start the New Year with an exhibition which highlights different artistic responses to the colour green.
Winter Lights Christmas Exhibition
EXTENDED OPENING TIMES: Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th December 11am - 2pm
Fen Ditton Gallery are shining a festive light on artists and makers this Christmas.
Winter Lights continues the gallery’s Conversation with Trees with some fine engravings by master wood engraver Andy English; stunning woodfired vessels by Skye potter Patricia Shone; sustainably sourced wood work by Tim Plunkett; Rebecca Jewell’s limited edition birdsong silk scarves as well as a new selection of photographs by Paul Hart together with further copies of his new photobook ‘Fragile’
In a modest but beautiful ‘pre-loved’ element to Winter Lights we have sourced one or two gems of mid twentieth century domestic pottery from a private collection. This includes three beautiful Ray Finch (1914-2012) woodfired teabowls. Finch took on Winchcombe Pottery from Michael Cardew and carried on producing his strong, functional wares well into his nineties. Also available is a delightful tenmoku glazed tea set by Harry and Mary Davis (1910-1986/1914-1998) made at their 1950s Crowan Pottery, Cornwall which they established after meeting at, and working with, Bernard Leach at St Ives and before leaving England to work in West Africa; South America and finally New Zealand.
All this is on show alongside new paintings by Rosemary Cullum and a vibrant selection of other prints and drawings by gallery artists including Nigel Hall RA whose new show has just opened at Towner Gallery Eastbourne.
Other Winter Lights include jewellery by Janet Powell and glassware by Yorkshire’s Gillies Jones.
Opening times: 29th November - 8th December
Fridays 11am - 4pm
Weekends 10am - 5pm
Other times by appointment, contact info@fendittongallery.com / 01223 295657 to book
JOIN US FOR FESTIVE COFFEE AND CAKE
11am – 1pm on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 8 December
A Conversation with Trees
We are delighted to invite you to ‘A Conversation with Trees’, the next exhibition in our continuing series of Art and Environment inspired shows.
Including works inspired by both the beauty of trees as well as the materiality and physical properties that have historically been so important in aiding the practice of artists and makers.
Thoughts of Summer: From the sketchbook and studio wall
As the summer draws to a close, we invite you to come and see what our artists have been up to in this exhibition of sketches and works inspired by their recent travels in the UK and beyond.
Artist Residency: Kay Goodridge
Local artist/photographer, Kay Goodridge, is our artist-in-residence this August, exploring the meaning of ‘home’.
Summer Exhibition
A mixed exhibition to celebrate some of the gallery artists that we have had the pleasure of showing over the past few months, including new works by Rosemary Cullum and David Emond, as well as recent fenland works from Kittie Jones’ artist residency.
Original prints will once again feature in the form of nature prints by Rebecca Jewell, etchings by Norman Ackroyd and Roger Law, and screenprints from our recent exhibition ‘A Gathering of Friends: Prints from Kip Gresham Editions’, including works by Hurvin Anderson, Willard Boepple, Stephen Chambers, Nigel Hall and Soheila Sokhanvari, alongside paintings and drawings from exciting emerging artists Otis Blease, Euan Evans, Felix Higham, Agnes Treherne and Olly Williamson, and glass vases designed by Kathryn M Holford.
Kittie Jones: Artist Residency Open Studio
We look forward to welcoming award-winning wildlife artist and regular gallery exhibitor, Kittie Jones, to take up residency at the gallery.
A Gathering of Friends: Prints from Kip Gresham Editions
A Gathering of Friends celebrates the gallery’s relationship with Kip Gresham and The Print Studio, Cambridge, through a newly selected collection of prints by just a few of the many artists, across three generations, who have, like us, found working with Kip both a revelation and a productive delight.
Remembering Kathryn M Holford
In March 2024, Fen Ditton Gallery will stage a major exhibition to celebrate the life of one of the UK’s leading glass designers, who stepped away from the hustle of commercial design at the height of her career to find peace in her own creative practice.
The exhibition will showcase some of Kathryn M Holford’s most significant works in glass and paint, including a specially produced limited edition vase made by master glassmaker Bob Crooks, with whom Kathryn often collaborated.
Voices in Drawing
Showcasing the work of six emerging artists, recently graduated from the prestigious Drawing Year at The Royal Drawing School.
Exhibiting artists: Otis Blease, Euan Evans, Felix Higham, Ellie Lonsdale, Agnes Treherne and Olly Williamson
Gallery Artists January Exhibition
To start the year, we are open with a selection of works by our regular artists and makers.
The exhibition is open by appointment only, please contact us on info@fendittongallery.com to book or call 01223 295657
Including works by: Stephen Bird, Willard Boepple, Alan Davie, Stephen Chambers, Rosemary Cullum, David Emond, Nigel Hall, Gillies Jones, Lara Scobie
Wintering
A mixed exhibition to celebrate the beauty of Winter…
Long shadows, crisp walks and snow covered trees... winter is beautiful. We're celebrating that, and the artists that it inspires, in a curated mixed exhibition including prints, photography, painting, photography and much more.
Exhibiting artists include: Norman Ackroyd, Lotte Attwood, Rosemary Cullum, Anthony Day, Mingyu Du, David Emond, Andy English, Justin Hawkes, Kathryn Holford and Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas
Going Yellow
14th October - 12th November
Autumn leaves, sunshine, light – there are so many life enhancing associations with this vibrant colour. We are delighted to celebrate that this autumn with a mixed media exhibition drawing together artists who have found new ways of drawing attention to the colour’s expressive, and symbolic power. Works range from the brilliant thread works of textile artist Ptolemy Mann, subject of a new podcast by Hannah which is available to listen to here to screenprints by Willard Boepple, Nigel Hall and Stephen Chambers, created in collaboration with Kip Gresham studio, and new works in both glass and ceramic.
David Emond: Light, Colour, Pattern
Fen Ditton Gallery are delighted to work with Cambridge artist David Emond to present a new perspective on a lifetime of creating. Light, Colour, Pattern brings together a collection of David’s drawings, painting and installations spanning the last 45 years.
Gallery Artists August Exhibition
An exhibition of works from some of the established and emerging artists we have had the pleasure of working with
Artist-in-Residence: Chris Winch "Time and Tied"
Artist-in-Residence: Chris Winch
Fen Ditton Gallery are delighted to welcome our third artist-in-residence, Chris Winch.
After visiting our Art and the River Deben exhibition (Autumn 2022), Chris was inspired to explore his own long-standing connection to the River. He is a regular visitor to the Deben, sailing and investigating the myriad of creeks and shallows.
Shards and Sources
Fen Ditton Gallery is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Kip Gresham of the Print Studio launching a new body of work with leading American sculptor Willard Boepple (b.1945). Shards and Their Sources’ sheds new light on the 20 year dialogue between a master printer and a sculptor.
Contemporary Printmaking Prize: Selling Exhibition
This free-to-enter open call received over 600 entries and highlights the very best of contemporary printmaking in the UK today.
This is your opportunity to browse and buy works from established and emerging printmakers, whose work has been selected by our panel of distinguished judges
UNDISCOVERED: Pop-up Exhibition
Fen Ditton Gallery are once again shining a spotlight on the next generation of artists, bringing you a pop-up exhibition of emerging talents.
Art, Science and the Natural World
Art, Science and the Natural World is explored in this third exhibition, with three resident artists of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative; Sarah Gillespie, Rebecca Jewell and Esther Tyson
Art and Rivers
The second exhibition is a series of back-to-back exhibitions celebrating artists' responses to the natural world, this time taking a wider look at rivers and their inhabitants.
Art and the River Deben
The first of two newly commissioned cross-disciplinary exhibitions exploring artists’ connections to rivers which launches our Art and Environment season. Art and The River Deben celebrates Suffolk’s River Deben which flows for nearly 25 miles from its source near Debenham to the North Sea at Felixstowe Ferry. All the artists have longstanding connections to the River Deben.
Art and Environment: An Autumn Season
Art and Environment is explored in three different ways this autumn with two newly commissioned back-to back-exhibitions celebrating artists responses to ‘Rivers’ followed by a show linked to a new residency programme at Cambridge Conservation Centre.
One Year On
Note: This exhibition has been extended and viewings can be made by appointment. Contact info@fendittongallery.com to book
A year ago, Hannah launched the Young Collectors Club, building on her work with Amanda and Lotte at Fen Ditton Gallery. Our first show of the autumn celebrates this anniversary with a collection of new works, selected by Lotte and Hannah focussing on emerging artists Otis Blease and Felix Higham (introduced to the gallery in Voices of Drawing last year) and works by Joanna Cohn and Johannah Muriel, who are showing their prints with us for the first time.
Cambridge Open Studios
You are invited to join Lotte Attwood, Rosemary Cullum and Janet Powell at Fen Ditton Gallery on the first two weekends of July for the annual Cambridge Open Studios.
Exhibited works include; black and white handprinted photographs, oil and mixed media paintings and contemporary gold and silver jewellery.
Opening times: 10am - 5pm
Sat 2nd / Sun 3rd July
Sat 9th / Sun 10th July
In Dialogue 4: Impossible Forms
Fen Ditton Gallery is delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of In Dialogue a series of four week-long displays throughout the month of May curated in collaboration with Fen Ditton Gallery Advisor, Amanda Game.
In Dialogue 3: Old Questions/New Answers
Fen Ditton Gallery is delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of In Dialogue a series of four week-long displays throughout the month of May curated in collaboration with Fen Ditton Gallery Advisor, Amanda Game.
In Dialogue 2: Fire and Ice
Fen Ditton Gallery is delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of In Dialogue a series of four week-long displays throughout the month of May curated in collaboration with Fen Ditton Gallery Advisor, Amanda Game.
In Dialogue 1: Life Rhythm
Fen Ditton Gallery is delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of In Dialogue a series of four week-long displays throughout the month of May curated in collaboration with Fen Ditton Gallery Advisor, Amanda Game.
In Dialogue: A series of four displays throughout May
Fen Ditton Gallery is delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of In Dialogue a series of four week-long displays throughout the month of May curated in collaboration with Fen Ditton Gallery Advisor, Amanda Game.
Slipware: An Oxford Ceramics Gallery exhibition
Fen Ditton Gallery is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Oxford Ceramics Gallery. The gallery, directed by James Fordham and Rachel Ackland, is acknowledged as one of the leading galleries in the field of studio ceramics. ‘Slipware’ is a newly researched exhibition, first launched in Oxford in 2021, now being re-imagined, with new additions, for Fen Ditton Gallery.