Events
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Each September we organise a ‘Discover Creative Campden Weekend’ when we hold a number of talks and other events to introduce people to the wealth of creativity that exists in Chipping Campden.
Listen to an interview about the 2010 weekend by clicking the link above
Previous years
Chipping Campden is home to a large number of creative folk who organise a wide variety of events which you can enjoy.
Here we list some of them; both within Chipping Campden, and events in which our members participate elsewhere.
To be kept informed by email, please contact:
Arthur Cunynghame
2012
January
Until 4 January
Twelve Days Of Christmas
A much broader range of artistic media than most traditional galleries.
www.thegalleryattheguild.co.uk
10 January 8.00pm
Trio Anima
Campden Music
Chipping Campden School
10 January – 11 March
Wizard Wheels: the Watsonian sidecar
Come and see a sidecar as used in the Harry Potter film The Deathly Hallows Part 1 and learn more about how the Watsonian Squire sidecar – manufactured on our doorstep in Blockley - has become a worldwide best seller and a design classic.
Court Barn Museum
13 January 7.30pm
The Lark Ascending
Charles Matthews, organist at St Catharine’s Church Chipping Campden and member of Creative Campden plays Vaughan Wiiliams’ The Lark Ascending, in a programme introduced by Dame Diana Rigg.
13 – 18 January
Schools Exhibition
St. James’s School at Gallery @ The Guild
20 – 25 January
Schools Exhibition
St. Catharine’s School at Gallery @ The Guild
27 – 1 February
Schools Exhibition
Chipping Campden School at Gallery @ The Guild
February
3 February – 14 March
Made Not Manufactured
Exhibition by Louisiana Chapman, Jeremy Green and Ros Ingram
Gallery @ The Guild
14 February 8.00pm
Sarah Fryer and Andrew Lumsden
Campden Music
Chipping Campden School
18 February 8.00pm
Creative Cows Comedy Club
March
Until 14 March
Made Not Manufactured
Exhibition by Louisiana Chapman, Jeremy Green and Ros Ingram
Gallery @ The Guild
13 March 8.00pm
The Heath Quartet with Matthew Hunt
Campden Music
Chipping Campden School
16 March – 25 April
A Feast Of Fun
Exhibition by Sue Calcutt, Tor Hildyard, Peter Lovelock, Kate Risdale
Gallery @ The Guild
20 March 10am - 4pm
Adult workshop: Pattern Power 1
An introduction to hand block printing with Sophie Blackwell. This inspirational day course introduces the idea of using blockprint as a quick and accessible way of creating surface design on paper and cloth. With a little historical background, information about equipment and materials, everyone is encouraged to immerse themselves in the fascinating process of combining pattern and colour. All equipment and materials provided – please wear old clothes. Cost £35
Court Barn Museum
24 March 8.00pm
Creative Cows Comedy Club
24 March – 25 March
“Best of British” Ceramic Design from 1870
A selling exhibition from AD Antiques. The Exhibition will feature Fine British Art Pottery by Factories and Designers such as William De Morgan, Martin Brothers, Wedgwood and Della Robbia.
Court Barn Museum
April
Until 25 April
A Feast Of Fun
Exhibition by Sue Calcutt, Tor Hildyard, Peter Lovelock, Kate Risdale
Gallery @ The Guild
4 April 10am - 5pm
Adult workshop: Colour knitting without patterns
Alison Dupernex
Whether your a beginner or improver join Alison for this one day workshop to become more confident with knitting.
Cost £35
Court Barn Museum
7 April – 15 April
Design and Decoration in Early 20th century Slipwares
A selling exhibition focussing on the graphic quality of early pottery by Cardew and Leach, complimented by contemporary work in a traditional idiom by Andrew McGarva.
Court Barn Museum
14 April 5.45pm
Lecture – John Edgeler: Ethel Mairet, Cardew and The New Handworkers Gallery.
Tickets £5
Court Barn Museum
16 - 18 April
Loose Chippings books at The London Book Fair
Visit us on the Independent Publishers Guild stand J200
26 April – Sun 1 July
An Endeavour in Printing; highlights from the Essex House Press Collection
The Essex House Press was a private printing press set up by the Guild of Handicraft. Its aim was to produce books using handmade paper, traditional printing and binding methods and often specially-designed typefaces. The Museum recently acquired the largest and most important collection of Essex House Press material. The exhibition looks at highlights of the collection and provides an insight into Ashbee’s ideas and passions.
Court Barn Museum
27 April – 6 June
Spirit Of Nature
Exhibition by Liz Allchin, Emma Clegg, Caroline Green, Ray Key
Gallery @ The Guild
28 April 8.00pm
Creative Cows Comedy Club
May
Until 6 June
Spirit Of Nature
Exhibition by Liz Allchin, Emma Clegg, Caroline Green, Ray Key
Gallery @ The Guild
1 - 6 May
Chipping Campden Literature Festival
Talks by authors on the theme “All for love.”
6 - 19 May
Chipping Campden Music Festival
International musicians come to Chipping Campden for two weeks of great music in the glorious setting of St James’ Church.
www.campdenmusicfestival.co.uk
26 May 5.45pm
Lecture – Dr. Philip W. Errington: C.R. Ashbee’s Essex House Press
At the Court Room, Old Police Station, High Street, Chipping Campden
Tickets £5
Court Barn Museum
26 May 8.00pm
Creative Cows Comedy Club
June
Until 6 June
Spirit Of Nature
Exhibition by Liz Allchin, Emma Clegg, Caroline Green, Ray Key
Gallery @ The Guild
8 June – 18 July
Gold, Silver and Bronze
Exhibition by David Birch, Bren Boardman, Alice Shepherd, Robin Walden
Gallery @ The Guild
23 June 8.00pm
Creative Cows Comedy Club
July
Until 18 July
Gold, Silver and Bronze
Exhibition by David Birch, Bren Boardman, Alice Shepherd, Robin Walden
Gallery @ The Guild
7 – 22 July
Oxfordshire Originals
A selling exhibition by contemporary designer makers of the Oxfordshire Craft Guild
Court Barn Museum
14 July 8.00pm
Creative Cows Comedy Club
20 July – 29 August
From Mud, Worms and Stone!
Exhibition by Mary Day, Jude Tucker, Robin Wade
Gallery @ The Guild
August
Until 29 August
From Mud, Worms and Stone!
Exhibition by Mary Day, Jude Tucker, Robin Wade
Gallery @ The Guild
2 August – 7 October
Dream Cotswold – An Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings by F.L. Griggs R.A
This exhibition will display a number of rare, privately owned watercolours. Followers of Grigg’s will find much in this exhibition to deepen their understanding of the artist’s visionary work, based firmly in the Arts & Crafts tradition.
Court Barn Museum
September
Until 7 October
Dream Cotswold – An Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings by F.L. Griggs R.A
This exhibition will display a number of rare, privately owned watercolours. Followers of Grigg’s will find much in this exhibition to deepen their understanding of the artist’s visionary work, based firmly in the Arts & Crafts tradition.
Court Barn Museum
1 September – 10 October
Creative Campden Showcase
Exhibition
Gallery @ The Guild
8 September 5.45pm
The Ashbee Lecture: Peter Cormack "Books and Windows: the Art of Paul Vincent Woodroffe (1875-1954)"
Court Room, Old Police Station, High Street, Chipping Campden
Tickets £12 to include a glass of wine.
Court Barn Museum
15 and 16 September
Discover Creative Campden Weekend
Further details of this year’s event nearer the time. For details of previous events see panel to right.
October
Until 7 October
Dream Cotswold – An Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings by F.L. Griggs R.A
This exhibition will display a number of rare, privately owned watercolours. Followers of Grigg’s will find much in this exhibition to deepen their understanding of the artist’s visionary work, based firmly in the Arts & Crafts tradition.
Court Barn Museum
Until 10 October
Creative Campden Showcase
Exhibition
Gallery @ The Guild
12 October – 21 November
An Eye For Detail
Exhibition by Caroline Barnett, Kate Barry, Jackie Stringer, Waldo Nunwick
Gallery @ The Guild
13 – 21 October
Poetry Made Visible – The Landscape etchings of Samuel Palmer
An exhibition of all of Palmer’s etchings, supplemented by the loan of two of his watercolours, as well as by a selection of prints of the countryside by European and British artists from the16th - 20th centuries. This will be Court Barn’s first selling exhibition of original prints.
Court Barn Museum
27 October 4.30pm
Lecture: Alec Peever “Stone lettering, A practitioner’s perspective, spanning four decades"
Court Barn
Tickets £5
Court Barn Museum
November
31 October – 25 November
The Simple Life: a display on the men and their families who were part of the Guild of Handicraft
This display looks at lives of the ordinary men and their families who were part of Ashbee’s Guild; their transition from the East London to Chipping Campden, the role they played in the Guild and what became of them after the Guild disbanded in 1908.
Court Barn Museum
Until 21 November
An Eye For Detail
Exhibition by Caroline Barnett, Kate Barry, Jackie Stringer, Waldo Nunwick
Gallery @ The Guild
24 November – January 2013
Christmas Exhibition
Exhibition
Gallery @ The Guild
December
Until January 2013
Christmas Exhibition
Exhibition
Gallery @ The Guild
1 – 9 December
Designed for Christmas
A selling exhibition from the Worcester Guild of Designer Makers
Court Barn Museum
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