Exploring a discordant relationship with landscape and the natural world

Artist and director of OSR Projects Simon Lee Dicker talks to earth.art about his latest work, Passing Place, currently on show in the Odyssean: Topographies exhibition at Hestercombe Gallery. Follow this link to the interview

Odyssean: Topographies

One amazing Island…

Our friends at b side are offering a number of commission opportunities to create new, temporary, site-responsive work in any media for the next festival, 8 – 16 September 2018. Proposals can be for any amount up to £4000 Click here for more info

Book Launch in the shadow of the Twineworks

Thanks to all that came to Dawe’s Twineworks for the launch of Unearthed this weekend , especially all the poets who’s words came to life in the shadow of the twineworks.

We have had a fantastic response to the drawing competition and we are look forward to having a proper look through all the entries at the end of the week.

Unearthed: Drawings from Dawe’s Twineworks BOOK LAUNCH

A child’s boot found after 150 years underground 2015 – Simon Lee Dicker

Please join us for drinks and a poetry reading from the West Coker Poetry Group to celebrate the launch of Unearthed: Drawings from Dawe’s Twineworks at 2pm SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER

Taking a lead from the physical processes involved in the production of twine and the social impact of the twine industry on this small rural community, the publication brings together work made during a six month artist residency, with newly commissioned writing, and poetry made in response to the Twineworks by the West Coker Poetry group.

Dawe’s Twineworks 94a High St, West Coker, Yeovil BA22 9AU

Prospect /// Cotley Tithe Barn

With 10 OSR Projects associate artists taking part in this exhibition you know it is going to be a corker. We have mini-busses coming from Frome, East and West Coker and the Blackdown hills on the 6 October so let us know if you need a lift.

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Esme House – Art Inn the Square

On the occasion of Esme’s 90^th birthday we are delighted to present a selection of work made by one of West Cokers most talented residents.

Esme’s approach to making art comes from a desire to make, to use her hands. The love of materials is always evident from the richly layered embroideries that contain hours of work to the evocative and playful experiments with wax and burning.

This exhibition brings together a selection of work made from the past 20 years alongside an early embroidery that was made at the age of 15.

Dates: 13 July – 7 December 2017
Venue: Upstairs at Inn The Square, 1 Church Street, West Coker, Somerset BA22 9BD

b-side Assemblies No:1

Our friends over at b-side are launching a new programme of one day assemblies for artists, curators and producers.

SATURDAY 17 JUNE 2017 12 – 5pm

Join b-side on Portland for a day of conversation, activity and sharing of creative practices. We live and work in turbulent times, live information can be shared across the world outside of traditional media in minutes.
How are artists responding to these multiple political and social challenges?
Featuring contributions from artists Dickie Beau, Paul Soulellis, Paula Crutchlow, Farhad Berahman, Katy Bauer and producers Counterpoints Arts, Artsadmin and b-side , all kept in some kind of order by Gordon Dalton from Visual Arts South West.

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The Random Art Machine requests input

Preston Street Union, an affiliation of artists in and around Exeter, invites OSR associates  (friends and followers) to contribute instructions to feed into The PSU Random Art Machine.

To contribute instructions, simply email prestonstreetunion@gmail.com with your response to any of the following categories (deadline 30^th April 2017):

Name a title for an unknown artwork
Name a location (anything from the Arctic to your elbow)
Name an object or material (anything from an elephant to an emoji)
Name a process or action (anything from singing to squishing)

Over the course of Art Week Exeter, Preston Street Union will generate new works of art following the randomly generated instructions they have been given. Expect chaos, destruction and a few random moments of genius.   PSU warmly invites any OSR associates who would like to get more involved, to join them for a hands-on session during Art Week Exeter (13^th – 21^st May 2017). Please email as above to arrange.