Buxton’s beloved independent gallery and arts hub is gearing up for an exciting season, packed with workshops, live performances, and community gatherings, alongside captivating exhibitions featuring original contemporary art and craft by resident and guest artists.
The Green Man Gallery is a haven for creativity, offering opportunities to learn pottery, enhance drawing and painting skills, engage with working artists, and acquire locally-made art and craft. Whether you seek lively music and poetry events with friends or tranquil moments with coffee, this space caters to all tastes.
The Spring Gathering 2024
Spring Gathering Open Exhibition 2024
The highlight of the season is the annual Spring Gathering Open Exhibition, showcasing the work of fifty-two artists and makers from the region. Now in its ninth year, this exhibition offers a diverse array of paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, textile art, and jewelry, representing both professional and amateur talent.
The exhibition kicks off with a launch party on March 29th and runs until April 24th.
High Peak Photographic Society anniversary exhibition – celebrating 40 years
In May and June, the gallery proudly hosts a 40th-anniversary exhibition by the High Peak Photographic Society (formerly Chapel Camera Club), featuring a myriad of photographic styles and subjects from its extensive membership.
New Resident Artists for 2024
The Green Man Gallery welcomes two new Resident Artists, Linda Mustapha and Emma Strong. Mustapha specialises in pen and ink drawings of natural subjects, while Strong focuses on pastel drawings.
Their work is on display and for sale alongside the established gallery members whose work includes paintings in oils, acrylics, watercolours and mixed media; drawings in pastels, charcoal and coloured pencil; linocut and collagraph prints and etchings; photography, ceramics and jewellery.
Open Studio Days: Meet the Artists
Several of the Resident artists work in shared studios on the first floor and visitors are welcome to drop in to observe work in progress and find out more about the artistic process.
The gallery is also hosting one of its popular ‘Artists At Work’ days on 6th April. This free event sees the whole gallery transformed into one big open studio with resident and guest artists working in every nook and cranny.
Explore your creativity at The Green Man! Workshops for all abilities
Delve into pottery with Geoff Chilton’s guidance in the Earth Pig Pottery Studio. Book a lesson and discover the art of throwing pots, glazing, and kiln operation. Geoff also offers painting and drawing workshops like ‘Experimental Landscape’ and ‘Sketch Your Town’.
Costa Alecrim (Arts in the Peaks Studio) provides ‘Watercolour Taster Workshops’ for beginners, working in small groups so there is plenty of one-to-one support.
Additionally, enjoy textile lantern-making workshops in late May, weekly Life Drawing sessions, a monthly knitting and crochet group, a monthly Urban Sketching group, and, an open invitation to drop in and draw whenever the gallery is open.
With a range of activities, there’s something for everyone to unleash their artistic talents.
Live music programme kicks of with live CD launch
This Spring programme kicks off with the UK debut of the Amsterdam-based Belinfante Quartet’s classical CD, ‘Parallel 40’. This project celebrates music along the 40 degrees north latitude.
In April, enjoy Henrietta Hill’s ‘Viola Viola!’ concert highlighting the viola as a solo instrument. Expect more classical delights throughout summer and autumn.
Additionally, Manchester’s Quinta returns in April with contemporary jazz. Book tickets in person, by phone, or online for these exciting concerts and gigs at the gallery.
A space for the community
Once again there is the opportunity to preview this year’s Buxton Festival Fringe at the Fringe Programme Party on 1st June at the gallery.
The Green Man Gallery is just off Terrace Road, behind Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.
Opening times can vary. Visit the website to find out the latest opening times.
The Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall, Buxton
T: 01298 937375
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