A new gallery space will be opening on the Isle of Wight later this month in Bembridge Harbour and will display work by 23 Isle of Wight artists.
The Big Art Space opens to the public on Monday 14th March (times to be confirmed) and will be open daily over the Easter holidays (10am to 4pm).
Who’s taking part?
Expect to see a range of paintings, drawings, ceramics, lino prints and photography with a small selection of homewares and greetings cards.
Those taking part include:
Holly V Maslen // Tim Bristow // Zoe Barker // Karen Taggart // Gill Clarke // Viv Garrett // Susie Prangnell // Stephen Prangnell // Edna Coatsworth // Martin Swan // Melanie Swan // Becky Samuelson // Angela Sowden // Barbara Long // Melanie Ayers // Barbara Gould // Penny Rich // Babs Gowan // Rachel Andrews // Sonia McMullen // Keith Plater // Carly Groves
A private view will be on Saturday 26th of March at 6pm.
The space
The space used to be a watersports center and has been unused for quite a few years. Holly Maslen told OnTheWight that she often walked past and wished that she could use it as a gallery.
She said,
“Then last year I saw Tim Bristow had put all his art in there, so I asked him if he would be interested in sharing the space with me and other artists and he was very keen on the idea.”
The space is about 47ft long and 31ft wide so as you can imagine is pretty big. There’s also a mezzanine level and views looking right across Bembridge Harbour.
The building is on the right as you drive into Bembridge from Ryde direction, and is just before you get to the Redwing huts along the harbour.
Do pop along to the private view on the 26th or sometime over the Easter holidays.
