Southwell Artspace

News and Events

Artist’s Surgery Seminars

This winter Southwell Artspace in partnership with Newark and Sherwood District Council Arts Development team will be hosting a series of informal training events for artists.

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Animation Celebration

The Minster Cathedral, Wednesday 29th October, 6.30pm to 8pm.

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Day of the Dead Party

Artspace Junior’s Exhibition and Party with fancy dress costumes, games and mask making.

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Contemporary Craft - now on sale

Starting to think about Christmas already? Pop into Artspace for a unique gift or even a special pre Christmas treat for yourself. 

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Community Archive

Below are some of our successful previous projects

Southwell Open Studios

October 25th to

Artspace Artists join the Southwell Artists group in opening their studios.

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Minster School A-level Exhibition

July 2nd to July 12th 2008

Southwell Artspace is proud to profile once again the outstanding efforts of this year’s A-level Students from the Minster School.

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Southwell Family Fun Day

June 21st to June 21st 2008

Engaging with the local community, Artspace provides creative activities for children and families at Southwell’s annual Family Fun Day.

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May Half Term Workshops

May 28th to August 30th 2008

Returning with the ever-popular Half Term Workshops for Children and Young People. Artspace excites and inspires children with its papier-mache workshop led by Artspace Artist, Debra Tatham

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Museum and Galleries Month, May 2008

May 9th to May 16th 2008

Celebrating National Museums & Galleries Month and co-inciding with the exhibition Pop Hauntology by Aylwin Lambert, Artspace invited local schools to view the exhibition and take part in a workshop.

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GPS Drawing Workshop with the Minster School, Southwell

April 10th to April 10th 2008

Extending from Artspace’s exhibition of Digital Drawing pupils from the Minster School were given the opportunity to experiment with the very latest in drawing technology - Drawing with Satellites.

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Digital Drawing live performances

March 15th to March 15th 2008

Celebrating the arrival of Artspace’s Digital Drawing exhibition “A Space to Think Outside the Body”, curated by Frank Abbott, the opening event hosted two live performances.

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February Half Term Workshops

February 13th to February 15th 2008

Providing creative activities and excitement for children and young people, Artspace sprang into life during February half term with its ever popular artist-led workshops.

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Life Drawing Exhibition

January 5th to January 19th 2008

Celebrating Artspace’s first series of Life Drawing sessions, the gallery hosted an exhibition of participants Life Drawings.

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Gate to Southwell Folk Festival Exhibition

October 20th to November 3rd 2007

Taking over the gallery, the Gate to Southwell Folk Festival celebrated visually the mayhem of their annual event in July.

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The BIG DRAW

October 1st to October 27th 2007

Flurrying with activity, Artspace hosted a variety of events and activities to celebrate the BIG DRAW, the national campaign for drawing, including ‘drop-in’ drawing, pop-up story book making and computer animation. 

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Summer Comic Sessions

July 26th to August 17th 2007

Working with a group of 20 young people from around the Mansfield area, Professional cartoonist ‘Brick’ enabled them to produce a comic book. 

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Minster School A-level Exhibition

June 30th to July 7th 2007

Proudly presenting an exhibition of A-level artwork from students from the Minster School in Southwell.

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Tsumani Art and Music Project

May 13th to June 29th 2007

Artspace artist, Geoff Litherland led students in their exploration of the relationship between sound and music. 

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Grimms Fairytales: Children’s Drawing Corner

March 17th to May 12th 2007

Throughout the David Hockney exhibition, children were invited to draw their own fiendish and frightening interpretations of Grimms fairytales.

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