Great Canal Journeys

We’re not sure how many people got to see the wonderful ‘Great Canal Journeys’ the other night, featuring Prunella Scales and Timothy West travelling from Bath to Devizes along the Kennet and Avon Canal.  It was a lovely program highlighting not just this beautiful area but also the Alzheimer’s that Pru has.  She was, however, amazingly good humoured and fighting fit for her 81 years, leaping off the boat and handling nearly all the locks with an enthusiasm that belied her age.

They stopped at Bradford on Avon for a good time, visiting the Lock Inn for an ice-cream and a chat with Dick… then on to see Nicky at the Floating Salon, where Pru had her hair done.  It’s always nice to see somewhere local on TV and a great bit of advertising for us all.

If you get a chance to see it on Catch-Up television, it’s well worth a look…

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Pru & Timothy

We thought this was an ideal opportunity to showcase a couple of Serena’s photos of Canal life!…

Latest Jewellery

Just a quick post to let everyone know that we have lots of new jewellery coming in with all new designs and styles…

serenarts gallery jewellery

New Jewellery

We will be getting more stock in over the coming days, so please come down and have a look soon.

Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust 50th Anniversary

This year marks the 50th year for the Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust.

We have been asked to produce a range of printed promotional wall hanging depicting the history of Bradford and the Trust’s involvement in the Town over the years.  This is a very exciting job for us and we will keep you up to date with the dates of the exhibitions and events later in the year, which have been organised to celebrate this anniversary.

bradford on avon preservation trust 50th anniversary

bradford on avon preservation trust

Rather apt that it was also my 50th year this year as the dates above confirm!

New Additions

There are a few changes coming at the Tithebarn Workshops in the shape of a Workshop share with Sotos at the Barn Owl Gallery.  As soon as we have more details we will pass them on, but there are potentially 2 new artists joining the ranks here and sharing the space in the workshop.  We will keep you posted…

Barn Owl Gallery, Tithebarn Workshops

Workshop Share

Cloth Road Brochure Printed…

We are very pleased to announce that the Cloth Road Arts Week Brochure for 2014 has now been printed and is ready for distribution.

SerenArts have been extremely proud to be part of this years event at the design stage and we are now looking forward to participating as exhibitors this May, as part of the Tithebarn Workshops entry.

We will continue to keep you updated with news as and when we receive it and look forward to seeing everybody later in the year…

cloth road arts week brochure cover

Brochure Cover

cloth road arts week brochure cover

Cloth Road Arts Week 2014

Escaping the Floods!

Our apologies for not posting for a week, but we have been away for a rather big birthday celebration!  We went to the stunning island of La Graciosa, a short ferry ride off Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

An amazingly peaceful and tranquil place to spend a week getting away from the awful weather we’ve been having and the prefect place to celebrate your Birthday.  The island only has 500 inhabitants, no tarmac roads and just a few 4×4 Land Rover taxis to get you around.  Rugged sand tracks lead around the interior of the island and reveal tiny coves and sandy beaches with nobody on them.  If you ever feel like just getting away from everything then this is the place.

We promise to get back to regular posts from now!

la graciosa, canary islands

La Graciosa

Cloth Road Arts Week 2014

A quick update on the Cloth Road Arts Week 2014.  The artwork is all complete now and ready to go to print.  There is an extremely diverse range of entrants this year with an amazing array of work.  We have put just a couple of the images provided in a gallery below for you to enjoy.  Please come back for updates to the programme and further details.

For more information about the artists involved in 2014 please visit the Cloth Road website…

 

Latest Pet Portrait

Just a quick post to show you Serena’s latest pet portrait…

A pet portrait by Serena Pugh

‘Bunny’

Our client was naturally very happy with the results!

For more information about our pet portraits please contact us at any time.

New Lines Arriving This Week…

We are always trying to get new and unique designs in to add to our jewellery collections.  As a result of this, we have some stunning new necklaces and earrings coming in this week after our visit to the Spring Fair last week…

Latest jewellery lines at SerenArts Gallery, Tithebarn Workshops, Bradford on Avon

New Jewellery

Come on down and check out the latest pieces while stocks last!

That was Close

Despite a very severe flood warning being issued for Bradford and the river coming up fast, this time we got away with it! We did decide to move everything up to be on the safe side, so it will be tomorrow now that we reopen.

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We just wanted to thank all our friends, family and customers who, again, came to our aid with offers of help. Let’s hope that this is the end of it for this year …. Please!