This rather splendid late afternoon visitor was snapped at the Tithebarn Workshops yesterday… a little early for the Autumn Fayre!
Workshop Visitor Numbers Up!
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Town Pumpkin Trail 2024
Another little note for your diaries… this years Pumpkin Trail will be taking place during the October half term week, from Saturday 19th to Sunday 27th October.
We are very excited that the 2024 trail is being organised by the Tithebarn Workshops. As in previous years, there will be a prize draw for those who have completed the trail, with a chance to win a great prize. There will also be a ‘trophy’ awarded to the best pumpkin, as voted by participants!
Any shops or businesses wishing to take part in this years event please get in touch as soon as possible to avoid missing out.
More details on when you can collect forms will follow very soon, so keep an eye out!
2025 Bradford on Avon and Art Calendars Now Available | SerenaArts Gallery
OK… I know… it’s the end of August! However, we now have our 2025 Art and Bradford on Avon calendars available at the gallery:
The A4 Bradford photographic calendar is always popular with locals and visitors alike and this year we have brought back the A3 Art calendar, featuring Serena’s artwork. Both calendars are now available to purchase in our gallery or by visiting the calendar page on our website. (Please note that if ordering from the website, there is a small postage charge).
Well That Went Well!…
A big thank you to everyone who contributed towards making yesterday’s Spring Fling such a great success. There was a fantastic atmosphere in the much needed sunshine and we must have got more vitamin D than from the rest of the whole year put together!
Already looking forward to the next event at the Tithebarn Workshops.
THANK YOU! 😊
Tithebarn Workshops Signage
Those of you passing by or visiting the Tithebarn Workshops will notice our new signage is popping up around the garden. This is all part of the updating and new look for the Workshops which reflects the energy of the resident artists and vibrant colours of the studios.
Just a little reminder about this weekends Spring Fling in the garden here, which all kicks off at 10am…
Open for Business
We are back up and running at SerenArts Gallery after the floods of last weekend. A good team effort from the Tithebarn Workshops Family!
This amazing photo, taken from a video posted on Spotted in Bradford, shows the extent of the flooding around Barton Farm. We were lucky to get away with the amount of flooding we did get this time. It could’ve been a whole lot worse.
There is always a lot of talk after an event like this happens. We remember the big plans that were discussed after the 2013 floods, which were worse for us. Eventually after much consulting and planning, very little was done apart from the Bullpit flood defence wall. After being deployed only a handful of times, this was then dropped as a bad idea due to a number of reasons including health and safety.
Perhaps this time around a firm flood plan can be put in place and maybe some assistance for those worst hit, as Wiltshire Councillor Tim Trimble suggested in an article on the BBC News website this morning.
Hopefully this doesn’t come over as whiny as we knew the risks of being next to the river when we moved to the Tithebarn Workshops over 15 years ago. We are extremely lucky to have our beautiful gallery in such a superb setting and we accept the highs and the lows (literally!). Good luck to all those clearing up.
After the floods…
Just a quick post to say that it will be a few days before we are able to reopen SerenArts Gallery. The flooding caused a bit more damage than expected, but we’ll be back as soon as possible.
This is much prettier than this mornings photos! the clean up begins!
Thank you to all those lovely people for the offers of help and kind wishes. This sort of thing brings out the very best in most people.
See you soon!
Happy New Year!
A very Happy New Year to all our customers and friends from SerenArts. We hope you had as good a Festive season as we did with our lovely family.
I’m not sure how many times we’ve started the new year with photos similar to these, but it must be quite a few now!…
Yep… it’s the Avon bursting its banks again! So far, we have been lucky at the Tithebarn Workshops, it hasn’t made its way across the playground. Hopefully not too many of you are being badly affected with the high waters. It’s a worrying time we know.
On the plus side… sales of our duck and swan food have been brisk today!
We are looking forward to a great 2024 and our first full year in Unit 1 at the Workshops. It will be 15 years this Saturday that we first came here and took over Unit 3. Here’s to many more years to come.
Wall Repairs
The dry stone wall by the entrance to the Tithebarn Workshops has been receiving some much needed TLC today. The extremely talented Jem Hobbs has been putting his stone mason talents to very good use. If that isn’t impressive enough, you can also see his fabulous stone pieces in Unit 3 (The Make Space), also down here at the Workshops.
Art Surrey 2023
A beautiful morning up on Epsom Downs for the first full day of Art Surrey…
We are at the Racecourse, in case you hadn’t guessed, for day 1 after a successful opening evening last night. Serena’s work got lots of lovely comments and we even had a modest sale!
Here’s hoping the gorgeous weather brings everyone to this marvellous event this weekend.
Good luck to all involved.
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