Hello Beckett!

Thanks to everyone who came to our Hello Beckett day on Sunday! Sarah White & Philip Robinson gave a brilliant rendition of their Beckett omnibus The End is In The Beginning and Professor Laura Salisbury from Exeter University held an illuminating Q&A session beforehand. James Turner and Peter Nickol performed apt poetry and piano pieces while Mary Bramble’s children’s trail was as popular as the food and drink in Joelle’s café.

Pippa Marriott has written a great review of the day in Exeter Culture.

Our Beckett exhibition curated by Stan Johnson continues! Contact us to arrange a time to see it.

Living Room Theatre
Professor Laura Salisbury
The exhibition … continues!

Creative Integration

We had our Creative Integration day under perfect sun with Inclusive Exeter on Saturday 5 April. It was a lovely and surprising day for all who came, THANKS for coming and to all the contributors! Here’s an extract from one of many appreciative emails we got:

“Hey Veronica, huge congratulations to you and the ‘36 team for an amazing & inspirational event on Saturday. Please pass on my thanks & good wishes. It was one of the most multi-cultural & creative events I’ve seen in Exeter for many a year. A massive well done to everyone who participated & helped.
You must be so pleased & proud  What a great team effort.“

Elsewhere book

“From a title of Elsewhere it would be interesting to discover where such a word drives your thoughts, memories, vision and verse?”

That was the question posed by Veronica and the result is a published book available now from Studio 36.

Elsewhere features the artwork, poetry and prose of 33 friends of Studio 36 and Veronica herself. It can be obtained from Studio 36 during your visit for £10 or by contacting us if you would like it posted (we will add the p+p).

Creative Encounters

On Saturday we had, with Inclusive Exeter, an introductory meeting with many migrants, now known as New Exonians. The enthusiasm of getting our different cultural approaches together towards a lively and interesting exhibition in the Spring was very rewarding.

An encouraging start to 2025!

Sunday at Studio 36

Thanks to the many who came to an enjoyable Sunday at Studio 36 on November 24th!

Work by Ardyn Griffin, Clive Hurman, Uschi Arens-Price, Steven Bramble and Veronica Gosling was on show. Joelle and friends ran the café, serving tea, cakes and a variety of soups. Joe Skivington and Peter Farrie played live music.

Think Chair exhibition finale

We had a very well-attended finale of our Think Chair exhibition in fine weather on Sunday featuring live music from the Plum Jam Jazz Quintet, Peter Nickol and Peter Farrie. Mary Bramble was here with her children’s trail and Joelle served tea and delicious food in the café.

Many thanks to everyone who came and made it such a fun event and also many thanks from Age UK Exeter whose Budding Friends project you donated to.

A small selection of chairs from the exhibition, more to follow!

Steven Bramble
Clive Hurman
Sue Lucas

Why is the Studio 36 Board Important?

We are grateful to one of our board contributors Lynne Jessep for this piece. Be sure to click the ‘Read more’ link for the full text.

“Art has so many benefits. Culturally it enriches us. It can make us think deeply about things (Picasso’s Guernica speaks to us of the horror of war in a far more visceral way than, say, a news report for example) or Monet’s Water Lilies gives us tranquillity and connects us with nature and the restorative powers of a beautiful garden.

Art can bring communities together and give those who go unheard in society a voice…

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