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BS5 Art Trail returns for its third year
More than 120 artists and makers are set to exhibit their work in venues across BS5 on Saturday and Sunday.
BS5 Art Trail aims to “celebrate the city’s creativity” brining art, workshops, market stalls and more to St George, Greenbank, Easton, Whitehall and Redfield.
Running between 11am and 5pm, the art trail invites east Bristol residents and visitors to explore the artistic talent in the area.
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Venues hosting the 2023’s trail include the Greenbank, BAM Store + Space, St Anne’s Church, The Beehive Centre and St George Community Centre, as well as artists’ own homes.
The trail will be taking place in venues across BS5 – image: BS5 Art Trail
Exhibitors include creators of ceramics, jewellery, sewn items, boxes, leather goods and candles as well as printmakers, photographers, mixed-media artists, sculptors and artists specialising in drawing, acrylics and oils.
Greenbank housing development The Chocolate Factory will be opening its doors for the trail.
Mya Castillo, sales and marketing consultant for the Chocolate Factory, said: “We have ten incredible artists showcasing their wares at our visitor centre and across the development and we’re looking forward to welcoming people through the doors as well as offering our residents an exciting event right on their doorstep.”
Val Stephenson, exhibiting in the Chocolate Factory, creates paintings explore connection to the natural landscape – photo: Val Stephenson
Elsewhere, Laura Grainger Ceramics will be exhibiting and selling her work at St George Community Centre based on Church Road.
Laura, who works full-time for the NHS, produces ceramics works as a hobby. They describe themselves as a “craftivist”, producing “anarchic ceramics influenced by political and social activism.”
The original Easton Art Trail was founded in 2006 by local artists, with the aim of celebrating the quality and diversity of Easton’s art scene of the time.
Now the trail covers the whole of BS5, with the event expanding from 80 artists in 2021 to over 120 for 2023’s event.
For more information, visit www.bs5arttrail.co.uk
Main photo: Laura Grainger Ceramics
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