Local Open
Exhibitions
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- Art in the Gardens
- held in Sheffield Botanical Gardens
- The Great Sheffield Art Show
- The largest open art exhibition in the Sheffield area.
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Manufacturers'
web sites
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- Rosemary and Co
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- Those of you who saw the David Coupe demonstration earlier this year will recall him talking favorably about Rosemary and Co brushes and some of you bought brushes from their stall at 'Art in the Garden'. The web page gives details of their extensive range of brushes, including many unconventional designs to add variety to brush strokes. Brushes available for all media. Mail order service details.
- Daler-Rowney
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- Information about the Daler Rowney range, including tecnical information and advice on techniques
- Winsor and Newton
- Information about the Winsor and Newton range, including tecnical information and advice on techniques
- Derwent Pencils
- Recently updated, this site shows the Derwent Pencil range, including useful information about the permanence of pigments used in coloured pencils
- Unison Pastels
- This stylish site shows the full range of Unison Pastels.
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Local suppliers
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Artscene
Artscene is at 35 Chesterfield Rd, Sheffield, S8 0RL. The phone number is 0114-255 5299. The shop carries a very wide range of materials from the leading manufacturers and stocks the 'Unison' pastel range.
Pinders
Pinders, 16 Moore Street, Sheffield, S3 7US, phone 0114 272 7574, carries a wide range of art and graphic materials. Their online catalogue is currently not available.
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Mail order suppliers
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Jacksons Art Supplies
Jacksons web catalogue
Society for All Artists
The Society for All Artists offers discounted art supplies and features a members gallery and technical advice.
Great Art
Great Art carries a wide range of products and from time to time offers some bargains
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Heeley Members' Sites
There are also some links on individual's gallery pages.
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John Morris
John's lively paintings of local and Italian scenes are well known and can be seen at several galleries.
Phil Lockwood
You can see both Phil's two-dimensional work and his automata on this site.
Bryn Hughes
Bryns's creates beautiful drawings and watercolours of townscapes.
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Local artists and societies
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Friendly Society of Artists
The Friendly Society of Artists is a national network of both amateur, and professional United Kingdom artists, who share a love of painting outdoors, in a variety of media. They have regular outdoor meetings at Clumber Park (first Monday of the month, or second if the first is a bank holiday) to which we have been invited - details on their web site. They also have painting holidays twice a year. They have some pictures on their web site, as well as links to other sources.
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Galleries
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Derwent-Wye Fine Art
Derwent-Wye's Exhibit Gallery can be found on the A6 on the right just before the junction with the Chatsworth road (when travelling from Bakewell). It is quite easy to miss if you do not know where to look. You search will be well-rewarded as this gallery puts on some landmark exhibitions, focussing on local artists. The had the 'A Century of Sheffield Art' at the same time as our 'In the Frame' exhibition during 2008. Check on their web-site to see what is on.
Church Farm Gallery
The Church Farm Gallery will be well-known to many Heeley AC members whose pictures have graced its walls. The gallery specialises in local landscapes (although not exclusively) most of which have been done by local artists. The size of the gallery belies the range of work on show.
Cupola Gallery
The Cupola Gallery is a well-established gallery on Middlewood Road, Hillsborough. It has a continual programme of exhibitions of stimulating art. The website has an impressive set of links to artists, many of whom have had exhibitions at Cupola.
space59
space59 can be found at 59, Hadfield Street, Walkley, Sheffield, S6 3RR. Members may know it from the Open Up artists it has hosted. The gallery was created in 2007 by Gaynor Lewis to offering contemporary gallery space to emerging local artists on a non-permanent basis. See the web site for details of exhibitions.
Artist and Illustrator Magazine
The magazine needs no introduction. Its associated web site has subscription details, a chat page (onto which you can post links to pictures to invite comment and discussion) and will have details of the Artists and Illustrators Exhibition held around July every year.
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Other
web sites
of interest
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