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Fri 11 Apr 2025

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Thu 10 Apr 2025, 6:30pm

MAGICAL MEMORIES

The Plough Arts Centre celebrates 50 years of

MAGICAL MEMORIES: The Plough's 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Our MAGICAL MEMORIES EXHIBITION opens on Friday 11th April 2025 - The Plough's 50th Birthday!

We warmly invite you to The Plough's Gallery for a special 50th anniversary exhibiton, where you can wander down memory lane as you browse the timeline of programmes and share your memories in our 'Story Box' installation - an audio booth for you to share your personal highlights from the films, theatre, exhibitions, events and workshops that have taken place at the Plough and through its outreach hubs over the last 5... more

Thu 20 Feb 2025 to Wed 26 Mar 2025

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Fri 21 Feb 2025, 6:30pm

Claire Gladstone : Pay Attention To The Gaps

A New Exhibition at The Plough Gallery

Claire Gladstone

Claire Gladstone's research is concerned with how we process and store memories with their inevitable fallibility, as it considers the role photography plays within systems of memory and truth. 

An integral element of Claire's Arts practice is the co-ordination of community based, socially engaged projects, collaborations and mail works.

Claire holds a Masters in Fine Art, from Arts University Plymouth where she is Studio Coordinator for fine print and works from her studio in West Devon.

The Plough is delighted to welcome her exciting new show 'Pay attention To The... more

Wed 15 Jan 2025 to Sat 15 Feb 2025

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Wed 15 Jan 2025, 6:30pm

LEN GREEN : Rhythm Of Colour

A Dynamic New Solo Exhibiton at The Plough Gallery

Len Green

A dynamic and inspiring solo show by Abstract painter Len Green, whose colourful large-scale paintings reflect his musical influences, having grown up in the dancehalls of Wigan - birthplace of Northern Soul!

Born in the North West of England, Green Studied Foundation Art at Wigan School of Art, moving on to a BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) at Manchester University. He then completed an MA in Fine Art (Painting) at Manchester. 

Amongst the exhibitions he was involved in during this time in the late 70s and 80s was a one-man show at the Turnpike Gallery in Leigh, Greater... more

Sat 30 Nov 2024 to Sat 21 Dec 2024

Christmas Craft Fair

The Almighty Annual Plough Christmas Craft Fair returns, with a GRAND OPENING on Saturday 30th November 2 - 3pm!

This year hosts the widest range of wares ever, with a stunning selection of locally hand-crafted giftware designed to delight!

The full range of Gifts on offer include: woodcrafts, jewellery, both leaded and fused Glassware, Sea-glass, paintings, prints, basketry, decoupage, crafting kits, copper decorations, painted birdhouses, knitted wares, beeswax candles, fibre arts, felted crafts, shell-art, cards and a wide selection of ceramics …plus a... more

Mon 04 Nov 2024 to Thu 28 Nov 2024

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Wed 06 Nov 2024, 6:30pm

Jenny Arran

EXHIBITION IN THE GALLERY: 
JENNY ARRAN 4 Nov- 28 Nov 2024
Private View in the Gallery 6.30 - 8.30pm 6th Nov 2024. All welcome.

Having trained at The Slade school of Fine Art, Arran has exhibited widely. Her work is inspired by the natural and sensory world, the contrasts of stillness and energy, light and shade.She describes her paintings as remembered landscapes - a distillation of time, experience and sensory response. Working from memory, painting becomes a process of translation and... more

Sat 05 Oct 2024 to Sat 26 Oct 2024

Kateryna Rudiakova

'There are so many things we forget about the moment they’re out of our sight… When people stop talking about it, when the news and journalists don’t report about it as eagerly, even such huge things as wars fade from our memories. To not cover our eyes and turn away from the pain and despair, this photo exhibition of Ukraine is here to remind us of what is truly important.'more

Sat 24 Aug 2024 to Sat 28 Sep 2024

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Sat 24 Aug 2024, 4:00pm

Patrick Jones

"I am and always have been an Abstract Painter. Part of my project is to define what that is. You will notice that my work is continually different. I try not to repeat myself. I am usually obsessed by getting the image to be a complete statement. Colour is my main vehicle,but my process of working on unprimed canvas, into a wet ground, comes from my friend Helen Frankenthaler."more

Sat 13 Jul 2024 to Sat 17 Aug 2024

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Slow Painting

This show is a collaboration between Contemporary British Painting, StudioKIND, Barum Museum and The Plough.

 

Artists have been invited to respond to the following textt

From Slow Painting by Helen Westgeest

The fleeting nature of digital mass media appears to have unlocked a desire for more physically stable and enduring pictures, like paintings. Slow Painting charts how, in a world where the constant quest for speed can leave us exhausted, the appeal of this ‘slower medium’ has only grown" ...

 

Our culture today is marked by the ever-... more

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