Arts & Crafts in Rotherham
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Rotherham Artists
Whilst Rotherham is no Paris or London, it is a town with a very healthy artistic life. Amongst much that is pedestrian there are little gems of brilliance to be found. Rotherham College of Art has a very well-regarded Faculty of Creative Art. Certainly from the student's exhibition that I have seen over the years, whether you are looking for sheer flair, technical expertise or gifted imagination you will find them all here. If you are truly lucky sometimes you can find them all in one artist. Please visit Rotherham College of Art and Technology at Rotherham Town & Borough >> Education >> Further Education.
There is a growing interest in the Arts in general in Rotherham. This may have something to do with the pots of money that have been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Arts Council and many other organisations charged with re-distributing Joe and Jane Public's hard earned brass. I have read somewhere that Rotherham in general and the coalfield communities in particular are regarded as deprived areas – well they are not going to be deprived of 'Art' for much longer.
Now I've dabbled in some forms of art - writing, painting, photography, amongst others. Once I even put on a pinny, rolled up my sleeves and threw some clay on a potter's wheel with disastrous results – they are still scraping the mess off the ceiling!
But take it from me there is no higher art form than web design and I ought to know. You can research, download, write, edit, plagiarise, plunder, draw, design, animate, and generally spend hours of fun messing around - all from the comfort of your own chair. Ok so you have to get out and shoot the photographs and pay the odd visit to the Library to find the information you can't find anywhere else but that's no so hard is it?
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NEW Women's Multi-Faith Art Group
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Imperial Arts
ROAR have taken on the lease for the internal units at the Imperial Buildings. Units in this arts mini-hub have been re-let in 2010 to:-
- The Button Tin - vintage hand made textile jewellery by contemporary visual artist Gemma Nemer Full workshop details on line at www.gemma-nemer.co.uk.
- Minerva Gallery - a collection of artists work from across Yorkshire, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewellery, textiles, glasswork, handmade cards etc.
- Furry Kipper - Contemporary textiles & hand made books by Anne Russell.
- Claire Reeves - Painting, collage, assemblage, contemporary silver, copper and reclaimed & re-contextualised jewellery.
- Point & Shoot Gallery - Unique photographs by Ann & Michael Rudd.
- Divergent Image - specializing in chemical print photographs & supplies by James Muirhead.
- Lou's beads - hand made & unusual beaded jewellery by Louise Muirhead.
- Shahin Shah - contemporary textiles & digital art influenced by Islam.
- The Design Consortium - a showcase & workspace for recent graduates from the foundation degree design course at RCAT (Rotherham College of Arts & Technology).
Contact Karen Sherwood Mobile 07817 363310, Tel. 01709 369 435 Email karenatrotherhamroar.org (remember to replace at with @) or by post The Unity Centre, St Leonard's Road, Rotherham S65 1PD. Website www.rotherhamroar.org.