News

A new exhibition is launched in Brighton, which can only be viewed from the top of a double decker bus and features one of the Your Town My Town Sidmouth collection images by JJ Waller.

SMArt is impacting nationally and locally - read all about our Sidmouth Makes Art CODEX project showcasing creativity and collaboration published by the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD).

The Sidmouth Herald covers our latest creation the Riverside Art Space at the Sensory Garden and free public exhibition open now till 30th May

Celebrating the funding support from the Sid Vale Association Keith Owen Fund and others for this creative riverside project. Without the investment from all the funders, the project would not have been possible. 

Cllr Chris Lockyear, Chair of Sidmouth Town Council, pays tribute to Sidmouth School of Art "doing a huge amount to enhance the cultural life of our town," in his weekly column in the Sidmouth Herald.  

We are delighted to have been invited to the Sidmouth In Bloom Awards Ceremony and to have won the Sheila Pollentine Award for Art in the Landscape - a key feature in our Riverside Walkway Revitalised project.

"The Inquirer" voice of Unitarians and Free Church features an article by Gavin Howell, exploring emergent ways of working - through The Peace Garden Mural Project - a community building project where nurturing healthy relationships, openness, trust and curiosity was at the heart of our art project.

Read all about the Festival of Flags in the Sidmouth Herald and Visit Sidmouth

Read here for the Sidmouth Herald coverage of JJ Waller's Sidmouth project in association with the Folk Festival

Sidmouth Beauty Spots by David Bellingham, is a new artwork for Sidmouth - a refreshment of the traditional beauty spots postcard popular between the first and second world wars, united with the black spots that were once drawn on women's faces to draw attention.

Sidmouth Herald shares the news about Artist David Bellingham leading a series of workshops where people bring their items to create a new body of work for The One Day Museum at Kennaway House - 13th April 2024

Environmentally focused art installation gives voice to community concerns about sewage, plastics and other rubbish which is harming our seas.

The original artworks are exhibited at the Old Unitarian Meeting House, Sidmouth, 9-12 Dec, 11am to 4pm.

Listen to David talking about his creative journey and role in Sidmouth School of Art

We are delighted to have Emma Molony's screen printed billboard artwork, created for Sidmouth Wallspace and digitalised by Sam Eyre, featured in this beautifully packaged magazine for printmakers.  Emma's work was on display earlier this summer, pictured here with SSA's Trustee/Co-Founder Artist David Shrigley.

Read about our latest Wallspace in this Sidmouth Herald news article.

The Wallspace 'Our Town' which was displayed in Sidmouth during April and May was featured in a recent BBC 'In Pictures' article. Chris Powell kindly submitted the photograph of the billboard which joined a global gallery of 'my hometown' pictures. 

Sidmouth Herald article about our Wallspace artwork (on display 9 June to 4 August) and the community research that led to its creation.

Our 'Riverside Walkway Revitalised' project benefited from some media coverage in the Sidmouth Herald recently.

One Wallspace made by 60 people of all ages and 234 separate artworks

Our latest wallspace piece: Sarah Hall's 'A Sense Of Place' 

Steve's 'Nature Overcomes/Kelp Our Oceans...' billboard artwork gets a write up in The Sidmouth Herald

The Sidmouth Herald and Sidmouth Nub News cover the launch of our new wallspace artwork, 'Trees In Art'.

Artist David Shrigley OBE, who created the image, said: “Our Sidmouth is not the only Sidmouth. There is another Sidmouth in Tasmania, Australia. This other Sidmouth is rather smaller than ours; just a truck-stop and not much else.”

Philippa Davies from The Sidmouth Herald has written an article covering the launch of our website and ongoing wallspace project.