About us.....
Courtyard Arts is a vibrant voluntary
organisation that brings artists
and the community together. Courtyard's aim is to act as a launch pad
for everyone to achieve
their artistic potential through participatory arts projects, classes
and visual displays of art.
Latest News.....
July
4th .......
Courtyard
Arts announce a
unique exhibition
by two accomplished painters, Daniel Gleeson and David Paul
Gleeson. Between them, this father and son team, have notched up 100
years of
painting. Each is an independently established painter with his own
influences
and style. This exhibition
runs from July 1st to 26th.
June
23rd .......
Courtyard
Arts announce the latest exhibition is by Nicholas Paterson's and is a
new solo exhibition
focuses on his
landscape paintings of the north Norfolk coast made over the past two
years. This exhibition runs from Tues June 17th to Sat June 28th.
May
29th .......
Courtyard
Arts announce the latest exhibition is by ANNIE TAPPENDEN and is
entitled ‘Fifteen
minutes of Fame’. It is a show of portraiture of friends and family
by Annie and others with the opportunity to look the work, and the
option of having a portrait done. This will therefore take the form of
an ‘artist in residence’ week. Annie Tappenden BA MA is a Counsellor
who uses art as a facilitator within her work. ‘Fifteen minutes of
Fame’ is open Tues 10 to Sun 15 June from 10am to 4pm, until 7pm
on Friday 13 June. Admission free.
May
29th .......
Courtyard
Arts announce PREGURGITATE –
Contemporary artworks by Liam Herne and Joe Woolf from Tuesday
May 27th to Saturday June 7th
May
9th .......
Courtyard
Arts annual OPEN
EXHIBITION is from May 8th to May 24th. Gallery Opening
hours 10 – 4 (until 7pm Fridays), closed Sundays and Mondays. Preview
Sat May 10, 7 – 9.30pm.
The LIVE ART
festival at Courtyard, May 8th, 9th and 10th, coincides with the first
few days of our OPEN EXHIBITION, so do come and see both.
This year our part of Hertford is particularly rich in art exhibitions,
as there is also Hertford Art Society’s Open Exhibition in Cowbridge
Hall (May 4th – May17th) and ‘Inside Out’ at 39 Cowbridge (May 7th –
June 22nd). So why not have an ‘Arts Outing’ and come and see all
three?
April
27th .......
Courtyard Arts latest
exhibition is called PART TIME and shows new
work made by 5 graduating Fine Art students of Hertford Regional
College, Ware.
It runs from Tuesday 29th to Monday 5th May. Open 10 - 4, Tuesdays to Saturdays, late
opening until 7 on Fridays.
Free admission.
April
21st .......
Click to look at Holly's Live Art programme ,
and also her press release. You can download the programme as well (large file!)
April
17th .......
Courtyard Arts latest
exhibition features Cathy Smale and
is entitles Visible
Horizons running from April 15 to April 27. Open 10 - 4, Tuesdays to Saturdays, late
opening until 7 on Fridays.
Free admission.
April
6th .......
We've had some
great news for Courtyard in that Hertford-based artist Holly Darton has
managed to get Arts Council East funding for a Live Art Festival to
coincide with our Open Exhibition. These, together with the HAS
annual show, will form the Bridge Arts Festival. It will bring a
new audience to Courtyard and help put us further on the map.
March
31st.......
Courtyard Arts latest
exhibition features two painters, Fiona
Scheibl and Linda Keeley. The exhibition is
entitled Visionary Landscapes.
It runs from April 1 to April
12, Open 10 - 4, Tuesdays to Saturdays, late opening until 7 on Fridays. Free admission.
March
25th.......
Check out the
latest Courtyard Arts newsletter by clicking here!
March 18th.......
The current exhibition
(March
18 – March 29) in the gallery at Courtyard Arts is a joint show by Gillian Mackenna and Heather Jukes. Both are
graduates of the University
of Hertfordshire.
In their show, entitled Ways of Seeing, the two artists express their
different visual responses to landscape and organic objects.
See
under Exhibitions for further details.
