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Arts Hub
at East Harptree

The Arts Hub at East Harptree is an arts project connecting artists with the local community

Arts Hub new Artists in Residence!

We are really excited to announce the two new artists in residence!

Learn more about our artists here!

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Jasmine Smail

Watch our video clip to see our most recent Arts Hub Projects over the last year!

Recent Projects

This Thursday it's our last parent and baby art hour!!! 10:30-11:30am in Chew Magna Baptist Church hall. Session will be hosted by artist in residence Jasmine Smail. We will have free tea, coffee and croissants 😋🥐☕ come and enjoy an hour of relaxation and creativity with your little one (siblings welcome!) 👩🏾‍🎨🖌️🎨

Email to book now as only a few spots left!
artshubharptree@gmail.com

#artworkshops #wellbeing

This Thursday it's our last parent and baby art hour!!! 10:30-11:30am in Chew Magna Baptist Church hall. Session will be hosted by artist in residence Jasmine Smail. We will have free tea, coffee and croissants 😋🥐☕ come and enjoy an hour of relaxation and creativity with your little one (siblings welcome!) 👩🏾‍🎨🖌️🎨

Email to book now as only a few spots left!
artshubharptree@gmail.com

#artworkshops #wellbeing

Come and find out about one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the last millennium….

How did the Chew Valley Hoard get to be buried in a remote Somerset field nearly 1000 years ago? And what has happened since then?

Valley Arts have joined with South West Heritage to start to tell this incredible story. Two big dates are on the attached invitation:

Every Coin Tells a Story Saturday June 20th 10 – 4pm

A free Community Celebration Day in the heart of Chew Magna: a chance to come together and get hands-on with history.

The Old School Room Complex, South Parade, Chew Magna, BS40 8SH

Free to everyone

Finders Keepers: A Valley Arts Community Production

Yeo Valley Organic Garden

Saturday July 18th 2pm & 7pm; Sunday July 19th 1.30pm & 6pm

There's nothing like an unsolved mystery to get under your skin. Who buried 2,584 silver coins in a Somerset field during the Norman Conquest, and why did they never come back?

Nobody knows, but this summer, five local writers, a crew of professional theatre makers, and over forty local residents have decided to find out, and the show they've made together is funny, surprising, and completely unmissable!

This is community theatre at its most ambitious, most joyful, and most gloriously daft.

Please come along and tell your friends!

Come and find out about one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the last millennium….

How did the Chew Valley Hoard get to be buried in a remote Somerset field nearly 1000 years ago? And what has happened since then?

Valley Arts have joined with South West Heritage to start to tell this incredible story. Two big dates are on the attached invitation:

Every Coin Tells a Story Saturday June 20th 10 – 4pm

A free Community Celebration Day in the heart of Chew Magna: a chance to come together and get hands-on with history.

The Old School Room Complex, South Parade, Chew Magna, BS40 8SH

Free to everyone

Finders Keepers: A Valley Arts Community Production

Yeo Valley Organic Garden

Saturday July 18th 2pm & 7pm; Sunday July 19th 1.30pm & 6pm

There's nothing like an unsolved mystery to get under your skin. Who buried 2,584 silver coins in a Somerset field during the Norman Conquest, and why did they never come back?

Nobody knows, but this summer, five local writers, a crew of professional theatre makers, and over forty local residents have decided to find out, and the show they've made together is funny, surprising, and completely unmissable!

This is community theatre at its most ambitious, most joyful, and most gloriously daft.

Please come along and tell your friends!

Still spaces left for this Thursday's class! Email artshubharptree@gmail.com to book on now 🤱🏾Limited spaces, small classes of 8 adults and 8 children, hosted by our artist in resident Jasmine Smail

Free wellbeing class for parents and their little ones, with free tea, coffee and croissants 😋

🗓️Thursday 18 June (25th june fully booked!)
📍Chew Magna Baptist church
⏰10:30-11:30am

Still spaces left for this Thursday's class! Email artshubharptree@gmail.com to book on now 🤱🏾Limited spaces, small classes of 8 adults and 8 children, hosted by our artist in resident Jasmine Smail

Free wellbeing class for parents and their little ones, with free tea, coffee and croissants 😋

🗓️Thursday 18 June (25th june fully booked!)
📍Chew Magna Baptist church
⏰10:30-11:30am

We are really excited to share portrait photography shots of our artists in residence by the amazing photographer Meg Lovell 📸 @meglovellphoto. Thank you Meg, what a fab set of shots really capturing the creative buzz in the studio 🤩

So great to see how Ali and Jasmine have been settling in and using the studio space to create their new works. Scroll through to see portrait shots of Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail in the studio, and check out our website for further photographs!

Learn more about our artists in residence here:
@iamalibrown
@artist.jasminesmail .
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#artstudio #artistsinresidence #artshub #art #somerset chewvalley communityart

We are really excited to share portrait photography shots of our artists in residence by the amazing photographer Meg Lovell 📸 @meglovellphoto. Thank you Meg, what a fab set of shots really capturing the creative buzz in the studio 🤩

So great to see how Ali and Jasmine have been settling in and using the studio space to create their new works. Scroll through to see portrait shots of Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail in the studio, and check out our website for further photographs!

Learn more about our artists in residence here:
@iamalibrown
@artist.jasminesmail .
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#artstudio #artistsinresidence #artshub #art #somerset chewvalley communityart

Only 2 spots left for the second parent baby art hour session this Thursday 11th 10:30-11:30am, Chew Magna Baptist Church. An art and craft free wellbeing session with tea, coffee and croissants! Email to book a space at artshubharptree@gmail.com

It will be the second and last session hosted by our fabulous Arts Hub artist in residence Ali Brown - check out her work here: @iamalibrown

Here are some pics from last week's session of crafting and collaging...and all the really positive feedback below:

"Having the chance to craft has done me the world of good"

"Freedom for my child to explore and for me to have a breathe and chat to other parents with no pressure. Lovely cup of tea!"

"So different from any other baby groups, very refreshing. Lovely small group so my child wasn't overwhelmed."

#artshub #chewvalley #parentandbaby #artworkshop #wellbeing

Only 2 spots left for the second parent baby art hour session this Thursday 11th 10:30-11:30am, Chew Magna Baptist Church. An art and craft free wellbeing session with tea, coffee and croissants! Email to book a space at artshubharptree@gmail.com

It will be the second and last session hosted by our fabulous Arts Hub artist in residence Ali Brown - check out her work here: @iamalibrown

Here are some pics from last week's session of crafting and collaging...and all the really positive feedback below:

"Having the chance to craft has done me the world of good"

"Freedom for my child to explore and for me to have a breathe and chat to other parents with no pressure. Lovely cup of tea!"

"So different from any other baby groups, very refreshing. Lovely small group so my child wasn't overwhelmed."

#artshub #chewvalley #parentandbaby #artworkshop #wellbeing

We need your views for the future of the Arts Hub! We are doing a call out to hear what you think 💬 We are offering some fantastic prizes to three lucky winners...to join simply take part in our survey!

2 x tickets to a Valley Arts Performance
2 x tickets to Strode Land and Story Project Sauna and Waterfall
A Community Farm Veg or Fruit box

Just a short survey to fill in about what you'd like to see the Arts Hub doing next 🖌️👩🏾‍🎨🖼️

Click the link in our bio 🔗 or go to our website https://forms.gle/wCyU9cUxpS7JXhwY8

Deadline 30th June, giveaway winners announced 6th July

We need your views for the future of the Arts Hub! We are doing a call out to hear what you think 💬 We are offering some fantastic prizes to three lucky winners...to join simply take part in our survey!

2 x tickets to a Valley Arts Performance
2 x tickets to Strode Land and Story Project Sauna and Waterfall
A Community Farm Veg or Fruit box

Just a short survey to fill in about what you'd like to see the Arts Hub doing next 🖌️👩🏾‍🎨🖼️

Click the link in our bio 🔗 or go to our website https://forms.gle/wCyU9cUxpS7JXhwY8

Deadline 30th June, giveaway winners announced 6th July

Parent and Baby Art Hour is Back!!! 🫟🖍️🎨🖌️🤱🏼🤱🏾👶🏼🍼After such great feedback after our last sessions we wanted to offer these amazing FREE wellbeing sessions again, aimed at parents with babies up to two years old (siblings also welcome). Our artists in residence will facilitate art wellbeing sessions for parents and babies to engage with...of course alongside tea, coffee and cake!

Book a spot asap - spaces limited to 8 adults per session. Email Ruth @ artshubharptree@gmail.com

📅4 & 11 June - facilitated by Ali Brown
📅18 & 25 June - facilitated by Jasmine Smail
📍Chew Magna Baptist church (smaller back room, not main hall)
🕔10:30-11:30am

#chewvalley #artworkshops #wellbeing #parentandbaby

Parent and Baby Art Hour is Back!!! 🫟🖍️🎨🖌️🤱🏼🤱🏾👶🏼🍼After such great feedback after our last sessions we wanted to offer these amazing FREE wellbeing sessions again, aimed at parents with babies up to two years old (siblings also welcome). Our artists in residence will facilitate art wellbeing sessions for parents and babies to engage with...of course alongside tea, coffee and cake!

Book a spot asap - spaces limited to 8 adults per session. Email Ruth @ artshubharptree@gmail.com

📅4 & 11 June - facilitated by Ali Brown
📅18 & 25 June - facilitated by Jasmine Smail
📍Chew Magna Baptist church (smaller back room, not main hall)
🕔10:30-11:30am

#chewvalley #artworkshops #wellbeing #parentandbaby

Parent and Baby Art Hour is back!!!! After such amazing feedback from sessions earlier in the year we wanted to bring these FREE wellbeing crafting sessions back for parents and their babies, facilitated by our artists in residence. For parents to relax into simple enjoyable crafts and be around like minded parents...with the added bonus of free tea, coffee and cake!

Book advised asap - limited spaces of only 8 adults per session. email: artshubharptree@gmail.com

📅4 & 11 June - facilitated by Ali Brown
📅18 & 25 June - facilitated by Jasmine Smail

📍Chew Magna Baptist Church (small hall at the back)
🕔 10:30-11:30am

#babyart #motherbaby #parentandbaby #chewvalley #artworkshops

Parent and Baby Art Hour is back!!!! After such amazing feedback from sessions earlier in the year we wanted to bring these FREE wellbeing crafting sessions back for parents and their babies, facilitated by our artists in residence. For parents to relax into simple enjoyable crafts and be around like minded parents...with the added bonus of free tea, coffee and cake!

Book advised asap - limited spaces of only 8 adults per session. email: artshubharptree@gmail.com

📅4 & 11 June - facilitated by Ali Brown
📅18 & 25 June - facilitated by Jasmine Smail

📍Chew Magna Baptist Church (small hall at the back)
🕔 10:30-11:30am

#babyart #motherbaby #parentandbaby #chewvalley #artworkshops

A shout out to everyone who came to the Arts Hub Brunch on Sunday! What a fab day, and amazing to see the final village creation crafted from everyone's imagination 🖼️🏘️🏡🖌️👩🏼‍🎨🎨📦🖍️🫟

Thank you especially to our artists Jasmine and Ali for making the morning so fun and welcoming for everyone getting involved. And thank you to those behind the scenes for making the morning run smoothly - @daisybowiesell @patrickbarkersculptor @roxanne_summerhayes_xoxo and artists from the Big Arts Weekend who came along to support and help out - we couldn't have done it without you!

Watch this space for more arty things happening soon!

#artstudio #artshub #artworkshops

A shout out to everyone who came to the Arts Hub Brunch on Sunday! What a fab day, and amazing to see the final village creation crafted from everyone's imagination 🖼️🏘️🏡🖌️👩🏼‍🎨🎨📦🖍️🫟

Thank you especially to our artists Jasmine and Ali for making the morning so fun and welcoming for everyone getting involved. And thank you to those behind the scenes for making the morning run smoothly - @daisybowiesell @patrickbarkersculptor @roxanne_summerhayes_xoxo and artists from the Big Arts Weekend who came along to support and help out - we couldn't have done it without you!

Watch this space for more arty things happening soon!

#artstudio #artshub #artworkshops

This petition (link in bio!) has been live for 5 days and already has over 500 signatures! Now we need another 500 signatures...let's keep these amazing buses running! 🚌

"The X91 is a vital route taking people into Bristol for work, medical appointments and leisure and bringing people out into the countryside from Bristol. It was a ‘WESTlocal’ with funding awarded to a voluntary group who built its custom across 18 months; Now that the X91 route is being run directly by WECA rather than the group, and under pressure from budget cuts, WECA are looking at ways to carve it up instead of keeping it as the really handy route it now is. We are trying to get as many signatures on this petition as we can and are sharing it with friends, family, and colleagues from work and voluntary activities who might be willing to share it on their networks with whatever motivation to sign seems most fitting…for instance..you might know people who want to head out to the tranquility of the Chew Valley picking it up from Bristol Temple Meads or the Centre, or people who are public transport fans, or people who want decarbonisation of transport, or who want to support rural communities or who are worried about social isolation or issues of poverty all of which the bus addresses, who might sign to support us…see what I mean?…Anyone can sign wherever they are from and whether or not they are a bus user and we need to get as many signatures as we can as quickly as we can!

Also by way of warning the platform does ask people to donate (to the platform not us) but that is optional so please ignore unless you want to, just scroll down the page and say you will share instead and then if you want you can skip the share page…don’t let those things put you off! Also please be aware your signature doesn’t count until you click on the follow up email you will be sent."

Many thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@everyone

This petition (link in bio!) has been live for 5 days and already has over 500 signatures! Now we need another 500 signatures...let's keep these amazing buses running! 🚌

"The X91 is a vital route taking people into Bristol for work, medical appointments and leisure and bringing people out into the countryside from Bristol. It was a ‘WESTlocal’ with funding awarded to a voluntary group who built its custom across 18 months; Now that the X91 route is being run directly by WECA rather than the group, and under pressure from budget cuts, WECA are looking at ways to carve it up instead of keeping it as the really handy route it now is. We are trying to get as many signatures on this petition as we can and are sharing it with friends, family, and colleagues from work and voluntary activities who might be willing to share it on their networks with whatever motivation to sign seems most fitting…for instance..you might know people who want to head out to the tranquility of the Chew Valley picking it up from Bristol Temple Meads or the Centre, or people who are public transport fans, or people who want decarbonisation of transport, or who want to support rural communities or who are worried about social isolation or issues of poverty all of which the bus addresses, who might sign to support us…see what I mean?…Anyone can sign wherever they are from and whether or not they are a bus user and we need to get as many signatures as we can as quickly as we can!

Also by way of warning the platform does ask people to donate (to the platform not us) but that is optional so please ignore unless you want to, just scroll down the page and say you will share instead and then if you want you can skip the share page…don’t let those things put you off! Also please be aware your signature doesn’t count until you click on the follow up email you will be sent."

Many thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@everyone

It's today! Our arts hub brunch! Come and make an imaginary village out of cardboard with artists in residence Ali Brown @iamalibrown and Jasmine Smail @artist.jasminesmail

10am-1pm
East Harptree village hall

Cakes, tea, coffee, bacon and veggie bacon butties!

It's today! Our arts hub brunch! Come and make an imaginary village out of cardboard with artists in residence Ali Brown @iamalibrown and Jasmine Smail @artist.jasminesmail

10am-1pm
East Harptree village hall

Cakes, tea, coffee, bacon and veggie bacon butties!

🎨🏘️THIS SUNDAY!!! Brunch welcoming artists Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail to the Arts Hub. The artists will be running a collaborative workshop making an imaginary village out of cardboard and scrap materials, collage and paint pens. Come and get involved!

Free drop in workshop that is family friendly and for all ages

Tea, coffee, home made cake and bacon butties

10th May 10am-1pm at East Harptree Village Hall (upstairs)

🎨🏘️THIS SUNDAY!!! Brunch welcoming artists Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail to the Arts Hub. The artists will be running a collaborative workshop making an imaginary village out of cardboard and scrap materials, collage and paint pens. Come and get involved!

Free drop in workshop that is family friendly and for all ages

Tea, coffee, home made cake and bacon butties

10th May 10am-1pm at East Harptree Village Hall (upstairs)

News just in - Artists in residence Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail will be running an awesome collaborative workshop at our upcoming crafty Arts Hub Brunch! ....come and be part of making an imaginary village out of cardboard and scrap materials, collage and paint pens! 🤩🤩 Free drop in workshop that is family friendly and for all ages.

There will be plentiful supplies of coffee, tea, cake and breakfast bacon butties 🍰🥓☕🎨🫖

Also an opportunity to meet the new artists and see their studio!

SUNDAY 10TH MAY
10AM-1PM
EAST HARPTREE VILLAGE HALL

#artshub #crafting #artstudio #collaboration #communityart

News just in - Artists in residence Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail will be running an awesome collaborative workshop at our upcoming crafty Arts Hub Brunch! ....come and be part of making an imaginary village out of cardboard and scrap materials, collage and paint pens! 🤩🤩 Free drop in workshop that is family friendly and for all ages.

There will be plentiful supplies of coffee, tea, cake and breakfast bacon butties 🍰🥓☕🎨🫖

Also an opportunity to meet the new artists and see their studio!

SUNDAY 10TH MAY
10AM-1PM
EAST HARPTREE VILLAGE HALL

#artshub #crafting #artstudio #collaboration #communityart

SAVE THE DATE! Really excited to announce the next Arts Hub Brunch to welcome our new artists Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail to the Arts Hub!

📆 Sunday 10th May 2026

⏰10am - 1pm

🎨 Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail will be leading some relaxed drop-in family friendly crafting sessions

🖼️ Meet the artists and see the studio space

🍰 home made cake!
🥓 bacon butties!
☕🫖 tea and coffee!

Learn more about the artists by following their page...
@iamalibrown
@artist.jasminesmail

#artworkshops #chewvalley #artshub #artstudio

SAVE THE DATE! Really excited to announce the next Arts Hub Brunch to welcome our new artists Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail to the Arts Hub!

📆 Sunday 10th May 2026

⏰10am - 1pm

🎨 Ali Brown and Jasmine Smail will be leading some relaxed drop-in family friendly crafting sessions

🖼️ Meet the artists and see the studio space

🍰 home made cake!
🥓 bacon butties!
☕🫖 tea and coffee!

Learn more about the artists by following their page...
@iamalibrown
@artist.jasminesmail

#artworkshops #chewvalley #artshub #artstudio

It was amazing to be part of this coin crafting workshop led by @giulianaterranartist and run by @valleyartscv as part of the creative activities inspired by the Chew Valley Hoard. We had an incredible turnout and some amazing coin portraits were made!

We will be back with @giulianaterranartist again in East Harptree Pavillion on Friday 29th May 10am-1pm for another session!

#artworkshop #chewvalleyhoard #somerset #artshub

It was amazing to be part of this coin crafting workshop led by @giulianaterranartist and run by @valleyartscv as part of the creative activities inspired by the Chew Valley Hoard. We had an incredible turnout and some amazing coin portraits were made!

We will be back with @giulianaterranartist again in East Harptree Pavillion on Friday 29th May 10am-1pm for another session!

#artworkshop #chewvalleyhoard #somerset #artshub

The full breakdown of the Chew Valley Hoard crafting sessions is out! Arts Hub will be hosting the sessions at the East Harptree Pavillion this Saturday 18th 2-5pm and Friday 29th May 10am-1pm.

Open to all ages, these welcoming drop in sessions invite you to get hands on and imaginative with no experience needed.

You'll get to design and create your own coin featuring your portrait!!! This will be part of a display during the community performance of Finders Keepers this summer.

#chewvalley #artworkshops #artshub #chewvalleyhoard

The full breakdown of the Chew Valley Hoard crafting sessions is out! Arts Hub will be hosting the sessions at the East Harptree Pavillion this Saturday 18th 2-5pm and Friday 29th May 10am-1pm.

Open to all ages, these welcoming drop in sessions invite you to get hands on and imaginative with no experience needed.

You'll get to design and create your own coin featuring your portrait!!! This will be part of a display during the community performance of Finders Keepers this summer.

#chewvalley #artworkshops #artshub #chewvalleyhoard

Set in the beautiful woods of Strode Waterfall Land & Story Project, we have the wonderful storyteller elder Michael Loader gracing us alongside ecotherapist Sarah Poppy to help guide us through this morning of magic and wonder. Children will run wild and free, adults can relax mid Easter holidays in this restorative place.

Book through @strodewaterfall.sauna
Sunday 12th April 10am-12pm
Recommended for age 2 - 7 year olds.

“Michael provided an enchanting event with such great connection to our global tree collection, nature and well-being”
Learning supervisor, Westonbirt Arboretum

Michael has been self employed as a storyteller, actor, facilitator and teacher with all ages from pre schools to elders homes since 1988. He has worked in Education, including Mental Health, Adults with Learning Disabilities, Schools, Teacher Training and Personal Development.

He has worked with St George's concert hall Bristol, Birmingham Symphony Hall in association with Birmingham City Library, The Egg Bath, Taunton Brewhouse, National Archives London, Natural England, and the National Trust.

Please request a car parking space if needed.

Set in the beautiful woods of Strode Waterfall Land & Story Project, we have the wonderful storyteller elder Michael Loader gracing us alongside ecotherapist Sarah Poppy to help guide us through this morning of magic and wonder. Children will run wild and free, adults can relax mid Easter holidays in this restorative place.

Book through @strodewaterfall.sauna
Sunday 12th April 10am-12pm
Recommended for age 2 - 7 year olds.

“Michael provided an enchanting event with such great connection to our global tree collection, nature and well-being”
Learning supervisor, Westonbirt Arboretum

Michael has been self employed as a storyteller, actor, facilitator and teacher with all ages from pre schools to elders homes since 1988. He has worked in Education, including Mental Health, Adults with Learning Disabilities, Schools, Teacher Training and Personal Development.

He has worked with St George's concert hall Bristol, Birmingham Symphony Hall in association with Birmingham City Library, The Egg Bath, Taunton Brewhouse, National Archives London, Natural England, and the National Trust.

Please request a car parking space if needed.

Really excited to be partnering with Valley Arts and the brilliant Giuliana Terran to host family Easter Crafting sessions this holiday season!

Saturday 18th April
2-5pm
East Harptree Pavillion

Craft objects for the Chew Valley Hoard stage production and get connected to its stories.

Sessions are drop-in and suitable for all

Learn more info about the Chew Valley Hoard here: @valleyartscv

Learn more about local artist Giuliana Terran here: @giulianaterranartist

#crafting #artworkshops #easterholiday #communityart #chewvalley

Really excited to be partnering with Valley Arts and the brilliant Giuliana Terran to host family Easter Crafting sessions this holiday season!

Saturday 18th April
2-5pm
East Harptree Pavillion

Craft objects for the Chew Valley Hoard stage production and get connected to its stories.

Sessions are drop-in and suitable for all

Learn more info about the Chew Valley Hoard here: @valleyartscv

Learn more about local artist Giuliana Terran here: @giulianaterranartist

#crafting #artworkshops #easterholiday #communityart #chewvalley

ANNOUNCEMENT! We are really excited to announce the new artists in residence for the Arts Hub: Jasmine Smail and Ali Brown. Scroll down to learn more about them and their practice!

Jasmine Smail @artist.jasminesmail
Jasmine is a multidisciplinary artist working mostly in sculpture and drawing. Her practice explores childhood, nostalgia, storytelling and play through objects and the memories they hold. She loves the tactile nature of sculpture, particularly papier mache. Jasmine finds joy in holding and making with your hands, using materials that have a nature you often can’t fully control resulting in wobbly, larger than life objects. She represents the playthings of her imagination and past connecting us in a collective remembering or reimagining. Participation, community and connection are integral parts of Jasmine's practice and is part of the artist collective Comfy Club as well as co-founding the artist community space Container 22. She has also led workshops encouraging play, storytelling and joy for all ages across the Southwest including the galleries, Spike Island, Hauser and Wirth and Arnolfini.

Ali Brown @iamalibrown
Ali is an artist & Creative Mentor. She creates colourful Found Wisdom Collages on paper and inked wood, inspired by seasons, cycles and Human Design. Her work celebrates the quiet but powerful everyday things we often overlook, offering gentle reminders to reconnect with your creativity, your rhythm and your self-trust.Alongside her art practice, Ali works as a Creative Mentor, weaving together coaching tools and creative processes to help people reconnect with their innate creativity. Through workshops, community projects and creative wellbeing sessions, she creates welcoming spaces where people can slow down, explore and rediscover their creative voice.

#artshubstudio #artworkshops #communityart

ANNOUNCEMENT! We are really excited to announce the new artists in residence for the Arts Hub: Jasmine Smail and Ali Brown. Scroll down to learn more about them and their practice!

Jasmine Smail @artist.jasminesmail
Jasmine is a multidisciplinary artist working mostly in sculpture and drawing. Her practice explores childhood, nostalgia, storytelling and play through objects and the memories they hold. She loves the tactile nature of sculpture, particularly papier mache. Jasmine finds joy in holding and making with your hands, using materials that have a nature you often can’t fully control resulting in wobbly, larger than life objects. She represents the playthings of her imagination and past connecting us in a collective remembering or reimagining. Participation, community and connection are integral parts of Jasmine's practice and is part of the artist collective Comfy Club as well as co-founding the artist community space Container 22. She has also led workshops encouraging play, storytelling and joy for all ages across the Southwest including the galleries, Spike Island, Hauser and Wirth and Arnolfini.

Ali Brown @iamalibrown
Ali is an artist & Creative Mentor. She creates colourful Found Wisdom Collages on paper and inked wood, inspired by seasons, cycles and Human Design. Her work celebrates the quiet but powerful everyday things we often overlook, offering gentle reminders to reconnect with your creativity, your rhythm and your self-trust.Alongside her art practice, Ali works as a Creative Mentor, weaving together coaching tools and creative processes to help people reconnect with their innate creativity. Through workshops, community projects and creative wellbeing sessions, she creates welcoming spaces where people can slow down, explore and rediscover their creative voice.

#artshubstudio #artworkshops #communityart

It's a sad goodbye to Amy and Emma from the Arts Hub 😢 we will miss you! Thank you for all your amazing work in the community running some fantastic workshops, we had such a brilliant year as our second year of artist residencies.

It felt fitting to have a celebratory end of year exhibition to show off the work they've created this year. Here are the highlights of the Exhibition!

Projects by Amy and Emma this year - do check out our website and blog for more info!
🏫👩🏼‍🏫Primary School workshops with Pensford and East Harptree school
🤱🏼👩🏼‍🎨Parent and Baby Art Hour Workshops
🫟Graffiti Art workshops with Grassroutes
🛍️Tote Bag Printing with Valley Arts
🖼️🎨The Big Arts Weekend exhibition

Keep up to date with Amy and Emma's current and future work
@amyhutchingsprints
@emmapowelletc

#artexhibition #artstudio #artshub #artworkshops

It's a sad goodbye to Amy and Emma from the Arts Hub 😢 we will miss you! Thank you for all your amazing work in the community running some fantastic workshops, we had such a brilliant year as our second year of artist residencies.

It felt fitting to have a celebratory end of year exhibition to show off the work they've created this year. Here are the highlights of the Exhibition!

Projects by Amy and Emma this year - do check out our website and blog for more info!
🏫👩🏼‍🏫Primary School workshops with Pensford and East Harptree school
🤱🏼👩🏼‍🎨Parent and Baby Art Hour Workshops
🫟Graffiti Art workshops with Grassroutes
🛍️Tote Bag Printing with Valley Arts
🖼️🎨The Big Arts Weekend exhibition

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@amyhutchingsprints
@emmapowelletc

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Exhibition open today at the Arts Hub until 4:30pm!
Pop by to meet Amy and Emma and see what works they have created during their year's residency 🖼️✨👩🏽‍🎨👩🏼‍🎨 learn about their techniques for creating their work and see their studio space. Most of the art is for sale too :)

#artshub #eastharptree #chewvalley #communityart #artexhibition

Exhibition open today at the Arts Hub until 4:30pm!
Pop by to meet Amy and Emma and see what works they have created during their year's residency 🖼️✨👩🏽‍🎨👩🏼‍🎨 learn about their techniques for creating their work and see their studio space. Most of the art is for sale too :)

#artshub #eastharptree #chewvalley #communityart #artexhibition

It's TONIGHT!! Pop over to the Arts Hub studio tonight between 6-8:30pm for a drink and some nibbles and to celebrate a year of Amy and Emma in the Arts Hub studio. Come and see what they have been working on this year as Artists in residence! So excited!

If you can't make it tonight the exhibition will be on tomorrow all day between 11am - 4:30pm

📍Arts Hub Studio * up the metal stairs above the community shop or through the village hall entrance
East Harptree Village Hall, Whitecross Road, East Harptree, BS40 6AY
⏰6-8:30pm
📆Friday 20th Feb

Exhibition
📆Saturday 21st Feb
⏰11-4:30pm

#artshub
#chewvalley #privateview #tonight

It's TONIGHT!! Pop over to the Arts Hub studio tonight between 6-8:30pm for a drink and some nibbles and to celebrate a year of Amy and Emma in the Arts Hub studio. Come and see what they have been working on this year as Artists in residence! So excited!

If you can't make it tonight the exhibition will be on tomorrow all day between 11am - 4:30pm

📍Arts Hub Studio * up the metal stairs above the community shop or through the village hall entrance
East Harptree Village Hall, Whitecross Road, East Harptree, BS40 6AY
⏰6-8:30pm
📆Friday 20th Feb

Exhibition
📆Saturday 21st Feb
⏰11-4:30pm

#artshub
#chewvalley #privateview #tonight

A sneak peak of Emma Powell's ceramics! 👀 Come and see what Emma and Amy have been working on over their year as Artists in Residence at the Arts Hub on Friday and Saturday this week!!! 🖼️🎨🥰

Private view and launch with drinks and nibbles!
📆Friday 20th Feb
⏰6-8:30pm

Open studios exhibition
📆Saturday 21st Feb
⏰11am-4:30pm

📍Arts Hub (up the metal stairs!), East Harptree Village Hall, Whitecross Road, East Harptree, BS40 6AY

Amy Hutchings
@amyhutchingsprints

Emma Powell
@emmapowelletc

#artexhibition #artshub #artstudio #openstudio

A sneak peak of Emma Powell's ceramics! 👀 Come and see what Emma and Amy have been working on over their year as Artists in Residence at the Arts Hub on Friday and Saturday this week!!! 🖼️🎨🥰

Private view and launch with drinks and nibbles!
📆Friday 20th Feb
⏰6-8:30pm

Open studios exhibition
📆Saturday 21st Feb
⏰11am-4:30pm

📍Arts Hub (up the metal stairs!), East Harptree Village Hall, Whitecross Road, East Harptree, BS40 6AY

Amy Hutchings
@amyhutchingsprints

Emma Powell
@emmapowelletc

#artexhibition #artshub #artstudio #openstudio

A sneak peak of Amy Hutchings' work! 👀 Come and see what Amy Hutchings and Emma Powell have been working on over their year as Artists in Residence at the Arts Hub! Only one week until our private view and open studios 🖼️🎨🥰

Private view and launch with drinks and nibbles!
📆Friday 20th Feb
⏰6-8:30pm

Open studios exhibition
📆Saturday 21st Feb
⏰11am-4:30pm

📍Arts Hub (up the metal stairs!), East Harptree Village Hall, Whitecross Road, East Harptree, BS40 6AY

Amy Hutchings
@amyhutchingsprints

Emma Powell
@emmapowelletc

#artexhibition #artshub #artstudio #openstudio

A sneak peak of Amy Hutchings' work! 👀 Come and see what Amy Hutchings and Emma Powell have been working on over their year as Artists in Residence at the Arts Hub! Only one week until our private view and open studios 🖼️🎨🥰

Private view and launch with drinks and nibbles!
📆Friday 20th Feb
⏰6-8:30pm

Open studios exhibition
📆Saturday 21st Feb
⏰11am-4:30pm

📍Arts Hub (up the metal stairs!), East Harptree Village Hall, Whitecross Road, East Harptree, BS40 6AY

Amy Hutchings
@amyhutchingsprints

Emma Powell
@emmapowelletc

#artexhibition #artshub #artstudio #openstudio

We've had such an ace time with the Parent and Baby Art Hour workshops over the last few weeks! Thank you to all those who attended, we have received some amazing and valuable feedback. Thank you also to our brilliant artists in residence Emma and Amy for hosting the workshops and making it such an enjoyable and safe space for both parents and baby! Check out the artists page here... @emmapowelletc @amyhutchingsprints

It was great to be able to create a safe space and see parents able to do something a bit different, something therapeutic and creative alongside juggling babies and toddlers (of course whilst eating cake and having a catch up with old friends and new!).

We hope to be hosting more of these sessions in the next few months with the new artists in residence...sign up to our newsletter to find out when!

Some of the really positive feedback we received...
"Very friendly and welcoming. There was something for everyone and it was very laid back"
"Really enjoyed it. Very therapeutic. Safe space."
"It was really welcoming. A lovely opportunity to do something a bit different"
"Love the hands on approach and chance to do something new"
"Loved it - easy to do with baby with lots of help too! Nice to do something creative and fun with baby and to keep"
"Really fun session, I loved making handprints of my baby for the first time. Thank you so much!"

#artshub #parentandbaby #chewvalley #communityart #artworkshop

We've had such an ace time with the Parent and Baby Art Hour workshops over the last few weeks! Thank you to all those who attended, we have received some amazing and valuable feedback. Thank you also to our brilliant artists in residence Emma and Amy for hosting the workshops and making it such an enjoyable and safe space for both parents and baby! Check out the artists page here... @emmapowelletc @amyhutchingsprints

It was great to be able to create a safe space and see parents able to do something a bit different, something therapeutic and creative alongside juggling babies and toddlers (of course whilst eating cake and having a catch up with old friends and new!).

We hope to be hosting more of these sessions in the next few months with the new artists in residence...sign up to our newsletter to find out when!

Some of the really positive feedback we received...
"Very friendly and welcoming. There was something for everyone and it was very laid back"
"Really enjoyed it. Very therapeutic. Safe space."
"It was really welcoming. A lovely opportunity to do something a bit different"
"Love the hands on approach and chance to do something new"
"Loved it - easy to do with baby with lots of help too! Nice to do something creative and fun with baby and to keep"
"Really fun session, I loved making handprints of my baby for the first time. Thank you so much!"

#artshub #parentandbaby #chewvalley #communityart #artworkshop

So excited to announce our upcoming Open Studios and Exhibition! Artists in Residence Amy Hutchings and Emma Powell will be exhibiting a selection of artwork created over their year's residency at the Arts Hub.

Drop by the Arts Hub to see the creative magic that's been happening this year in the studio and maybe take home an artwork with you! There will be prints by @amyhutchingsprints and pottery by @emmapowelletc - check out their work beforehand or get in touch via email!

Private View
Friday 20th February
6-8:30pm

Exhibition
Saturday 21st February
11am - 4:30pm

Location
East Harptree Arts Hub
Entrance up the metal stairs above the community shop
East Harptree Theatre and Village Hall
BS40 6AA

#artshub #chewvalley #artexhibition #artstudio #communityart

So excited to announce our upcoming Open Studios and Exhibition! Artists in Residence Amy Hutchings and Emma Powell will be exhibiting a selection of artwork created over their year's residency at the Arts Hub.

Drop by the Arts Hub to see the creative magic that's been happening this year in the studio and maybe take home an artwork with you! There will be prints by @amyhutchingsprints and pottery by @emmapowelletc - check out their work beforehand or get in touch via email!

Private View
Friday 20th February
6-8:30pm

Exhibition
Saturday 21st February
11am - 4:30pm

Location
East Harptree Arts Hub
Entrance up the metal stairs above the community shop
East Harptree Theatre and Village Hall
BS40 6AA

#artshub #chewvalley #artexhibition #artstudio #communityart

What an amazing morning we had for the first Parent and Baby Art Hour workshop at Chew Baptist Hall 😍 Artist Amy Hutchings demonstrated hand printing and everyone got stuck in, even tiny babies! 🤱🏽👶🏼 Was lovely to get to meet new faces over a cuppa and cake! Thank you @amyhutchingsprints and all those who visited for making the morning so enjoyable 🎨🖼️🙏🏽

This is the first in a series of 4 free art wellbeing workshops the Arts Hub is running in Chew Magna over the next few Wednesdays mornings for parents and babies (older siblings also welcome!).

Next week is fully booked but we still have spots for 4 & 11 Feb - email now to book a spot and come and do something a bit different with your kid! Arts Hub artist @emmapowelletc will be running the 4th and 11th February sessions

#artworkshop #parentandbaby #chewvalley #communityart #wellbeing

What an amazing morning we had for the first Parent and Baby Art Hour workshop at Chew Baptist Hall 😍 Artist Amy Hutchings demonstrated hand printing and everyone got stuck in, even tiny babies! 🤱🏽👶🏼 Was lovely to get to meet new faces over a cuppa and cake! Thank you @amyhutchingsprints and all those who visited for making the morning so enjoyable 🎨🖼️🙏🏽

This is the first in a series of 4 free art wellbeing workshops the Arts Hub is running in Chew Magna over the next few Wednesdays mornings for parents and babies (older siblings also welcome!).

Next week is fully booked but we still have spots for 4 & 11 Feb - email now to book a spot and come and do something a bit different with your kid! Arts Hub artist @emmapowelletc will be running the 4th and 11th February sessions

#artworkshop #parentandbaby #chewvalley #communityart #wellbeing

An incredible evening lined up on 27th January of spoken word, poetry and song at the Waldegrave Pub, East Harptree - get your tickets now at the community shop or via Eventbrite!

Featuring Beth Calverley, Paul Watkins, Susanna 'Ted' Waters, Braid, Kate Noakes and Peter Morris

An incredible evening lined up on 27th January of spoken word, poetry and song at the Waldegrave Pub, East Harptree - get your tickets now at the community shop or via Eventbrite!

Featuring Beth Calverley, Paul Watkins, Susanna 'Ted' Waters, Braid, Kate Noakes and Peter Morris

✨Excited to announce our new FREE art wellbeing sessions for parent and baby in Chew Magna Baptist Church!

👩🏽‍🎨 Hosted by our fabulous Arts Hub artists in residence @amyhutchingsprints (weeks 21 & 28th Jan) and @emmapowelletc (weeks 4 & 11th Feb), they will encourage shared exploration of art through simple activities such as hand printing and making baby mobiles

📆 21st & 28th Jan and 4th & 11th Feb
⏰ 10:30-11:30am
📍Chew Magna Baptist Church, BS40 8SP
🤱🏽For parents/carers and little ones age 0-2 (siblings welcome)
☕ Free tea, coffee and cake
🎨 Free art and craft workshop

BOOKING ADVISED - spaced limited!!!
✉️ Email: artshubharptree@gmail.com

#artshub #parentandbaby #artwellbeing #chewvalley
#artworkshops

✨Excited to announce our new FREE art wellbeing sessions for parent and baby in Chew Magna Baptist Church!

👩🏽‍🎨 Hosted by our fabulous Arts Hub artists in residence @amyhutchingsprints (weeks 21 & 28th Jan) and @emmapowelletc (weeks 4 & 11th Feb), they will encourage shared exploration of art through simple activities such as hand printing and making baby mobiles

📆 21st & 28th Jan and 4th & 11th Feb
⏰ 10:30-11:30am
📍Chew Magna Baptist Church, BS40 8SP
🤱🏽For parents/carers and little ones age 0-2 (siblings welcome)
☕ Free tea, coffee and cake
🎨 Free art and craft workshop

BOOKING ADVISED - spaced limited!!!
✉️ Email: artshubharptree@gmail.com

#artshub #parentandbaby #artwellbeing #chewvalley
#artworkshops

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