Exhibitions & Events
Welcome to Artisan, Queens Park Arts Centre’s exciting programme of exhibitions and events. Led by our Arts Centre Coordinator, this special project offers free-to-view exhibitions all year round featuring work from the most talented and inspirational artists working both locally and nationally.
Alongside our exhibition spaces we have a beautiful gallery shop stocked with handmade art and craft. You can find out about the latest artists stocking their work by clicking here, or see below for our upcoming exhibitions. Skip to exhibitions here.
EVENTS
Save The Date!
Queens Park Arts Centre Open Day
Saturday 12 September | 11am – 2pm
Come for demonstrations, workshops, performances, exhibitions, coffee and cake!
QPAC Artisan Craft Fair Saturday 7 November | 10am – 4pm
The annual QPAC Artisan Craft Fair returns this year on Saturday 7 November!
With stalls set up throughout the building, live theatre and music as well as drinks, cakes and an activity for children, it’ll be a great day out!
CURRENT / UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
FREE-TO-VIEW
PICTURES FROM TRING AND SURROUNDINGS
Tring Art Group
Wed 3 Jul – Thu 23 Jul
Coffee Bar Gallery
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Since its inception Tring Art Group has taken inspiration from its immediate surroundings both in
the town of Tring and in its surrounding countryside. On display are works that capture the
everyday activities, special events and the rich heritage of this old town. Styles, techniques and
media all vary from piece to piece but under lying all, is a fascination of the place which is Tring.
The Tring Art Group was inaugurated in Sept 2017 and born out of Tring Art Workshop (2014-17).
Prior to Covid (2020), the group met regularly in the Nora Grace hall, Tring, and have since met on an ad-hoc basis at various nearby locations such as the canals and Tring Park to make en plein air art
together. The group has recently commenced regular evening meetings.
Members also regularly attend town events such as the Tring Summer Carnival, the Spring Blossom and
Autumn Apple Festivals at Peacock’s Orchard, Tring and the Easter Fayre.
The group creates a themed Tring calendar every year which is sold by Almar Ltd in the High Street, Tring.
Tring Art Group is a friendly bunch, and the aim is for the group is to be inclusive to anyone interested in
creating artwork. The ethos of the group encourages all regardless of style, skill level, or
experience.
BEYOND DISABILITY – BIRCHWOOD PAINTERS PAST AND PRESENT
Birchwood Painters
Thu 16 Jul – Thu 23 Jul
Main Gallery
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The Birchwood Painters bring you a celebration of colour with a vibrant mix of paintings from their recent and past works, telling stories of overcoming challenges and learning to show their talents.
Mark, one of the group’s artists, has shown in a major exhibition in London and given a talk at the Royal Academy of Art. He has a deep faith and has been studying art history, which is reflected in some of his paintings.
The Birchwood Painters work and live in a care home in Chesham and are supported by a small group of volunteers.
Meet the painters through their art, and be lifted up by how they have overcome their many struggles to create beautiful pieces of work.
The Birchwood Painters are a group of artists who live in Birchwood care home, in Chesham. They have been painting together for many years. Their art is an expression of their view of the world and their voice.
Mark, Elaine, Lesley, Ann and Peter have cerebral palsy. They use special easels to help them reach every corner of the canvas, designed by Demand. They are supported by a small group of volunteers.
The Birchwood Painters works as a cooperative, selling their art, so that they can buy more art materials and fund art trips. The art made during the painting sessions is inspired by their interests and is their dialogue with the world.
DWELL ON THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE
Diana Parsons
Friday 4 – Tuesday 22 September
Coffee Bar Gallery
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The Birchwood Painters bring you a celebration of colour with a vibrant mix of paintings from their recent and past works, telling stories of overcoming challenges and learning to show their talents.
Mark, one of the group’s artists, has shown in a major exhibition in London and given a talk at the Royal Academy of Art. He has a deep faith and has been studying art history, which is reflected in some of his paintings.
The Birchwood Painters work and live in a care home in Chesham and are supported by a small group of volunteers.
Meet the painters through their art, and be lifted up by how they have overcome their many struggles to create beautiful pieces of work.
The Birchwood Painters are a group of artists who live in Birchwood care home, in Chesham. They have been painting together for many years. Their art is an expression of their view of the world and their voice.
Mark, Elaine, Lesley, Ann and Peter have cerebral palsy. They use special easels to help them reach every corner of the canvas, designed by Demand. They are supported by a small group of volunteers.
The Birchwood Painters works as a cooperative, selling their art, so that they can buy more art materials and fund art trips. The art made during the painting sessions is inspired by their interests and is their dialogue with the world.
SHARED GROUD: NATURE, PEOPLE, PLACES
Joanna Brownridge, Paul Chappell, Michele Greene, Emma J Williams
Saturday 5 – Tuesday 22 September
Main Gallery
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Joanna Brownridge
Master in Arts – Wimbledon School of Art London
BA Hons – Farnham School of Art (Guildford University)
Joanna exhibits extensively in Buckinghamshire and is an active member of Buckinghamshire Art Society and West Wycombe Art Group. Her prize winning paintings are an attempt to capture the essence or atmosphere of a land or seascape rather than to achieve an accurate view of an image or place. ‘Happy accidents’ and a healthy dialogue with the materials and surface create patterns and texture which is more satisfying than correct perspective or illusion.
www/joannabrownridge.com
Instagram – joannabrownridge70
Paul Chappell
Paul Chappell sketches, paints and people-watches in our local towns and countryside, from bustling market stalls to car-boot sales, a commanding church or sleepy canal scene where our industrial past and present intertwine!
He shares the human stories surrounding his scenes and experiences the vibrant culture and changing landscape we all enjoy in Bucks.
Two Sides Stoneware
Michele is a sculptor working with a variety of materials including Clay, Wire, Resin and Bronze. Her subjects are mainly human and animal figures.
There is often a narrative element to her pieces. She exhibits widely in the UK and has work in many private collections.
01296 714601
www.greenesculpture.com
Emma J Williams
Inspiration for Emma’s work is drawn from places explored, travelled paths, gathered maps, and the quiet language of trees.
Paintings and drawings offer shifting perspectives of the landscape, layering real location with geographical references and elements of local flora. Tree trunks, roots and leaves are re-imagined in pen, becoming quiet lines of connection that thread through the work.
By blending actual places with fragments from maps and nature, the pieces merge the real and the imagined into seamless, intertwined worlds that feel both discovered and dreamt.
Instagram: emmajwilliamsart
PAST AND PRESENT
Brenda Hurley
Monday 5 – Saturday 17 October
Main Gallery
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An excting mix of paintings from the start of Brenda’s artistic journey to where she is today. Be overtaken by colour, expression and emotion as you view these paintings from across time.
Brenda has painted, taught and exhibited for the past 40 years. All subjects excite her from life to landscape to still life.
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
Click here to listen to an interview with Brenda.
Kelly’s work is currently on sale in our Artisan gallery shop.
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