Gilly was born in Zambia on Lake Tanganyika and she has a deep love and connection with Africa.

The Gate art space at 21 Westgate Street [Photo: John Steed, 2026] We have called our art space at 21 Westgate Street, the Gate  after the vision Gloucester Contemporary Artists has presented for a major art resource in the city. That ambition remains, and is some way off – in the meantime we have No 21 – from little acorns, mighty oaks… Clad in 20 th  century fake timber-framing, the building facing onto Westgate Street has now revealed its secrets in a comprehensive report

GCA member, Joanne Callaghan is the Chair for the Disability Arts Alliance (DAA) as it is her passion to help those who find themselves in isolation and sitting in silence, struggling with a disability.

by John Steed. In these times of global uncertainty perhaps we turn to our home for meaning. In our home we have control. Our home is where we can create comfort and security. Our home is our space, a metaphorical warm blanket. Yet, every home has unexplained creaks, knocks, thuds or things that go missing. It is human to look for a cause, possibly to infer agency and intent. As an artist, I have imagined we have gods in the home to protect us, gods we can placate. I have mad

I am currently engaged in a couple of projects to make drawings that either clarify historical artwork or aim to envisage how something, which no longer exists, may have appeared.  Drawing has always given me the opportunity to visualise many things, imagined or observed, so the opportunity to spend time atop scaffolding and closely examine a Tudor mural and make some drawings, appeared to offer a once in a lifetime experience. The mural in question is a Nativity in St Mary d

One might think 30 years of accountancy and the art of book binding have little in common. But Magalie Briand says her previous skills of precision and being organised are transferable to this traditional craft. Magalie was initially attracted to bookbinding as a technique to bind her a watercolour paintings together. So, she booked onto a bookbinders course and was hooked. She is now a full-time bookbinding artist. After 8 years of learning this traditional art, Magalie sti

by stone sculptor Debs Harrison On 13th May this year a stone-carved Lamprey Pie was presented to Highgrove Gardens as a gift for King...

Gloucester Contemporary Artists has opened an artspace in the centre of the city. We have called it The Gate  and we aim to have a...

by Cathy Steed This summer Gloucester Cathedral has a very special exhibition taking place in the Cloisters and Lady Chapel based on the...

2025 brings another exciting chapter in the development of Gloucester Contemporary Artists.  An even bigger and better ‘Adopt an Artist’...

Gloucester Contemporary Artists has become a very exciting hub for artists in and around Gloucester for a little over a year. I was...