Art Archives - Rock the Cotswolds

5th April 2021 5th April 2021

Grant Award for Cheltenham Festivals from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

Cheltenham Festivals has received a grant of £290,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. More...

1st July 2020 12th July 2020

Rocking job: Kate Metzner, Photographer

by Melissa Ormiston

We catch up with Kate Metzner, uber-talented photographer who spends her time between The Cotswolds and London... So Kate, how did you get...

25th May 2020 12th July 2020

Rocking job: Allison Murray, Designer

by Melissa Ormiston

We meet award-winning designer Allison Murray, who has run some of the world's most established agencies including renowned Coley Porter Bell, part of WPP....

24th April 2018 30th September 2020

What a lot of Rocking art…

by Melissa Ormiston

Fred Schley From Elgol, Skye, oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm We catch up with the John Davies Gallery, exhibiting with 45 others...

28th March 2018 30th September 2020

Stuck in a Barn with… Laura Long: Contemporary Artist and Curator

by Melissa Ormiston

Following a busy day organising forthcoming art exhibition HYPE at Unicorn House, you’ve gone for a stroll, taken in the Cotswolds’ view and decided...

28th March 2018 30th September 2020

A Rocking day in the life of… Fresh: Contemporary Art Fair

by Melissa Ormiston

We catch up with Ellie and Anthony Wardle, Founders of the Fresh: Contemporary Art Fair. Now in its second year, it looks better than...

16th December 2017 30th September 2020

Art Treasures

by Melissa Ormiston

By Jezz Palmer Gloucestershire may be the home of rugby, horse-racing, and odd things to do with cheese, but that doesn’t mean everyone is...

30th June 2017 1st October 2020

Creativity Rocks the Cotswolds – again

by Melissa Ormiston

International designers, food and makeup artists packed out New Brewery Arts in Cirencester. We invited them along to celebrate Cotswold creativity alongside a stunning...

4th July 2016 1st October 2020

Creative tidal wave in Painswick

by Melissa Ormiston

The coolest street festival ever is back! Gloucestershire’s Art Couture Painswick (ACP) festival hits the mean streets of Painswick on 17th July and is...

17th August 2015 26th October 2020

Body art rocks

by Melissa Ormiston

The stunning star of our M5 motorway campaign is the model Verity Millet, who has been painted by body artist and Rocker Mona Turnbull....