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Town House Open 23

June 5, 2023 By fiona

Town House Open 23

This is the fourth year of our Open exhibition! And we’ve had more submissions than ever this time so we have split it into two parts to allow as many artists as possible to take part over the summer :-

Part I Paintings and Drawings 24^th June – 30^th July

Part II Original Prints and Mixed Media 5^th August – 10^th September

The Ceramics and Sculpture will be on show throughout.

It’s always an exciting moment as we get ready for the exhibition: around ninety artists coming together here to show their work. There is no specific theme again and so there is a wide variety of both subjects and styles by artists who have exhibited at Town House in previous years and many who are new to the Open. And many of the artists will be in the gallery over the course of the exhibition, especially at the weekends, so come and meet them…

All works will be on the home page of the website from the morning of the opening day for each part and if you click on an image, you’ll be able to read more about both the artist and the work (the ‘read more’ link is very small in red underneath the larger image that pops up when you click).

The gallery: paintings and exhibitions

January 9, 2023 By fiona

Cross the courtyard to the gallery and you’ll find the 20th century paintings or our current exhibition – we hold four or five a year, plus our Open exhibition over the summer. For the next exhibition see the Events tab

Workshops: learn how to write a blog, calligraphy and a Parsi Cooking Club

January 9, 2023 By fiona

There are regular courses and workshops here: how to write a blog by the Gentle Author, learning calligraphy by Alice Gabb and most recently Farokh Talati’s Parsi Cooking Club, following the publication of his book Parsi. Get in touch if you’d like to run a workshop here or would like more details of any of these

Host a dinner at Town House

January 9, 2023 By fiona

You can a arrange to host a dinner here at Town House (maximum 22 people)

Old pots, always a selection here of late 19th or early 20th century slip ware pots

January 9, 2023 By fiona

There’s always a selection of vintage pots, dishes and boards at Town House, from Northern and Eastern Europe and usually late 19th or early 20th century

Jonathan Garratt pottery, popular as presents

January 9, 2023 By fiona

We have stocked Jonathan Garratt’s lovely and very usable pottery here for over ten years and it’s as popular as ever. Jonathan’s studio is just outside Shaftesbury where he has built his own wood fired kiln and it’s definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area (Stour Row)

Our coffee shop and cake baked here!

January 9, 2023 By fiona

This is the coffee shop at Town House – hidden down the stairs at the back of the shop! We serve a full range of teas and coffees (Hausbrandt from Milan), and a selection of cakes baked here on the premises. These include the Queen Cakes in the foreground of the photograph, which are from a recipe that’s the same date as the building – 1721.

Books at Town House

January 9, 2023 By fiona

We stock a small but growing range of books at Town House: mainly books about London, life in the East End and the artists who have painted it. Recently we have added cookbooks written by local chefs Angela Hartnett and Farokh Talati and some fiction…..