00:00We're here at Bishop Percy's Tea Room in Bridgenorth and we're with Ellie. Hello Ellie.
00:05Hello.
00:05So this is some of your work isn't it?
00:07It is, yes.
00:08Lovely picture, where was this taken?
00:10This was taken on the Thai-Cambodian border. I used to travel quite a lot and why I decided
00:17to print my own photos was because I just had thousands and thousands on my laptop so
00:23I thought I'd do something with them.
00:24So we're in Bridgenorth, a lovely town, lots of lovely cultural things happening but no
00:29art gallery?
00:30No art gallery. Well, we do have a very small one, I will say that. A lovely man owns it
00:36and teaches art there.
00:38Ah, Stoneway.
00:39Yes.
00:39Ah, yeah, yeah.
00:40But we don't have a space for local talent to show their work.
00:44So you and a few other people formed a group, what's that called again?
00:48It's called Bridgenorth Arts Community and together we arrange exhibitions throughout the year
00:54for people within a 15 mile radius of Bridgenorth to show their work. That's including 2D and
01:023D work.
01:03So your work here features in an exhibition currently at Bishop Percy's. That's one of
01:07the venues you've got on board.
01:09Yes, that's right.
01:09But we're putting a call out, aren't we? As well as kind of, you know, getting the word
01:13out, get yourself down to Bishop Percy's. It's lovely for a cup of tea and have a look
01:16at the art. Also, the purpose of this meet up today is you're putting a call out really
01:21for a wider audience to capture more artists, yeah?
01:24Absolutely. We did put out a call a few years ago and we got lots of people coming through
01:31then but we would like you to contact Bridgenorth Arts Community. We have a Facebook page.
01:37If you could please contact us through there, we would love to hear from you. We have other
01:42venues available at the moment and we would like to show your work.
01:46So it's just to expand that range of artists, really.
01:50Absolutely, yeah.
01:51And how far are we looking? Basically, if you're a Shropshire-based artist, does that
01:56tick the box?
01:56Shropshire-based, we'd prefer people to be within, like I said, about a 15 mile radius
02:02of Bridgenorth simply because there are lots of other venues in Shropshire. It's just Bridgenorth
02:07that's lacking.
02:08Yeah, yeah. Great stuff. So you've heard it here first. Guys, if you've got a lot of
02:12you're a budding artist and got some work you think's worthy of being displayed, get
02:17in touch with the guys here. And yeah, Bishop Persies is a great venue. What other venues
02:22have you got on board?
02:22We now have the library. We also have two others that are in talks but we need, also
02:29we would look for volunteers who would like to curate a venue because we have two venues
02:34already that are looked after by two of our volunteers. So if you're interested in that
02:40also please let us know.
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