Billie Bond Sculpture

🎨✨ Tomorrow marks the opening of the 4th Biennial Open Art exhibition at Chelmsford Museum!

Dive into a showcase of local talent, revealing the diverse stories and vibrant creativity of our city.

The exhibition was developed in collaboration with Friends of Chelmsford Museum and supported by Ignite Chelmsford.

I had the honour of opening the Chelmsford Museum art exhibition last week, there are some really great pieces of work and most of the for sale

Friends of Chelmsford Museum’s Biennial Open Art Exhibition was held on Friday evening with a large selection of different artwork displayed from local artists. World renowned, award winning Sculptor, Billie Bond, who lives locallay had selected the artwork and highly commended a selection of her favourites. The exhibition is on until February 2024 with many pictures being for sale - the Mayor has already purchased one and would recommend visiting to view the work of these talented artists.

Chelmsford Museum has proudly showcased works by renowned artists like Beryl Cooke, John Bratby R.A., and Sir Grayson Perry. Now, it's your turn!

Submissions are open for the Friends of Chelmsford Museum's Open Art Exhibition and this is your chance to have your art featured.

Download the entry form and review the exhibition rules and submission details: https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/museums/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/open-art-exhibition/

Anyone recognise these?

Thames Festival Trust - Arts, Culture, Education & Heritage - Thames Festival Trust Delivering diverse arts, education, heritage events and projects along the River Thames and abroad.

I shall be running this free workshop in connection with my Foreshore Foundlings, connecting us with a hidden past

Thames Festival Trust - Arts, Culture, Education & Heritage - Thames Festival Trust Delivering diverse arts, education, heritage events and projects along the River Thames and abroad.

How do you see Heritage in Chelmsford? Enter our competition to have a chance of winning a £100 gift voucher and have your photo displayed in the Art Place! Email [email protected] to enter.

Extended closing date to take in the bank holiday weekend!

Thames Festival Trust - Arts, Culture, Education & Heritage - Thames Festival Trust Delivering diverse arts, education, heritage events and projects along the River Thames and abroad.

Great exhibition High Roding Art which I have a few pieces of sculpture showing. Really sorry to have missed the PV last night but hoping to get there next week to see all the other amazing work helping to raise money for such an important charity

Great opening night The Society of Portrait Sculptors annual FACE exhibition

So pleased to be exhibiting two pieces with such an array of amazing sculptors from around the world

59th EXHIBITION

14 August – 10 September 2023

By kind permission of The Prince’s Foundation at

The Garrison Chapel
8, Garrison Square
Chelsea Barracks
London SW1W 8BG

Opening Hours

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily including weekends

6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Evening opening on Thu 24 Aug, Thu 31 Aug and Thu 7 Sep.
The exhibition will close at 4pm on Sunday 10 Sep.

I can vouch for this. One of the best experiences and opportunity I have had as an artist. So if you are a writer and need some time and space to develop your practice, this is the place

A quick peek at your work space, home, and possible neighbors if you’re the successful candidate of our Autumn Writing Residency, modeled by our lovely past resident @calbannerman ! We’d like to think this is one of the better commutes out there! With space to work in our Tower Studio and a cosy hobbit pod to rest your head, we encourage established or mid career writers of fiction to become inspired by the peaceful rural surroundings of the Marchmont Estate and the vibrant multi disciplinary artist community on site. The residency takes place over four weeks and includes a Writers Weekend event which will be open to the public. The resident will be asked to take part in the Writers Weekend by hosting a workshop or talk as part of the programme. The successful candidate receives a weekly stipend of £350 together with the fully funded studio and accommodation. The starting date of the residency is 27th October 2023. The deadline is 21 July 2023 and the application is quite short! Make sure to check it out on our website! Link in bio! #writing #writers #residencies #writingresidency #countryhome #scotland #scottishborders #marchmont

Fancy a chat about art?🎨

Come and join our first-ever discussion evening at Spread!

We will explore the boundaries of attraction in art with scholar Lily McGonigal. Lily will walk us through the emotional connections we form with art, and how it can impact our lives in unexpected ways.

Sign up to join us: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naked-attraction-exploring-the-boundaries-of-attraction-in-art-tickets-653985186297

This is so exciting. Some of you may recognise my Foreshore Foundlings in one of these images. This body of work responds to the tiny faces found along the Thames foreshore by mudlarkers. I shall also be giving a lecture about the exhibition in September at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich in September. More to follow soon

Marchmont House - Skyboat Visual Arts Residency - Photography The second of our Skyboat Residency opportunities, generously supported by artist Charlie Poulsen.

Shocked beyond words, a huge loss for all at Marchmont House

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Hugo Burge who died suddenly at home on Wednesday 10th May. Hugo’s kindness, intelligence, curiosity and belief in a better world made him an inspiration to us all. He was a beloved son and a great friend. We will miss him terribly.

His family ask for privacy at this time. Arrangements for a memorial service will be announced in due course.

(Photo Credit: Colin Hattersley Photography)

So excited to have won the Royal Society of Sculptors Marchmont House residency for the whole month of May

Thank you all Hive Artists Studio for inviting me to talk to you all about my work. It was also great for me to hear all about your work too

Very excited to be part of this exhibition. Do hope some of can get to see it

The Society of Portrait Sculptors Members Show opens next month
13 - 18th February at Bowman Sculpture,
6 Duke Street
St James's,
London
SW1Y 6BN

Pet Portrait classes running again. Here is Nellie modelling hers. Only three planes left for the 5 February class Essex art and sculpture classes

Starting my classes again

Watch this fantastic film fellow artist and mudlarker Marie, created when I showed her around the quarry and introduced her to the ancestral Thames in Essex.

Visit the Ancestral Thames and Explore a Working Quarry With Me Mudlarking London Mudlark We're on the Thames again today, but not the Thames as you know it. This is the bed of the ancestral River Thames, millions of years old, before it was diver...

Working towards a more sustainable sculpting future. Essex ice age clay and willow is just the start.

See my latest quarry life blog Exhibitions, Explosions and Strange Discoveries

Quarry Life Self-led artist residency on a gravel quarry in Essex by Billie Bond

ECC Arts and Cultural Fund 2023 open for Expressions of Interest ✍️

We're pleased to announce that Expressions of Interest will open for the next round of Essex County Council (ECC) Arts and Cultural Funding from Saturday 1 October to midnight Monday 31 October 2022.

For this round of the fund we are asking everyone to complete an Expression of Interest form, so we can support and advise you as artists and organisations as early as possible, and to ensure eligibility and suitability.

For FAQs, guidance and how to Express Your Interest: https://www.explore-essex.com/culture/arts-culture-fund