The Rea Garden have been invited to hold an exhibition based on the project space at The Solihull Arts Complex.  The exhibition will be part documentation part archive and visual history of the subtle and more pronounced changes of the space over the past 3 years. It is also a document of the creative process and the artwork, some of which has been re-situated in the gallery.  The exhibition is a brief history of the site so far…….

Artists taking part in the exhibition -

Arlene Burnett, Paul Newman, Leon Trimble, Jamie Fowkes, Helen Grundy, Anne Guest, Project Pigeon, The Family, Hannah Hull, Claudia Borgna, Brigid Mc Leer and current artist in residence at The Rea Garden Graham Dunning.

‘A Site of No Special Interest: A brief history so far of The Rea Garden artist project space’

Private View: Thursday 9th September  6.00 – 7.30 pm

Open: Thursday 9th September – Saturday 9th October 2010

Solihull Arts Complex G1 Exhibition Space

Homer Road, Solihull. B91 3RG.

0121 704 8349. artsideas@solihull.gov.uk

www.sollihull.gov.uk/gallery

watch, originally uploaded by the rea garden.

surveillance in the garden

code, originally uploaded by the rea garden.

more hidden messages

hey! listen to me, Anne, tonight (wednesday 29th July) on rhubarbradio.com with Leon Trimble discussing my part in the Unnatural Selection Project in The Rea Garden, Floodgate Street, Digbeth

emerge, originally uploaded by the rea garden.

blank canvas not what it seems

nailed, originally uploaded by the rea garden.

we are being watched

blank canvas no.1 , originally uploaded by the rea garden.

we are all blank canvases…aren’t we?

The workshop on 1st August will run on an ongoing rolling basis so turn up at any time between 12 and 3pm. To give us some idea of numbers please book a place by emailing your name to midlandcity@blueyonder.co.uk with ‘Workshop’ in the subject line. Thank you and look forward to seeing you there!!

Heather Goodchild will be hosting an
envronmental gardening workhop in the space from 12 - 3 on 1st August and
she will be showing visitors how to create habitats for bumble bees and
lacewings from natural materials. She will also be giving advice on plants
that encourage wildlife into your garden, giving a planting demonstration
and giving away plants. There will be free leaflets and posters as well.