It’s been a busy few weeks! Exhibitions have been popping up left right and centre and the nice thing about our locality is that churches, amongst other public buildings, are happy to host art groups and societies in their beautiful buildings. Not only is there a selection of artwork, pottery, textiles, jewellery, woodturned work and more to look at, the buildings themselves are works of art in a way – those stained glass windows, the architecture, the atmosphere!

St Laurence’s Church in Ludlow, Shropshire and St Mary Magdalene Church in Leintwardine, north Herefordshire are two such places of worship that very kindly allow artists and creatives to showcase their work for a period of time. The latter church is currently hosting a group of 20 creatives during Herefordshire Art Week https://www.h-art.org.uk – we finish on Sunday 15 September at 5 pm at St Mary’s in Leintwardine, having had a wonderful 8 days of visitors.

There’s a lot of work involved in setting up art exhibitions, something that isn’t always apparent. Months of planning, decisions to be made, artists to be contacted and invited to submit, venue prep, previews to be organised, stewarding, the lists goes on..!

But the hard work is all worth it when you get to meet and chat to people visiting the shows who take an interest in what the artists have created and want to know the process.

If you are in the area or local to Herefordshire, Shropshire, Welsh borders, why not come and visit the last few days of our H.Arts Exhibition at our lovely village church?

St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow

St Mary Magdalene Church, Leintwardine