Author: SVAF at Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope

Come in and PLAY! Or join in one of the free SVAF events in the Gallery space. December 12th – January 13th 2018                           PLAY! Features work by SVAF artists. Ann Bridges, Margaret Barrett, Melissa Hill, Sonia Griffin, Juliet Simpson, Andrea Coltman, Elisa Hudson, Rosalind Barker and guests...

Deborah Ravetz  27th November – 9th December         Deborah Ravetz writes… ‘I work as a ​​painter, a writer, lecturer and practitioner of Social Sculpture. Last year I published a book called The Art of Being Human, in which these strands come together in synthesis. This event will concentrate on my social sculpture project, ‘The Search for...

14th – 24th November           ‘Making  my mark’  Kent county Council’s Specialist Fostering Team supports children and young people with disabilities, alongside their foster and Short Break families throughout Kent. Thoughts and feelings about their lives and experiences can often go unnoticed or unheard so we invited these children and young people,...

  1st – 11th November  Annual Members Exhibition 2017 “Blurred Boundaries explores decisive moments when the traditional boundaries of fiction/nonfiction, truth and falsehood Blur” ‘Blurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in Contemporary Culture’ by Bill Nichols. An exhibition by Maidstone based Arts co-operative Making Art Work, “Blurred Boundaries” will consider and investigate how the blurring of...

Gallery Residency  2nd – 28th  October 2017 During October 2017 artist Nicole Mollett will be in residence in the Kaleidoscope Gallery, using the space as her studio during the week. ‘Drawn To The Light  Magic Lantern Workshop’ During October 2017 artist Nicole Mollett will be in residence in the Kaleidoscope Gallery, using the space as her...

19th – 30th September    A selection of The Herd of the Hospice School Ponies were shown throughout the Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Building and Gallery Come up to the Gallery and help us decorate KALEIDOSCOPE our Gallery pony Herd of the Hospice? is a major, free, public art installation and the first of its kind in the...

4th – 16th September   ‘Rubbing, smoothing, fixing. My eye feels the surface and the meeting of edges.  Space twists.           Line clings to skin. Fragile.’ David Minton August 2017                     ‘White Cube’ Graphite powder and pigment on paper 67 x 47 cm  www.davidminton.com...

24th August – 2nd September Andrew Mead drew a celebrity portrait every day for one year to raise money for Hospice in the Weald in recognition of the care they gave to his late wife, Lucy. Hundreds came into the Gallery to see this epic tribute to Lucy where all Andrew’s 365 drawings were shown...

9th – 19th August 2017   This Is Tomorrow, presented at the Whitechapel Gallery, London in 1956. It showcased the work of twelve groups of artists, architects, musicians and graphic designers who worked ‘independently for the development and production of their work but conceived the final display as one environment suggesting a model of multi-disciplinary...

25th July – 5th August 2017   The Textile Studio is a group of artists whose passion is experimenting with a wide variety of textile-related media. Their work includes hand and machine stitching, feltmaking, fabric printing, dyeing and other techniques, reflecting their individual approach to textile art. The group was originally formed more than 40...