Author: SVAF at Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope

PASSAGES Exploring and anchoring the past through assemblage – where heritage and history meet. Tova McKenzie-Bassant  26 February – 15 March 2025 ‘Passages’ is a solo exhibition by the artist Tova McKenzie-Bassant, presenting three bodies of assemblage, (Tokens for the Journey, Silent Witnesses and Uncle Joe’s Bowl), brought together to form this piece, and chronicles...

Weald of Kent Grammar School Year 9 and 12 present GODDESSES 12 – 22 February 2025 A group of Year 9 and Year 12 students were inspired by the textile artists Anne Kelly, Caitlin Hinshelwood and Marion Elliot to produce some large textile hangings on the theme of Goddesses, which is our new school House...

RAY ATKINS A PAINTER’S ODYSSEY ONE OF THE MAJOR ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION 16 January – 8 February 2025 Private View Thursday 16 January 6 – 7:30 Join us for refreshments and a first view of A Painter’s Odyssey Ray Atkins solo show Ray Atkins (b.1937) is – puzzlingly – one of the least well-known...

    Weave with Lizzie – come and join Lizzie Hill in the Gallery to look, learn and contribute to a large woven artwork incorporating unusual materials! Print with Sarah – drop in for a family workshop to print Christmas cards with help and support from Sarah Cliff. Dress for Mess! Textures with Sheila –...

Mezzanine Exhibition Space Early days of Photography in Sevenoaks  Derek Medhurst 20 November – 7 December 2024 Arising from an abiding interest – over many decades – in all things photographic, I have collected photographs by early professional photographers in and around Sevenoaks. The collecting habit led to researching their working lives. Although there were...

GOING SOLO Sue Vass Paintings  20 November – 7 December 2024 This show is a selection of work completed over the last two years while I’ve been a student at The Essential School of Painting (ESOP) in Wood Green , London. I embarked on the Advanced Painting course in September 2022 and completed it in...

Strange stories An exploration of unusual worlds Wednesday 30 October – 16 November 2024 Private View and meet the artists Saturday 2 November 1 – 3:30 `Strange Stories’ is an exhibition that has grown from the teeming imaginations of ten highly individual artists. It contains elements of surrealism, narrative, imagination, humour and history.As well as...

Perceptions of Reality f32 Creative Photography Group 23-26 October 2024 Curator Paul Burgess The group meets online and in person throughout the year and provides a vehicle for members to explore their individual photography interests in a collaborative and supportive group. Exhibitors: Susan Shuttleworth, Michael Harrison, Amanda McNaughton, Angelo Gifford, Paul Hallam, Julian Britten, Ken...

THE BEAT and WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS  10 – 19 October 2024 The Beat & Within the Limitations – 9 to 19 October – Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Kent, England The Beat – 9 to 19 October – Echo’s Studio, Sao Paulo, Brazil Created by Lorrain Mailer of Ashford Visual Artists UK in conjunction with Juliana Lauletta of Artly...