Reposted from the La Vida Local website where you can also check out John Bartman’s online portfolio blog. Woodstock has seen some welcome changes thanks to the pioneering moves of the creative businessfolk behind such ventures as the Woodstock Exchange and the Old Biscuit Mill. New to the block is the Salt Circle Arcade. And [...]

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This is the season and if you are remotely interested in cutting edge work, it’s here, in WOODSTOCK now. STEVENSON Check out STEVENSON’s summer exhibition on till 11 January –  A Sculptural Premise. Some 25 artists “explore our understanding of our three-dimensional reality through contemplations of space, volume and sculptural form across a range of [...]

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Deep Sky Survey is the name of Lyndi Sales’s latest exhibition which runs to 14 July 2012 at Whatiftheworld’s impressive new location at 1 Argyle Road, corner Albert Road, Woodstock. “The body of work investigates the existential questions presented to us by science and its metaphors, man being a ‘symptom’ of the universe at large” explains the artist’s statement.

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Creatives are flocking to Woodstock in droves to set up shops and studios, but recently there has been a shortage of affordable studio space. Side Street Studios hopes to fill this gap and keep fostering the creative spirit Woodstock is known for. ILW speaks to developer Elad Kirshenbaum about this new venture.

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ILW met up with Berlin-based photographer Katrina James (originally from Australia) and who has been living in Woodstock for the last few months. It’s always interesting to see how others perceive the place we live in, and Katrina’s pictures of Woodstock have a gentle humility about them. We asked her a few questions about her [...]

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ILW speaks to the artist, gallerist and media-man from the South African Print Gallery. We like the early adopters. The movers and shakers who recognised that our ’burb is the place for the arts. The big names are here, and for three years, so is the SA Print Gallery owned by Gabriel Clark-Brown. He’s an [...]

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34 Fine Art is currently hosting an Urban Contemporary group exhibition entitled ‘Outside’ featuring many of the worlds' most famous street artists such as Banksy (UK), Blek le Rat (FRANCE), Shepard Fairey (USA), Invader (FRANCE) and others. Gallery owners Fred and Andries say this is their most popular exhibition yet, drawing crowds of up to 250 people a day to the tiny gallery in Buchanan square in Woodstock, and receiving lots of press coverage.

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  The last few weeks has seen the Lovell gallery holding a photographic exhibition on Woodstock. You have one week left in which to vote for your favorite picture so hurry down to the gallery and cast your vote before the 15th November. Over a cappuccino, ILW spoke to Andy Parker of the Lovell gallery [...]

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Part 2 of our Gallery roundup of the thriving Woodstock Art hub covers the galleries in and around Albert Rd as well as those slightly further afield. And as always, if we have missed anyone please let us know. You can read Part 1 here.

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In Part 1 of our gallery roundup, we look at the galleries on the Sir Lowry Strip. Next week's installment will cover the galleries on Albert Rd as well as those further afield. If we have missed anyone please let us know and we’ll gladly add them. At last count there are 12 galleries in the art hub Woodstock!

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