El Paller visit Sunday October 5th

After two days of live performance in London and Swindon, Catalonian arts company El Paller and their family members had a chance to wind down at an informal social gathering at SVA. Here they met some of the artists that are involved in SVA projects with the view of discussing possible cultural exchanges. The visit to the UK had been coordinated by the artist Marie-Louise Flexen who collaborated with them on this project. Food, drink, live music, footage from their most recent performances and much discussion were all enjoyed. El Paller are now working on a return visit to coincide with the next Site Festival in June.

El Paller is an arts centre, school and platform which to promotes all disciplines of contemporary art at all levels. The centre situated in the old part of the Mediaeval town of Castello d'Empuries in the Ait Emporda, Girona, the most northerly part of the Costa Brava. The company includes of professional dancers, teachers, musicians, visual and scenic artists, cultural agents and social workers. We teach contemporary dance to children and adults, from beginners to professional standard.

You can visit El Paller at www.elpaller.org

Studio artist Colin Glen is currently showing new work as part of Visual and Other Pleasures at Stroud’s Illustration Gallery. The exhibition of painting and sculpture is a new departure for the gallery and also includes new work by nationally recognised artists Daniel Chadwick, Abigail Fallis, Ralph Macartney, Oliver Marsden and George Taylor.

www.theillustrationgallery.com