The Holidays are upon us and with it brings decorations galore, tonnes of new stock and the final exhibition of the year. But first, with the spooky season and the long-awaited revival of carnival behind us, we simply must announce our joy at how successful our latest exhibition was, with special thanks to Eve Male and Kayleigh Miller for their fantastic and visitor favourite contributions. In addition, with the experience gained from our first day being open during carnival, we have decided that going forward we will be providing insulated takeaway cups for whomever wants a nice hot drink to go.
Going forward we are increasing our opening hours for carnival day so that we may better suit the high footfall and provide a warm location for all those wishing to purchase refreshments, use the restrooms or to take a break from the weather, long into the night.
There’s now even more fun to be had in the gallery
Come along and count the icicles in the gallery –
The correct guesses win a chocolate!*
*Competition ends when the chocolate runs out!
Funky Portraits exhibition
Succeeding our spooky autumnal exhibition is our Funky Portraits exhibit, a collection of charismatic and interesting portraits each bursting with their own unique personality and style, whether it’s something lively that reminds of warmer weather and holidays abroad, a furry companion to warm the soul or an abstract piece to stimulate the mind, there is something for just about everyone. Along with the gallery’s fine collection of portraits, we also have a special guest appearance of works from previous exhibition artists; Tony Machin and Louise Prior, truly making this a special send off for the year! This exhibit will be on full display until halfway through January, where we will officially start off the exhibitions for the new year with our Fairies & Dragons display.
Upcoming exhibition Fairies & Dragons
This display will contain paintings never seen here at the gallery, as well as numerous artworks from familiar faces, Tony Machin, Louise Prior, Kayleigh Miller and resident artist Bridget.
Holiday Gifts
But enough about the New Year, let’s talk more about the holidays! If you’re looking for some new holiday decorations, a small cute gift for that special or hard to buy for person or even a unique ornament for your tree, then look no further! We here at the gallery have gathered numerous new items from local artists, especially for this holiday season, these include stained-glass angel mobiles, handmade Christmas baubles, fused glass Christmas trees and Santa hats, stained-glass tea light holders in the shapes of both angels and candles, handmade glass wreaths and so much more.
With that, we are almost done with the final blog post of the year, but first we have a small notice for our opening times. The gallery will be open all the way up to 7pm on Christmas Eve for all of you last-minute buyers, and we will be open again on the 28th and 29th from 10.30am to 3pm. The gallery will resume normal hours from 4th January 2023. Lastly, we would like to extend our deepest appreciation and thanks towards every single visitor, customer, artist, and everyone else who has supported the gallery throughout its first year of operating. It has been a long year with many hardships and lessons to be learned, but it has been a heart-warming experience seeing so much passion and love for the arts, making the year all that more worth it, and we shall endeavour to continue trying to help the arts to flourish long into the future. Until next time, from all of us at Bridgy Gallery to you, Happy Holidays and have a very happy New Year.