HOT HOT HOT

What a scorching summer. We ended our holidays with Chalk & Colouring and in a blaze of colour the Bridgwater annual Flower show.

The children were the stars, chalking in our undercover yard to avoid the showers. 


Flower & Craft Show

We were so proud to sponsor the Art Entries and meet the overall winner of the Art section work. There were lots of brilliant entries this year. The day started dramatically with a cloudburst and a giant puddle at the door. The on-site café was excellent and kept everyone fed and watered. The wonderful entries kept us entertained all afternoon. The presentation of the multitude of cups & rosettes was exciting, having many worthy winners and smiling faces.


Solstice Sunday

What a really lovely day in the gallery garden we had. An amazing Drumming circle, Poetry reading, Music, ice creams, a brilliant and tasty BBQ. The Tree tale and performance/tree naming ceremony with brilliant weather, a near perfect summer day was had by everyone.

Two art exhibitions to look at, lots of local artists work on show with Sculpture, Jewellery, woodwork also pottery & glass. 

The event was part of the Bridgwater Cultural festival, a three-day event over the weekend celebrating refugee week and inspired by Courage supported by many collaborators, it was great working with them all. Eva from Mingle Café provided the BBQ and gorgeous food. 

Solstice Sunday poster

Magical times indeed, the sun went down in a blaze of pink glory and the tree tale’s 300-year history of the area told from the tree’s point of view was very well received.

The preparation for the event included transforming a forgotten umbrella into a parasol, decorating the tree seat, mowing the lawn, writing the tree tale and decorating my sun hat.

Flags, coloured by Kids for the 2025 Bridgwater Cultural Festival, decorated the long gallery for this year’s Solstice event.

The Magical times poem was written when I was 12 years old for my Granny and ‘The Circles of the moon’ written just before humans got a look at the dark side of the moon for the first time.


May Mayhem workshop a great success

It was a very successful workshop. Many children came and had lots of fun making mushrooms & toadstools, fairy houses and trees from paper bags, old egg cartons, cardboard and self curing clay and paint.

Here is an impression of the lovely creations that were made.


Bridget on radio Sedgemoor

Bridget Penn-Berkeley has appeared everyday day for a week on Sedgemoor Life, a featured show on local radio station Sedgemoor.  Here are some of the interviews if you missed them.

Interview on Sedgemoor FM, Day 1
Interview on Sedgemoor FM, Day 2
Interview on Sedgemoor FM, Day 3
Interview on Sedgemoor FM, Day 4
Radio Sedgemoor

What an exciting season!


Kicking off with the spectacular Bridgwater Twilight spooky Bridgy Gallery Sculpture garden, followed by our Halloween & Carnival & Darklight exhibition openings. Halloween wreath making workshops, all topped off by the Carnival on the 1st November. A mild year weatherise but full on event wise!

The fun did not stop there, we have been making flowers for the Bridgwater Together project – Displayed at the Town hall on the 15th November. Alongside Gaia 7m planet earth inside the Town hall – last year it was the full moon installed at the docks. 

Wondrous Bridgwater, and not just for carnival.

Soon it will be the spirit of goodwill to all.

Looking forward to the tinsel and bright lights of our Yule time exhibition, starting on the 3rd December. Our last shopping day at the gallery is Saturday 20th December.


Wreath making & Gaia and Flowers


A lot happening in October


Our first event is the Bee making workshops Sami is holding on Saturday morning starting at 11am

There is a seed program of creative events and venues around Bridgwater, along with the National gallery paintings that can be seen around town. Bridgy gallery is supposed to have two of these on the garage side of the building, but they have not been installed yet!

All things bright & beautiful in the garage gallery showing Andrew Adam & Des Fox both, local artists (painters) with Hive’s eco/bee exhibition and swarm displaying lovely work from local artists which includes painting, 3D art, computer art, photographs, stained-glass, small sculptures and a life-size gold beehive! 

Then we are part of Twilight – on the map and a venue for Bridgwater again this year – we are decorating and lighting up the garden with a spooky theme.

The garage gallery will be-hung with Halloween & Carnival in preparation for opening exhibition on Wednesday 15th.

On the 17th the long gallery hosts a dark light exhibition. Alan Moule and others with glow in the dark and UV activated art.

Then on Saturday afternoon 25th, Wednesday 29th, Thursday 30th and Friday Morning workshops for parent and child Fun Halloween wreath making with pipe cleaners, recycled materials, autumn leaves making bats, pumpkins and spiders to decorate their wreaths.

And we finish off with a free to attend children’s Halloween dress-up party which morphs/transforms into an evening adult fancy dress party with live acoustic music poetry games etc. on Friday 31st pm. 

It’s an exciting month here at Bridgy gallery!

Spooky goings-on in the garden!


Long Gallery Hive Event

The Hive Project

Launch evening

Busy Bees


iGap Award Presentation


On 15th September, Bridget received the iGap travelguide award 2025 for the second year in a row!

iGap 25 Winner
iGAP award presentation
iGAP award presentation

Penn Berkeley Prize Photography Awards

Penn Berkeley Prize logo

The Penn Berkeley Prize Photography award ceremony took place on 30th August.
The award sculptures were received with great admiration, and the winners suitably impressed and delighted with their win.
With accompanying guitar playing as a backdrop, the presentation evening was a great success.

Thank you to everyone who voted online or in the gallery.


Summer Solstice Fun


The conclusion to our flag making workshops was a bunting display in Cranleigh Gardens for the Bridgwater Cultural Festival on Saturday.

What a hot day, great food tasting, a catch-up with familiar faces and some relief under the big trees by the lake. Music accompanied our wandering around the stalls, talking to interesting volunteers and vendors.

flags

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