Normally, Chambers plays host to a wide selection of art from our permanent artists, but for exhibitions we transform it into a space perfect for both solo and multi-artist shows.

Below are details of the past and future events that the Old Courthouse Gallery has hosted.

CURRENT EXHIBITION

  DAVID CEMMICK: Gorilla, from May 29th to June 13th 2021

David is a very well-respected wildlife artist, renowned for his work on endangered species and habitats. This new exhibition is a mix of sculptures, drawings and paintings focussing on gorillas and is an evocative portrayal of these magnificent creatures.

The exhibition features three brand-new sculptures alongside three editions of David’s existing gorilla works. There are also 20 new original artworks, half oils and half other media, and around 30 mounted unframed sketches. A full cataologue is live here and here are a couple of preview images to whet your appetite! We also have more of David’s work at the gallery, which can be found here

PAST EXHIBITIONS

FAY COLLINS: A Return to Nature, from September 19th to October 3rd 2020

For this exhibition we displayed a beautiful new collection of work by Fay Collins, in her exhibition ‘A Return to Nature’. The exhibtion ran from September 19th 2020 for two weeks. All the paintings were evocative representations of the landscape around the Ambleside area, in oils on board. Although ths exhibition is now over, we still feature Fay’s work in the gallery and you can see her latest paintings here.

Working from her studio in the Forest of Bowland, Fay creates distinctive paintings of both landscape and nature. For this solo exhibition she created a new body of work inspired by the slow return to normality in the Lakes post-COVID.

THE LAKE ARTISTS SOCIETY: Members’ Special Exhibition, August 22nd to September 5th 2020

We were very happy to host this very special exhibition of works by the members of the prestigious Lake Artists Society. Sadly, the Society’s usual highly-regarded Summer Exhibition had to be cancelled due to the COVD-19 outbreak. The Summer Exhibition has been a fixture of the Lake District Arts calendar for many decades and previously only paused for World War II.

Although the normal full exhibition with multiple new works from the Members and selected Guest Artists couldn’t go ahead, we offered our Chambers exhibition room for a smaller event. As long-time attendees of the Societies’ shows ourselves we were keen to do something to help out and avoid a total cancellation. We therefore hosted this exhibition of one or two works from each Member, with all proceeds going to the Society and its artists.

Below is the list of members who exhibited:

Ceri Allen

Christine Baines                               Catherine MacDiarmid

Kate Bentley                                     Angie Mitchell

Marion Bradley                                Rebecca Naimski (Darbishire)

Dawn Gabrielle Chandler               Rebecca Payn

Kevin Chester                                   Annie Peaker

Danny Clahane                                 Janette Phillips

Fiona Clucas                                     Vivienne Pooley

Stephen Darbishire                         Hideyuki Sobue

Mark Gibbs                                       Alan Stones

Rachel Gibson                                  R. Martin Tomlinson

Susan H. Glassford                          Graham Twyford

Gordon Griffiths                              Elizabeth Walsh

P.L. Hobbs                                         Ian Walton

Janet Kenyon                                    Ralph Wardle

Marion Kuit                                       Michael Wilson

Tracy Levine                                     Judith L.Wood

David Macaulay                              Beverley White