How arty are you?  If you love seeing other people’s efforts at creating artwork you’ll want to come along to Cirencester during January and right through until the end of February.  It gives you the chance to spend part of your Cotswolds holiday in a slightly different manner, showing you locals at work creating some interesting and fascinating art.

Cirencester itself is just over half an hour away from Gloucester, taking a steady drive in a south easterly direction.  It is also less than fourteen miles away from Lechlade, if you happen to be staying in a Cotswolds cottage in that particular area.  And there are lots of other holiday cottages Cotswolds based around that area too, so wherever you are staying in the Cotswolds area you won’t be too far away from the exhibition.

You will find it in the New Brewery Arts Centre in Brewery Court in Cirencester, and what’s more they make no charge to anyone wanting to see the exhibition.  It is quite well known locally as it looks at art in a more light hearted way than some other art galleries do.

So what can you expect when you arrive?  Well when you discover that the exhibition is called Art Couples it might give you a clue what to expect.  These artworks are all created by couples.  Some artists habitually work with someone else most of the time, whereas others are not so used to the process.  But whether each couple in the exhibition is used to it or not, this way of working has produced some interesting and fascinating works for people to look at.

There are fifteen couples whose works have been displayed for the Art Couples season at the New Brewery Arts Centre, and no doubt you will find some more appealing than others.  But being able to see how different people work together to create one piece of art is never less than fascinating.

The website shows all kinds of pieces of art as well, and not just those which are made with paint and canvas.  Ornamental pieces and statues are also included and the whole feeling is one of enjoyment and excitement at what has been produced.  The event is known to be somewhat tongue in cheek, so you can go along and simply have fun looking at all the artworks that have been created.

As mentioned above the centre is in Brewery Court, and this is located just off Cricklade Street in Cirencester.  There are various parking facilities in Cirencester itself, and indeed the website points to the long stay car park which is situated in Sheep Street.  It is then just a short walk to get around into Cricklade Street and through to Brewery Court itself.

So if you are heading up to the Cotswolds to stay in one of their countryside cottages in the next few weeks and you want to see and do something slightly different, why not give the New Brewery Arts Centre in Cirencester a try?  You might just love what you find there.