Opening Hours & Late Night Shopping
From Friday 18 December (tonight!) Beach Street Felixstowe will be having its first late night shopping event. Open from 5pm – 9pm.
We also have a raffle! The tenants at Beach Street have created a wonderful hamper that can be won by purchasing a strip of raffle tickets. Tickets are being sold by all of the Beach Street traders and all proceeds from ticket sales are being donated to the following three charities:
Level 2 Youth Project
Cancer Research UK
CLIC Sargent
For more details, please see posters below.
News
The Gallery Box officially opened on Friday 4 December 2020 and what a busy weekend it was!
There is a wonderful array of artworks to purchase from local artists in store and here’s a list of who’s exhibiting their work this month:
Mikaela Rackham – Photographer
Joe Davey – Artist
Robert George – Painter
Louise Craigie – Abstract Painter
Rachael Marsh – Knitter
Thaksala Haylock – Typographer/Artist
Amy Marie Gladding – Photographer
The Codiwomplers – Willow Weaver
Felicity Knights – Embroiderer
For more details on their work, feel free to visit the gallery and see their beautiful artworks for yourself! You won’t be disappointed.
Open Call – ‘My window’
As mentioned in the last newsletter, The Gallery Box is having it’s first open call exhibition in January 2021. The theme is ‘My window’ and there has already been a lot of interest from artists throughout East Anglia.
This isn’t just a chance to display your work in a new and exciting art gallery, but to showcase your work alongside other local artists, feel part of an artistic community and sell your work, not to mention automatically be in with a chance of winning one month of exhibition space at The Gallery Box free of charge, or you could win £50 cash!
Remember, places are limited for this open call so make sure you read all the details on the website and deliver your work/s on the first day of submission to avoid disapointment.
Delivery of artwork/s:
Saturday 2 – Sunday 3 January 2021, 10am – 4pm
Submission fee:
£10 per artwork submitted (cash only at time of submission), maximum of two artworks per artist
Size of work:
Strict size policy for submitted work/s. Artwork/photography/chosen medium, must fit within an 30cm square space (this does not include any additional frame you may choose to use). Sculpture or 3D works – 30cm square and will be exhibited on pre-existing shelving at The Gallery Box.
Location:
The Gallery Box, Beach Street, Micklegate Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2GN
Date of exhibition:
Thursday 7 – 31 January 2021, Thursday-Sunday, 10am-4pm.
Date of exhibition:
Thursday 7 – Sunday 31 January 2021, 10am – 4pm, Thursday – Sunday
Theme:
‘My window’
Competition prizes:
- ‘The Gallery’s Choice’ – Exhibit at The Gallery Box for one month free of charge
- ‘The Public’s Choice’ – £50 cash prize
For all the details, click on the tab at the top of this page, ‘Open Call’ for all the details.
The Gallery Box 