Arts, crafts and such in Southampton, Hampshire*
Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.
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Arts, crafts and such
- guildhall art gallery-GORGE!!
- not very independant but athena has some cool movie posters, other den dat shit for art!
- new respect for the Bargate! a fresh and funky new art gallery is being developed upstairs in the Bargate. Southampton's local talent will be on public display @ the city landmark.
Southampton - the renaissance is evolving.
- The art gallery above the library in the civic centre is reputed to be one of the best in Britain, also one at the institute (new artists) and the John Hansard at the University proper (Highfield campus)
- Fabric land in East street v. morish for anyone with customisation or textilesish tendencies.
- The Civic Centre gallery really is good - very big with lots of changing exhibitions and loads of stuff by people tou've heard of, which is obviously essential.
- Public Hangings in Bitterne Park is wicked.
- Southampton City Art Gallery
John Hansard Gallery (at the highfield campus of southampton university)
Millais gallery (at the Southampton Institute)
On St Mary's street there is a small gallery "A Space" where local artists can apply to show their work.
- Bedford Place! Loads of lovely little places! Silver Nutmeg is gorgeous!!
- Civic Centre is pretty good, not afraid to exhibit cutting edge artists either.
- There's one art gallery which used to have a room full of balloons
- the art gallry by the libray has some good stuff now an again. there used to b good graphie about but they buffed it all, except for the nike tick on the bridge at the sation witch rely anoys me lol
- Love the central library - local displays of crafts/sculpture/paintings etc etc and regular touring displays.
- Great arty stuff to be found at the Library entrance shop [back door of the Guildhall, really], instead of boring souvenirs.
- guildhall has an art gallery i nce went in there and they had painting with elephant poo all over it INTENTIALLY prooves that culturing yourself is a good laugh sometimes
- Jacaranda, I think it comes under this cause the shop is art, v. hippy v. cool soothing nice I luv it!
- the city art gallery has excellent exhibitions
- I tend to search around craft fairs for the odd class piece of gothic or dark artwork, scuplture etc. Everything seems to be too boring or happy for my tastes though, sorry.
- There's an art gallery in the town hall, and one in the institute.
- Try Southampton Art Gallery, in the Guildhall and Civic Centre complex.
- Southampton City Art Gallery, off of Commercial Road, is world renowned for it's exhibitions. The John Millais Gallery, part of Southampton Institute, and the Hansard gallery, part of SOuthampton university, are also good. The Beartrice Royal in nearby Eastleigh also has a lot to offer.
- Whitewoods in the city centre offers a range of DIY, Hobby and Doll's house bits & pieces. If you looking for something, it's always worth a try. 13 Civic Centre Road (opposite the Guildhall and KFC!)
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