In this section you will find an alphabetical listing of Winchester’s amazing range of creative practitioners spanning architecture, fine arts, photography, performing arts, film making, design, musicians, street artists, puppeteers, and much much more.

Should you wish to be added to this directory please contact christian.francis@winchester.ac.uk

 

Practitioners & Organisations (A-Z)

Art and Sacred Places
Art and Sacred Places is a unique national organisation with an international reputation for excellence and innovation in the field of commissioning visual art for sacred places.  It carries out inspirational permanent commissions, challenging temporary commissions and mutually beneficial interfaith projects.   It has a rapidly growing reputation as the arts partner and consultancy of choice for arts and faith organisations, local government and academics, in the UK and beyond.
Working with leading and emerging contemporary artists, Art and Sacred Places explores the relationship between art and spirituality, provoking thought and encouraging debate. It is committed to bridging the gaps with diverse communities, developing new audiences and promoting understanding.
www.artandsacredplaces.org
Bakerswell, Meonstoke, Southampton, SO32 3NA
Contact: Angela Peagram, Project Director
Tel: +44 (0) 1489 878725
angela@artandsacredplaces.org

Brassey Road Studio
Formerly a dairy, the studio is home to six artists and designer-makers working across a diverse range of disciplines including visual art, textiles, knit, stained glass and jewellery.
Brassey Road Studio holds a series of Open Studio events throughout the year as well as specific workshops which can be tailored to your needs. All studio members are art and design educated and some currently hold teaching roles at various art institutions in the UK. Work is also widely exhibited and is sold commercially both at the studio and at other locations. 
www.brasseyroadstudio.co.uk

Suzie Brown
Urban Bird Design & Illustration
www.urbanbird.co.uk

Neil Buchan-Grant
Photographer
Mobile: 07525 922550
www.buchangrant.com

ButterflyFX
Community filmmaking project that facilitates workshops and projects that can introduce and support people who want to an attend events putting on fun with a mobile film studio
www.thebutterflyfx.net

Cinewessex
Cinewessex is a nationally renowned provider of talented, professional camera crews as well as being the South’s leading TV and multimedia editing facility and graphics house and the first stop for cost-effective DVD, CD, VHS replication and duplication.
Cinewessex has earned its reputation at the forefront of providing facilites for broadcast programme-making, commercials and corporate video production for more than 30 successful years. We offer highly tailored and professional support at every stage of the process, providing

• Talented and experienced crews and high-quality camera equipment for hire
• Creative online and offline editing that realises the potential of any footage
• Innovative animations and digital effects that add real value
  Rapid, accurate DVD replication and DVD/ CD/ VHS duplication in any volume
• End-to-end service, from concept to completion.

Contact: Joe Conlan, Facilities Director
2 Moorside Place, Moorside Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7FX
www.cinewessex.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1962 844900
joe@cinewessex.co.uk

City Eye
City Eye is a community based charity based in Southampton whose remit is to support filmmakers and filmmaking throughout Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Partially funded by Screen South, for whom the organization is a Regional Delivery Partner, City Eye offers advice, training and support with filmmaking projects. We also have a small equipment base available for hire or loan to aspiring and emergent filmmakers and film artists. City Eye also runs networking evenings and screening events for locally produced film and is the lead partner for the new Southampton Film Week which provides showcase opportunities for film from the region and beyond.
Swaythling Neighbourhood Centre, Broadlands Road, Southampton, SO17 3AT
www.city-eye.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 2380 677 167

Exposure Filmmakers
Film networking group who meet the last wednesday of the month at the Arthouse Gallery Cafe (Above Bar, Southampton). Networking, film workshops and screening nights
www.thearthousesouthampton.co.uk

Gary Frost 
Gary Frost, is an award winning creative designer. He works on a diverse range of projects for B2B and B2C organisations, in addition to creative arts and non profit businesses.
His vast experience in producing innovative design solutions that directly benefit those businesses has been recognised by the odd design award, and features in the international design magazine Computer Arts Projects and the Design and Design Book of the Year Vol4.
He offers a varied range of integrated services including branding, art direction, print and website design. Should you be looking to work with a creative designer with a passion for the arts, then get in touch.
Call +44 (0)7877 468 043
Email info@garyfrost.co.uk
www.garyfrost.co.uk

Katherine Howlett
House Drawing
‘capture memories with a house drawing’
Pen and ink drawings and watercolour paintings of houses to commission.
www.housedrawing.co.uk

Lucy Kayne
Lucy is a fine art photographer based in Gosport. Through her work she aims to capture the beauty in the world around her, in the mundane aspects of life, seeing shapes and patterns in the most everyday of subjects. She works mainly in black and white, and produces and sell prints. She also takes commissions.
Tel: +44 (0) 7944 505419
Email
Website

Meon Valley Studio
Meon Valley Studio is a working jewellery and silversmithing studio run by Olivia Lowe and Lindsey Mann. We offer weekly classes and weekend workshops on both traditional silversmithing and contemporary techniques. Group workshops and one-to-one sessions. Located close to the village of Warnford.
Website
email
Tel: Lindsey on07751 593541

Christopher Newberry
 Christopher is a photographer and designer. You can see samples of his local landscape photographic work here and for more recent, abstract work, here.
20 Newton Road, Twyford, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1PE
www.thelot-media.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1962 712858
Mob: +44 (0) 77 17 22 23 97
christopher@thelot-media.co.uk

Platform 4
Platform 4 creates magical performance work that is highly visual and captivates and involves audiences. Our programme of work seeks to enrich its audience, particularly young and old people, through beautiful, quality arts experiences and unique cross-arts participatory projects.We aim to create tantalising atmospheres that surround and envelop an audience with sound, light and scene.
Platform 4 make work that tours regionally and nationally and creates tailor-made participatory installations and celebratory events. In the last 14 years we have devised a wide range of projects for venues, schools and colleges, youth theatres and community groups.
Platform 4, 5a Jewry St, Winchester, Hampshire, S023 8RZ
t:01962 808055 / m:07711809249
www.platform4.org

PoeticMind
A website resource for art, creativity and inspiration 
http://www.poeticmind.co.uk/

Gill Robinson
Gill Robinson is a professional artist and illustrator, working in a wide variety of media.
You can see examples of her work on her website
46 Western Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AH
Tel: +44 (0) 1962 869919
Email

Serious Shapes Dance Company

Serious Shapes Dance Company (SSDC) is a small scale urban contemporary dance company based in Southampton. The company create high quality performances and classes, that engage, motivate and inspire.
SSDC want to inject dance into everybodies lives. The company consists of five dance artists who often collaborate with other artists working in dance, film, music and photography to inform the richness of their work.
The company offers weekly adult classes in street dance and contemporary dance, they provide educational workshops and create dynamic performance work.
www.seriousshapesdancecompany.co.uk
enquires@seriousshapesdancecompany.co.uk

Maria Smedstad
Maria graduated from University College Falmouth in 2001, receiving a first class degree in  Illustration. Since then she has been working as a freelance illustrator, cartoonist and writer. She was a runner up to be Young Cartoonist of the Year in 2008, and have an extensive client list, both in the UK and internationally. 
You can see her illustration/cartoon work here:

• http://www.mariasmedstad.blogspot.com
• http://www.emcartoons.com
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Em-Cartoons/148180005208895

The University of Winchester
Faculty Of Arts, Sparkford Road, Winchester, SO22 4NR
www.winchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1962 841515
Fax: +44 (0) 1962 842280

Eileen White
Producer of decorative framed paper cuts based on themes and/or narratives.  Eileen abstracts her original drawings onto hand painted paper, which she cuts and layers to become graphic silhouettes. Her work tends to be either large scale pieces  or  archival prints.  Her work has been exhibited and sold abroad as well as in the UK.  Eileens preferred palette is calm and muted with a balanced contemporary feel.
Recent projects include;  Art-Asia Southampton, Enliven Eastleigh Borough Council, Winchester Cathedral, Waterlooville Children’s Library, The Theatre Royal Winchester, as well as private clients.
Eileen has experience of running workshops both in the community and in primary and secondary schools.
Eileens portfolio of work can be viewed at www.eileenwhite.co.uk
www.eileenwhite.co.uk

Winchester City Council
Cultural Services, Colebrook Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LJ
www.winchester.gov.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1962 848303
Fax: +44 (0) 1962 848427
fpain@winchester.gov.uk

The Yard
The Yard is a collectively run organisation dedicated to the promotion of contemporary fine art within the Winchester district. It was set up in the winter of 2007 by a group of local artists assisted by Winchester City Council.
Matley’s Yard, Wharf Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9NQ
theyard@live.co.uk