App Art returns to Prior’s Field School for 20th Exhibition

This April, Prior’s Field School will again be hosting AppArt – one of the largest art exhibitions in the South of England – after it’s most successful exhibition yet in 2014. With last year’s show reaching new heights of sales, interest and attendance, AppArt’s 20th year promises to be even better.

AppArt’s first exhibition was held by Evelyn and Gwyn Phillips in a local Surrey school 19 years ago, their aim being to provide “Art for Everyone”. With the help of an Arts4Education grant, they set out to expose school pupils and members of the local community to art, so that they needn’t travel to large galleries in major cities to do so. This also presented a wonderful opportunity for local artists of all abilities and media to display their work and create more interest in the arts.

Prior’s Field provides a perfect location for the exhibition; with the expansive Gertrude Jekyll-inspired gardens being an ideal setting for the sculpture trail, where up to a hundred works of all sizes and styles are to be creatively placed so that visitors are able to follow several routes to discover sculpture in a natural setting.

Inside, the school’s spacious theatre will house up to four hundred original works in various media including: paint; batik; ceramic; glass; photography and smaller sculptures. In addition to these two dimensional works there will be a fine array of ceramics, glass and resin sculptures.

The Sculpture Trail will be open to visitors by appointment with Prior’s Field School, from 23rd March until 2nd April. Both the indoor exhibition and the sculpture trail will also be open daily from 10am to 4pm, 4-18 April – and is sure to be a great trip out for all the family!

Admission is Free. Visit the AppArt website and Facebook page to find out more.

A previous AppArt installation, image from AppArt’s Facebook page.