Current and Forthcoming:
Exhibitions/Events
Shepton Mallet Snowdrops Festival, 12-18 Feb: A giant scroll-like mixed media collage installation, with text, is spanning the galleries of the Baptist Chapel, Shepton Mallet. It will be on show from 16-17 Feb during the Festival (theme ‘Nature Unbound’). Created in a workshop with me, writer Polly Hall, and community. Poetic words were laser cut onto the finished scroll. Georgia Freely and Polly installed the work while I’m away. See full diary here. Do visit if in the area.
PADA Residency Exhibition, Rua 42, n2, Parque Empresarial da Quimiparque, 2830-904 Barreiro,Portugal; Sat 24 Feb, PV 6-9pm.
Sustainable Art Open, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School, Butleigh Rd, Street, Somerset BA16 0YD. PV Wednesday 21 Feb, 7.15pm. Book a free slot here to see it during our open hours. Featuring artists who work with environmentally-friendly materials and incorporate sustainable practices. Open 9:30am-5pm, from Wed 21 Feb - Thurs 21 March (Closed Sun - Tues). Email: atkinsongallery@millfieldschool or tel:t 01458 444322.
Casting Shadows ACEarts, Market Place, Somerton, TA11 7NB; 2 March - 6 April; with Royal Society of Sculptors members. You’re invited to meet the artists on Saturday 2nd March between 11am-1pm. The exhibition runs from 2nd March - 6th April.
As Old as the HIlls: Art Project I’m co-curating with Jan Ollis. Rooted in local heritage and environment, 10 artists will create challenging art installations in the iconic Zig Zag (Bauhaus) building, Glastonbury. There’ll be significant community participation in art & music workshops, performances, talks, wearable & co-created art to be featured in a contemporary art exhibition during Somerset Art Weeks Festival ’24, with events.
Courses & Workshops
For a taylor-made workshop see here
Residencies
PADA studios & gallery, 1-28 February 2024, Barreiro, Portugal
Talks, Films, Online Resources
Hatch Talk Matter Ongoing, Fri 10 Nov ‘23, 6pm: ‘Fiona’s work relates to the ongoingness of life, line as energy, value, waste.. Her talk offers a context to her ideas, and passion for scavenging, and reusing found objects/materials.’ Book here
Podcast about my work for WanderLand, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens and Gallery, Cornwall, 2023. Discussion with Doug Burton
Pecha Kucha, Shatwell Farm, Bruton, Somerset 14 April ‘23, 6.30pm - recording of talk
Together We Rise vox pop
Film about my sculptural textiles work. Commissioned by Art UK, in partnership with Royal Society of Sculptors, and created by Culture Street
As part of a Greening the Arts workshop via Somerset Art Works/SSL I ran on Earth Day. I compiled a Greening arts Resource list
Online Artist Talk, 6 May, 7-8pm GMT and Interview with Round Lemon
BBC Get Creative at Home: Paper-making with Plant Fibres & Plant Fibres in Paper
Isolated Moments - Hidden Worlds, free online sculpture workshop, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art
Art UK Home School activity using found and recycled materials to create a hybrid creature: https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-uk-home-school-create-a-wire-hybrid-creature
Creativity Works Try learning a new technique and discover how you can use string as a drawing and printing material. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/-IYsfsV_DBg. Have a go, share what you create by tagging @CW4everyone, @fionacampbellartist and #creativesummer20
Somerset Art Works/SSDC Octagon Theatre Free online Art & Nature creative workshops. Create a Collage & Plant Fibres in Paper
Procrastination Station Podcast: Polly Hall (writer) talks to me in my Loft residency space, and at Wells Cathedral where Snakes and Ladders (I) is on show.
My workshops range from drawing and painting to 3d. If you, your school, organisation or group are planning a conference, workshop or other event and need a speaker, art workshop leader or online tutorials, please get in touch.