Welcome to Gallery 36

The initial impact of entering Gallery 36 is a rich, visual experience. It is a personal and stimulating world where art runs riot through the whole house, along corridors and up walls. There seems to be no division between thinking and seeing.

Gallery 36, set in the heart of St Leonard's, Exeter, has been evolving since its inception in 2003 when it was established by Veronica Gosling following her relocation to Devon from The Forest of Dean where The Barn at Hay Farm, a farmhouse turned arts centre, became a focal point for Gloucestershire's artistic community and was once described as "a secret special place that people find and then want to bring their friends". Gallery 36 is that sort of place, and gradually as the secret of Gallery 36 is being discovered here, it is achieving the same reputation. The Gallery is now frequently used for collaborative events with other artists, musicians, poets and a group of exceptionally-talented local potters.  All ideas welcome!

In the garden a mood of energetic enterprise continues. Hanging from trees are bicycles, umbrellas, and other sculpted forms, while on the ground mingling with the wild vegetation are sculpted birds, cats, etc. This outside space has been the site of one-off events and "unusual happenings".  For example, in June small groups of children from Stoke Hill Infant School visited Gallery 36 to look around the garden to see the sculptures, as well as other work in the Gallery, with a view to them making their own sculpture for the school garden.  Another local primary school also visited during their sculpture week to enable pupils to gain inspiration for their own tasks back in school.

Please feel welcome to telephone 01392 256206 to visit the gallery and garden.

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