{"id":5126,"date":"2011-09-22T11:32:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T10:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=5126"},"modified":"2011-09-22T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T10:35:26","slug":"a-visit-to-the-new-brewery-arts-cirencester-contemporary%c2%a0craft-in-the-cotswolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-new-brewery-arts-cirencester-contemporary%c2%a0craft-in-the-cotswolds\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester &#8211; contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-01.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Located in the centre of the town, Cirencester&#8217;s New Brewery Arts centre houses a contemporary art gallery, craft shop, cafe and theatre, plus a host of on-site &#8216;maker studios&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as a &#8216;hub of visual and performing arts and crafts&#8217; &#8211; and you can&#8217;t go wrong with a &#8216;hub&#8217; in my book &#8211; the\u00a0beautifully\u00a0converted Victorian brewery\u00a0reopened in 2008 after a \u00a32.7million facelift.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-02.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Located in the studio complex are glass blowers, textile artists, a ceramicist, upholsterer, bookbinder, stained glass maker and jeweller, and visitors are free to pop into the studios to chat to the artists or just to watch them at work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-03.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-04.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-05.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Embossed paper press.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-06.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The studios are linked via elevated\u00a0walkways.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-07.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Glass blowing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-08.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the potter&#8217;s wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, there were no amusing &#8220;That&#8217;s Life&#8221;-style clay-based\u00a0catastrophes\u00a0to observe, but just in case you fancy taking a break at this point, here&#8217;s an archive BBC &#8216;Interlude&#8217; film of a potter at work. It&#8217;s awfully soothing.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"580\" height=\"423\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/p-wmbM6EpZU?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>First floor cafe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-09.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back to the arts centre, there&#8217;s a rather\u00a0pleasant\u00a0cafe on the first floor, where we stopped off for a coffee and toasted cheese sandwich. With Double Gloucester cheese, natch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-10.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The craft shop stocks\u00a0ceramics, glass, sculpture, jewellery, textiles and woodwork.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-11.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/new-brewery-arts-cirencester-12.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester - contemporary\u00a0craft in the Cotswolds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking over the craft shop from the cafe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Brewery Arts: info<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ADMISSION FREE<br \/>\nOPEN DAILY Mon \u2013 Sat 9am \u2013 5pm, Sun 10am-4pm<br \/>\nCLOSED: Easter Sunday, 25 \u2013 28th December, 1 &amp; 2 January<\/p>\n<p>New Brewery Arts<br \/>\nBrewery Court<br \/>\nCirencester<br \/>\nGL7 1JH<br \/>\nTel: 01285 657181<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail?view=cm&amp;tf=0&amp;to=admin@newbreweryarts.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">admin@newbreweryarts.org.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newbreweryarts.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.newbreweryarts.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in the centre of the town, Cirencester&#8217;s New Brewery Arts centre houses a contemporary art gallery, craft shop, cafe and theatre, plus a host of on-site &#8216;maker studios&#8217;. 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