August 2011 issue of the parish magazine, Your Berkhamsted

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The Upstairs GalleryLocal artistsJenny Thorburn unveils the new gallery at the Way InnWhen I first came to Berkhamsted 20years ago, looking for somewhere to livein the town, the café upstairs at the WayInn was one of the few places for adelicious reasonably priced lunch in town.Now the café is no more and the Way Innis looking for a new use for the space. 20years on I am looking for new adventurestoo – I have been studying art for a while,and wanting somewhere to show my work.Sometimes one’s prayers get answered,even when you don’t know they areprayers. I was puzzling over how to showmy art locally, and thought “well onesolution is to have a gallery, but no that isfar too big an undertaking, and anyhow Idon’t know anything about runninggalleries”. Having dismissed the thought, afew months later the opportunity threwitself at me, when I was having a chat withJoan Fisher, who is a trustee of the WayInn and was thinking about what to dowith the upstairs room. Quickly two otherartists/crafters, Joanna Bryant and MarieJahn joined in and we were off planningthe gallery.I have discovered that as an artist youwant to get your work ‘out there’; to showit, to sell it to other people. Also you needto be in touch with other artists – yourpeers, your community. All of us need thespiritual refreshment of encounteringsomething lovely made by another humanbeing. There are few visual arts resourcesin this area, such as galleries showinglocal art work.20
Our intention is to contribute to the localartistic community and art lovers by beinga contemporary art and crafts gallery,showing the excellence of artists andcrafters in the Chiltern area. We will alsoprovide information about art in the area,and we will have workshops and lecturesat the gallery.It’ll be a place to come and buy somethingbeautiful for your home or a gift that hasbeen made by hand, by someone in ourcommunity.The room has been refitted, repaintedbright white, with gallery lighting, picturehanging and display shelving – thoughyou may recognize the tables and chairsfrom café times. We are planning to openin September, and hope to be openTuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.The money that the gallery makes fromproviding the exhibition space to artistsand commissions on sales will go tosupport the running costs and activities ofthe Way Inn, and surpluses will go to localcharities.We are all volunteers, and we will belooking for more volunteers fromSeptember onwards to help run thegallery. If you would like to help pleasedo contact us. Who knows – with othernew art ventures in the town, this could bethe beginning of something –Berkhamsted as the St Ives of theChilterns? For information aboutvolunteering, please email us atupstairsgalleryberkhamsted@gmail.comyBWe welcome news about your localgroup. If you would like your group tofeature in Your Berkhamsted, or havenews for our Around the town pages,please see the contact details on page 31.21
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