Exhibitions
Join us at Westbury Arts Centre in celebrating artwork, art and artists and immerse yourself with themes and ideas explored in the following exhibitions.
All exhibitions are open to everyone and free to attend.
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June
Art & Mind: A Journey Through Painting
Free entry
Friday 27th June, 5pm - 9pm
Saturday 28th June, 12noon - 8pm
Sunday 29th June, 3pm - 8pm
Barn Gallery
Midsummer Art Exhibition
Free entry
Saturday 7 - Sunday 15 June 2025
Barn Gallery
Opening times:
11am - 4pm
This exhibition of work by 12 members of the Artists Collective at Westbury will run concurrently with BAW. The theme will loosely based on flowers, foliage to reflect the summer season.
Art & Mind
Free entry
Friday 27 - Sunday 29 June 2025
Barn Gallery
Opening times:
Friday 27 June, 5pm-9pm
Saturday 28 June, 12noon - 8pm
Sunday 29 June, 3pm - 8pm
The "Art & Mind" project was born from a blend of personal experiences, societal trends, and a deep desire to make a positive impact.
As an artist dedicated to mental health advocacy, Nosa Umaigba has seen firsthand how art can transform and help us understand mental well-being. This inspired him to create a platform that celebrates and shares the therapeutic benefits of artistic expression with a broader audience.
To find out more about the Artist, Nosa Uma, please visit:
Instagram @paintingsandphotographybynosa and @nosabng
Website: Paintings by Nosa Umaigba
July
Robin Souter: A Retrospective
Free entry
Friday 11th - Sunday 13th July 2025
Barn Gallery
Opening times:
11am - 4pm
This exhibition traces the artistic journey of Robin Souter, from childhood daydreams to the discovery of oil paint and, ultimately, to working in a beautiful studio in the historic 17th-century wing of Westbury Arts Centre.
Inspired by the ever-changing natural world, Robin finds beauty in everything from the shifting forms of clouds to the dynamic moods of the sea.
Through this collection, Robin hopes to share a deep passion for the living world, inviting viewers to see nature through their eyes.
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September
Bridges of Time: Where Tradition Meets Innovation
Free entry
Saturday 13th, Sunday 14th, Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September 2025
Studio 15
Opening times:
11am - 4pm
This exhibition explores the evolving dialogue between classical and contemporary architectural forms, a theme that resonates powerfully in Farina’s work. Her art captures the tension and harmony between tradition and innovation, where historical structures and modern interventions coexist and inform one another. Drawing from various perspectives of the same building, she constructs layered, composite images that reflect how architecture exists in our collective consciousness—fragmented, overlapping, yet intrinsically whole.
Farina Noorani is a resident artist at Westbury Arts Centre, where she has maintained a permanent studio since 2022. Working under the name ‘Beyond Images Studio’, she creates mixed media compositions that blend freehand sketches, photographs, and painting. Her practice is rooted in a deep engagement with architecture—not only as a visual subject but as an emotional and spatial experience that shapes our perception and memory.
Experience of an architectural space, is central to Farina’s artistic activity. Architecture, and its impact on our emotions and imaginations, motivates her artwork and her creative process. To her, working on an architectural subject provides a captivating energy, and however freely the watercolours flow and how dramatic the perspectives are, the presence of an underlying geometry and logic always seems to follow, binding them altogether as one. In her artwork, she aims to combine the properties of a painting and the spatial experiences of architecture as one composition and evoke what can be seen and experienced beyond the images.
To find out more about Farina's work please visit her website: beyondimagesstudio.co.uk
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Past Exhibitions
May 2025
Fox & Fewell
Free entry
Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th May 2025
Barn Gallery
Opening times:
11am - 4pm
Experience a stunning showcase of artistic synergy as Frances Fox and Dave Fewell present their vibrant works in this unique exhibition.
A unique exhibition showcasing the vibrant works of Frances Fox and Dave Fewell.
Frances’s bold, abstract compositions contrast beautifully with Dave’s colourful, narrative-driven paintings, creating a dynamic and thought-provoking display.
Both artists, who met at the Westbury Art Centre, bring their distinct styles together in this must-see show, exploring creativity and celebrating the power of art.
To find out more about the artists, please visit:
Instagram Frances Fox
Facebook: Frances Fox
Website: Frances Fox Artist
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Horses in the Shadow
Free entry
Friday 9th - Sunday 11th May 2025
Barn Gallery
Opening times:
1pm - 4pm
Anthony John Hawkins: Unseen Artist
This exhibition celebrates Anthony John Hawkins, who liked to be called Tony, an artist whose work remained largely unseen during his lifetime despite his lifelong dedication to painting. His artistic journey began in childhood, with his senior school recognizing his talent by displaying two of his large works—a cornfield and a striking panther portrait—in the school hall.
Though lacking formal training, Tony was a prolific artist, particularly following his retirement and throughout his battle with kidney cancer. His creative process revealed a profound need for expression—waking at 5:00 am to transfer the images from his mind onto paper, driven by an urgent desire to communicate what he couldn't express in other ways.
This collection offers a window into the visual world of a man who, despite remaining in the shadows during his lifetime, left behind a powerful artistic legacy deserving of recognition.
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September 2024
Artful Connections 3: Beyond The Surface
Free entry
Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 September 2024
Opening times:
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 11am - 4pm
September 2024
August
Bound/ unbound
An exhibition of recent work by
The Westbury Fabric and Fibre Guild
Saturday 17 - Sunday 18 August 2024
11am - 4pm
The Westbury Fabric and Fibre Guild meets weekly at Westbury Arts Centre.
The members have skills in many different textile disciplines including weaving, hand and machine embroidery, felt making, patchwork and quilting, garment construction, knitting, crochet, and mixed media textile decoration. The Guild have held exhibitions at Westbury every August since 2017 (even managing to host a scaled down, socially distanced show in 2020!).
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March 2024
Connecting Threads
Saturday 30th - Sunday 31st
March
Westbury Arts Centre
11am - 5pm
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The members of the Westbury Fabric and Fibre Guild have been meeting with members of the Middle Eastern Cultural Group in late 2023 and early 2024, to share and acquire new skills in design and stitch. Working with community artist Jane Charles, they have collaborated to produce a series of hand stitched work on printed and painted linen and cotton, some of which has been pieced into a garment by fashion designer Rena Al-Jawad.
Two local writers, Caroline Davies and Ghouson Rahhal have participated in the workshops and have created new poetry and prose to reflect and comment on the alchemy which occurs when women come together to stitch.
In this exhibition you could see the printed and stitched work at Westbury Arts Centre on Saturday 30 March and Sunday 31 March between 11am and 5pm, and hear Caroline and Ghouson reading their writing on Thursday 4 April at Milton Keynes Central Library from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Entry to both events was free or charge.
For more information about both events, please contact Yvonne Elliot on yvonne.elliott@me.com
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Becky and Robin;
Charcoal meets Oils Exhibition
Sat 9th - Sun 10th
September 2023
The Barn Gallery
11am - 4pm
This exhibition is a collaboration between celebrated local charcoal artist Becky Gouverneur and Robin Souter, a resident artist at Westbury Arts Centre, dedicated to atmospheric and dynamic oil painting.
This exhibition is part of the Heritage Open Days events. For more details, please click here
ARTful CONNECTIONS 2
EXHIBITION
Sat 16th - Sun 17th
September 2023
The Barn Gallery
Westbury Art Club Exhibition
Sat 16th - Sun 17th
September 2023
Drawing Room
11am - 4pm
Paul Van den Hende – a retrospective exhibition
Sunday 24th
September 2023
The Barn Gallery
12.30pm - 4.30pm
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