The South West Academy Spring Exhibition at The Brownston Gallery, Modbury from Friday, 20th March - Saturday, 2nd May 2026
The Brownston Gallery is hosting our annual Spring Exhibition, featuring work by seven talented Academicians - Kate Aggett, Ken Cosgrove, Phil Creek, Carolyn King, Shirley Kirkcaldy, Karen Popham and James Tatum - alongside paintings by Jennifer Schamotta, winner of The Brownston Prize 2025.
This lovely mixed exhibition brings together a diverse range of contemporary practice. Ken Cosgrove is exhibiting atmospheric oil paintings spanning maritime subjects to floral still lifes. Carolyn King, loved for her everyday scenes is presenting a small collection of engaging pieces that are guaranteed to make you smile and Karen Popham is showing a selection of still lifes and local landscapes.
Three Academicians - Kate Aggett, Shirley Kirkcaldy and James Tatum - are exhibiting at the gallery for the first time. Aggett’s collages draw on a lifelong engagement with colour and textiles, expressed through an inventive use of materials. Dartmoor-based Kirkcaldy captures the shifting moods of land and sea in her atmospheric landscapes, while Tatum’s work explores light, shadow and movement with confident precision.
The gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday from 10am - 5pm and for more information about the exhibition visit www.brownstonart.com
"This is the second year we have been supported by Aimie Freeston, the new Director of the Brownston Gallery, and we are delighted to continue this long standing and very special relationshiip. The present exhibition includes many long-standing members of The Academy who have experience of exhibiting locally, across the region and country. Just last year SWAc held its own highly successful exhibition at The RWA Gallery in London.
We very much hope our relationship with The Brownston Gallery continues well into the future." – Phil Creek Hon SWAc
Annual Events
Drecki Lecture
Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter
26th May 2026 - Jonathon Xavier Coudrille is an artist, musician and writer from Cornwall. He will captivate his audience with his career in broadcasting, music and painting and likely entertain them with his ventriloquism and perhaps a banjo.
Open Exhibition at Kennaway House
Coburg Road, Sidmouth EX10 8NG
Exhibition takes place at the end of October, open 10:30 to 4:30 Daily