Festival of Arts and Crafts
Sat 6 & Sun 7 Jun, 10am – 4pm
Suggested donation: £2 per adult, £1 per child (under-5s free)
Kick-starting the two-week festival, a craft fair featuring 50+ stalls will surround The Base building, creating a bustling high street of high-quality crafters and artists for visitors to browse.
As well as…
Live music
Delicious food and drink
Dogs on leads welcome (not in the Gallery though, sorry!)
Plenty of free children’s activities – it’s the perfect day out for all ages!
The base
The Base opened on Friday 8 February 2019 in partnership with Greenham Trust and the Corn Exchange. It became a registered charity in 2022 (charity no. 1199188) and is dedicated to improving access to the arts whilst bringing quality visual art to the local area.
Situated in a purpose-built arts and craft building, The Base’s £1.7M venue was designed by Sutton Griffin Architects of Newbury.
The space comprises of a 110sqm gallery, artists’ studios and a workshop for participatory classes.
There is also a café facility managed by Honesty Café group.
Striving to be a flagship visual arts venue in West Berkshire, The Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year 54 exhibition launched the inaugural gallery programme.
Displaying some of the best wildlife photography from across the globe, the exhibition comprised of 100 photograph across 7 categories and is renowned for attracting millions of visitors around the world every year.
The Base is also home to 8 visual artists and craft makers as well as Open Studios West Berkshire and North Hampshire, who present their annual INSIGHT exhibition at The Base every May.
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