Guided walk with Sarah Hobley, artist in residence
Join a short, relaxed walk for artists and others looking with new eyes at the textures, colours, atmosphere of natural and created Avebury.
Sarah Hobley is 2025 artist in residence at National Trust Avebury. She is primarily a sculptor but works also in paint and ceramics. She had a solo show in the Avebury threshing barn in 2024 and took part in the 2023 sculpture exhibition.
This walk will offer the opportunity to notice and share, at leisure, those features of the place that epitomise its essence on a particular day – the flow of the landscape, the colour, the contrasts of light and shade, the behaviour of the birds, the way the grass grows.
A closer look will suggest ideas of how to use both the detail and the vistas of the landscape as a source for works of art in any media. Do bring with you a camera or phone, and pencil and paper.
The route will lead from visitor reception in the barn, back down to the High Street, through the south-west henge quadrant, under the beech tree clump in the south-east quadrant and across the road into the West Kennet Avenue; return by roughly the same route.
Sarah’s residency here will culminate with an exhibition in the threshing barn in September and October. On show will be sculpted and painted ceramics evoking the sensory experiences of a series of short walks close to Avebury.
Please note:
- Please arrive to visitor reception in the barn to collect your tickets.
- Clothes suitable for the weather forecast and exploring the landscape.
- The main visitor carpark is approximately 0.3 miles from visitor reception. Closer disabled parking spaces are available. This route contains uneven surfaces and road crossings, but no stiles.
- This event is not aimed at children.
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Join a short, relaxed walk for artists and others looking with new eyes at the textures, colours, atmosphere of natural and created Avebury.
Sarah Hobley is 2025 artist in residence at National Trust Avebury. She is primarily a sculptor but works also in paint and ceramics. She had a solo show in the Avebury threshing barn in 2024 and took part in the 2023 sculpture exhibition.
This walk will offer the opportunity to notice and share, at leisure, those features of the place that epitomise its essence on a particular day – the flow of the landscape, the colour, the contrasts of light and shade, the behaviour of the birds, the way the grass grows.
A closer look will suggest ideas of how to use both the detail and the vistas of the landscape as a source for works of art in any media. Do bring with you a camera or phone, and pencil and paper.
The route will lead from visitor reception in the barn, back down to the High Street, through the south-west henge quadrant, under the beech tree clump in the south-east quadrant and across the road into the West Kennet Avenue; return by roughly the same route.
Sarah’s residency here will culminate with an exhibition in the threshing barn in September and October. On show will be sculpted and painted ceramics evoking the sensory experiences of a series of short walks close to Avebury.
Please note:
- Please arrive to visitor reception in the barn to collect your tickets.
- Clothes suitable for the weather forecast and exploring the landscape.
- The main visitor carpark is approximately 0.3 miles from visitor reception. Closer disabled parking spaces are available. This route contains uneven surfaces and road crossings, but no stiles.
- This event is not aimed at children.
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