Events

Upcoming events

21 years of Trust & Trail activities

The year 2007 will see 21 years of the Trust & Trail activities and we plan to celebrate in style with a special midsummer event alongside new commissions. Read more…

Archive events

Fay Godwin, photographer

Fay Godwin exhibition at the George, Newnham, Glos.

Exhibition 1st June - 3rd July 2007. A selection of 10 images chosen by the Forestry Commission in 1986 to keep as an archive -not seen in the public realm since then, they create a fascinating record of the Forest. more

Fay Godwin, photographer – a tribute to her work by Peter Cattrell
Peter talked about Godwin’s work in the Forest of Dean, which was shown at Arnolfini in an exhibition parallel to the opening of the Sculpture Trail in 1986. Peter worked part time with Fay from 1982 - 90, then again for her retrospective at the Barbican in 2001, and lastly in 2005, in the months before she died. He particularly enjoyed working with her in the 1980’s, as it was the peak of her career which saw her move towards a concern with environmental issues.

Lady Edna Healey and trail artist Bruce Allan visit the Fay Godwin exhibition at the George in Newnham.

reveal

Spin by Nathaniel Rackowe

The art exhibition reveal took place between Thursday 6th & Saturday 8th April 2006, displaying new works created from light and sound in a selected area of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail at Beechenhurst, near Coleford, Gloucestershire. Read more…

Light Shift…ing

A Public Forum and Discussion, Saturday 25th October 2003 10.30 am -12.45 pm
Beechenhurst Lodge, Forest of Dean Read more…

Maintenance and Improvements

As part of a continuing programme of maintenance and improvement, Cathedral has been cleaned (restoring the full luminosity of the stained glass) and re-hung; Sophie Ryder’s Deer (removed several years ago) has now been re-sited; Melissa’s Swing is temporarily in the workshop for repair, as is Grove of Silence by Ian Hamilton Finlay. We hope to have both works back in place as soon as we can and apologise for their absence.

Temporary Work by Ingemar Thalin

The Swedish artist Ingemar Thalin visited local families, school, church, hospital and community groups in the course of developing his work Life Cycle, which was installed in the Forest in April 2002. It remaine din place until 2006.

Year of the Artist: Sculptors in residence 2000/2001

As a contribution to the National “2000 — Year of the Artist” celebrations and with funding from South West Arts, the Forestry Commission and Arnolfini Collection Trust, the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust commissioned Neville Gabie to make a new permanent work “Raw” and commissioned new temporary works from Reinhild Beuther, Philip Reilly and Stefan Gec. Read more…