NEWS
| 5th June - 3rd July 2020 |
Creates Monmouth Online Summer Exhibition.
| June 2020 |
CREATES Emerging Artist 2020
Shortlisted finalist.
| May 2020 |
RWA Network Members show
Cancelled due to lockdown.
| May 2020 |
Guild Group Show, Black Swan Arts, Frome.
Cancelled due to lockdown
| February 2020 |
Men at Work - Window Wanderland 2020
| Dec 2019 |
‘Small & Mighty’, Black Swan Arts, Frome.
Currently exhibiting in ‘Small & Mighty’, the Christmas show from Black Swan Guild, in the Roundtower, Black Swan Arts, Frome. Until 24th December.
| November 2019 |
Four Thoughts with Somerset Cool Blog
|November 2019|
Review of Lisa Scantlebury’s ‘Many Long Slow Waits’ installation at the RWA
Read Mellony’s review of Lisa Scantlebury’s ‘Many Long Slow Waits’ installation at the RWA on Axisweb.org
| September 2019 |
Mellony Taper Accepted to the Black Swan Guild
Mellony Taper Accepted to the Black Swan Guild
Black Swan Arts is a highly regarded not for profit organisation for the promotion of contemporary arts and crafts in the centre of the vibrant market town of Frome, Somerset. Housed within a converted 18th century inn, it has two main exhibition spaces: the Long Gallery, and the Round Tower, as well as workshops and a thriving cafe and courtyard.
The Black Swan Guild is part of Black Swan Arts’ continuing commitment to the development of arts and crafts within Frome and beyond. The Guild will nurture and showcase high quality work from the widest possible range of artists and craftspeople. It will celebrate the rich history of arts and crafts within the Black Swan Arts building and the organisation’s long and fruitful history in the town.
Find out more about Black Swan Arts here
The Black Swan Guild is part of Black Swan Arts’ continuing commitment to the development of arts and crafts within Frome and beyond. The Guild will nurture and showcase high quality work from the widest possible range of artists and craftspeople. It will celebrate the rich history of arts and crafts within the Black Swan Arts building and the organisation’s long and fruitful history in the town.
Find out more about Black Swan Arts here
| July 2019 |
Mellony Taper Accepted to the Royal West of England Academy Artists’ Network
Mellony Taper Accepted to the Royal West of England Academy Artists’ Network
The Royal West Of England Academy (RWA) is the UK’s only regional Royal Academy Of Art and one of only five Royal Academies Of Art in the United Kingdom, alongside those in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and London. Bristol’s first art gallery, the RWA brings world-class visual art from around the world to the South West.
Uniquely to Bristol, exhibitions at the RWA always feature work by leading contemporary artists (including the RWA’s own Academicians) alongside great works from the past, opening up new and surprising contexts and discussions. In all it’s activities, the RWA aims to nurture artistic talent and champion creative endeavour.
View Mellony’s profile here
Uniquely to Bristol, exhibitions at the RWA always feature work by leading contemporary artists (including the RWA’s own Academicians) alongside great works from the past, opening up new and surprising contexts and discussions. In all it’s activities, the RWA aims to nurture artistic talent and champion creative endeavour.
View Mellony’s profile here
| February 2019 |
Feminist Fairytales for this Year’s Window Wanderland
Feminist Fairytales for this Year’s Window Wanderland
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For this year’s magical Window Wanderland extravaganza, Mellony has created a delightful tableau with a subtle subversion of one of our most re ignitable and beloved fairy tales.
‘Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls’ takes the instantly recognisable imagery of ‘The Princess and the Pea’ and gives our heroine a feminist attitude, a pair of cherry red DMs and control of her own story! |
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