SHOWCASING a variety of student work, the annual MA Fine Art Graduating Exhibition opened to the public on Saturday, October 4 at the University of Gloucestershire’s Centre for Art and Photography in Cheltenham.

A preview opened the exhibition on Friday, October 3 at the Hardwick gallery on St Paul’s Road, and continues to Thursday, October 9 from 10am until 4pm daily.

The exhibition is a culmination of intensive studio practice, which has generated a diverse array of works, from Anna Curtin’s abstract landscape paintings laser etched with GPS mapping traces, to Anthea Millier’s sculptures and prints derived from direct casts and impressions of urban landscapes, and Caroline Green’s paintings reflecting on contemporary ruins and redundant structures as metaphors for human vulnerability.

Hardwick Gallery is an exciting new initiative within the refurbished Hardwick campus at the University of Gloucestershire.

The gallery will present a dynamic programme of public exhibitions, talks, workshops and discussions, and offers a new regional centre to experience contemporary art.

The public programme is co-ordinated by Sarah Bowden, the founder of MEANTIME project-space.