Everyone is welcome to view and enjoy our exhibitions. They are held in the Assembly Room which is open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings. The room is sometimes used for other purposes. Please telephone 01483 562142

Current exhibition:

'Diverse Printing' by the Alice Holt Artists

6 - 23 September

The Alice Holt Artists are a group who met whilst working for the Forestry Commission near Farnham. In 2007 they decided to form an Art Group to exhibit their varied work. Their work covers a wide artistic specturm including ceramics, glass fusion, photography, lino printing, mixed media and textile art. For 'Diverse Printing', Sharon Young and Shirley Stephens will display their very different print making techniques. Sharon uses mixed media and many different materials to create her pieces, taking inspiration from nature while Shirleyh works with lino and oil based inks to produce quirky, bold images.

'Observations of the Surrey Countryside'

A retrospective by Helen Collins

4 - 22 October

'Labyrinth'

by Rosamund Farmer

15 November - 3 December

Like to hold an exhibition at the GI?

Here's what you need to know:

1) The booking fee for an exhibition at the Assembly Room of the Guildford Institute is £15 per week, payable at confirmation of booking. A total fee of £15, regardless of the length of exhibitions, applies for bona fide students and educational establishments.

2) A commission of 15% on selling price is payable in respect of all sales made from the exhibition.

3) Publicity is the responsibility of the exhibitor, but all assistance will be rendered through regular Institute publicity channels consistent with notice and material provided to the Institute by confirmed exhibitors.

4) Private views may be held by arrangement with the Institute and subject to a fee and the separate conditions available on request. Please contact the Administrator at the Institute about private view bookings.

5) The insurance of items exhibited is the responsibility of the exhibitor. While all care is taken to ensure the security of the exhibition, the Institute regrets that it cannot accept any responsibility for work damaged or stolen.

6) Exhibitions must be mounted and dismantled by the exhibitor within the times confirmed in the booking offer letter. Work remaining at the Institute beyond allocated dismantling hours and without prior arrangement in writing, may be disposed of at the discretion of the Institute.

7) All items must be professionally presented. Items being exhibited may be fixed or mounted only onto the raised exhibition panels provided: (5 @ 4ft high x 4ft wide,120x120cm; 5 @ 4ft high x 3ft wide, 120x90cm; 1 @ 4ft high x 2ft wide,120x60cm) or from the picture rail circling the room. Fixings elsewhere to the walls or from other points are not permitted. Exhibitors must provide all fittings and implements to hang work. Only appropriate fittings may be used. No sticky tape or substances such a Blu-Tack are permitted.

For further information, please contact Reception at the Guildford Institute. Call 01483 562142, or email info@guildford-institute.org.uk.