Arts & Culture

The Club runs from the upstairs room in the youth club area of Green Hill and offers varied, interesting and entertaining programming, bringing world cinema, classics and the very best new releases to Moretonhampstead, as well as short films, documentaries, animations and archive footage. The club runs on a monthly basis. Membership is open to members 16yrs and above.

The membership secretary is Alan Murgatroyd on 01647 440995

Email: moretonfilmclub@outlook.com

Five years ago, from scratch, Veronica Gould and Andrea Foxwell began Moretonhampstead’s Flag Festival. The aim to showcase the town and make flags in a way that encouraged art making, learning new skills, sharing, enjoyment, and social exchange. It has been hugely successful, involving a wide cross section of the community the workshops have become wonderfully active places of discussion, friendship, making and repairing.

The flags are made from discarded tents, and off-cuts from Cameron Balloons, the sycamore poles by Coppice and Cleave from local wood. We now fly 118 flags, (and growing), in our spirit lifting annual Flag Festival. Crediton and Bovey Tracey have caught the ‘flag bug’, and the group have trained artists in the techniques used. Each winter the work increases, the community of makers gather together to repair damaged flags, welcome new commissions and participants, designing and making new flags with them. This ongoing project turns the town into a fabulous open-air gallery and delights the soul.

A well-established evening of acoustic folk music. It's completely informal; warm and welcoming, and different every month! Everybody of all ages, and all abilities is welcome. Bring your instruments and voices; you can just come for a drink and enjoy the ambiance! The crack is often mighty!

Folk Night at The Horse on the last Monday of every month from 8ish til late-ish.

One of Devon's most prominent art galleries, Green Hill is attracting the attention of some of the most respected South West artists. Names such as Peter Randall-Page, Susan Derges, and Peter Stiles have become synonymous with Green Hill over the last few years  having exhibited in the Gallery's large attractive contemporary space, and supported the Gallery’s developing programme.

The Art Shop offers space for artists to exhibit and sell their work from paintings, prints and ceramics through to textiles, wood and ironwork. Within this imaginatively converted former Primary School there are studio and creative workspaces for hire.

The gallery and shop is open Wednesday to Saturday 10:00  to 16:00.

Moretonhampstead is very lucky to have this innovative community theatre group on its doorstep. MED Theatre encourages young people to be inspired by their local surroundings and to go on to create original and exciting new pieces of work. New relationships with schools across the South West are constantly being made, as well as developing out of school projects with local young people. MED theatre runs groups for young people on a regular basis.

Devon Open Studios is Devon Artist Network’s annual flagship event. Over 200 artists welcome you to their unique work spaces, and in Moretonhampstead there is much to explore including textiles, sculpture, ceramics, paintings and more. However, some of our artists and makers welcome visitors to their studios all year round ...

Penny loves making pots for food, to enhance the pleasures of eating and
cooking.  
Visitors to The Studio can see a range of mugs, jugs, bowls and planters
displayed for sale in the showroom and are welcome to come and look at work
in progress in the workshop upstairs.