‘Home’ Cupola’s Christmas Show

‘Home’ Cupola Christmas Exhibition

22nd November – 3 January 2026

Opening 7:30pm Friday 21 November

Opening Sundays until Xmas 12 – 4pm

‘Home’ elicits a stunning response from artists!

 A panoply of artistic delights have descended!!! Landing at Cupola Gallery in response to its most recent Open call exhibition ‘Home’.

Cupola is reeling from a huge response to its latest open call exhibition. This year’s theme for the selected seasonal exhibition is ‘Home’ and it seems to have struck a cord with artists. The original call out when posted on social media reached well in excess of 40,000 views, which is unusually high for the gallery. Subsequent posts were also widely shared, creating thousands more views, which resulted in higher than usual submissions from the UK, plus many from Europe and further afield. 

“Selecting work for this exhibition has been extremely challenging due to the high number of excellent quality submissions received. We are going to keep in touch with many artists who could not be accommodated for this exhibition as we are keen to show their work in the future. We have challenged ourselves with the number and diversity of artists selected but know that this will delivery a stunning, exciting and immersive experience for our visitors throughout the coming festive season.”

Karen Sherwood, Director, Co-Curator & Founder

Artists were invited to respond to the title of ‘Home’ and encouraged to consider possible interpretations including domestic space, family, memory, belonging, and identity, shelter, comfort, and place. Artists were welcome to respond in a literal, abstract, personal or universal manner.

“We have been blown away by the response.  I only wish I could get into my office now they have all arrived!” Graham Shapley, Co-Curator & Manager. 

73 artists were selected from the Open call in addition to a number of invited artists. From new graduates to established artists across all media. Work to lift the spirits, raise a smile, rekindle old memories, challenge or simply enjoy in terms of form and shape or the skill of the craft. 

Artists taking part include:

Agnes O, Allison Gretchko, Anne Atkinson, Anne Menary, Annie Roche, Ashleigh Worden, Barbara Sykes, Benjamin Taylor, Beth Pickett, Bren Head, Claire Allam, Corinna Rothwell, Corrina Button, Debbie Michaels, Dee Trueman, Ed Boxall, Emily Baker, Frances Lee, Francisco Gonzalez, Freya Foster, Fumi, Gill Gathercole, Gregg Sealey, Harriet Jane Merry, Hilary Cartmel, Iurii Aleksandrov, James Sharp, James Verity, Jane Blake, Jane Upstone, Jane Walker, Jennifer Cobb, Jenny Marshall, Jenny, Smith-McOnie, Jéréme Crow, Jeremy Broadbent, Jill Iliffe, John Bainbridge, John Sutcliffe, Jonathan Michaels, Judy Logan, Jules Pearson, Julia Leuenberger, Julie Cole, Karen Sherwood, Kate Kelly, Katherine Rhodes, Kathryn Watson, Kenneth F Yates, Kerry Bennett, Leo Fieldhouse, Lin Cheung, Lorna Brown, Martin Davis, Mary Elizabeth Pettit, Melissa Speed, Mike Scown, Myfanwy Williams, Nicola Rawnsley, Nicola Watson, Pat Shenstone, Patrick Will Baker, Paul Dearden, Pauline Rignall, Richard gee, Sam Crow, Samiya Younis, Sarah Taylor, Stephen Horsted, Stephen Todd, Suzie Smith, Suzy Broome, Walter Melocco, Wei Ding, Yuke Xiao

This exhibition really showcases the range of imagination and skills across disciplines from artists. The gallery space will be enjoying everything from hand made Christmas decorations, glass, baubles, ceramic yetis, through to stunning decorative and functional ceramics, large scale and tiny, abstract and figurative paintings, textile sculptural hangings, mixed media sculptures, cast, kiln formed and blown glass, photography, printmaking, jewellery and hand made gift items. All works for sale. Prices from £20 - £3000