Strange Ways

Joanne Callaghan brings her exhibition Strange Ways to The Gate Art Space from Tuesday 24 November, running through to Monday 29 November. It's a solo show by a Gloucestershire-based disabled artist, and the title fits the way she works: across a wide range of techniques and mediums rather than sticking to one.

Her work draws on a few different things that run through it. There's nature and her immediate surroundings, but also her experience of disability and what she describes as an overactive imagination. Those things aren't kept in separate boxes; they feed into each other, and you'll see them all playing out across the different pieces. Because she works with so many different methods, the exhibition isn't just one thing repeated—it's a collection of works that each approach those themes from a slightly different angle.

Callaghan is a disabled artist from right here in Gloucestershire, and that personal connection to the county sits alongside the nature and surroundings she draws on. The exhibition is free to visit, so you can drop in whenever suits you rather than working around a single opening night.

The Gate Art Space is at 21 Westgate Street, GL1 2NW. The exhibition runs from Tuesday 24 November to Monday 29 November, with opening hours from 10:30 to 16:30, Tuesday to Sunday. Entry is free.