SILT Studio

22/06/2026

Well done to our Colour and Light young artists on this Saturday’s session - everyone carried on making fantastic artworks and tried some processes they hadn’t had a go at before: Rose ink and rainbow anthotypes, tiger drawings, watercolours and kitchen towel plushies - brilliant! 💖💅💜

Colour and Light is run by Alison Ballance  and Anna Chrystal Stephens  as part of ’s weekly art programmes in Trowbridge.

18/06/2026

Jewels and juicy colours in the Botanical Ink Making SILT workshop for the onpaperfest Festival Athena | Meticulous Ink in Bath today led by Alison Ballance . We looked at a range of ways to make colour from various kitchen waste and tannin sources. A play with modifiers and then we made colour wheels, art works and patterns with the natural colour palettes. Met some very wonderful people and hope to see you all again soon Ax 💖🌈💜🏵🪻

15/06/2026

Join us for an exhibition of works by the young people who have attended the youth programme at SILT: Sustainable Image Lab CiC. We’re delighted to partner with The Old Town Hall Trowbridge for this exhibition.

Colour & Light is a year-long, Arts Council-funded eco-art programme provided free for 11–18 year olds based at SILT studio, Trowbridge. The sessions are held on Saturday mornings, during which young artists take part in sustainable art sessions exploring mixed media, drawing, plant-based inks and dyes, mark making, eco-photography, printing and textiles. The participants work on their projects in a professional artist studio environment, exploring and expanding their brilliant ideas amidst discussions of art making in contemporary contexts.

There will be a private view for the participants of Colour & Light and their families plus friends of SILT on Monday 15th June, 5pm – 7pm, at The Old Town Hall, Trowbridge. The show will then run Tuesday 16th June – Saturday 11th July 11am.

06/06/2026

Preparing for next week’s exhibition in our Colour + Light session today. Finishing off work and more talks about exhibition-making.

The room felt very focused as everyone concentrated to resolve pieces they’ve been working on. Well done all 🌟

Colour and Light is run by  and   as part of ’s weekly art programmes in Trowbridge.

19/05/2026

16/05/2026

A reflective Colour and Light youth art session today - the young people looked through their portfolios of previous work to think about everything made so far and if there was anything to return to.

We talked about presentation, framing and exhibition-making: how way artworks are presented can affect their meaning and build narratives e.g. cabinets of curiosities, folklore museum displays, table top informal samples and priliminary sketches etc.

Amongst other things, the young people made images of creatures in flight, diaramas of beachy coves and brainstormed backstories for fantastical beings. A lovely morning, well done young artists  🦅🐲🏞

Colour and Light is run by   and   as part of ’s weekly art programmes in Trowbridge.

11/05/2026

Join us for an exhibition of works by the young people who have attended the youth programme at SILT: Sustainable Image Lab CiC. We’re delighted to partner with The Old Town Hall Trowbridge for this exhibition.

Colour & Light is a year-long, Arts Council-funded eco-art programme provided free for 11–18 year olds based at SILT studio, Trowbridge. The sessions are held on Saturday mornings, during which young artists take part in sustainable art sessions exploring mixed media, drawing, plant-based inks and dyes, mark making, eco-photography, printing and textiles. The participants work on their projects in a professional artist studio environment, exploring and expanding their brilliant ideas amidst discussions of art making in contemporary contexts.

There will be a private view for the participants of Colour & Light and their families plus friends of SILT on Monday 15th June, 5pm – 7pm, at The Old Town Hall, Trowbridge. The show will then run Tuesday 16th June – Saturday 20th June 11am.

02/05/2026

Great Colour and Light’s young person’s session today making work for the upcoming exhibition. Experiments with inks, paints, textiles and stories - well done all!

Colour and Light is run by   and   as part of ’s weekly art programmes in Trowbridge.

25/04/2026

A great morning in the studio with Colour and Light young artists 🌞 They are all working on their own projects individually or collaboratively, today their processes included drawing, charcoal ink making, painting and cyano printing.

Colour and Light is run by  and  as part of ’s weekly art programme in Trowbridge.

19/04/2026

Our Colour and Light Youth people were back from the Easter break making brilliant art in the Studio this weekend. We’ve got the exhibition coming up so enjoyed talking through some ideas with everyone - hope this give you a sneak peek of the great work coming up.

Colour and Light is run by   and   as part of ’s weekly art programmes in Trowbridge.