Fisherton Mill Arts Complex
No trip to Salisbury would be complete without a visit to Fisherton Mill Arts Complex, – celebrating 22 years in 2016.
It may seem like a lifetime ago but 1994 was the year Tony Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party and future Olympic pool stars Tom Daley and Ellie Simmons were born.
Later in the year, the first National Lottery Millionaire was announced and, closer to home, Fisherton
Mill, Salisbury’s first art gallery cum studios cum café, opened its doors.
Since then over 2578 artists have had the chance to show, and sell, their work in what has become a somewhat unlikely Salisbury institution. Alongside the artworks you can shop for unique gifts and home furnishings such as prints, glassware, ceramics, textiles and lighting design in the Gallery Shop where many pieces are made by local artisans, others are sourced globally. Here you will also find one of the largest and most interesting selections of greetings cards in Salisbury.
Originally a grain mill, in its time the building has been a wartime barracks for the Australian Army, an illegal rave spot and more prosaically a carpet warehouse, but the last 22 years has seen it find its true calling as a creative and foodie centre.
As the last surviving Victorian Mill in the town centre it has a unique role matched only by the unique arts, crafts and gifts that are on show there. But it is not all arts and crafts.
It is also one of Salisbury’s most popular coffee and eating places offering a simple yet salivating menu prepared by Chef Michael Fox. The Café is well known for inventive combinations of locally sourced and freshly prepared foods that aim to be both delicious and excellent value. And then there are Michael’s cakes, which are something of a local legend at both coffee and tea time!
In fact the locally sourced food in the Café has been so popular that it has been recognised by the Observer in its national Food Awards three times, most recently ‘Best Cheap Eats in the West’ in 2015.
Over the last two decades the Mill has been transformed so that today, alongside the Gallery and the Café, there are also 13 boutique and design Studios making it a true creative hothouse. Allow time to pop upstairs where you will have the opportunity to watch a range of artists and designers at work, including two jewellers, a garden designer and
two fabulous knitting and sewing shops who also offer classes.
Throughout the year Fisherton Mill will be holding special events and showing more new artists to celebrate their two decades in the heart of Salisbury.
will showcase nine artists and designer-makers working in an interesting variety of materials and will run from 2nd July until the 27th August.
Easy to find in Fisherton Street in Salisbury, a 3 minute walk from the Railway Station and 5 minutes from the Market Place - you can’t miss the orange banners above the archway.
In particular the main summer exhibition ‘Material World’
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