Welcome to Swan Hill Studios
Set in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Swan Hill Studios is a working art and design studio and contemporary gallery dedicated to creativity, conversation, and community. We believe art is for everyone, our doors are open to curious minds, fellow creatives, and anyone looking for a little inspiration.
Post Club
Our monthly postal subscription celebrating art, storytelling, and life at Swan Hill Studios. Each month a carefully curated envelope arrives through your letterbox: a personal letter from the studio, a postcard from our artists in residence, original risograph prints, studio ephemera, and thoughtful surprises made especially for members.
It is also a lovely way to support the studio's philanthropic work, funding free residencies and exhibitions for artists who need space, time, and opportunity to create.
What's On
Take a look at what is coming up at Swan Hill Studios. From workshops to social gatherings, here is everything happening in our space over the coming weeks. Browse the listings below and book your place.
Lingen Davies - Festive Ornament MakingWed 18 NovSwan Hill Studios
The Empty Nest - Private View EveningThu 26 NovSwan Hill Studios- The Empty Nest - Show OpenFri 27 NovSwan Hill Studios
Featured Artists
Sam Pooley-Stride
Motherhood, the crone and the changing stages of a woman's life, in assemblage, print, sculpture and paint.
Sam Pooley-Stride is a multidisciplinary artist and the founder of Swan Hill Studios. She began her career in London advertising, helping young creatives find their way. Then she moved to Shrewsbury and graduated from Birmingham School of Art in 2013 with her Boob Wallpaper project.
Her work is intuitive and hands-on, built from texture, colour and found objects. Past shows include Seas Of The Moon I and II, and in 2025 Forage, All Roads Lead to Mother (with her daughter, Daisy Pooley-Tolkien-Williams) and Tell Me What To Do at Jigsaw. Her work hangs at Berwick Hall, Docket and C Sons, and in homes across Shropshire.
Her new solo show, The Empty Nest, opens here with a private view on 26 November 2026 and runs until 5 December. It follows a mother as her children leave home, from the tightness of the early years to the freedom of the crone. Come for Open Studios to see the show, step into her working studio and add a memory to the nest.