Saturday 4 January, 11am, free to attend

Join Horse Show! artist and the first Sculptor-in-Residence to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, Zoë Carmichael for a talk in the Long Gallery at Messums West.

Zoë Carmichael is an award-winning sculptor who specialises in bronze sculptures of animals, especially horses. She is inspired by a lifetime spent in the saddle at local and international level, enabling her to capture the spirit and soul of each animal.

Born in Cheltenham in 1989, Carmichael trained at the renowned Studio Galleria Romanelli in Florence, under the tutelage of Raffaello Romanelli, learning the Old Master techniques of bronze sculpture. Romanelli placed Carmichael in the top 1% of students he has taught in 15 years. Discussing Carmichael’s Hunt Horse bronze, the Curator of the British Sporting Arts Trust said, ‘Zoë Carmichael has a sympathy and understanding of her subjects so rarely found in the history of equine sculpture; it is akin to that displayed by Munnings in his bronze of the racehorse Brown Jack’.

Beyond artistic contributions, Carmichael’s work aims to have a broader social impact, as she has done for charities Waterberg Rhino UK and the Household Cavalry Foundation.