Past Exhibitions
STUDIO 1 - Open Studio
03/01/2017 - 30/04/2017
Studio 1 is an open studio format creative space at:
Skipton Town Hall,
12pm (noon) -4pm Friday-Sat
Till end of April 2017
Hosted by three local artists:
1. Virpi Kettu - Director Animator
2. Patricia Stienstra - Storyteller
3. Ellie Morley - Special FX sculptor
People are welcome to visit in at office hours (same as Town Hall) and interact with us working on three different projects:
1. Dogs' Dales - An animated short film inspired by of Skipton and Craven and featuring real local locations and people in an anthropomorphic dog form. The Animation is made using local wool as a material.
People have access to follow a professional animation production, with a local subject, from the stat to finish. Virpi Kettu from www.kettustudios.com is the director and animator of this project.
2. Rudi The Crow - Patricia Stienstra from www.brightstories.com is going to develop a storytelling/ puppet show with one of the featured characters form Dogs' Dales: Rudi The Crow, a straight spoken country crow keen to make new friends. Patricia will make the puppet in Studio 1 using local wool and develop the stories infront of visitors.3. Contemporary Local Wool Sculptures - Ellie Morley from www.replicafx.com will experiment with wool and other materials to create Craven inspired art pieces that are linked to her digital media work
Studio 1has plans to host Animation and Digital Media Storytelling workshops for people of all ages in Craven Libraries in February – March 2017. The workshops have free entry.
CRAVEN ARTS Christmas Exhibition
28/11/2016 - 11/12/2016
CRAVEN ARTS Christmas Exhibition
From 28th November until 11th of December 2016
Open every Day 10am - 4pm
High St, Skipton BD23 1AH
Collection of 17 local Craven Artists and Craven Arts Members.
Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Textile art, Photography and Video Art.
Including ARTIST TALKS: Short introductions of local artist and their work
FREE ENTRY
Saturday 3rd December 2016 @ 5pm Skipton Town Hall
Speakers:
Virpi Kettu - Animation and film
Carolyn Hird Rogers - Digital Art
Marisha Mendez - Painter
Saturday 10th December 2016 @ 5pm Skipton Town Hall
Speakers:
Joan Murray - Textile art
Anna Tosney - Graphic printing art
Bridget Tempest - Graphic printing art
Patricia Stienstra - Performance and Storytelling
SHELF LIFE
From 8th September until 20th of November 2016
Special viewing 1st of October 2PM- 5PM
22 Main Street, BD23 5AA Grassington
SHELF LIFE:An exhibition of paintings by David Thomas for Grassington
08/09/2016 - 20/011/2016
Featuring Selected Artist for Grassington Festival:
An Array of Aprons
28/06/2016 - 02/07/2016
An Array of Aprons
From 28 June 2016 until the end of the Grassington Festival
27 June 2016: Preview 7:30pm
28 June 2016: Lunch time talk over lunch at 1pm in the Games Room Grassington Town Hall by Textile Artst and Craven Arts member: Joan Murray
Eva Mileusnic, Talya Baldwin Morwenna Catt and Carine Brosse:
Migration
18/06/2016 - 28/08/2016
"Migration" The new exhibition at The wishbone gallery starts this Saturday from 2pm until 6pm.
The Wishbone Gallery
22 Main street, Grassington, BD23 5AA
With the aim of challenging popular misconceptions about rural art, the Wishbone Gallery showcases work which would not be expected from a small village gallery.
Celebrating a sense of wonder, curiosity and playfulness, the gallery has a bold vision for exploring contemporary art practices.
The gallery is managed by two artists, multidisciplinary artist Carine Brosse and ceramicist David Ashby, both of whom have their workshop on site.
Chris Murray & Bridget Tempest:
An Artist's Exhibition
18/05/2016 - 31/05/2016
'An Artist's Exhibition' Chris Murray, Bridget Tempest Paintings and Prints.
Holy Trinity Church, Skipton May 19th - 31st 2016
10.00 - 5.00 daily.
Meet the artists May 19th 6.00 - 8.00 pm