SEPT 13TH | 10AM - 12.30PM TICKETS £39.00 plus £1.00 booking fee (all materials provided) In this hands-on and creative workshop you will learn two different wet felting techniques to design and make your own felted bowls using a gorgeous selection of coloured wool provided. Whether you're a complet...More
It's a youtube video - go watch it! A little snippet of what goes through my mind and some of the things I’ve been looking at. A mixed media video. >> A guide around my mind << ‘Make more art and get inspired by the birds and the trees and the sounds of the world while drinking peppermin...More
A Celebration of What Was and What Is Its a YouTube Video!!! Go watch it! A video to ‘This is the Sea’ by The Waterboys. 🌊 I love this song very much. ‘That was the river and this is the sea’. In other words, that was then, this is now. A celebration of what was and what is. Isn’t that wonderful? Th...More
A Coffee Table Book That Explores the Ethereal Spirit and Grace of Birds Set Against the Immutable Beauty of the Land. Building upon the selection of images exhibited at The Mall Galleries, London (Sept 24), this book includes additional images, reflections, and an essay that invites readers on a vi...More
Join other creatives for a art retreat/ mini-residency in beautiful and secluded Upper Nidderdale. Well House Haven is set in 6 acres of farmland 1/2 mile from Stean Village. Set on the banks of the How Stean Gorge and with views of Upper Nidderdale and the adjacent grouse moors providing plenty of...More
5-7 July & 12-14 July 10:30am till 5pm Open House, beneath Trades Club, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE After reading the story ‘The man who planted trees’ I decided to spend some time in nature, where I realised quite how repetitive nature is. For example, the leaves on trees, they seem th...More
Just released on BBC iplayer Series 23 Episode 3 (around 35 mins into program) a 5 minute feature on Well House Haven Art Retreat at Stean, Upper Nidderdale and Karen Blacklock, Contemporary Artist who moved to North Yorkshire in June 2021 and has been working on the location to provide a large barn...More
I have two main issues when writing. Issue one being that I am 19 and will be riddled with, what some may call ‘teenage angst’. In spite of this, I ask you to ignore my infantile writing style and try to absorb the words regardless. Issue two is the mortifying ordeal of being known by somebody other...More
The work of Artist and North Art member Roy Best will be featured in Leeds Civic Trust Calendar for 2024. Roy’s entry ‘The City from Leeds Dock’ is featured for the month of May in the Trust’s colourful 2024 calendar. This Artwork was chosen as a winner in the Pride in Place Awards. Calendars are pr...More
Roy was delighted to be presented with the coveted first prize in the Win It! art awards, courtesy of Aire Place Studios at recent the opening of the awards exhibition at the Aire Place Studios Gallery. His winning entry, a portrait of Leeds artist Sand Croft, is one of a series of large drawings of...More
Jonathan Smith's first solo exhibition, comes to Village Gallery in York this January. The Village Art Gallery is a wonderful space set in the old shopping centre of York, just off the Shambles. Downstairs one can find a wonderful range of artworks and ornaments, pottery and glassware. Upstairs is a...More
I had a great time at Crafts in the Pen last weekend. Despite the cold (needed lots of layers a hat, gloves and a carpet to stand on), there was a good crowd all keen to find gifts. Ironically it was the hottest day of the year when I did Art in the Pen, and last weekend was the coldest so far. A st...More