Category Archives: ARTS

We welcome Caroline from Hope Gallery as our latest sponsor to join us!

Caroline’s mission statement is:  “It’s not what it looks like, its how it makes you feel.” I use this as my mission statement because so much art is bought because it matches the sofa and curtains and not because they love the art, like really connect with it. The art I choose for my gallery […]

Meet the artist Danny Abrahams at Heart Gallery Hebden Bridge

Danny Abrahams at Heart Gallery

Please join us Sunday 1st March and meet Bradford born artist Danny Abrahams. We will unveil new oil paintings by Danny that have been inspired by our wonderful valley and landmarks. As a true Yorkshire man, Bradford born and bred, the local beauty of the northern landscape influences Danny. His many travels when he was […]

Interview with Mick Wilson on his Art exhibition ‘Thought Dreams’ at Artsmill.

Interview with Mick Wilson on his Art exhibition ‘Thought Dreams’ at Artsmill.

What is your Exhibition ‘Thought Dreams about? An exhibition of recent paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. All of the work is representational, though often veering towards abstraction. Subject matter is fairly traditional – landscapes, still lifes, nudes – but these may be subverted, and are, frequently so. Describe your creative background? I have been painting […]

The Grimm Forest opens in the heart of West Yorkshire’s woodland

Grimm Forest Hardcastle Crags

Hardcastle Crags and Gibson Mill are delighted to launch their Autumn/Winter event programme on Sunday 29th September with the opening of a stunning exhibition created by local artists, Steve Gumbley and Jane Revitt.  ‘The Grimm Forest’ is a walk-through kinetic sculpture, conjured from a book, with images from Grimms’ stories presented in new exciting ways. The trees […]

Pop Up Art At Heptonstall Museum

pop up art at heptonstall museum

Tributes include a red bandana, coins, badges, stones, crystals, flows real, plastic and silk, a glass of wine, wrapping paper, a pink fluffy-topped and other types of pens, sweet papers, pencils, lipsticks, poetry, gold string, a red heart, red ribbon, drawings of Sylvia and Ted Hughes, photographs of Sylvia and postcards from far afield. Some […]

Inter-Arts Festival of Childhood at Artsmill

interarts exhibition

Photo credit to David Rusbatch Welcome to the Inter-Arts Festival of Childhood at The David Wright Gallery at Artsmill is on from Wednesday 7th of August – Sunday 18th of August, open from Wednesday – Sunday each week. During the 2 weeks we have an Art and Word Exhibition, Workshops, Talks, Art Installations, Films and […]

Hebden Bridge WI Awesome Autumn Rag Market

Hebden Bridge WI Awesome Autumn Rag Market

The Rag Market is a twice yearly event run by Hebden Bridge WI to raise funds for our Charity of the year, which, this year is ‘Music for the Many’, a local Charity which aims to provide and give local school children the opportunity to learn a variety of musical instruments.  It also pays for […]