Rural Arts to celebrate 30th anniversary with exhibition

FOLLOW your HeART, A ceramics sculpture designed and created by the PottyPotters for Rural Arts 30th Anniversary.

Arts charity Rural Arts will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a two-week exhibition.

The charity aims to deliver “inspiring and inclusive creative opportunities that enrich lives and connect communities” by providing over 400 events each year at their community arts centre in Thirsk.

The 30th anniversary exhibition will take place at The Courthouse, Thirsk, showcasing an array of artwork by North Yorkshire residents produced over the last three decades.

Exhibition organisers, Sorcha McCole and Catherine Gray said: “Being involved in the curation of this exhibition has been a brilliant way to see the amazing impact rural arts has had on communities across North Yorkshire during its 30-year history.

“We’ve especially enjoyed seeing the amazing quality of artworks that have been produced through the excellent teaching of artists and staff alike.”

Work featured will include the processions banner, celebrating the lives of women in North Yorkshire and designed by founder Angela Hall.

Morna Stoakley, a regular workshop attendee at Rural Arts, said: “The banner that will be included was made for the Suffragettes’ Centenary Anniversary in 2018.

“This was a hugely successful community effort, masterminded by Angela Hall. Sections were made by a lot of different people (to an agreed design) and then all joined together.

“It was so successful that, if I remember correctly, it was featured on the main BBC news when it was part of the huge London anniversary parade.”

The exhibition will also include a postcard auction.

Each postcard has been created by North Yorkshire-based artists who have contributed to the charity, in a variety of ways over the years.

There will also be a memory wall, where people across North Yorkshire have shared their fond memories of Rural Arts over the years.

These include recollections of the many outreach projects Rural Arts have been involved in during its 30 years.

Ian Read, Rural Art’s new CEO said: “At Rural Arts we believe that creativity exists in everyone’s home.

“We are going to continue to support and grow this vision so that more people can harness their own innate abilities.

“So, communities can connect through shared passions, and rural areas are no longer seen as disconnected and isolated.”

You can visit the exhibition at Rural Arts, Westgate, Thirsk, YO7 1QS.

Opening times of the exhibition, are between Tuesday, June 6 and Saturday, June 17, 10am to 4pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays.

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