The third biennial Print Open runs in both Gallery One and the Artspace throughout the summer. Featuring printmakers from throughout the country it aims to show the very best of contemporary printmaking. The selectors for 2012 exhibition are Melvyn Petterson who is a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and runs Artichoke Printmaking Workshop [...]
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Collection: Carlos Versluys
The next exhibition in our ‘collection’ series features the brand new work of Lincolnshire potter Carlos Versluys.
Gate Commission Update
This week workshops were held at Barton St. Peter’s C of E Primary School, Barton upon Humber in connection with the commission for a new gate at The Ropewalk which is currently under construction by Selby artists Ailsa Magnus & Hamish Marr.
Tony Bellars: Self-portrait with flowers
Tony Bellars’ strong sense of design shows the influence of the North Norfolk coast where he lives at King’s Lynn (before attending Norwich School of Art to study graphic design in the 1960s he spent a year working in a boatyard) – his vivid colours are reminiscent of the painted canal barges from the broads [...]
Paul Digby: Paintings
My practice consists of drawing, painting and sculpture. The main focus is capturing the figure’s movement in response to it’s emotions and the affect of it’s landscape. Contemporary Art should use an understanding of aesthetics and materials to manifest the individual’s experience of the environments we inhabit. Paul Digby For further information visit www.pauldigby.co.uk Prints [...]
Hall’s Barton Ropery
Rangoon, Tanganyika, Barton upon Humber … As part of our ongoing Heritage Lottery Funded project to catalogue archives from the rope factory this exhibition aims to place Hall’s Barton Ropery in a historical context and examine the life of the people who worked there.
Jenny Hammerton: Order and Chance
Lincolnshire based mixed media artist Jenny Hammerton brings a collection of new work for a major solo show at The Ropewalk.
