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The Sandside Art Festival The Boatyard |
Every artist ought to be an exhibitionist. |
I organized an art festival in the old boat yard on Sandside over the weekend of the 10th and 11th of December 2011. The ideawas to showcase the artistic talent that we have in the Scarborough area. Also to inform the public of all the galleries and art clubs etc in the area. With this in mind I have invited several of the local art societies and clubs ( Scarborough, Ayton, Filey and Cayton )to exhibit and hope to get a lot of the local professional and semi professional artists to exhibit also. There was a group of work from the students at Westwood and we run a competition with all the senior schools in the area. This was judged by Internationally famous Clive Head and prizes were presented by The Mayor of Scarborough. This was done on the preview evening, Friday the 9th of December. One of the main things I wanted to achieve was a large information desk with posters and leaflets advertising The Galleries in the area. I asked all the local galleries for posters and leaflets to promote their galleries. I also asked for volunteers to man the desk and tell people about the galleries etc in the area. I received help and advice from a wide spectrum of the art community in Scarborough area. Especially from Helen Birmingham from the Studio Gallery in Belle View Parade and we get press and radio coverage to bring in a lot of people to Scarborough over that weekend. The exhibition was a great success with about 4000 people through over the weekend. A good many pieces were sold. With a lot of people's help we brought to the Boatyard, the large sculpture titled Fredie Gilroy and the Belson Straglers by artist Ray Lonsdale. Ray's Gallery The Arts Bank from Saltburn brought a larg selection of work including five large sculpures by Ray Lonsdale. Ray was on hand all weekend to talk to the public. You can reach me at The Arts Workshops, Crown Arcade, Albion Rd, Scarborough. YO11 2BT Tel 077 68 202 773 or ken@kennedyantiques.com |