including the 40th Holmfirth Art Exhibition
— Sun 2nd July to Sat 8th July 2006 —
— forty creative years, forty years of charitable giving —

artWEEK is now a local event with a national reputation – most of the exhibitors are from this area but visitors come from all over the country to look and to buy. It is astounding how much artistic talent there is locally – it is this that makes the event such a success. . . and brings so many visitors to Holmfirth every year.

The main Exhibition in the Civic Hall runs all week and features work by around 400 professional & amateur artists.

In addition there will be 24 smaller fringe venues around the Holme Valley. A special Fringe brochure, detailing all the venues and artists, is available at the Tourist Information Centre now and at the Civic Hall, and most Fringe venues, during artWEEK.

Exhibition opening times 2006

Sun 2 July & Sat 8 July
10.00 - 17.00
 
Mon 3 July to Fri 7 July
10.00 - 22.00

Admission to the Exhibition is only £2 (£1 concessions) – this price allows unlimited visits during the week (many people find that one visit isn’t enough to appreciate all the work on display!).

Anniversary Specials

artWEEK Calendar
To celebrate our 40th Exhibition we will be publishing a special limited-edition 18-month calendar with work by featured artists over the years.
The calendar runs from July 2006 to December 2007 and includes 22 artistic images kindly donated by all the featured artists we have been able to trace from past Exhibitions. At a price of just £10 this a unique publication which will be a wonderful keepsake or a beautiful gift. The calendar will be available from Preview Evening onwards and is sure to be very popular. No matter how quickly it sells we will not be reprinting.

artWEEK Pot
Exhibitor and pottery demonstrator at artWEEK for many years, Steve Ellis has volunteered to create a Grayson Perry style pot recording notable features, events & people connected with artWEEK during the past 40 years. The pot will be raffled during this year’s artWEEK.

Exhibition in the Top Gallery
Also to mark the 40th Exhibiton and to celebrate this major milestone there will be a special display in the Top Gallery featuring work by invited artists on the theme of ‘Ruby’, ‘Red’, or ‘Forty – to maintain the forty theme all work will measure 40 × 40 cm.

Last year’s artWEEK was one of the most successful ever – with sales of art work during the seven days exceeding £93,000. The commission on this (plus money raised from tickets, catalogues, the raffle, the tea-room and the Fringe venues) means that we were be able to donate £33,000 to Macmillan Cancer Relief – a terrific sum for a local fundraising event.

No-one gets paid to run artWEEK and it couldn’t run without the dedicated teams of volunteers who give their time freely year after year – we wish to thank them all for their splendid efforts in making this the biggest fundraising event in the Valley’s calendar.

For more information click here to visit the artWEEK website.