29 June 2010

We received confirmation this afternoon that the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr Peter Hill, has offered to unveil the Wall of Art between 3.15 and 3.45 pm on Saturday 10th July.

It is a community project that he has supported from day 1...  and we are delighted that he still supports us; now that he has reached such dizzy heights.

 

7 june 2010

 

 


Canvasses etc., are now available from The Kings Arms on Main Street, Rhodes Hardware on Mill Hey, The Wuthering at Stanbury and 18-20 Oak Street.

Soon they will be available at venues in Cross Roads and Oakworth.

Remember ... it costs nothing at all to take part ... it's a great community event ... and it raises money for local arts and charities ... it's also a lot of fun :-)

So c'mon ... please join in!

Please ignore any postings on the 'Haworth Village Association' site, as they are now 12 months out of date, despite several requests for them to update information.

Please note also that we are in no way associated with, or affiliated to, any other group. The recent 'Parish Newsletter' listed us as part of the Haworth Arts Festival. This is not the case.

 

5 May 2010

Haworth's 4th annual 'Wall of Art' event

The theme of this year's Wall of Art event is the 1950's and it will be constructed of 200 separate canvasses, each individually painted by members of the local community. The event attracts participants of all ages and abilities and is now self funding.

This year the exhibit will be fixed to the front of the building between 'Emma's' cafe and 'Passion' (facing the Souk) on Main Street, Haworth.

Launch day is Saturday 10th July and will be marked by live 1950's-style entertainment and a 'Record Hop' at venues to be announced later. Period costume is encouraged. There will also be a big prize draw with excellent prizes, tickets for which will be available soon.

The exhibit will be dismantled after two weeks and the individual works auctioned off at Kings Arms, Main Street Haworth. The auction is always a spectacular 'crowd pleaser' of an event in itself, with a very lively atmosphere!

Profits from this year's event will go towards staging next year's event...with the excess being split between Manorlands, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the P.D.S.A.

 

27 April 2010 ...

After the deselection of the Black Bull as this year's venue a number of other options were looked into.

By far and away the best option was the offer of the wall at the end of 'Firths' and the village Post Office. It is a good size, flat and can be seen from a long way down the street.

 

 

Unfortunately the manager of the Apothecary Tea Rooms would not allow us access across their front car-park / dining area to erect the exhibit. We were advised that we could 'force' access via our solicitors, but that didn't sound like a good way to start a charity event !
So, this year's event will grace the wall between 'Emma's' cafe and 'Passion', facing 'The Souk'. Thank you all for stepping in to help... we just have to accept that not everyone cares as passionately about our village and local charities as we do.

 

Posters are now being printed for the event which will take place on 10th July.

 

31 March 2010 ....

Rest assured that the event will go on ... and it will be the biggest, brightest and best yet !

Things a looking a lot better for this year's project now and we are almost back on track, having been 'de-railed' by the sudden closure of our usual venue.

As always, the local community came to our rescue, with suggestions and offers of alternative venues.

We have almost decided on the revised venue and format for this year's wall and will be announcing details after our next meeting, on the 14th of this month.

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12 February 2010


 Disaster has struck !

 It just goes to show that you can't plan for all eventualities. We've got the paints, brushes, canvasses, team and volunteers in place ... now the venue has closed down !

Yes, it's perfectly true; the historic 'Black Bull' at the top of Main Street, where we display our annual exhibit has closed and now sits empty. No-body seems to know what is happening but up to press ... we appear to be without a suitable venue for this year's event.