The exhibitions for 2012 are:
Our 2012 programme opens with two landmark exhibitions: 'Off the Page: the Story of Dalesman Magazine' and ‘Portraits by Sam Dalby’.
'Off the Page' tells the story of the country's best-selling regional magazine through the work of the many talented artists, writers and photographers who have contributed to its pages since it began almost 75 years ago. It contains much original artwork, in the form of pencil drawings, paintings, photographs and cartoons featuring such well-loved characters as 'Old Amos'. A fascinating aspect of the display is the array of magazine covers, which reflect not only changing styles but also the development of production techniques down the years. There is also a collection of 'mystery objects' which have appeared in the regular 'What on Earth?' column to whet the appetites of the curious. This is an exhibition which will appeal to everyone and not just those with Yorkshire in their blood!
'Portraits by Sam Dalby' : We are delighted to be showing an important new exhibition of portraits by Sam Dalby. Local artist Sam grew up in Austwick and is steadily gaining recognition for his work much further afield. He exhibited at the 2003 BP Portrait Award in London and with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2010 and 2011. Sam says, “Portraits have been the main focus of my art for the last ten years. This exhibition is effectively a retrospective of that period, as seen through my drawings and paintings of members of the local community. At first these were tentative studies of family and friends and some of them are on show. Next come many charcoal drawings that reflect my growing interest in traditional drawing techniques and from this point on, my portraits are of a broader range of people throughout the Craven area. A lot of the works in the show are from the last two years and represent a cross section of members of the local community. I try to treat all my sitters with honesty and depict them truthfully and fairly.” Sam continues, “I have been very fortunate in being able to draw the playwright Alan Bennett specially for this show. Alan very generously agreed to sit for a portrait, a privilege not afforded to many and the both the resulting preliminary drawing and the finished painting are included in the show.”
A special feature of the exhibition – and one which will be of particular interest to art collectors both locally and nationally – is an auction for Sam’s pencil drawing of Alan Bennett. Sealed bids, starting at an initial price of £500, are invited and the winner will be announced when the exhibition closes on 1 July. Sam has kindly agreed to donate all money raised to The Folly Appeal. Details of the sealed bid process are available in the application form (pdf, 100kb): if you are unable to come to the Folly and wish to place a sealed bid, please contact us.
Articles from the Dalesman April 2012 edition about the first two exhibitions:
Sam Dalby (http://www.samdalby.co.uk/) (Sam's Album) (Sam on Facebook)
A special feature of the exhibition - and one which will be of particular interest to art collectors both locally and nationally - is an auction for Sam's pencil drawing of Alan Bennett. Sealed bids, starting at an initial price of £500, are invited and the winner will be announced when the exhibition closes on 1 July. Sam has kindly agreed to donate all money raised to The Folly Appeal. Details of the sealed bid process are available in the application form (pdf, 100kb): if you are unable to come to the Folly and wish to place a sealed bid, please contact us.
Painting Peter Huby © Sam Dalby
Image of Sam Dalby with his new oil portrait of Alan Bennett
More of Sam's work can be found on his website (http://www.samdalby.co.uk/) and his Album.
Dalesman
Editors: left to right: David Joy, Bill Mitchell, Margaret Walters (daughter
of the late Harry Scott, founder of Dalesman), Paul Jackson, Terry Fletcher.
Two of the display boards from the Dalesman section of the exhibition are available as PDF (6Mb)
You may like to review the events for 2012 on the Events page, which gives details of events through the season related to the exhibitions.
Temporary Exhibitions for other years may be found by clicking on the relevant links below:
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