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The 43rd HOLMFIRTH artWEEK

— Sun 5th July - Sat 11th July 2009 —

— 43 creative years, 43 years of charitable giving —

Opens this Sunday, 5 July at 10.00

artWEEK is a local event with a national reputation – most of the exhibitors are from this area but visitors come from all over the country to view 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 425 professional & amateur artists.

In addition there are 26 smaller fringe venues around the Valley.

History

The first Holmfirth Art Exhibition was organised in 1967 by Isobel Shaw and Christabel Dangerfield. Their twin objectives were to provide an opportunity for local art students to show their work and to raise money for Cancer Relief (as it was then called) – on that occassion a grand total of £120 was raised for the charity.

Their legacy is an annual event which sells 2000 artworks every year and regularly raises in excess of £30,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Having acheived our target of £40k for the 40th event artWEEK has so far raised over HALF A MILLION POUNDS.

Prize winners 2008 (prize winners 2009 will be announced this week) 425 artists exhibited work in the Exhibition last year and 3 were awarded prizes:
Calder Graphics prize for painting TA Robinson – “Wessenden Head from Castle Hill”
John B Shaw memorial prize for 3-dimensional art Richard Raby – “Large Giraffe”	Florence Parker memorial prize for best newcomer Amara Melechi – “Mazzy Designs”

Results 2008

        
Sales of art work at the Civic Hall during the week totalled almost £84 000 – the commission on this (plus money from tickets, catalogues, raffle, tea-room and the Fringe) means that we were able to give just over £36 000 to Macmillan Cancer Support.

No-one gets paid to run artWEEK and it couldn’t take place without the dedicated volunteers who give their time 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.

Sue Jenkins – Plump Ladies

How to apply to exhibit next year

Applications for this year’s exhibition have now closed. Holmfirth artWEEK 2010 will be open to all artists, amateur and professional. Each person may submit up to two pieces – there is no selection process for the public entries but space is limited, and the Exhibition is always over-subscribed, so a draw is held to select each year’s exhibitors. Next year’s draw will take place on 1 May 2010 and applications will be accepted from 1 to 30 April.

Applications can only be accepted if accompanied by a cheque for £10.00 (payable to ‘Holmfirth artWEEK’) and a large (preferably C5* size) stamped, self-addressed envelope.

* A C5 envelope takes an A4 sheet folded in half and measures 23cm × 16cm (approx 9"× 6½").

There is no application form for this part of the process and details about the work to be submitted aren’t required at this stage (sending photos isn’t necessary).

If your application is succesful you will receive instructions in the first week of May 2010 about submitting your work; if your name isn’t drawn your cheque will be returned. If you aren’t lucky this time please try again the following year.

Send your application to arrive
between 1 and 30 April 2010 to:

Holmfirth artWEEK
PO Box 57
HOLMFIRTH     HD9  1YT

Postage rates* :

Envelopes larger than C5 cost more to post. Please make sure you include the correct postage on both your envelopes

     Up to C5:  39p (1st) or 30p (2nd)

     Over  C5:  61p (1st) or 47p (2nd)

* (prices correct from 6 April 2009 but please check the rates before sending your 2010 application as they usually go up each spring)

artWEEK Fringe

Applications for this year’s Fringe have closed. Artists and venues wanting to take part in the Fringe next year should contact anji@flatmeer.co.uk (deadline, 1st week of March 2010).

 For more information on artWEEK 

Phone  01484  68 94 64
Fax      05600  75 44 31

E-mail  info@holmfirthartweek.net

. . . or click below to e-mail now:

Exhibition opening times 2009

Sun 5 July & Sat 11 July
10.00 - 17.00 *

Mon 6 July to Fri 10 July
10.00 - 22.00

(*Market closes at 16.00 on Sat 11)

Admission to the Exhibition is £2.00
(£1.00 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!).

Holmfirth artWEEK - a local event
  with a national reputation

Where this year’s exhibitors are from:

West Yorkshire   259
   - Huddersfield & district 103
   - Holme Valley 87
   - Wakefield & district 37
   - Halifax & district 9
   - Leeds & district 12

   - Bradford & district 11

South Yorkshire   60
The North West   55
North & East Yorkshire   9

Derbyshire & the Midlands   12
Over the hill & far away   4

Sales & Commissions

Featured Artist 2009

This year’s featured artist in the Top Gallery of the Civic Hall will be Thongsbridge felt artist Sue Clay.

Wall hanging by Sue Clay

Help!

Would you like to help make artWEEK 2009 a success? All the people you see working at the Exhibition are volunteers – stewards, tearoom staff, sales desk staff, raffle ticket sellers (not to mention those behind the scenes who you may not see – organisers, screen builders, lighting fitters, picture hangers, adminstrators . . .). The whole event is run voluntarily and each day we need 80 people to keep things running smoothly – so, if you can spare a few hours please get in touch.

In addition we especially need help setting up and dismantling the Exhibition.

Setting up screens happens a week before the opening on the Sunday morning (28 June) from 9.00.

Taking everything down and putting it all away is on Sunday after the Exhibiton closes (12 July), also from 9.00.

Please come along on one or both dates – your help will be greatly appreciated! Just turn up or call Richard on 01484  68 94 64.

The success of artWEEK depends entirely on the enthusiastic help willingly given by so many people. We’d like to thank you for the part you played in last year’s event, whether by exhibiting your work, staffing the exhibition or the craft market, demonstrating your craft, helping in the construction & dismantling of the display stands, donating your goods, or in any other way. Whatever your contribution it is very much appreciated by us all.

Trevor Stubley – Fisch Paradise

Jane Burgess – Beach, Fornator

Brendan Hesmondhalgh – Pelicans

Main Exhibition

The Exhibition in the Civic Hall is one of the biggest open exhibitions in the country featuring work by 425 professional & amateur artists.

Holmfirth Civic Hall
Huddersfield Rd
Holmfirth   HD9 3AS

(click here for a map)

Tel 01484  22 24 52

Holmfirth Civic Hall

Market

In addition to the main Exhibition there is a Market on the stage where work can be bought and taken away on the spot. The market is open throughout the Exhibition (but closes at 16.00 on the last day, Sat 11 Jul).

Anthony Ratcliffe – Isle of Muck

Collection of purchases
and unsold works

All work on display is for sale and may be paid for at any time when the Exhibition is open. The work remains on display until the end of the Exhibition on Saturday 11 July.

When the Exhibition closes at 17.00 on Sat 11 July purchases may be collected on presentation of the buyer’s receipt.

(Please note that we aren’t able to provide wrapping material for the 2000 items we sell so, if you want your purchases wrapped, please bring your own wrapping).

Artists may also collect their unsold works at the same time (cheques for work which has been sold will be ready as soon as possible after 19.00 – but please have patience as we have to calculate final payments and write cheques for nearly 400 people!).

All purchases and un-sold work must be collected by 21.00 on Sat 11 July.

As in the last 9 years collection of purchases and unsold work will be on Saturday only – please note the Civic Hall will not be open on Sun 12 July.

Keith Mountain – Moorland Mist

Holmfirth Art & Music

Holmfirth Art & Music was formed in 2007 with the aim of supporting and encouraging the development of art and music in Holmfirth and the Holme Valley by raising the profile of the area as an art and music destination.

Click here to visit Holmfirth Art & Music

Holmfirth
Festival of Folk

Visiting Holmfirth?

Why not come to Holmfirth for artWEEK and stay for a while? These websites may help you with accomodation, places to visit and other things to see and do . .

Holmfirthweb.com

Kirklees for visitors

Bed & Breakfast

Holmfirth artWEEK 2011

For those who really like to plan ahead! The 45th event will be held 3 - 9 July 2011.

Applications to exhibit will be accepted
1 - 30 April 2011 (Fringe applications by 1st week of March 2011, please).