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Holmfirth Artweek 2006

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 rasied 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.

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 this 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. Please be assured that whatever your contribution it is very much appreciated by us all.

In addition there will be 19 smaller fringe venues around the Holme Valley

Results from last year

Sales commision,
Exhibition                         £19 248
Tickets & catalogues          £17 051
Raffle                                £3 332
Entry fees                          £1 940
Tea Room                          £4 020
Sales commision, Fringe       £4 066
Donations                             £392
Misc                                     £284
Total Income                    £50 333
Reserves                              £856
Total outgoings                 £18 189
Donation to Macmillan
Cancer Relief                  £33 000

As usual art-lovers arrived very early on Sunday morning to be sure of buying their favourite items and by the time the Exhibition opened a long queue was stretching up Huddersfield Road.

Artweek is now a local event with a national reputation – most of the 390 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 and it is this that makes the event such a success and brings so many visitors to Holmfirth every year.

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.

How to apply for entry 2006

Public entries – open to all

Holmfirth Art Exhibition 2006 will be open to all artists, both 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.

Applications can only be accepted if accompanied by a cheque for £5 (payable to ‘Holmfirth Artweek’) and a large (at least C5 size*, please) stamped, self-addressed envelope.

If your application is succesful you will receive instructions, in the first week of May 2006 about submitting your work; if your name is not drawn your cheque will be returned.

Send your application
DURING APRIL 2006 ONLY to:

Holmfirth Artweek
PO Box 57
HOLMFIRTH
HD9 1YT

* C5 size takes an A4 sheet folded in half – 23cm × 16cm (approx 9in× 6½in)

Anthony Ratcliffe – Isle of Muck

For more information on
Holmfirth Artweek:

Phone  01484 68 94 94
Fax      01484 68 95 94

E-mail   info@holmfirthartweek.net
. . . or click below:


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] and 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 last year’s exhibitors were from:

West Yorkshire 278
   - Holme Valley 96
   - Huddersfield & district 100
   - Halifax & district 23
   - Wakefield & district 23
   - Bradford & district 19
   - Leeds & district 17
South Yorkshire 46
Derbyshire & the Midlands 30
The North West 24
North & East Yorkshire 10
Down South 1
Overseas 1

Sales & Commissions

Featured Artists 2006

This year will be our 40th Exhibition and to celebrate this major milestone there will be a special display in the Top Gallery featuring work measuring 40cm × 40cm by invited artists on the theme of ‘Ruby’, ‘Red’ or ‘Forty’.

Help!

Would you like to help make Artweek 2006 another successful event? 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 screens who you may not see - organisers, screen builders, lighting fitters, picture hangers]. 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 one week before the opening on the morning of Sunday 25 June from 9:00.

Taking everything down and putting it all away is on Sunday 9th July, also from 9:00.

Please come on one or both dates – your help will be greatly appreciated! Just turn up or call Richard on 01484 69 94 94.

Main Exhibition

The main Exhibition in the Civic Hall is one of the biggest open exhibitions in the country featuring work by around 390 professional & amateur artists.

Holmfirth Civic Hall
Huddersfield Rd
Holmfirth   HD9 3AS

Tel 01484  22 24 52

Market

In addition to the main Exhibition there is a market on the stage where work is available to be bought and taken away on the spot. The market is open throughout the Exhibition [but closes at 16:00 on the last day].

Holmfirth Artweek 2006

The 40th event will be held from
Sun 2 July to Sat 8 July 2006


Mr Beaver – Mick Kirkby-Geddes

Collection of Purchases
and unsold works 2006

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

As soon as the Exhibition closes at 17.00 on Sat 8 July purchases may be collected [on presentation of the buyer's receipt, please]. 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 18:00 – but please have patience as our treasurer has to calculate final payments and write cheques for 390 people!].

As in the last 5 years collection of purchases and unsold work is on Saturday only. To make it easier for artists and buyers the collection time has been lengthened by 2 hours but please note the Civic Hall will not be open on Sunday.