Spring Bank Holiday weekend is traditionally the time for the annual Saltaire Arts Trail, now back after a few years of Covid disruption. This year the weather is ideal - warm, dry and sunny. Yesterday I was out and about exploring, though there's too much to see in one day and so it's nice to live locally and be able to opt in and out of it.
A number of the village houses are opened as art galleries, in some cases displaying work by the house's resident and often hosting other artists' work too. The quality and variety of what's on offer is stunning. I wish I had more walls and deeper pockets to be able to invest in some beautiful pieces. Mostly I make do with buying a few cards to support the artists, though in the past I have bought one or two small artworks and scupltures and some jewellery.
Local schools and colleges get involved. Bradford School of Art had taken over the Wash House Gardens. Students from the Foundation Degree in Textiles Practice showed some imaginative pieces exploring the theme of 'habitat' and what that might mean to different, people, animals and plants.
Because of the lovely weather, there were a lot of people around the village and many of them eventually made their way down to the green spaces of the canal and the park. The queue at the ice-cream boat never let up.
Great looking art, and good weather for that day at least.
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ReplyDeleteA wonderful time was had by all.
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