Posts in Exhibitions
Handwoven woollen textiles by Irina Mitchell at Yardley Arts

Irina weaves her art pieces from pure wool in its natural shades or hand-dyed wool in vibrant colours. Drawing inspiration from nature’s beautiful colours, patterns and shapes, Irina endeavours to create unique pieces of decorative art such as rugs, wall decorations and more wearable pieces like purses and bags. No two pieces are identical, although themes may flow from one piece to another.

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South Northants Art Trail - meet Marlene Snee

Northamptonshire-based artist, Marlene Snee says her inspiration comes from her love of nature, the local countryside and some of the places she has visited around the world. She has been drawing and painting ever since she can remember and, over the years, has received a lot of encouragement by some wonderful tutors who’ve helped her progress in her artwork.

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Plastic and silver: two different art forms to view at Yardley Arts

We’ve a wide range of media on display at Yardley Arts, as part of this October’s South Northants Art Trail. Here are some works by two more of the artists you will meet, Simon Tipping and Juliet Brown, when you come along to the exhibition between Saturday 2 and Sunday 10 October (excluding Monday 4 October).

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South Northants Art Trail - two more artists exhibiting at Yardley Arts

As promised, here are two more of the artists, Sally Pennycate and John Wannop, who are taking part in the South Northants Art Trail at Yardley Arts next month. Sally is a Northamptonshire artist with links to the Norfolk coastline and Norfolk Broads. While John works lumps of wood, which are found, paid for or freely given. The wood provides the inspiration for its final shape, colour, and interpretation.

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South Northants Art Trail - introducing Chris Richbell's work

In the run up to next month’s South Northants Art Trail, we thought we would introduce you to some of the artists taking part at Yardley Arts, starting with Chris Richbell. Chris paints mainly in watercolour or acrylic, and sometimes with mixed media and oils. She prefers to paint outside whatever the weather, which brings a whole new meaning to watercolour.

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Yardley Arts is one of the venues in this year's South Northants Art Trail

There’s over 50 artists taking part in this year’s South Northants Arts Trail next month, with venues all over the South of the county reaching across to Yardley Arts in Yardley Hastings. Here, there’ll be at least eight or nine local artists exhibiting, ready to talk about their work and practice, with some demonstrations going on too.

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We're taking part in South Northamptonshire's Art Trail again!

This year’s South Northants Art Trail is the biggest yet with over 60 artists taking part, exhibiting in 20 venues, including ours. We will be exhibiting work by no less than nine artists during the week: Bill Blyth, Juliet Brown, Linda Johns, Irina Mitchell, Sally Pennycate, Jane Roberts, Marlene Snee, Simon Tipping and John Wannop.

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The Graduate Art Fair comes to Yardley Arts this November

The Graduate Art Fair brings twenty new and emerging artists to Yardley Arts in Yardley Hastings with a stunning contemporary show opening at 12 noon on Saturday 23 November. Art lovers and collectors in the region will find over 50 unique and original works on sale at prices ranging from £50 for a limited edition print up to £2,000 for a wall hugging large-scale canvas original.

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A sneak preview of some of the works in the forthcoming Summer Exhibition

As the first Summer Exhibition at Yardley Arts draws ever closer, we thought you might like a preview of some of the artworks you will see if you come along. The theme for this year is ‘Garden and Landscapes’. There will be many more artworks from each artist and those represented by Primrose Gallery in Thrapston, so don’t miss out on this inaugural event.

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Cambridge-based artist, Charlotte Cornish joins stellar line up at the Yardley Arts ‘Summer Exhibition’

Charlotte has always found inspiration from the places she’s visited and the artworks in her brand new collection for 2019 is no exception. Gathering inspiration from the landscapes of her beloved Marrakesh, her wonderful abstract prints are a mixture of elements from the seen world and her own emotional responses and experience.

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