Silverdale Arts Festival 2024

02/07/2024

Chris and I would like to say thank you to everyone who played a part helping the Silverdale Arts Festival to happen. Many thanks to the artists and participants, and to the wonderful supporters who helped to bring together our community event. Thank you to our hardy visitors, especially those who travelled distances in order to attend the event, and came determined to enjoy themselves in spite of the weather.
Silverdale was full of drowned rats on Saturday, but at least it was mainly dry on Sunday, although the sun failed too put in an appearance.
All in all, it was a great weekend.
Best wishes,
Carole and Chris

30/06/2024

The weather was appalling, but there did seem to be quite a lot of brave souls about the village who were determined to enjoy themselves. The sky doesn’t look too promising this morning, but 🤞that it improves and maybe the sun will put in an appearance.
Have a good Sunday everyone.
This was the view from the back door of my studio yesterday! 🧐

29/06/2024

We hope everyone taking part in the Festival had a good day today. We hope our visitors didn't drown on the way round the village! Can you believe it stopped raining at 5.25pm!?
Anyway it was busy here at venue 17, although Andrew's Pop-up cafe was a bit quiet. There's a lot of cake to shift tomorrow!
Here's hoping for a dry day tomorrow.
Good luck everyone.

28/06/2024

ONE DAY TO GO… Good morning… it is setting up day for many of you including myself.

No more images - there have been more than 40 posts about the artists taking part in the Silverdale Arts Festival 2024 in the past few weeks, I hope that you have enjoyed them.
Wishing everyone a brilliant weekend.

🤞Fingers crossed that the weather is kind.

This is me signing off.
Carole 🤗

27/06/2024

Just two days now… nearly there 😁
Here is the compilation of the arts and crafts that you will be able to see at Venues 12 - 20. Enjoy. 😊

26/06/2024

Three days to go… still got lots to do.😳
Here is a compilation of the arts and crafts you will be able to see at the first twelve venues.

25/06/2024

Four days to go…. A 1001 things still to do 🤗
I know it is not Wednesday, which is the usual day for individual artist mentions, but there are other posting plans for the rest of the week.
Today it is my turn.
I am Carole Bennett, a mixed media, print and textile artist. I am at Venue 18 during the Arts Festival weekend, and you will find me in my studio which is the big shed behind Ed’s Cafe at Wolf House.

24/06/2024

Sustenance is crucial when wandering round our twenty venues in Silverdale next weekend.
You will find refreshments at venue 13 where the Thrifty Ladies will be providing delicious cakes, sandwiches and Pippa's Pies.
Venue 2, Bleasdale School will have tea and coffee, as will Silverdale Masonic Hall (venue 3).
Andrew's Pop-up Cafe at venue 17 will be providing tea, coffee and cakes.
For spiritual sustenance, why not pop into St John's Parish Church (venue 4), or for a musical interlude go to venue 9 where Ann Bond will be demonstrating her harpsichord.
Full details of opening times for individual venues (including refreshments) and locations and a map can be found in our leaflet.

24/06/2024

🌞The countdown begins….
This time next week the Silverdale Arts Festival will all be over, so FIVE days and counting. It will be a very short week….

🌻🪴The Silverdale Garden Surplus Group will be having a pop-up stall in the Silverdale Hotel garden over the festival weekend.
‘Ferdy the Fork’ will be overseeing a range of local grown produce, preserves and home baked goodies and more.

All money raised will be donated to local charities and causes. 😊

23/06/2024

This Sunday is the turn of our penultimate highlighted artist.
Christine Boydell is a textile and design historian who also collects and deals in vintage fabrics. You will be able to talk with Christine about this fascinating subject, and to see her vintage styled creations in her home studio at Venue 17.
Christine will be sharing her studio with mixed media artist Gill Ferguson.
Andrew’s ‘Pop up’ cafe will be open at the venue throughout the weekend.

22/06/2024

The third group of artists taking part in the Arts Festival is Silverdale Art Group. This thriving group of local amateur artists has been in existence for over fifty years. The group meets on a regular basis in order to learn, develop skills and to support each other in their artistic endeavours. This will be a large exhibition which showcases the interests and breadth of talent of many of the artists in the group.

The Gaskell Hall is Venue 1 and will be acting as a hub over the Arts Festival weekend, where people can view the large colour map of the village trail and collect the leaflet with details of the individual venues.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VENUE IS OPEN ALL DAY FRIDAY IN ADDITION TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

21/06/2024

King Street Arts is a Lancaster based group of artists.
No images available to show, but a number of their artist members will be displaying a range of work which will include paintings, mixed media, prints, ceramics and sculpture.
There will be plenty to see at Venue 5 which is at St John’s Parish Rooms (Through the church gate and bear left).

www.kingstreetstudios.art

20/06/2024

Here is the flyer for the potters group of artists. 🤗

20/06/2024

There are three established groups of artists taking part in the Arts Festival this year. At Silverdale Village Institute (venue 13) are members from the Northern and Scottish Potters Association who will be showing a range of handmade items which embrace the wonderful diversity of ceramics.
They are also open on Friday evening, and will make a worthwhile diversion to an evening stroll in sunny (!) Silverdale.

19/06/2024

Today our featured artist is Cheryl McDonald who enjoys upholstering and bringing back life into discarded treasures. Cheryl will be opening her studio at Venue 20 during the Arts Festival.

17/06/2024

Here is a colour version of the Arts Festival Map.
It will be on display in the Gaskell Hall, Venue 1 from Friday 28th June, and throughout the festival weekend.

16/06/2024

Good morning, I wish I could say it was a glorious summer day in June, but alas I have just put on my thermals in preparation for a day in the studio. Sunshine and heat seems like a remote possibility. 🥶
Two weeks to go until the Arts Festival, and our featured artist today is Shelagh Lind. Shelagh is a textile enthusiast who loves to upcycle and refurbish fabrics in order to transform them into a wide variety of furnishings and household items.

15/06/2024

We are only two weeks away from the Silverdale Arts Festival 2024!

You can print off the list of venues and the map here. (NB There are TWO pages).
There will be paper copies available on the weekend.
There is also a QR code if you would like to access a digital map.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you.

To download from a computer, right click on the image and choose 'save image as', you can also save on your smartphone

12/06/2024

This Wednesday our featured artist is Wendy Johnson. Wendy is a ceramics and glass artist who will be exhibiting her lovely work alongside Printmaker Lesley Smith at Venue 10 during the Arts Festival weekend.

09/06/2024

It is a grey, rainy and cold Sunday morning. Only three weekends to go and the Arts Festival will all be over….. let’s hope that summer arrives soon.
Today’s featured artist is Lisa Higham of ‘Airy Fairys Gifts’. Lisa handcrafts lovable fairies and angels, and a range Nordic inspired rustic wooden scenes. She will be exhibiting her work at Venue 15, the Silverdale Hotel with the Artisan Craft Market group of artists.

05/06/2024

This Wednesday our feature artist is textile enthusiast Andi Gillett. Andi will be exhibiting her hand knitted accessories and felted creations during the Arts Festival. You will find her alongside Rachel and Wendy at The Coach House, Venue 19.

02/06/2024

Good morning on a sunny Sunday morning 🌞
Our featured artist today is local ceramics and glass artist Sylvie.
Sylvia will be opening up her home studio for the weekend of the Arts Festival so that you can see her lovely creations.

31/05/2024

The Silverdale Arts Festival is an interim event while the Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail takes a break, and it is clearly going to be the usual busy weekend in Silverdale.
There will also be plenty of activity in Arnside over the weekend. The Midsummer Craft Fair In Arnside at the Women’s Institute and the Methodist Hall will feature many artists and crafts people. Money is being raised in aid of the Children’s playground, and it is a large venue, so it will be worth making a visit between the two villages.

29/05/2024

Here are some more images of Mandy’s work.
www.jewellerybymandy.co.uk
See the full range of her lovely work at Venue 15, the Silverdale Hotel where she will be exhibiting with the Artisan Market group of artists during the Arts Festival weekend.

29/05/2024

Mandy will be exhibiting her handcrafted silver and copper jewellery at the Silverdale Hotel during the Arts Festival.

A s h e s & H a i r resin pendant.
This is so beautiful, the hair inside almost looks like the veins in a delicate petal.
I always feel honoured when Im asked to create a memorial piece.

26/05/2024

Good morning on a rather dull and grey Spring Bank Holiday Sunday .
Today we are featuring the glorious images of Iandscape and nature photographer James Park. James’s photography really make us appreciate how lucky we are to live in this beautiful part of the U.K.
You will be able to see more of his work at the Methodist Church, venue 7, alongside fellow artists during the Arts Festival weekend.

www.jlparkphotography.co.uk

22/05/2024

It’s raining hard here in Yorkshire, so the planned trip to the Sculpture Park may be abandoned for today. ☔️☔️☔️.
Today’s featured Arts Festival participant, is artist and maker Wendy Barrington. Silverdale resident, Wendy will be exhibiting her work at the Coach House (Venue 19) alongside Rachel Niestroj and AndI Gillett.
Here are three examples of her lovely small textile works.

19/05/2024

Good morning on this beautiful sunny Sunday. 🌞
Our featured artist today is Lorna Burrell of Black Rose Glass. Lorna makes beautiful fused glass art and she will be exhibiting with the Silverdale Artisan Marketeers at the Silverdale Hotel during the Arts Festival weekend.