A Grand Auction Of Art Work

Friday 26 February 7.30pm

Ever since the Arts Centre reopened in 2001 - after the fire the previous year - we have been collecting works of art, donated by artists who have exhibited in the foyer and the Studio Bar, with the intention of auctioning them in due course to raise additional funds. We now have some 40 paintings and drawings in hand, many by well-known local artists - and we also have pressing demands to fund improvements to the Arts Centre's facilities and equipment.

So the long awaited auction will be held in the Arts Centre on Friday 26 February from 7.30pm.

Artists include Sir David Goodall, Jim Wright, June Emerson, Anne Lang, Bridget Gillespie and many more.

Admission will be by catalogue - one per person - now available. You can buy them at the Box Office, by telephone or online but will receive a catalogue instead of a ticket.

The catalogue also entitles you to canapés and your first drink at the social gathering at 7.30pm before the auction itself starts at 8.00pm.

Auctioneer: the former Director of Helmsley Arts Centre, Martin Vander Weyer

Tel: 01439 771700

www.helmsleyarts.co.uk

£5 admittance by brochure (includes canapés and first drink) .

More good news for Folk at Helmsley!

We said we'd get another Folk Weekend up and running for September, 2010, and that's what we've done - thanks to Kate Bramley.

We are delighted to welcome some wonderful artists to the folk weekend this year- SONY Radio Academy Award Winning songwriter Jez Lowe, 2008 Scots Singer of the Year Emily Smith and 2006 Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year Shona Mooney, as well as from Canada, Juno Award Winning Songwriter James Keelaghan, and BBC Young Folk Finalists 2009 The Carrivick Sisters.

Add to that the soft spoken 'Whisky Bard' songwriter Robin Laing, the delightful Edwina Hayes, the great traditional singer and song collector Steve Gardham and many more wonderful Yorkshire artists, as well as the beautiful setting of the North York Moors, and you'll find it to be an unmissable weekend.

Bring your instruments and voices, walking boots and dancing shoes and join us for a spectacular Helmsley Folk Weekend 2010!

Keep in touch with details on the Helmsley Folk Weekend website.