Art Station Exhibition: Huddersfield Train Station, St
Georges Square, Huddersfield
Huddersfield’s iconic train station has been given an
internal make-over this week. “Art Station”,
a newly formed collective of creative practitioners from across
Kirklees, has been given the opportunity of showcasing artwork
throughout 2012 in the concourse which sees 15,000 passengers pass through each
day.
Station team leader William Bolt discussed the idea with
Robin Widdowson, Projects Manager at Loca (the
Council’s arts and regeneration
agency) who approached a number of Kirklees creative businesses involved in Loca’s Business Support Programme. Art
Station was formed, the project developed, the programme agreed and the first show installed on
30th April.
William Bolt said: “I’m delighted with the artwork that has
gone up for this first exhibition and if anything I’d like to see even more each
time. If it works for the artists, it works for us.”
For the month of May, Art Station has installed its
introductory exhibition featuring 12 artists from the collective, which already boasts about 20 members. A
programme of exhibitions has already been agreed for 2012 and into early
2013.
Artists exhibiting this month are: Kevin Threfall, Andrew
Warburton, Damian Clark, Shaun T Hunter, Paul Walsh, Jane Platts, Dan Booth,
Jane Galvin, Beverley Addy, Carla Lee, Trafford Parsons, Andrew Dunne.
Learn more about Art Station at www.theartstation.co.uk
or follow them on twitter @ArtSHUD.
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