Shelley Art Group - Where did it all begin?
The Art Group began after both Sheila and I were talking about starting a group at Sheila's husband, Andrew’s 50th Birthday Party at their house in Emley. As with all Sheila and Andrew's parties, this was a rollicking good party and as the beer flowed our thoughts turned to starting an Art Group. We were both exhibiting some of our artwork at an Art Show in Shelley Church a few days after the party, and so we decided to put up a noticeboard in the Church asking fellow exhibitors, and people attending, if they would be interested to come and join us in the new group. Thankfully, we were pleasantly surprised to discover there were around 7 or 8 people interested, and so we began negotiations to hire Shelley Village Hall for a 2 hour slot every Tuesday. That was in 2004 - Andrew recently celebrated his 70th Birthday, so we are pleased to say we have been in existence for 20 years! I'm sure Sheila will agree with me when I say that we are so very proud that the Art Group has now grown into a lovely, friendly group of friends with the same common interests of producing quality work from all types of mediums; and also to see some of our members blossom into being absolutely excellent artists. The recent Annual Art Exhibition was testimony to that fact, we had so many compliments regarding the standard and variety of work on display. If you are thinking of joining an Art Group ..... do come along and join us.…you will not regret it! Richard Walker and Sheila Trotter - founders of Shelley Art Group |
Shelley Art Group is a vibrant, friendly, social art club. You don't need to have had any previous art experience to join us.
We meet on Tuesday evenings at Shelley Village Hall, Huddersfield, 8 till 10 pm. Our calendar is a fun mix of open sessions (work on whatever you like), themed nights, demonstrations and workshops which are usually hosted by local/regional artists using a variety of different media. Our membership fee is £25 per term, payable January, April and September, these fees include access to all our workshops and demonstrations from visiting artists. The best way to keep updated is to subscribe to our mailing list, which should pop up on this websites home page. We also have a facebook group Shelley Art Group. For more details please view the Club Information page. |