Eccles Community Art Gallery, in Boothsway, Eccles Precinct - next door to Silcock's Greengrocers for those of you who know your Eccles - has been providing affordable space for local artists for almost five years, Right at the centre of what's happening in Eccles, run entirely by volunteers and supported / sponsored by local organisations ( many of them ! ) and businesses ( inc. Smiths ! ) the gallery not only mounts monthly exhibitions but, amongst other things, provides occasional workshops, acts as an artistic gathering place in Eccles, has been host to small scale 'pop up theatre' related to exhibitions and each year runs an open art competition ..... open to everyone who wants to enter. ( details here soon if you're interested in entering or viewing. ) I'm a happy volunteer at the gallery, love what it's doing and hope it goes from strength to strength.
...... And, the Gallery & Smiths do tend to 'swap' artists from time to time, with gallery artists exhibiting in Smiths and Smiths artists exhibiting in the gallery.
This month's exhibition brings you some amazing work: Here's a sneak preview !
Margaret Shaw is a volunteer at the gallery and exhibits her work regularly - this time they're a little bit different....
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Syd Green's work includes pieces painted in Eccles where he now lives, and in Scotland where he grew up.
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| ( This one of Syd's is my favourite ! ) |
Harold Smith's Lowryesque pieces are very popular and are in the gallery again this month
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| Looks like Togo Mill ....... |
Jay Smith ( AKA Big Majik ) an up and coming young artist. Watch this space !!
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| Manchester at Night with Bus |
You just have to see Kevin Dunn's atmospheric urban landscapes - mostly local
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| ( sorry, don't know quite where this is ... I'd be there if I did ! ) |
And finally, we've a photographic exhibition of 'Eccles Market Then and Now' ... old photographs of the market and new ones taken on the recent 'Eccles Day'
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| The vintage goods stall on Eccles Market ... one of my favourite haunts ! |
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. Vincent Van Gogh
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