Over the Winter months one of our projects was to transform the garden at the Old School. Now that Spring has sprung it’s ready to enjoy, along with coffee, cake, cold drinks, artwork and views of Kisdon and Buttertubs.
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The Old School Welcomes Rebecca Vincent
The Old School Muker is pleased to welcome the work of printmaker Rebecca Vincent into the Gallery. In our quest to add printmakers to our portfolio we’ve visited many exhibitions and events, and Rebecca’s work has really stood out. We love its vibrancy, patterns and textures, and the work adds colour and originality to our…
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The Old School Welcomes the Blown Glass of Thomas Petit
The Old School Gallery is pleased to welcome the hand blown studio glass of Thomas Petit. After searching for many months to find glassware that mirrored our surroundings Polly found Thomas’s work, perfectly reflecting the heather fuelled purple moors of August and early September. And in contrast to the colours of late summer, Thomas also…
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The Old School Welcomes the Jewellery of Kate Rhodes
The Old School Muker Craftshop is pleased to showcase the wonderful jewellery of Hebdon Bridge’s Kate Rhodes.Inspired by everyday patterns & natural forms, Kate’s jewellery is crafted from brass, titanium, copper and silver. Together they create beautiful items of jewellery, with striking, colourful and unique designs.
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Just Visiting Just Left, Sandra Parker
Sandra Parker’s wonderful Just Visiting (above) just left the Old School. We’re currently showcasing a selection of Sandra’s work at the Old School including three superb originals, one of which is the superb Swaledale study, Yan, below … … and we plan to get our hands on some more of Sandra’s work very soon. Watch…
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Hand printed Leaf Triptychs By Anne Craddock
We’re very pleased to showcase North Yorkshire artist Anne Craddock’s delicate hand-printed monotype leaf Triptychs. Each image is individually hand-coloured and printed using leaves than Anne has gathered. With each leaf lasting no more than 3 prints each image, and each triptych, is therefore absolutely unique. Richard & Polly
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Yorkshire Coast & Sea, Denise Burden
We’re really pleased to announce a late entry to our Yorkshire Coast & Sea exhibition, in the form of the hand-printed linocuts and collages of Denise Burden. Denise originally hales from Bradford where she studied art before gaining a First Class (Hons) Degree from the Norwich School of Art. Luckily for us Denise now lives…
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Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea, Now On
The Yorkshire Coast & Sea Exhibition is now on, featuring many of Yorkshire’s best artists and photographers. See Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea for more details.
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Summer Opening
With the coming of Easter The Old School Muker is now open 10am to 5pm every day except Wednesdays, through to the end of October. We look forward to seeing you in Muker! Please check our website for any last minutes changes.
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Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea, John Harrison
Our final (final) post profiling artists in the Yorkshire Coast & Sea exhibition focusses on Drawn in Yorkshire’s John Harrison, whose style will be familiar to all those who visit our small (but perfectly formed) gallery in upper Swaledale and to the tens of thousands of readers of the Dalesman Magazine that John features in…
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Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea, Kate Lycett
The Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea exhibition starts on Saturday and today we profile our final two artists beginning with Hebdon Bridge’s Kate Lycett. Kate’s limited edition prints, hand embellished with gold leaf and thread, literately shine out from our walls, sparkling in the changing light, and kate’s passion for textile design is embedded into each…
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The Old School Welcomes Charlotte Morrison
The Old School is proud to showcase the wonderful ceramics of Charlotte Morrison, with jugs, vases and bowls from Charlotte’s blue and white porcelain Map collection, a “body of work, that through form & map inspired decoration, reflects ancient trails & roads across North Yorkshire used by drovers & packhorses.’ The contour vases represent some of Yorkshires most…
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New Shelves & Wonderful, New Stuff to Put on Them
New shelves in the craftshop means even more cool new stuff to choose from, including: Chloe Harford’s raku animals and a flock of Wee Bogles ceramic sheep (herded by collie dogs).
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Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea – John Wood
John Woods oil paintings have been a fixture at the Old School for many years, with another of his original works, Swaledale Valley, just having found its way across the Atlantic to a home in USA. Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea has provided a chance to showcase John’s coastal work with Whitby (featured image) and Runswick…
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Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea, Richard Walls
For the Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea exhibition I’ve had three of my favourite Yorkshire Coast photographs printed on HD aluminium and framed: Saltwick Bay, Saltburn Pier and Broken Ladder, Spurn Point, each in a limited edition series of 20. Saltwick Bay (featured image above) was taken ten minutes after a mini cliff collapse from which…
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The Old School Welcomes Giles Davies
The Old School is delighted to showcase the work of Giles Davies, a new and welcome discovery for our little gallery in Swaledale. Through the medium of collage Gile’s creates images reminiscent of the fells and mountains that surround us, carefully matching the colours, textures and shapes of the scene with cuttings from colour magazines. Look…
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Yorkshire Coast & Sea, Paul Berriff
Paul Berriff’s photographs of the Yorkshire Coast (featured image above Force 10) remind us of the power and unforgiving, biting, nature of the North Sea when its mood take a turn for the worse, and of the courage of those who choose to make their living from it. Shot on film, in black & white,…
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Yorkshire’s Coast & Sea, John Sibson
Every so often, in our gallery, I find someone staring intently at a John Sibson watercolour; an eyes fixed full concentration do not disturb sort of stare. When I eventually break their focus they invariably explain that they’re working on a watercolour of their own, but are not sure how to do trees, or drystone…
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Up Hill & Down Dale, John Harrison
Between 30th June & 29th July, The Old School is proud to present Up Hill & Down Dale (with a short detour to the coast), a solo exhibition by Drawn in Yorkshire’s John Harrison, as regularly featured in the Dalesman, Yorkshire’s favourite Magazine. Rupert the Bear, the Eagle, Dandy & Beano, Superman, Batman … For Yorkshire…
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10 Winter Cow’uses, Upper Swaledale
According to the National Park figures there are 1044 field barns, locally called Cow’uses, in Swaledale alone and over 6000 in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, most built between 1750 and the end of the 19th century. The 10 below (shots taken over the last few weeks and days) are situated around Muker, Thwaite and Keld,…
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