New Art Gallery opens at Elsecar Heritage Centre

The Clare White Gallery opened at Elsecar Heritage Centre on Friday October 26th. The gallery will specialise in selling Cornish artworks – paintings, prints, ceramics, jewellery and textiles - but here in the north!

Proprietor and life-long lover of all things Cornish Andy Pollard said: “Lots of people living up here love to holiday in Cornwall. We want to offer them a chance to see a range of high-quality Cornish art and craft products without having to drive a 700 mile round trip!

“We will regularly change our exhibitions and aim to attract art buyers in to Barnsley from across the north and eastern regions. We feel Barnsley is on the cusp of an artistic and cultural renaissance and are really excited about being a part of that.”

The gallery will also be the primary outlet for the work of accomplished St Ives water colourist Clare White (1903 – 1997) and is named in her honour. Andy has collected and studied her work since he was a teenager and has previously exhibited her paintings in Cornwall, Harrogate and South Yorkshire.

If you would like to join the Clare White Gallery mailing list please e-mail Steph Pollard on stephpollard@tiscali.co.uk

Andy and Steph would also like to invite all readers of this newsletter and friends to the gallery’s official launch evening on Thursday November 1st, 7pm – 9pm. Please rsvp to Steph if you can join them. Members of the local business community and media have also been invited to this event.