Busy showcase of professional and amateur art

Allowing local artists, professional as well as amateur, to display - and sell - their work, last weekend’s event was very well attended.

It was opened by the Mayor of Todmorden, Coun Steph Booth, and her consort Mr Tony Booth, who were impressed with the high standard of work on show.

The Mayor breturned the following day to present prizes to local scholchildren who took part in a competition run in conjunction with the event.

The school prizewinners were: Ferney Lee School - Yaseenul Ahmed, Sam Ward, Noah Lane and Jack Atherton; and Walsden St Peter’s School - Archibald Pollock, Edward Landsborough, Miles Brandswood, Scarlett Davis, Callum Whitham Dyer and Ivory Duncan.

Visitors can vote for their favourite “best artist in show”, and by the close of the exhibition on Sunday it was revealed the winner was Geoffrey Knight. The winning piece was “View across the harbour - Whitby.”

Todmorden Art Group is a not-for-profit making organisation based in rooms at Platform One Gallery, which is at Todmorden Railway Station.

Its purpose is to provide working space for local arts and crafts people.

There are 11 artists’ studios on the platform and two rooms of gallery space for displaying artwork.