Month: September 2023

  The Shipley-based artist and writer, Peter Swidrak, is the the founder and director of ‘The Heart of Art’, established in 2001, which designs interactive seminars to stimulate creativity, particularly among children in schools. For over 20 years, Peter has organised and run art masterclasses for primary school teachers, as well…

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Harold Auty, artist, teacher, stage and costume designer, was born in Keighley in 1923. He was art master at Windermere Grammar School for over 25 years.

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  Alan Pearson, painter, was born in 1948 on the Canterbury Estate, Bradford.  He attended local primary and secondary schools and on leaving became an apprentice engineer.  After completing his apprenticeship he worked in the local textile industry. He married in 1973 and raised a family, but in  2001, following…

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