Exhibitions were selected from AIR, and promoted in a variety of British and International venues. Exhibitors include Alison Wilding, Tony Bevan, Ian McKeever, Langlands and Bell, David Nash and emerging graduates. The visual arts programme was supplemented by an education programme and the live arts programme ranged from Station House Opera to Michael Nyman. Their activities included Picture Fairs offering work by Irvin, Hockney, Riley and Caro among others and raised considerable income to support the organisation. These offer a valuable opportunity for the public and artists alike.
Open studios enable artists to show art within the environment in which it is created.
We hope you will visit our 8 Open studios and our other celebratory events during this 30th anniversary year. As part of our long term strategy we are submitting a Stage Two Lottery bid. This will enable us to increase and upgrade the sites and develop these into geographical clusters with one site in each equipped as a resource centre to support artists locally and encourage greater public engagement with the visual arts. Our aims for the future are ambitious and exciting and we look forward with you to the challenge of the next 30 years.