Great North Art Show 2013

Don't miss the 2013 show!

Can we put on a better show than we did last year? Well, we hope so, and from the artists' applications we have seen so far things are looking pretty good. Comments from and conversations with our visitors in 2012 confirmed what we had hoped - that the quality was superb, that there was so much variety, that the prices were right and that the show as a whole was outstanding. The number of works sold was higher than ever, which meant that the artists, the Cathedral and the Great North Art Show Trust were all beneficiaries.

There is a great deal of talent in the Northern art scene, and plenty of it will be on show in the Cathedral and on the Art Trail around the City. The paintings, prints and photographs simply could not look better than they do in the unusual but magnificent setting of this great mediaeval building.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 31st August to Sunday 22nd September, and is open from 10am-4pm every day, as well as during the evening events put on by the Ripon International Festival (see their website www.riponinternationalfestival.com). Eating out in the city is a pleasure, and with Fountains Abbey down the road and the Dales a few miles away there is so much to see and do in the area.

An invitation to the Private View on Friday 30th August will be put on this website towards the end of July.