Todmorden-based artist David Chatton Barker will be unveiling a new folkloric map and series of beer mats, which explore and celebrate the lore and legends of sites in the surrounding area.

The launch event will be from 6-8pm on 9th May at the Folklore Centre in Todmorden, where David has spent the last six weeks as the artist in residence as part of Everybody Arts’ Calderdale Year of Culture Artist Residency Programme.

John Ross’s landscape paintings from the last decade explore the rugged beauty and shifting moods of Mother Earth. From the fiery, intense hues of Southern Spain to the cold, ethereal light of Scotland’s lochside, experience a visceral journey through place and history

A Very Special Event: Saturday 17 May, 1-4pm

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