Exhibitions, Projects & Workshops
Project/ Exhibition - Rivers4Life
The Yorkshire Dales River Trust has embarked on an ambitious 3-year project thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Rivers4Life. Catherine, who is coordinating the project, asked if I would like to be involved running some community group sessions to prepare river themed materials for an exhibition scheduled for June 2026.
From June to October 2025, I became involved with The Terrace Care Home in Richmond, Afghan ladies’ groups in Richmond and Ripon and also Hawes Primary School. We created pieces using a variety of techniques and materials which will all be on display at The Dales Countryside Museum from Saturday 6th June to Sunday 27th September 2026.
The link to the page on the YDRT website is below – please check it out and look at the amazing work they do to keep all our rivers flowing and educating the public about their importance.
Saturday 6th June to Sunday 27th September 2026
The Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes, will be hosting the Rivers4Life summer exhibition showcasing the work of the Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust, and including art produced in the Rivers4Life workshops. The exhibition will be open to the public.
Workshop-
Nature- inspired Lino- Printing Workshop
Tuesday 26 May 2026 - 2 sessions
9am and 12.30pm or 1.30pm - 5pm
Create your own unique lino-print inspired by the swifts and house martins who call the Ampleforth valley home. This half day workshop will be led by lino-printing expert Sally Zaranko from Ashford Cottage Design and includes a delicious lunch in the oak-panelled Ampleforth Abbey Tea Room.
To book please visit Ampleforth Abbey
Workshop- Thoralby & District Village Hall
Lino printing workshop
Saturday 20th June 2026 or Wednesday 24th June 2026
10am - 4pm
£45 per ticket
To book please contact me via the form online.
A relaxed friendly workshop suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
Workshop - River Lines Linocut Workshop with Sally Zaranko-
Tuesday 23 June 2026- Book now
A lino workshop using rivers and their natural history as inspiration.
Printmaker Sally from @ashfordcottagedesign will lead a day workshop on mark making which will result in lino cutting a simple river themed print .
This workshop is suitable for beginners or anyone who enjoys the beautiful process of mark making and wishes to have a lovely morning playing with textures and making a small lino print in the afternoon.
Bring along any locally foraged treasures or images that you want to work with . This will form the basis of your artwork which will form a postcard sized print .
All materials provided.
Wear suitable clothes in case you get inky!
Lunch included
10:30am - 3:30pm
This workshop is linked to the Rivers4Life exhibition with Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust
Thanks to National Lottery players.
Workshop- Watery Weavings-
Thursday 6 August 2026 - Book your free place now
A free family art workshop on rivers and wildlife.
After a short and informative walk, you will be invited to collect materials on your walk back; these could be feathers, leaves, grasses , twigs etc.
Back at the workshop these treasures will be woven into a watery themed piece .This will be a record of your walk and how you felt about it.
It is an opportunity to create a piece to take home in which all the family has participated
Morning session 10:30 - 12:30
Afternoon session 2pm - 4pm
Spaces are limited so please book ahead to avoid disappointment.
This workshop is linked to the Rivers4Life exhibition with Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust.
Thanks to National Lottery players
Illustration - Wild wisdom - Songs of The Green Trails
Ben Avison
https://benavison.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-the-green-trails