PRESS RELEASE: For immediate release May 18th 2017
Lovers of Visual Arts are in for a treat at this year’s Buxton Fringe (July 5-23) as 2017 sees the return of the spectacular Buxton Art Trail plus a host of other attractions including a bumper Burbage Art Group exhibition and what could be the Fringe’s smallest ever exhibition held inside a disused industrial fridge!
The fourth event of its kind, BAT 2017 will feature an exciting trail of arts and crafts in studios and homes around the town during the middle weekend of the Fringe.
Several Fringe exhibitors are also part of BAT including Underground’s seriously cool The Freezer Art Fair upstairs at The Old Clubhouse, which will show off a new artist each week exhibiting just three works each inside an old industrial fridge.
With so much to see, art lovers will have to plan their itineraries carefully. Burbage Art Group’s 2017 Art Exhibition runs for an extra hour this year but is still a one-off event. Equally, Chapel Camera Club’s inviting, open-to-all Buxton Photo Challenge takes place on one day only.
There are a range of dates on which to see the many new works offered at her studio by former Fringe Award winner Louise Jannetta. Meanwhile events running throughout the Fringe include High Peak Artists’ Derbyshire H2O - a multi-media arts and crafts event on the theme of water, and The Green Man Gallery’s similarly aqua-themed, group exhibition Wildness and Wet. Over at the refurbished Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, the 35th Derbyshire Open exhibition is another prestigious must see running throughout the Fringe.
The fun continues right up to the last weekend of the festival when the spectacular Great Dome Art Fair will open its doors again offering visitors a chance to meet talented Peak District Artisans’ members and enjoy free demonstrations and talks.
Full details of all Visual Arts are on www.buxtonfringe.org.uk and in the printed programme. Comments Fringe chair Keith Savage: "The Buxton Spa Prize has helped put the town on the art world map and visitors this summer are sure of a feast of paintings, drawings, photos, sculpture and a wide range of craft work – to be seen in a host of beautiful and unusual settings.”
The Fringe wishes to thank its sponsor The University of Derby as well as financial supporters The Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust and High Peak Borough Council, its Fringe Friends and the town’s many Fringe supporters and venues.
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