Here are some great images of work produced in our last drop-in art activity at WYPW. Our next FREE workshop will be taking place tomorrow- Wed 17 Aug, 1.00pm - 4.00pm in the gallery with artist Naomi Cotrufo-https://www.facebook.com/events/599412536887214/...
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Don't forget to pop into West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield to see our 'Postkarte/Postcards From the Front' on display! The exhibition will be running until 3 September 2016. Also, don't miss 'The Changing Face of War'- talk by David...
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Recently I helped WYPW set up their latest exhibition 'Postkarte/Postcards From the Front' during my two week work experience. It was quite an experience, as I not only learned what went into setting up an exhibition, but I also found...
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It's been so exciting to bring together all the amazing work created by local school children working with Helen and Suzanne. The exhibition has a great balance of original artefacts and the children's responses to the theme....
It's been so exciting to bring...
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Jess helping us to create an 'old' box to house diaries written by local children. The box forms part of 'Rats Alley' a corner of the gallery where you can sit and take your time to read through the children's...
Jess helping us to create an '...
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Rats Alley is our reading corner in the gallery. Scrapbooks full of images and writing created by children working with Helen and Suzanne are guarded by our two trench rats! It's incredible how the children have responded to the postcards...
Rats Alley is our reading corn...
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It was a pleasure to spend three days with the very enthusiastic Year 5 pupils at Battyeford Primary School. Some of the pupils had managed to research their own family connections to WW1 and they shared their fascinating findings with...
It was a pleasure to spend thr...
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I had a wonderful time working with Year 5 pupils at Ravensthorpe Junior School, spending a full day each with Class 5M and 5W. The pupils were very interested in the postcards from the collection and enjoyed trying to read...
I had a wonderful time working...
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Many of the postcards sent by soldiers from the Front were made by Bamforth & Co. based in Holmfirth. By the end of WWI the company was printing 20 million cards every year. Bamforth's Postcards were the market leader throughout...
Many of the postcards sent by ...
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It has been wonderful working with a very talented group of writers from Year 7 at Castle Hall Academy. We started our first session by sharing and discussing some postcards from the collection, focussing mainly on the written side and...
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