THE long awaited Three Peaks Arts Trail, which ran from June 30 to Sunday, had a large amount of artwork on display.

This event, which kicked off with a preview evening on June 29 hosted at Horton-in-Ribblesdale Old School, drew in a large amount of people to view the taster exhibition featuring works by all the artists taking part in this event.

Alongside the group display, the school acted as an exhibition space for local artists Hester Cox, Brian Plummer and Susan Calverley-Parker.

Four recent graduates from Manchester Metropolitan School of Art were invited to make work in response to the area – an outsiders view of the Dales.

Alongside the open studio trail, Three Peaks Arts organised a series of events that take place throughout the week.

The first Saturday saw a poetry reading at The Corner-Art and Books and a question and answer session hosted by Sam Dalby of the Royal Portrait Society.

This resulted in some great discussion about a variety of things that impact upon artists and their work, the essence of portraiture, drawing and analysis and commissions being among the topics broached.

The Hub was active last week with daily workshops including ceramics, dry-point etching, mono-prints, a family workshop and using local materials to make drawings.

Artist’s films were shown every afternoon, which started with Jon Avison’s film featuring the Dales, “Streams of Wonder”.

There were a range of artists showing work as part of this trail, including jewellers, printmakers, painters and potters.

The final weekend of the Arts Trail culminated in readings of Anna Adams’ poetry at Norman Adams Studio in Horton-in Ribblesdale and further poetry at the Hub.

An exhibition of work produced by the students in residence was hosted at Horton Old School last Saturday evening.