Quick on the draw - artist Lesley Warner invites you to enter a new exhibition The Last Chance Salo(o)n at Scarborough's Old Parcels Office
The Last Chance Salo(o)n brings a touch of the Wild West to an art exhibition running at the Old Parcels Office, Scarborough Railway Station.
The exhibition is running alongside artists’ open studios and a major exhibition by artist Annabel McCourt in the main gallery.
The title Last Chance Salo(o)n cheekily nods at the idea of a salon – specifically the famous Salon des Refuses of 1863 which showed works – by artists including Manet and Pissaro – rejected by the establishment Paris Salon.
“It is also very simply the last chance to look at or purchase the works on display by participating Old Parcels Office artists,” said organiser and artist Lesley Warner.
One third of the proceeds will go to Scarborough’s Rainbow Centre.
Lesley, a ceramic artist at the Old Parcels Office said: “After eight years in residence at Studio 1, Old Parcels Office, I’ll be packing up and leaving at the end of November – not finishing with creative activities but not continuing with ceramics.
"Having jointly organised a few studio artists’ exhibitions over the years of being at the gallery it seemed an obvious leap to finish with one final show and raise money for a local charity at the same time.
“Then I thought – what if some of my fellow studio artists have got work that they want to move on from as well but are happy to exhibit one last time?
" For some it is a chance to say goodbye to a canvas, either selling it at a discount or painting over it next year and giving it a whole new lease of life.
“We all go through different phases with our work and artistic practice and this show will give a glimpse at some of the earlier phases of artists housed within the Old Parcels Office..”
Participating artists have agreed to keep prices under £150 and donate one third of takings to the Rainbow Centre.
articipating artists in Last Chance Salo(o)n are: Lesley Warner, Lizzie Sky Hall, Salona and Trish Shaw.
Last Chance Salo(o)n will be open Friday November 14 from 4pm to 7pm, Saturday November 15 Sunday November 16 from noon to 5pm.
The resident artists at the Old Parcels Office will be opening their studios for a Winter Open Studios on the Saturday and Sunday.
They will be providing the opportunity to talk directly to and buy from the artists involved.
Participating artists in the Winter Open Studios event are Jacqui Barrowcliffe, Kane Cunningham, Salona, Trish Shaw, Julie Springall, Mary-Ann Stevens and Lesley Warner.