Fresh 2017 at Rural Arts in Thirsk

Kate Buckley - We need to talk...  (detail)

I have just been to see Fresh 2017 at Rural Arts at the Courthouse in Thirsk. Fresh is an exhibition of emerging artists from a variety of artistic disciplines and it's definitely worth a look.  My favourites were Kate Buckley's "We need to talk..." - a mixed media installation exploring a failure to communicate in domestic relationships...

Kate Buckley - We need to talk...  (detail)

Kate Buckley - We need to talk...  (detail)

Kate Buckley - We need to talk...  (detail)

Kate Buckley - We need to talk..

and Evagelia Hagikalfa's layered lightbox worlds in The Wisest Man installation...

Evagelia Hagikalfa - The Wisest Man (detail)

Evagelia Hagikalfa - The Wisest Man (detail)

Evagelia Hagikalfa - The Wisest Man (detail)

Evagelia Hagikalfa - The Wisest Man (detail)

Evagelia Hagikalfa - The Wisest Man (detail)

Hazel Dixon's rusted screenprints on steel depicting the steel industry closures in Redcar and Middlesbrough were very moving...

Hazel Dixon - Rust and Steel a Dead Industry (detail)

Hazel Dixon - Rust and Steel a Dead Industry (detail)

and I also really liked Chloe Lawrence's Roll 3 - lino print onto lining paper but didn't quite understand the explanation...

Chloe Lawrence - Roll 3 (and detail)

Diane Watson's kaleidoscope pictures made up from plastic beach debris were both appealing and alarming - alerting us to the need to improve our environment...

Diane Watson - Plastics

I liked the colours in Mari Fisher's glass vessels...

Mari Fisher - Glass Vessels

and the strangeness of Sheyda Porter's Idea Generating Machine No.9...

Sheyda Porter - Idea Generating Machine No.9 part 1

and the texture of Jordan Palmer's piece...

Jordan Palmer - Catch My Drift

Other artists are also exhibiting.  It's not on for much longer - so do go and see.  There is a very nice cafe and a lovely craft gallery.  Rural Arts also does a variety of workshops that might take your fancy.  Take a look here.