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| the Mayor with council leader Councillor Eileen Blamire and Gil Shaw |
Lancaster's Mayor Councillor June Ashworth was full of praise for our exhibition which she formally opened at Lancaster Museum.
Councillor June Ashworth also revealed to me that she was a painter herself, enjoyed art, particularly visiting galleries and exhibitions like ours. I seized the opportunity and invited her to one of our club evenings and she promised she would visit.
During her tour of the exhibition, Councillor Ashworth was impressed not only by the quality of the work on display but also the variety. "You must all be very pleased with the results", she said.
With 80 works on display, the exhibition is a little smaller than originally planned, largely because we gave up half of our allotted space to allow the council and the County Council to stage the eagerly waited Silverdale Hoard exhibition. That exhibition has drawn record crowds and according to museum staff those crowds have also visited our show which is a bonus.
Along with our secretary, Colin Pickering, I am now in talks with the museum and the council about future exhibitions. I am awaiting confirmation of the dates, but we will certainly be at the museum next year. This is good news because it is without doubt our favourite destination for our annual show.
Peter Lovett-Horn
