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Redbox Gallery – call for artists
The classic K6 telephone box on Queen Street, Horbury was purchased from BT by Horbury Civic Society in 2018. It has been re-painted, re-glazed and re-purposed as an art space. It has a power supply, lighting and a locking door. We are calling for new artist's...
THE LOCAL LIST OF HERITAGE ASSETS AND NOMINATION FORM
Local Heritage Lists are a means for the community and their local planning authority to jointly identify heritage assets that are valued as distinctive elements of the local identity of a place. Locally listing a heritage asset does not bring additional consent...
VISION FOR HORBURY – A PLACE PLAN
The township of Horbury includes Horbury Village, Horbury Bridge and Horbury Junction. It is an ancient settlement dating from before William the Conqueror and the Domesday book. We appreciate Horbury as an attractive township, full of historic character, surrounded...
Mother of Hope
Ceramicist Drew Caines has installed a new work in Redbox Gallery. Titled 'Mother of Hope' the clay female figure stands 180cm high and contains text baked into the figure. Drew says “Life is hard for everyone at the moment and we have all endured desperate times. So...
Horbury history QR code trail virtual tour
Local historian helen Bickerdike has made a stunning video of our QR code blue plaque trail through Horbury. It is an exceptional piece of work and our thanks go to Helen and to Wakefield Council who supported the production. Follow this link to view the 19 minute...
Horbury Shoal
Horbury Shoal is a new seating arrangement for the Queen Street site. It has been commissioned by the Good of Small Things project which finds opportunities for artists to add life to the Horbury streetscape. Shoal is the work of Martin Heron, a well known sculpture...
The Seagull has Landed
The Seagull has Landed - 31 July 2020 The third bird in the Horbury Aviary project has now been installed. Sculptor Bruce Williams has made a new windvane for Horbury; this time a 'seagull' (actually a herring gull) that sits over a bag of chips behind the chip shop...
Thinking outside the box
Redbox Gallery has a timely new installation, addressing mental health issues Thinking Outside the Box A creative collaboration between Cate Frampton of Horbury Integrative Therapies and Claire Lake of Clearly Creative, a fused glass artist based in Ackworth. Claire...
The Exploding Lawnmower
This spring themed installation is devised in collaboration with Horbury Lawnmowers who kindly donated a vintage Suffolk Punch lawnmower for me to ‘explode’ and, subsequently, to curate and exhibit as individual parts within the Redbox Gallery. I felt that there...
New blue plaques
On Saturday 19th October we will be unveiling two new blue plaques. At 2.00pm we will unveil the blue plaque to Stan Barstow at his birthplace: 17 Shepstye Road, Horbury. A little later around 2.30pm we will unveil a blue plaque to bandleader Angus Holden at the Peel...
Redbox Christmas – 0800 Do You Believe?
0800 Do You Believe - a new work by Jenny Watson of Yorkshirearts, has now been installed at Redbox Gallery. The work, which features ceramics made with input from community groups at the Cluntergate Centre, will be in place until mid February.
Bill Ingham
Our Deputy Chairman Bill Ingham (centre) was honoured today 30th August 2019 with an award for his community service. The award was presented at the Town Hall by Cllr. Charles Keith, Mayor of Wakefield. Well done Bill; a richly deserved award.
Redbox Gallery – call for proposals
If you would like to submit an outline proposal for an artwork to be exhibited in Redbox Gallery you must do two things: firstly find a Horbury institution or organisation to engage with and describe briefly how you would work with that institution or organisation;...
Redbox Gallery
Redbox Gallery occupies a K6 telephone box which the Society purchased from BT for £1. Redbox has a strong curatorial policy which requires all commissioned artists to find a Horbury institution or organisation to engage with, and to concieve a new work inspired by...
Corporate Membership
Membership If you care about Horbury, we'd love to hear from you! We are keen to recruit new members who can support our efforts to make Horbury and even better place in which to live or work. Membership is open to any individual or organisation who shares our aims...
A sculpture trail
A temporary sculpture trail has been set up in Horbury. The works by Theo Welch-King; Stathis Dimitriadis and Sarah Dewhurst have been commissioned with Arts Council support by David Gilbert for the Cluntergate Centre.
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