Current Exhibitions and Events
| Gallery | Artist | Dates |
| Mosaic/Upstairs | Malcolm Barton & Roger Gardner | 9th Nov – 5th Jan |
| Crossley Gallery | The Halifax Grid Project | 26th Oct – 9th Feb |
| The Focus Wall | Chris Mould – War of the Worlds | From 21st November |
| Installation D Mill | Lost Workers | Permanent |
| Lego Brick Gallery | Lego Model | Permanent |
| Gallery Entrance | The Iron Man by Chris Mould | Permanent |
| Photography Gallery | Charlie Meecham | Open now |
Malcolm Barton and Roger Gardner
Scenes from Life
The Mosaic and Upstairs Galleries
Saturday 9th November – 5th January 2025
Roger and Malcolm are very familiar with each other’s work as a result of exhibiting together over many years in the group shows of Leeds Fine Artists. This is a welcome opportunity for showing work together under a common theme but expressed within two differing interpretations. Whilst Malcolm’s paintings and prints include figures, landscape and still life, Roger’s work focuses on still life, and it is here that the intersection of their work occurs.
Here there are specific elements often found in still lifes: plants, wine bottles, containers and decorative objects. These pictorial devices have been used from the Dutch masters via Cubism to Michael Craig-Martin and both Roger and Malcolm continue to find this genre constantly stimulating and absorbing. The decision to show each artist’s works side by side is deliberate. Though their approaches differ, this brings a new dimension and focus to the way their works may be regarded. Malcolm’s approach uses carefully chosen forms within the surface; and Roger’s works are more ‘theoretical’. Together the works respond to each other in a conversation creating their own dialogue.
The Halifax Grid Project
In Search of Urban Happiness
The Crossley Gallery
Saturday 26th October – 9th February 2025
Exhibition Preview
12.00-2.00 pm Saturday 26th October
This ‘portrait’ of the Halifax area in 2023 was carried out by 63 contributors from the local community. They produced 2471 photographs and 41 pieces of writing.
Their work forms the most recent Grid Project, a project which uses systematic approaches to documentary photography and seeks to avoid cherry-picking solely picturesque outcomes.
What makes us happy in our environment?
This project uses photography and writing to look at the question from a less-than-conventional point of view. Typically, we might be happy if we inhabit a place with, say, low crime, good schools, friendly neighbourhoods, low-volume traffic, attractive views with lots of trees, clean and tidy streets and so on.
We looked at a different dimension of happiness, based on The Image of the City (1960) by Kevin Lynch. It’s concerned with the sense of wellbeing we get when we possess a strong image of our town or city.
The Iron Man by Chris Mould
The Iron Man is currently on show in the entrance to The Dean Clough Galleries. Chris said “My interest in Ted Hughes’ The Iron Man began when I first found the book in the school library at a young age. It had been published in the year before I was born (1968) and continues to be a strong selling title in the children’s market today.
After being asked to produce my own illustrated version of the story I became fascinated with the idea of taking the artwork to the next stage and building the character three dimensionally.”
Copies of The Iron Man, Illustrated by Chris Mould are available in the Design Shop at Dean Clough.
The Lego Model
Visit the Lego model of the 22 acre Dean Clough site situated in the Lego Brick Gallery in D Mill next to the Upstairs and Mosaic Galleries. This model, constructed out of approximately one million Lego bricks has been created by Lego artists Michael Le Count and Tony Priestman.
Also displayed in the gallery are artefacts and photographs of the Crossley Carpet era and of the renovation of Dean Clough in the 1980s.
The Piano Club
The Piano Club started over 30 years ago, a forerunner of the many piano meet-up groups found throughout the UK. Based at the Crossley Gallery in Dean Clough, The Piano Club offers a forum for pianists to play, perform and develop within a sympathetic and friendly environment and the opportunity to discuss aspects of piano playing and repertoire with fellow musicians. Our aspiration could be summed up as mutual self-improvement through the knowledge and experience to be found within the group.
The group meets on the first Sunday of each month from 10am to 1pm. Membership is free and meetings are open to observers.
The Crossley Art Gallery at Dean Clough has a beautiful Fazioli grand piano and seats 150. It is situated close to Halifax Bus Station, and the Dean Clough car parks are free on Sundays.
The Piano Club is run by David Nelson, formerly the Artistic Director of the Hebden Bridge Piano Festival. Please contact David by phone or email for further information. Tel. 07704 873 894
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pianoclubhalifax
Purchasing Artwork
Purchase exhibited items by debit or credit card from the Design Shop next to the Dean Clough Main Reception. When the exhibition finishes purchased items may be collected by arrangement.
Prints of some artists’ work are also for sale in The Design Shop.