Where art meets jazz!

Ribble Valley Art Studios are working with the fabulous Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Festival over the May Day Holiday weekend, 3^rd,4^th,5^th,6^th May, including the chance for artists to come along and join in with making some art.

Clitheroe will be alive with musicians and music lovers over the weekend and Ribble Valley Art Studios will be there too, supporting the festival and promoting the links between the arts.

Artists from the studios, in the corner of Harris Court off Wellgate, have been working with the Festival organisers to create visual responses to the live music. Over the past six months they have attended the Thursday night Jazz events at the Atrium, sketching and photographing, making i-pad paintings and ink drawings, as preparation for a wide range of finished pieces. The resulting work including portraits of the musicians, abstract pieces and sculptures will be exhibited at The Grand and in the Atrium Cafe during the Festival weekend.

Sue Lightbown, Chair of Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues is every bit as excited as the artists, she commented, ‘I am delighted with this collaborative project between Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues and Ribble Valley Art Studios, it has been an exciting project and great fun having such talented artists join us at our gigs, I am looking forward to viewing the finished results.’

On Saturday 4^th Harris Court will be the location for some of the choirs and alongside those Ribble Valley Art Studios will be providing materials for you to create your own pictures in response to the music. Amateur and professional artists will be welcome to join in, and while you’re there why not have a look around the studios!

Look out for the artists in Castle Street during Saturday’s Street Festival, decorating trilbies, brollies and lapels to brighten up the festival and sketching the visiting crowds. Bring along your hats and umbrellas and buy or create a decoration to celebrate the weekend.