BARNSLEY ART ON YOUR DOORSTEP


Welcome To Our Website

We are a group of volunteers called Barnsley Art on Your Doorstep and we are passionate about the artistic heritage of the district of Barnsley.

We want to excite local people about their hidden artistic heritage with its rich variety of exceptionally talented individuals who rose from Barnsley’s past communities and families and to celebrate it with people of all groups.

We provide opportunities to learn about and to celebrate the fine paintings, sculptures, carving, photography, architecture and other means of artistic expression that have been created by Barnsley people, and to give people direct contact with them where possible. We are fortunate to have had funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to finance our project, The Hidden Art of Barnsley. That funding will finish when our Evaluation Report for the project is submitted at the end of March 2015.

The Hidden Art Of Barnsley


A series of wonderful artists emerged from Barnsley in the late eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, amidst the industrial and social changes which did so much to transform the area and its communities. Their work and achievements had become largely unknown. We have been working with local communities and our partners, to explore their lives, showcase their work and engage people with what is a rich, inspiring and hidden artistic heritage.

Look Up! Beautiful Barnsley



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Why Look Up? Because we tend only to notice what is around our eye-level. There is also a great deal of decorative art to be found on the upper floors on the outside of buildings...

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Competition Results!



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There were many entries for our competitions and we were delighted with the effort and inspiration that went into them. The talent of our budding Barnsley artists shone through...

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Our Film On The Hidden Artists



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Our Film of the Hidden Artists of Barnsley...
Produced over the summer and autumn of 2013, is to give imaginative...

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Adult & Family Learning



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Along with 220 adults, a number of their children attended classes and produced a piece of art work in the style of a selected past Barnsley artist...

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Recent News Events

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Girl with a Lamb Unveiled

On Saturday 12th April 2014, the painting by Abel Hold, entitled “Girl with a Lamb” and dated 1842, was unveiled at Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum. As Hold lived and worked...

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Dedication Of Nameboard At Milefield School

On Friday 7 March, two members of Barnsley Art on Your Doorstep attended the dedication ceremony for the artwork used as a name board for Milefield School, Grimethorpe. It was...

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We have published our book

Finally after years of research we have published our book The Hidden Artists of Barnsley. It has been a long and interesting journey since we began the work in 2010....

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Dedication of a Plaque to Thomas Witlam Atkinson

Plaque in Cawthorne All Saints’ Church to commemorate work of Thomas Witlam Atkinson, organised by the family of the artist On 12th July 2015, the family of Thomas Witlam Atkinson...

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