Review of 2012

This will be my last post for 2012, so I thought I'd look back over my year and pick out some of the highlights.

My first highlight is starting my blog! Way back on 08.05.12.

Saltaire Art Trail was a massive highlight for me- I absolutely LOVED it and can't wait for the 2013 Trail. As long- time readers will know, it was visiting SAT that inspired me to start this blog. If you would like to try and enter some of your own art work in 2013's Art Trail then you can find out more details of how to do so by going to http://www.saltaireartstrail.co.uk/getinvolved.php.

Holmfirth Arts Festival was a lot of fun- this mixed a variety of artistic forms in one, big, week long festival- poetry, painting and exhibition, sculpture, music and light installation, theatre etc. It was also very interactive, always a bonus. A fantastic event.

Holmfirth Art Week was on spiffing form again this year and I spent a small fortune in the shop at the main exhibition! All for a good cause though, they broke records this year with the amount they raised for Macmillan through the Art Week.

Discovering sculptures hidden around Grizedale Forest whole holidaying in the Lake District this summer made for a delightful day out- Chris and I will definitely be returning to the Forest in the future and taking a different route so we can spot more of the sculptures. Great for walkers and riders a like.

I visited Wakefield Art Walk for the first time in September- another fantastic local event, full of variety and very inspiring. Hugely enjoyable- make a day of it and have a shop in the city centre, grab some food, admire the beautiful architecture, then start your Walk early by heading to the Hepworth first, moving on from there when the other Art Walk participants open their doors from 5pm onwards.

I also went to the Saltaire Festival for the first time this year and enjoyed folk dancing, a magnificent craft fair and the Open Garden Trail (a wonderful way to have spent a sunny afternoon) alongside various art exhibitions. Thoroughly enjoyable.

It seems to me that, bar Holmfirth Art Week, my highlights have all been events I have only just discovered this year! What adventures and new highlights await me in 2013? Exciting! As well as enjoying events I'm already a regular at such as the Tatton Park Bi- annual sculpture display in the gardens and Beyond Limits at Chatsworth. Plus, I'm never too far off my next visit to YSP.

I'd like to say a massive thank you to all my readers in 2012 for making my blog such a pleasure to do, and I look forward to blogging for you more in 2013. Remember, you can get in touch by tweeting me @BekhaG, find me on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/BekhaG/366488380072426 or email me at rebecca.greensides@hotmail.co.uk. I hope I've inspired some of you to visit art galleries, events such as the ones mentioned here or have a go at some art yourself. Lots of love, Bekha xxx