The Buckroyds

The BuckRoyds

At the preview in the Hanover Building at UCLAN

Another image of the project.

My friend's weave project

My very dear friend Abi Townsend with her
work. 

I was invited to the preview of this exhibition by my friend who is studying fine art at UCLAN. The exhibition is celebrating the continuation of the Tom Buckroyd award.

Tom Buckroyd  was next really talented young artists who studied fine art at UCLAN.. His life was tragically cut short in 1997. In their generosity and desire to celebrate Tom's life, his family have since supported promising young artists like Tom with the" Tom Buckroyd Award" given to find our students at UCLAN to help them develop projects. This exhibition celebrates Tom's life and work and also the workers of the beneficiaries of the award. Artists included are Abigail Townsend, Andy Greenacre, Linda Erzliz, William Titley, Alex Daw, Michael Walker and Tom Buckroyd.

The exhibition is curated by David Mackintosh and presents a specially  selected collection of Tom's work alongside individual pieces by previous beneficiaries who have continued to develop as artists after graduation. Also included is work for the current winner Abigail Townsend a second year fine art student at UCLAN.

A peek at the fine art studio.

 I was so delighted that my friend was given this award as I know she is very talented artist. Abi and I were at Morecambe and Lancaster College doing a foundation course together. I went off into textiles and Abi into fine art . At college Abi showed great potential as a landscape artist, printmaker and maker.