C ON T E M P O R A R Y A R T I S T A N D J E W E L L E R Y M A K E R
EXHIBITIONS 2019
Masham Gallery
‘Blue Exhibition’. “The exhibition celebrates the colour and feeling of blue.” .
Blue Tree Gallery, York
'New Beginnings' exhibition.
North Yorkshire Open Studios 2019
Mercer Gallery, Harrogate.
'Open Exhibition'. Sept 2019 - Jan 11 2020
Zillah Bell Gallery - Summer
TALKS AND INTERVIEWS 2019 - 2020
Talk About My Paintings 'How and Why I Paint the Way I do."
Sunday 7 April 2019, at the Thirsk Quaker Meeting House, Thirsk. 7pm.
BBC Radio York - Adriana Ionica Show
20 June. I was interviewed about my paintings and how grief had change the way in which I work....
Inspire Radio - Morning Show
Thursday 12 March 2020. Interview with Jo Thackwray about the therapeutic benefits of painting; how it has helped me in difficult times, particularly
when dealing, first with grief, then some unpleasant experiences with men during my lifetime... I also talk about how counselling and journalling have played an important part in my mental health ... how my painting has developed and changed as a result.
N E W S 2020/1
WORKSHOPS at ArtiSon in Masham 2021
Artison (www.artison.co.uk) workshops 10am - 4pm
Mixed Media - Big, Bold Experiments in Black and White. Saturday 13 March.
Mixed Media - Big, Bold Experiments in Black and White. Wednesday 28 April
Silver Clay Jewellery - Inspired by Nature. Sunday 9 May
Beginner's Silver Clay Jewellery. Saturday 18 September
Acrylic Painting - an Approach to Abstracting a Landscape. Sunday 19 September
Silver Clay Jewellery - Mould Making from Sewing Bits & Bobs. Friday 5 November
EXHIBITIONS 2020
MASHAM GALLERY - 'A Winters Tale' - 14 November - 31 December 2020 (www.mashamgallery.co.uk)
I have 5 paintings and 1 monoprint in this joint exhibition. This will be an online exhibition until end of lockdown..You can buy or browse online. When the gallery opens, your will be able to see the paintings in the flesh!
EXHIBITIONS 2021
NORTH YORKSHIRE OPEN STUDIOS 2021 - 1st two weekends in June - 5th & 6th, 12 &13th.
10am - 5pm. For details (http://www.nyos.org.uk). I will be showing my paintings, prints and jewellery alongside Richard Burnley with his ceramics.
ART FOR YOUTH NORTH 2021. Wednesday 27 - Saturday 30 October 2021.
At Queen Mary's School, Baldersby, Topcliffe.
Details (www.artforyouthnorth.co.uk)
FLEECE CRAFT SHOP, REETH.
I am a member of 'Fleece' - a craft cooperative shop in Reeth, open every day. My silver jewellery, polymer clay jewellery are on sale along side a great variety of different crafts made by Yorkshire artists and crafts people.
For details www.fleece.org.uk
GICLEE PRINTS
I sell limited edition giclee prints of some of my work, from £49 unframed.