I’d like to say a thank you to everyone involved in the recent visual art exhibition at Trowbridge Town Hall.

A thank you to local artists for exhibiting their work, to Wiltshire College Foundation Art Course for showing their students’ project work, to all the artists and volunteers who helped set-up and steward the building and to the 1,500 visitors who came to see the show and supported this exciting event.

As a local artist and director of the Town Hall Trust I organised the exhibition to be part of the 2013 Trowbridge Arts Festival. A call-out for artists was met with huge response and we were lucky enough to have a vast range of work on display from paintings, illustration and printmaking, to ceramics, glass and textiles, to photography, mixed media and installation. The level of quality was evidence of what creative talent there is here.

There was such enthusiasm from all who attended.

The event was launched with a preview evening where guests enjoyed viewing the artwork, meeting the artists and listening to music from singer/songwriter Sophie O’Donnell.

The exhibition made full use of the space. To play on Trowbridge’s woollen heritage we used coloured yarn to lead people around the maze of rooms that is the iconic Victorian building and Box-based artist Emma Leith kindly yarn-bombed the grand staircase, which looked incredible. Even the old courtroom holding cells were used and these attracted huge interest as a contemporary art space.

This was a taste of what the future holds as we develop the Town Hall into a creative arts centre for the area.

It’s clear that the community want the building used more and want these arts events to happen regularly in the town, so I’m already considering ideas for the next one.

If you are keen to get involved in future projects, then please get in touch with me.

Laura Pictor, Artist & Director, Trowbridge Town Hall Trust Board.