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The Digswell Arts Trust specialises in supporting emerging artists
and since founding over fifty years ago, we have supported a wide
range of artists, musicians and maker/creators. This lineage is
reflected today in the makeup of the Digswell studio in the Fenners
building in Letchworth which currently features fine art painters, a
jeweller, art therapists, mixed media artists, a wire sculptor,
ceramicists, glass makers and an instrument maker.
The Letchworth Digswell Fellows fit into a timeline of artistic
inhabitants of Letchworth, which includes Spencer Gore and
William Radcliffe,who both lived and worked in the town. This
exhibition focuses on this theme and uses contemporary art to
describe and discuss the history of Letchworth in a non-literal way.
Each Digswell Fellow uses their practice to express their perspective
and, taken together, this exhibition represents a rich seam of
artistic expression which connects the Digswell Fellows to the
creative past of Letchworth.
The Trust would like to thank the Arts Council for their support
with this project and the Heritage Foundation for their support in
establishing the Fenners studio.
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INTRODUCTION
Anthony Gaughan
Chairman
The Digswell Arts Trust