The March Hare Gallery & Café in Ripon

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Ripon Small Shops
Duck Hill
Ripon
HG4 1BL
Tel: 01765 608833
Fax: 01765 608833

carnie123@aol.com

The March Hare Craft Gallery & Café Ripon Small Shops, Duck Hill, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 1BL. Telephone & Fax: 01765 608833 Email: Carnie123@aol.com Open Everyday Gallery: Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 11am – 4pm Café: Monday – Saturday 9am -5pm, Sunday 11am – 4pm

Set in the heart of the historic part of Ripon, minutes away from the cathedral, The March Hare Craft Gallery is nestled away in a Victorian style arcade, which once was the city’s Temperance Hall.

The Gallery has a reputation as the place to find something unusual and of quality. You will find affordable, exceptional, handmade art & craft in a welcoming and friendly atmosphere.

Work is on sale with a rolling showcase & exhibition programme. Along with established makers from all around Britain, we encourage local artists and emerging new talent to contact us.

Visitors are welcome to add their name to our mailing list for advance notice of our exhibitions & an invite to our exhibition previews.

The Visitor comments speak for themselves:

‘A wonderful Gallery in a wonderful city!’

‘Delightful – all articles are beautifully selected and presented. How creative people can be!’

‘Lovely! A visual feast!’,

‘I love coming here’, ‘Every visit here is a delight!’

‘A great place to find unusual and beautiful things in a friendly atmosphere!’

‘modern & refined very tasteful. A pleasure to visit’

After viewing the artwork you can relax in the licensed café where delicious homemade specials and scrumptious cakes are served.

The gallery owner, Caroline says ‘We have been known to be called the ‘Mad March Hares’ for our enthusiasm. We’re determined to share our love of art and craft with the rest of North Yorkshire and beyond.’

A warm welcome awaits you – we hope you enjoy your visit!

Future Exhibitions:

‘Through the Looking Glass’ …and what Alice found there… 14th April – 31 May 2007

‘Oh Kitty! How nice it would be if we could only get through into the Looking- glass House! I’m sure it’s got, oh! such beautiful things in it!’

Lewis Carroll

A magical selling exhibition of contemporary glass pieces, jewellery and mirrors featuring original work by Tina Free, Andrew Sanders & David Wallace, Robyn Smith, Frances Binnington, Hilary Poole, Di Harding, Alicia MacInnes, Tamsin Abbott & Jessica Newton and many more…

Amongst the work see Tina Free’s new exclusive collection of ‘Alice in Wonderland jewellery, especially designed for the exhibition and Andrew Sanders & David Wallace drinking glasses. You’ll see special pieces of Graal by Timothy Harris of Isle of Wight Glass. ‘Graal is an unusual studio glassmaking technique which requires tremendous concentration and skill. There’s also some stained glass and mosaic work and one of the highlights is Frances Binnington’s ‘Alice’. Frances has shown her work all over the world including The Victoria & Albert museum, London and The Corning Museum, New York.

The March Hare Gallery is showing work in conjunction with another exhibition at ‘the gallery’-Hornsey’s. ‘Alice’s Wonderland’ is a contemporary art exhibition based on Lewis Carroll’s ‘Adventures of Alice’ featuring Richard Walker, Lucie Bennett, Ellie Howitt, Jane Kennelly, Wendy McArthur, Alex P, John Simpson, Anna Welch, Jo Dixon, Sir John Tenniel & Salvador Dali.

Both exhibitions are located within walking distance of each other and are a ‘must see’ here in Ripon this Spring so don’t miss them!!

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