They say a picture paints a thousand words and this new portrait of Bard of Barnsley Ian McMillan is the talk of he town.
The painting by local artist Richard Kitson celebrates a Barnsley campaign making art and culture accessible to all and is now on show at the town centre’s Library @ the Lightbox until the end of January, writes Graham Walker. It was unveiled on the eve of National Poetry Day. The work is a chance for residents and visitors to embrace the town’s All In programme that was launched earlier in September to make art and culture accessible to more people than ever before.
It this was the first time he had seen the portrait himself. “It’s such a privilege to have my portrait painted by a wonderful Barnsley artist like Richard Kitson. He’s captured the real me and if ever I forget who I am, I’ll come to Library @ the Lightbox to remind myself,” joked Ian, who is affectionately know as the Bard of Barnsley, one of the UK’s best-known contemporary poets. “Barnsley these days is a real hub of the arts, thanks to people like Richard.
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