Wysing re-opening, originally uploaded by wysingartscentre.

Opening night at Wysing Arts Centre and the site is buzzing as well over two hundred people have their first sight of the new buildings.

The imposing bulk of the new studio building overshadows a temporary dome erected in the courtyard, dispensing champagne and goodwill. The new reception area, hosting the drawing exhibition, is filled to overflowing, and everyone takes time to look around the opening exhibition in the newly refurbished gallery.

After the introductory speeches from Andrea Stark, Donna Lynas and Matthew Collings a fair number of those present decamp to the Window Room for food and conversation, while others brave the January night to tramp across the field to the open studios and engage with the artwork on display.

Wysing is back on the map. Here:

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