The Original Print Show is a chance to see remarkable new work by leading and emerging artists specially handpicked from this years Royal Academy Summer Show by Norman Ackroyd CBE RA. Featuring prints by some of the most celebrated names from the art world including Barbara Rae CBE RA, Michael Craig Martin RA and Fred Cuming RA HON DLIT, The Original Print Show opens on the 5 September and runs until the end of October. Yorkshire born Norman Ackroyd was one of the principal curators of this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and he has selected some of his favourite pieces for this gallery which is widely considered to show the finest original prints in the north. The Original Print Show will include every genre of printmaking: from etchings, engravings, lithographs and screenprints to digital prints, guaranteeing a colourful and wide range of work from some of the most celebrated names in the art world to lesser known printmakers. “This is the second year I have been asked to curate this show,” says Norman Ackroyd, “I thoroughly enjoy bringing the diversity and energy of contemporary printmaking up to my home county – and particularly to Zillah Bell where I have been exhibiting for over twenty years.” The Original Print Show is at the Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, N. Yorks, YO7 1PQ from 5 Sept – 31 Oct 2015, for more details visit www.zillahbellgallery.co.uk