Art in Hay

I went down to Abel's to get some art supplies. It was a bit more chaotic than I remembered, but they had exactly what I wanted in stock. The lady who runs the shop seems to be much more interested in encouraging local people to produce art and crafts themselves than in selling the products. She runs quite a lot of classes, including one that makes craft work out of junk that would otherwise be thrown away or recycled. She told me she had plans to make the back part of the shop into a little museum for the dolls' houses and the craft works. Her art groups also had an exhibition on during the Festival, across the road at the Masonic Hall, for which they produced over 280 works! They're planning another exhibition later in the year.