Coal Face Drawers Catalogue

Coalface Drawers, 90 years of the Pitmen Painters
Dr Narbi Price, Curator of Coalface Drawers
Jessica Cole, Curator of Northumberland's Stories, Museums Northumberland
Preface by Liz Ritson, Director of Programme and Engagement, Museum Northumberland
41 page full colour 2024 exhibition catalogue 
In October 1934, Robert Lyon arrived in Ashington for the first time to deliver a class on Art Appreciation to a group of local mine workers. What began as a series of slideshow lectures soon developed into a career defining project for Lyon and a lifelong passion for the soon-to-be ‘Ashington Art Group’.
Reuniting artworks and artefacts back together where it all began in Ashington, Coalface Drawers offers an exciting opportunity to revisit the beginnings of the Pitmen Painters project and to celebrate their innovation and vision anew, nine decades on.