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Artist in residence
Maltby Main Colliery, Yorkshire, 1981
Residency
In 1981 Paul Butler was for two months an artist-in-residence at Maltby Colliery in Yorkshire, initiated and funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association and the Arts Council.
He went underground with the miners for a half shift every day and worked the rest of the time in an improvised studio on the pit-top.
Deputy 27's Scour - Charcoal Charcoal Drawing
Paul Butler 1981
Film made by the GPO film unit at Maltby
July 1981 - No. 11
Art in Industry
Explains how the Artist in Industry Fellowship Scheme gives a painter the opportunity of working for two months at a Yorkshire colliery. Partly filmed at Maltby Colliery with artist Paul Butler.
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