Artists

Adele Karmazyn

Adele is a York-based digital photomontage and mixed media artist whose work is rooted in a fascination with antiquities, weathered textures, and forgotten spaces. Drawing from her collection of 19th-century photographs, she reimagines historical figures in vivid colour, weaving them together with animals, insects, and delicate botanical elements. Inspired by Victorian costume and interiors, her compositions balance elegance with a sense of playful surprise. Adele combines photography, scanning, and digital processes before printing onto museum-grade archival paper. Each piece is then hand-finished with inks, paint, and gold leaf, creating richly layered artworks that bridge past and present.

Venue: High House, Cinder Path

Medium: Mixed Media

Gill Kirk

Gill Kirk works from her studio gallery "Jack Albert & Gill 2" in Pateley Bridge. She creates in paint, print and stitch, an eclectic practice producing diverse fine art and textile products. She enjoys bright and vibrant pigments - bold yellows and Mediterranean blues. And in the next breath is experimenting with muted palettes. Gill is inspired by local landscapes, wild and garden flora and fauna. She aims to create art to uplift. Expect original art, prints, greeting cards; screen printed and embroidered bags, cushions and upcycled clothes.

Venue: Auntie Annie's Cottage, 6 North Side, Staithes, TS13 5BY

Medium: paint print textile

Mick Kirkby-Geddes

I make sculptures to go indoors, outdoors, do commissions and sometimes work in schools. I use quite a lot of junk metal in my work, the shapes of the original objects inspire sculptures of birds, animals, people, robots, clocks, in fact anything really. The ideas come from cartoons, children’s books, tv programmes and anywhere.

Venue: Roraima House, 40 Staithes Lane, TS13 5AD

Medium: Metal sculpture

Staithes Festival of Arts and Heritage

Staithes Festival Artists Beginning with K

Adele Karmazyn

Gill Kirk

Mick Kirkby-Geddes