Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, our three commissioned artists in our Back To The Market project, Cecily Jervoise, Graham Taylor and Jessica Akerman, have been making work inspired by the heritage of Barnstaple Pannier Market, concentrating on three key areas of research: Oswald Mosley’s talk that took place in Barnstaple Pannier Market in 1934, Jeremy Thorpe’s wedding reception that took place in Barnstaple Pannier Market in 1968, and The Beggar’s Opera written in 1728 by John Gay who was born in Barnstaple. These three topics will be used to investigate a range of contemporary issues in North Devon and beyond.
