This November, The Hive will host a silent art auction at their gallery in Shrewsbury town centre.

The Hive is an arts and wellbeing charity and proceeds from this event will go towards their Save The Hive campaign.

This Silent Art Auction is your chance to purchase a unique piece of art from some world-renowned artists and emerging local talent. Exhibiting will be International Comic book illustrator and Hive Patron Charlie Adlard; recent exhibiting artist Luke Crump; illustrator, and author Matt Sewell, and well-known Shropshire visual artist Sue Campion,

The Hive launched their Save The Hive fundraising campaign at the beginning of the summer with an ambitious £50,000 target.

Hive CEO Katie Jennings reflects on the success of the campaign: "We reached out to our community and informed them of our financial challenges and the response we received has been completely overwhelming and heartwarming. We are close to our target, but there’s always another challenge on the horizon; events like the Silent Art Auction help us engage with our community in a new way and raise essential funds to keep The Hive’s doors open. We want to ensure we can continue our work with children, young people, and young adults in our community for many years to come, and we’re so grateful for the support of our community in helping us secure the funds to do that.’ She added, ‘Many local artists are stepping forward and donating stunning artwork, we really appreciate their kindness and generosity."

If you would like the opportunity to bid on these one-of-a-kind pieces of art, the process is simple. Turn up to The Hive’s Gallery, at 5 Belmont between 10am - 4.30pm from Tuesday 19 November to Friday 29 November, walk around the exhibition and drop your bid into the bidding box. Images of artwork will also be shared on The Hive's social media and website during this time. If your bid is successful, The Hive will contact you after the exhibition closes and payment will be taken. For more information, please contact Gloria Partridge 07739 161 809.