MID PENNINE Arts has scored a major coup for East Lancashire by bringing an exhibition by nine of Britain's leading artists to the area straight after its London debut at the Tate Gallery.

At Home With Art features work by Antony Gormley, creator of the Angel of the North, David Mach, the man who created a 140ft steam train out of thousands of bricks, and seven others. Each artist was commissioned to produce a piece of art for the home, "something sculptural but functional," capable of being manufactured for sale by Homebase stores nationally.

David Mach produced a brightly coloured beach towel, Tony Cragg garden tools that can be left in the ground after use, Anish Kapoor an elegant teardrop lamp, and Richard Wentworth a white plate edged with gold fingerprints. Richard Deacon's aluminium contribution, however, is said to be "uncomp- romisingly insistent in its identity as a sculpture defying practical use"!

At Home with Art goes on show at the Mid Pennine Gallery in Yorke Street, Burnley, from February 26 until April 9. A special programme of artist-led workshops will be held at Accrington and Rossendale College as part of the Art and Media Festival in conjunction with At Home with Art between April 3 and April 7.

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