Keighley Arts Factory's yearly open exhibition is a far cry from the annual displays by local art clubs.

Many of these artists are also amateurs but they're more confident, varied and imaginative.

As a result Interactions is well worth a visit even if you think you don't like "modern art".

While little is brilliantly striking there's plenty to make you nod appreciatively, think, smile, or go "ugh!"

Most noticeable is John Green's Venus Dot Com in which the goddess is recreated in pixels on a screen in front of a satellite dish.

Very different, but equally memorable, are Wendy Shackleton's dolls at a bus stop -- cute and amusing until you realise each one has a dark secret.

Skill as well as imagination could be admired in Sylvia Fayer's quilted leaves, and others' works using fused glass, copper or found objects.

I also liked Olga Scatchard's picture full of circles and Lucy O'Connell's "Audrey ".

But equally there were several works where I couldn't see evidence of either a point, or the technical skill I'm told the artists possess.

But elsewhere there were delightful works, particularly Alec Pearson's witty pictograms.

Equally eye-catching, but certainly not delightful, were Julie Tomison's disturbing oil paintings.

* Keighley Arts Factory is in the North Street building of Park Lane College Keighley, open Mondays to Fridays (10am-noon) and Mondays to Thursdays (1-4pm). Phone 01535 618554.

David Knights