Chester Museum Celebrates Cheshire Artists with Summer Showcase

Visitors and residents of Chester who appreciate art can attend an event arriving in the city this summer. The home of the city’s historical finds, the Grosvenor Museum, is running a new exhibition that highlights the latest works of local artists.

Entitled the “Cheshire Artists Network: Looking Out, Looking In”, the event programme will feature a static exhibition, lectures and a chance to meet the creatives behind the work on show. Pieces on display will include a variety of art mediums including print, painting, ceramics, textiles, photography and sculpture.

The Cheshire Artists Network is a regional group made up of 35 full-time artists. It was founded in 2000, and the group has exhibited across the county and beyond.

Artist talks will include “The Art of Vulnerability” from Lynette Howells-Moore, “Art with ADHD” from Kate McKennan, “How I Became a Potter” from Barbara Barlow, “Mindfulness and the Art of Photography” from Allisdhair McNaull and “Visual Language” from Steve Lloyd Davies. A painter and lecturer in Fine Art, Davies has exhibited in Cheshire, North Staffordshire and in in England’s Southeast.

Alongside the exhibition, interactive events featuring artists like Barbara Barlow, Lynette Howells-Moore and Kate Marchuk will cover subjects like painting with oils and egg tempera, working from photographs, landscapes, sketching and sketch books.

The Cheshire Artists Network: Looking Out, Looking In exhibition will now launch at the Grosvenor Museum on Saturday, July 25. The museum is simple to spot at 27 Grosvenor Street in Chester.