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Visual Art

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Where can you see it?

Art is all around us. It lifts our spirits and livens things up. It moves, amuses, entertains. The variety is boundless. From pub signs to parish maps, from traditional oil paintings to tribal arts, from ceramics to computer graphics.
It’s in architecture, animation, laser lighting and landscape design.

Close to where you live ...

Some of the places where you can see the visual arts exhibited are listed here - but don’t forget to look around you, there may be some fine examples of art in architecture or sculptures as close as your local park or nature trail.

... and in the countryside

If you visit the country parks in Cheshire, look for the specially crafted seats, sculptures and artist designed gateways and waymarkers. In some you'll find Artists-in-Residence schemes or environmental arts projects, particularly at Anderton Nature Park, Brereton Heath Country Park, Marbury Country Park and Weaver Valley.

ymir - source of the world, tactile sculpture by philip bews in grosvenor park, chester
artworks in cheshire puzzle

See artists at their work

Cheshire has a wealth of talented professional artists living and working within the County. Many of them open their studio doors to the public over three weekends every September, in a project called ‘Artists at Work - Cheshire Open Studios’. Some of their studios are converted outbuildings, others are garden sheds or a spare room in the house. Brochures of the event - with maps - are usually available from your local library from August - or get onto our visual art mailing list and we’ll send you a brochure. Contact us.

Artworks in Cheshire - How many can you recognise? Have a look at the etching on the left.  See if you can place the artworks from around Cheshire.

Julia Midgley's Etching - Picture Puzzle




Visit some of the Art Galleries around Cheshire  
Art Galleries in Cheshire

Join an Art/Arts Group In Cheshire

For arts events throughout the year visit the County's events area.


 
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