EXHIBITIONS

Jun 20 2008 by Michael Green, Flintshire Chronicle

CHESTER: June 21-August 31 – Chester Mystery Plays - discover the history behind Chester famous Mystery Plays. The star attraction is two of the original Tudor manuscripts, the Antichrist manuscript and the Scourging of Christ.

Also on display will be information about the Chester Guilds and their role in the plays. Exhibition Gallery Two at Grosvenor Museum. Ring 01244 402008.

CHESTER: June 2-July 31 – The Sound of the Suburbs – photographic display looking at the development of the main suburbs of Chester and how they have evolved into today’s communities at Chester History & Heritage, St Michael’s Church.

CHESTER: April 19-June 22 – Treasures in Your Garden – an exhibition of art and artefacts exploring gardens and what can be found in them at the Grosvenor Museum’s Exhibition Gallery One.

CHESTER: March 1-August 3 – Fashioning Flowers & Foliage: Clothes Inspired by Gardens – an exhibition that brings together an array of clothing that transforms glorious gardens into glamorous gowns, at the Grosvenor Museum’s Costume Gallery. Ring 01244 402008.

FRODSHAM: Until July 22 – Art in the Gardens by Cheshire Artists Network, includes paintings, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture and many more garden inspirations. Showing in all galleries at Castle Park Arts Centre. Ring 01928 735832.

LIVERPOOL: June 7-August 2 – Magdalene Odundo Solo – The Elizabeth Zuckerman Memorial Exhibition at the Bluecoat Display Centre in College Lane. Ring 0151 709 5297.

LIVERPOOL: May 24-November 2 – Ben Johnson’s Liverpool Cityscape 2008 and the World Panorama Series - artist Ben Johnson has recreated Liverpool’s urban landscape as a collection of more than 3,000 buildings and this exhibition also features his other world cities paintings including Chicago and Paris, at the Walker Art Gallery.

LIVERPOOL: May 30-August 31 – Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 – major paintings and drawings from throughout Klimt’s career will be on display at the Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock. Ring 0151 702 7400 or visit www.tate.org.uk/liverpool.

LLANDUDNO: June 4-24 – Welsh artist Manon Awst and Benjamin Walther from Germany collaborate on projects including installations, performances and interventions and will explore spects of myths, fantasy nd the sublime through a series of paintings and installations at Oriel Mostyn, Heol Vaughan. Ring 01492 879201.

MANCHESTER: June 3-27 – Small Things by Erpen – father and son artists Anthony & Nathan Pendlebury present a selection of their abstract, smaller-sized works at the Portico Library and Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 236 6785.

MANCHESTER: May 24-August 17 - Neverland: Rediscovering Child Art featuring work by Picasso, Jean ubuffet, Paul Klee, Joan Miro, Karel Appel and Lucebert at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. Ring 0161 275 7450 or visit www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth.

MANCHESTER: May 20-July 20 –Inspired By... Competition Winners - see the winning works from the recent competition at the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: April 26-July 20 - Artists in Schools – a celebration of children’s creativity – five artists have held residences in schools in a pilot project for the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: April 12-September - Anne Desmet: Urban Evolution – one of the leading printmakers of our time combines technical skill and architectural vision with great inventiveness at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. Ring 0161 275 7450 or visit www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth.

MANCHESTER: April 5-September 21 – Choe U-ram uses the latest precision engineering technologies to create robotic sculptures inspired by plant and sea life which can be seen in two pieces at the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: April 5-September 21 - Gwon Osang selected a number of Manchester people to be models for his extraordinary sculptures, one of which is now presented at the Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8893 or visit www.manchestergalleries.org.

MANCHESTER: October 27-October 2008 – Flights of Fancy: select decorative scheme of the 1920s and 30s at the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester in Oxford Road. Ring 0161 275 7450 or visit www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth.

MOLD: June 21-August 14 – North Wales Open MMVIII – annual exhibition for professional and amateur artists in North Wales in the Oriel Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru or ring 0845 330 3565.

NESS: June 2-29 – East To West To Ness – an exhibition of new textile art at Ness Gardens. Ring 0151 3530123 for details.

NESS: February 1-October 1 – Something Beautiful – Five Cheshire gardens will reveal commissioned sculptures by local artists at Ness Gardens. Hundreds of Cheshire residents will also be encouraged to design and build beautiful objects in their own gardens. Ring 0151 3530123 for details.

WIRRAL: June 1-October 31 – High Society – paintings by James Tissot - an exhibition of oil paintings depicting Victorian high society with costume and decorative art items at Lady Lever Art Gallery, Lower Road, Port Sunlight. Ring 0151 478 4136.

WREXHAM: June 14-July 5 – Selection of work from students graduating from the Fine Art degree course at the North East Wales School of Art at Wrexham Arts Centre in Rhossdu Road. Ring 01978 292093.