Exhibitions - July 21 onwards

Jul 17 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EXHIBITIONS

CHESTER: August 6-September 25 - Housing The City’s Treasures: The Early History of the Grosvenor Museum - exhibition looking at the early days of the museum, showcasing key objects from the founding collections as part of the venue’s 125th birthday celebrations, at Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery.

CHESTER: July 23-July 1 2012 - Fifties Frocks: Female Fashion from the 1950s - an exhibition of day and evening dresses, cocktail and dance dresses, ranging from the Parisian haute couture of Dior and Jacques Fath to those made in Wilmslow and Liverpool, at Grosvenor Museum’s Costume Gallery.

CHESTER: July 16-September 4 - Accessible Artefacts - an exhibition exploring the various methods used for making objects more accessible to visitors and using modern technology to enable people to view artefacts they would not normally be able to see, at Grosvenor Museum’s Exhibition Gallery One.

CHESTER: July 9-October 2 - Views From The Walls - take a tour around the walls and all the sites along the route, exploring their Roman origins, Saxon and medieval additions, Civil War conflict and Georgian elegance, at Grosvenor Museum’s Exhibition Gallery One.

CHESTER: July 4-September 2 - Rites of Passage: Birth, Marriage and Death in Chester - a look at key events from the joyful gatherings of friends and family at christenings and weddings to the solemn and elaborate Victorian funeral at Chester History & Heritage in Bridge Street Row.

CHESTER: July 4-September 2 - Spotlight on Lache and Westminster - foyer exhibition looking at the people, streets, schools and events of this area of Chester using images from the collection at Chester History & Heritage in Bridge Street Row as well as contributions from the Lache and Westminster Local History Group.

CHESTER: May 28-July 31 - Keeping Order: Crime and Punishment in Chester - exhibition exploring crime and punishment in Victorian Chester, focusing on objects from the collection at Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery.

FRODSHAM: Until July 31 - Presence by John Eastwood - engaging natural landscapes of the North West; landscape and decay textures formed by methods of decay by Bruce Lyons; Every Picture Tells A Story by Tina Holley - atmospheric paintings of land, seascapes, trees and water; all at Castle Park Arts Centre. Call 01928 735832 or visit www.castleparkarts.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: July 7-August 26 - RSA Artists present Romanticism in the Urban Environment - an exhibition of works by Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts, at the Portico Library and Gallery in Mosley Street. Call 0161 236 6785 or visit www.theportico.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: July 2-September 4 - Projections: Works from The Artangel Collection - ground-breaking film and video installations from two decades of Artangel commissions, at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road. Ring 0161 275 7450 or via www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: July 2-September 4 - Sejla Kameric & Anri Sala - 1395 Days Without Red - a cinematic work comprising two films set in Sarajevo, with music by Tchaikovsky arranged and conducted by Ari Benjamin Meyers, at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road. Ring 0161 275 7450 or via www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: Until August 21 - Family Allowance - wicked wives, violent sons, monstrous mothers and feeble fathers come together to reveal the darker side of family life, at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road. Ring 0161 275 7450 or via www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: Until August 21 - Private Paradise - since the 19th century, wallpaper has been providing exotic floral arrangements for tired interiors and this exhibition features large scale historic scenic wallpapers as well as work by two contemporary artists who have looked to the past for inspiration and created offbeat responses to our desire to escape to a private paradise, at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road. Ring 0161 275 7450 or via www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk.

MOLD: June 25-August 12 - North Wales Open - annual exhibition featuring a wide range of work by professional and amateur arists from Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham in the Community Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: June 18-August 20 - Craft Cases - a selected display of work by craft artists participating in the Helfa Gelf open studio event taking place across North Wales, in the Oriel Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

SALFORD: June 25-September 25 - Warhol and the Diva - exhibition presenting some of Warhol’s most captivating portraits of the divas he admired including Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli and Mick Jagger at The Lowry at Salford Quays. Call0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

WIRRAL: July 15-31 - The National Exhibition of Wildlife Art at Gordale Garden Centre - a showcase of almost 400 paintinfs and sculptures in a variety of styles. Visit www.newa-uk.com or call 07748 533448.

WREXHAM: Until August 31 - Mister Mercer - named after an American archaeologist who built the world’s first concrete castle, this exhibition by Sarah Macdonald, Eleanor Wright and Richard Whitby shows a predeliction for the melancholy of derelict places and strahge disruptions of existing forms and images in painting, video and installation in the Oriel Gallery at Glyndwr University. Call 01978 293293 or visit www.glyndwr.ac.uk/events.