Meet the Artists at the Grosvenor Museum

Drop in to the Grosvenor Museum on Saturday 12 September from 11.15am-2.00pm and meet two of the artists exhibiting in the Cheshire Artists Network exhibition and see them working -‘ Stitching into Maps and Working from a Photograph.’

Cheshire Artists Network (CAN) will be exhibiting at the Grosvenor Museum until 10 January 2027. The exhibition is entitled, ‘Looking Out, Looking In’ and showcases the work of over 30 artists from all corners of the county. The artists specialize in fine art, textiles, print, contemporary photography, mixed medium, abstract art and ceramics.

Throughout the exhibition there will be a number of ‘Talks’ in the Lecture Theatre together with ‘Meet the Artists’ events that will showcase and demonstrate their own particular genre of art.

Especially for Heritage Open Days in Gallery One, you will see two of the members of CAN, demonstrating their art. They are a husband-and-wife duo. Tony Snowball, a fine art painter will show you how to transfer that gorgeous photograph you took onto canvas ready for painting. There will be scenes of Chester that you will no doubt recognize and you can watch whilst Tony brings the photograph to life.

Secondly, the Chair of CAN, Gill Rees-Snowball will be demonstrating how to stitch into prints of old maps of the city. Some of the stitching will be by hand and some on her trusty sewing machine. She will demonstrate how to stitch using a technique called ‘Free Machine Embroidery’,

which to the lay person is a little like tattooing on fabric!

Details of all the Talks and the Meet the Artist events can be found on the CAN website.

Please note the Grosvenor Museum will be open during Heritage Open Days and is free. Opening times are Tuesday- Saturday 10.30am-5pm, & Sunday 1pm-4pm. Closed on Mondays.

FAQs

• Where can we park?

  
  

The closest car parks to the Grosvenor Museum are the Little Roodee Car Park, Grosvenor Road, Chester, CH11SL or Pepper Street APCOA Car Park, Pepper Street, Chester, CH1 1DF.

• Is the venue fully accessible (without steps, rough ground, steep gradients)?

  
  

Building is partially accessible but Gallery one where event will be held is accessible. There is wheelchair access (via platform lifts) to the ground floor, which includes Exhibition Gallery One, the Lecture Theatre, the Roman Galleries, the ground floor of the Period House, the Shop and the accessible toilet.

There is no lift to the first floor. On the first floor is the Art Gallery, Silver Gallery, Natural Cheshire Gallery and Exhibition Gallery Two.

There is a disabled parking bay outside the museum.

• Is this event suitable for children?

  
  

This event is aimed at adults although older children may be interested in the work that the artists are producing.

• Is this event dog friendly?

  
  

Unfortunately, we are not able to welcome dogs on this event.