Visual Art

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.

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.

Visit some of the Art Galleries around Cheshire East.  

For arts events throughout the year visit the events area.