This winter Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery is marking the highly successful Creative Explorers project with two exhibitions.
Creative Explorers is an Arts Council Funded Place Project which saw a host of creative activity take place across the borough.
Part of the funding supported the creation of GRIT and the delivery of the Art on the Streets Festival in August.
These exhibitions are for both those who managed to make it to the festival and those that could not.
One of GRIT’s projects has been Portrait of a Town - where local people were invited to sit for their portraits, and these are the results, with original prints brought together for the first time in the Landing Gallery.
Alongside the show, which runs until Saturday, 1 February, there are opportunities for visitors to try their own hand at portraiture.
Meanwhile in the White Gallery, Convoy by Transit Artist, Alisha Miller brings together her research of Nuneaton’s innovative industries and the people who work in them.
The resulting images also reveal the hidden beauty of the borough.
Earlier this year, Nuneaton was treated to the spectacle of Alisha’s artwork appearing on a convoy of lorries.
Now there is a chance to see these images reformatted within the gallery space, enabling viewers to take in the detail of these works. This exhibition runs until Saturday, 8 March.
Peter Knott, Midlands Area Director at Arts Council England said:
“We are delighted to be supporting Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery in opening two new exhibitions, Convoy and Portrait of a Town, curated as part of the region’s £750,000 Place Partnership award, with funding from the National Lottery.
“We know the positive impact that cultural investment has on places, making them great places to live, grow up, study, work and visit.
“We are delighted that the people in Nuneaton are seeing long term benefits from the programme, the first of its kind in the Midlands.”
Cllr Tim Jenkins, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Communities and Health, said:
“It’s great to see our local talent on display, portraying familiar local faces and landscapes across these two exhibitions.
“If you missed the Art on the Streets event or just want to revisit it, this is another great opportunity to view our local artists’ work with the added chance of creating a portrait yourself.”
As with all the shows, admission is free, though donations are always welcomed, and there are also several temporary exhibitions to enjoy throughout the building.
For opening hours, visit the Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery webpage.