An exhibition showcasing the talents of Tees Valley artists has opened at Kirkleatham Museum, near Redcar.
It’s the culmination of a project run by the Whippet Up community group in Saltburn, Guisborough, Boosbeck in East Cleveland and Kirkleatham, near Redcar and shows images created by local artists of people’s heads each decorated in different, highly individualist styles.
Jane Cuthbert of Whippet Up said:
“Each artwork began with a single outline created by projecting a shadow profile on to a canvass.
“Pictures were brought to colourful life with imagination and each reflects the individuality of people brought together by Whippet Up. Every portrait is unique and the exhibition celebrates the individuality in everyone.”
Cllr Louise Westbury, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Environment and Culture, said:
“It’s wonderful that we can support such fantastic and talented local artists in this way. Whippet Up is an excellent organisation and I would like to congratulate everyone involved. There’s so much else at Kirkleatham Museum to enjoy too, including the Steel Stories exhibition, the Saxon Princess display, Gertrude Bell exhibition about one of our most pioneering explorers and much else.”
A second exhibition commemorating the Battle of Britain, especially the bombing and air warfare along the North East coast on the day of August 15, 1940, when Hitler’s Luftwaffe attacked the country in the Second World War, has also opened.
The display has been created by Durham artist Denis Fox and has 15 paintings tell the true story of what happened when the North East was attacked by the German Air Force on August 15, 1940.
Entry to the museum is free. The Headspace one will end in January. The Battle of Britain exhibition will close at Christmas.
Find out more at redcarcleveland.co.uk/enjoy/kirkleatham-museum