What’s On - Exhibitions - January 17 onwards

Jan 12 2013 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EXHIBITIONS

CHESTER: January 12-April 7 - Louise Rayner: Watercolours of Victorian Chester - the much-loved watercolours of Louise Rayner (1832-1924) present a unjquely charming view of Victorian Chester and can be seen at the Grosvenor Museum Exhibition Gallery One.

CHESTER: January 3-March 29 - Up The Junction - mini photographic exhibition which takes us on a journey back to the golden age of steam trains, at Chester History and Heritage Centre.

CHESTER: January 3-March 29 - A Had Day’s Night - life in late Victorian Chester was no fun for the ordinary working man. This photographic exhibition looks at the chain makers, factory and corporation workers, railway staff and farm workers whose labours helped make the city successful and secure, at Chester History and Heritage Centre.

CHESTER: October 6-January 20 - Trapped in Time: 600 Million Years of Fossils - travelling through geological time, you will see examples of the earliest life forms to giant plants, dinosaur eggs and swimming reptiles, as well as Ice Age mammals, at the Grosvenor Museum Exhibition Gallery One.

CHESTER: Until June 30 2013 - Fifties Frocks: Female Fashion from the 1950s - small exhibition showing 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, in the Grosvenor Museum Costume Gallery.

MOLD: February 25-March 16 - Monoprint, stencil and relief prints by Ann Bridges, in the Community Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: February 4-23 - Personal interpretations of the landscape in paint by Graham Cox, some as studies leading towards larger works, in the Community Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: January 21-February 2 - Sea, Sky and Coast - Exhibition of work by Paula Salmons of paintings of sea, sky and coast which seek to express the colour, movement and power of the sea and the enjoyment of the beach, in the Community Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: January 19-March 2 - Glenn Ibbitson - Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Paentio, Darlunio, Gwaith Print - in the Oriel Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: January 2-19 - Exhibition of work by David A Finney featuring fine, detailed studies of British birds and other animals in acrylics, in the Community Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.