The artist behind new installations at Leigh Library is to give a talk about them followed by a chippy tea
New artwork has been installed at Leigh’s Turnpike Gallery and local people have a chance to meet its creator, find out about its background and enjoy a chippy tea with him
Gallery hush will be swapped for chip papers and conversation at a novel cultural event in Leigh later this month.
On Thursday September 17 local artist Craig Atherton will unveil the stories behind his new window installations which wrap the entire Turnpike Centre building.
Commissioned by The Turnpike Gallery, The Little Things That Stick, 40 window installations have been built from the memories, people and places that make Leigh.
After viewing the artwork together outside in the newly refurbished civic square, the evening moves indoors for a proper chippy tea, with Craig on hand to talk process, practice and the town that inspired it.
The event is free, funded by UK Government and open to anyone curious about what happens when public art gets personal.
It runs from 6pm to 8pm, at Leigh Library in Civic Square, Market Street.