Featured - local art showcase and FREE creative activities

Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman with pinkish red and large yellow earrings facing forwards but looking to her right. The background is bright green and the whole thing is done in a painterly style. — Portrait by Ethan Lemon

Appetite and ArtsKeele present Featured 23. Featured is a collection of wonderful artworks created by artists from across Staffordshire and Shropshire and were all recently part of the Three Counties Exhibition 2023 on show at Burslem School of Art.

All the pieces on show as part of Featured are exhibition award winners and nominees, including first and second place in the Appetite Audience Choice Award, and includes a range of paintings, photography, collage and sculpture. The Audience Choice Award entries were nominated by Appetite’s Supper Club, our community decision-maker, and was awarded after a public vote.

Artist in Residence

One of the artists exhibiting as part of Featured is also our Artist in Residence, working in the space and creating work on site. Charné Visser is a South African artist who immigrated to the UK in 2019. Her work explores themes of identity and representation through portraiture, experimenting with composition, various painting mediums and applications. Charné will be working on a series of mixed media, expressive portraits as part of her residency. Sh will be your guide through the creative activities and is happy to chat about her work.

Free creative activities

Do YOU have what it takes to be one of the artists on display at the Featured exhibition? Of course you do! Come join in the activities with artist in residence, Charné, and show your creativity alongside artists from the Three Counties Exhibition. All the activities are free to join (donations welcome) and all materials will be provided. No experience necessary.

Community work of art

Charné invites you all to add your unique mark to a collaborative work of art: a large-scale portrait covering the walls created by visitors to the exhibition.

The theme of the piece is identity, because being creative together helps us see different view points and appreciate different stories.

Greetings card workshops

On Friday and Saturday each week you can join a workshop creating a greetings card to show someone you care. There are also activity sheets to colour created by artists.