Appetite Presents… The Three Counties Cubes
Appetite and ArtsKeele are really excited to be bringing The Three Counties Cubes to Keele University, running from Thursday 8 April to Monday 14 June. The cubes will be located on Union Square, next to the Students’ Union are accessible by the public.
Run by ArtsKeele the Three Counties Open Art Exhibition has been taking place since the early 2000s and since 2017 has taken place in the historic Burslem School of Art. It is ‘open’ to anyone from Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire to submit a piece of artwork. In spite of the pandemic, The Three Counties team and partners were committed to making it happen in 2020 and the project this year took place virtually with 145 works appearing in the online exhibition in August.
Appetite got involved in the exhibition this year and offered a brand new prize – the Appetite Audience Choice Award. This saw Appetite’s Supper Club come up with a shortlist of 20 works which were then put to the public to vote for their favourite. The winner, runners up and shortlisted pieces can all be viewed as part of the exhibition.
The Cubes will also highlight winners from different categories of the exhibition and some COVID inspired works.
Access and Useful Info
- Please support us by adhering to our COVID-Safe measures whilst enjoying The Three Counties Cubes: Hands / Face / Space
- Please adhere to the lockdown guidelines when visiting the cubes
- If you can’t visit the cubes in person, then you can view the virtual exhibition here
Featured image by Andrew Billington
About the Three Counties Cubes
Appetite is an Arts Council England-funded Creative People and Places programme, led by New Vic Theatre in partnership with Partners in Creative Learning, 6Towns Radio, Staffordshire University, Newcastle BID (Business Improvement District), Keele University and Go Kidsgrove.
