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This year ArtsKeele are pleased to present the Three Counties Open Exhibition , taking place in the stunning Burslem School of Art in Stoke-on-Trent . After two years of digital shows , we are excited to experience the work in-person , but will also be continuing with a digital platform for the show .
From amateur to professional artists , we wish to celebrate art in its many forms and the ways in which it enables us to express ourselves , enriches our lives , and connects us with one another in times of sadness , joy , and everything in-between .
Submissions have come from artists across Staffordshire , Cheshire and Shropshire ; this year we had nearly 200 entries of which 115 entries were selected by our judges from : Airspace Gallery ; Appetite ’ s Supper Club ; ArtUK ; ArtsKeele and Barewall Gallery . We have a range of work across the disciplines of drawing , painting , photography , printmaking , textiles and sculpture . Prizes and opportunities have been generously given by ACAVA
Spode Works , Appetite , ArtsKeele , Barewall Gallery , Burslem School of Art Trust , City Learning Trust , New Vic Theatre Archive Fund , North Staffs Friends of the Earth and The Art Studio .
The exhibition will be open to the public between Saturday 30th July until Tuesday 30th August , Tuesday-Saturday , 11am-3pm , and will be closed on Sundays and Mondays . Three Counties Open has been made possible through partnerships with ArtsKeele , Appetite , ACAVA , Burslem School of Art , Burlsem School of Art Trust Volunteers , City Learning Trust , Barewall Gallery and Keele University .
Stuart Lyons CBE Honorary graduate
Honorary graduate , Stuart Lyons CBE recent book ‘ Xu Zhimo in Cambridge - Life and Poetry ’ has been published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Xu Zhimo ’ s admission to King ’ s College Cambridge .
In the ten years between his arrival in Cambridge in 1921 and his untimely death in an air crash near Jinan , Xu Zhimo transformed Chinese poetry . His poem ‘ Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again ’ is recited today in schools across China , creating a cultural link with Cambridge that brings tens of thousands of visitors to his Memorial Garden at King ’ s College . Yet in the Englishspeaking world , his work is barely known .