Local artists meet the mayor at exhibition in WGC

The free exhibition, which ran from 7 September until yesterday (Sunday 15 September), was part of the annual Herts Open Studios event, organised by Herts Visual Arts, a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers for creatives and artists to get their work out to a wider audience.

This year, 162 artists have been exhibiting across 77 venues throughout Hertfordshire during the month of September. The Howard Centre has collaborated with Herts Visual Arts to bring the exhibition to WGC, where there were 10 artists showing their work.

Artist and co-organiser, Heather Miller, said: “The aim of our Open Studios is to bring real art to the community with exhibitions of our work, together with demonstrations and the opportunity for people to talk to the artists themselves.”

“We have had some wonderful feedback from many of our visitors, who love being able to see original art in a local environment.”

Cllr Jane Quinton, Deputy Leader of the Council and Executive Member for Leisure and Community, said: “We’ve been so pleased to welcome the talented local artists from Herts Open Studios back again. It’s testament to its popularity here that it returned for a fourth time to exhibit in the Howard Centre – and I hope it will be back again.

“Along with the artists themselves, I’d like to thank the team at the Howard Centre for working so hard to get the exhibition into the two units on the ground floor here. There were art demonstrations and visitors could speak to the artists themselves who were here too – please look out for more exhibitions like this in the near future!”

For more information about the exhibitions in Hertfordshire, please visit https://www.hvaf.org.uk/our-events/herts-open-studios, where you can also book art workshops.