Inverclyde<\/a> and to give artists of all ages the chance to exhibit their work in a professional gallery setting.\n<\/p>\n\n “This year’s exhibition reflects the diversity, talent and passion of our local creative community and we’re delighted to share it with visitors throughout the summer.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Garth, who had two successful solo exhibitions himself last year, The Liturgy of The Moons and The Artists and Craftsmen of Inverclyde, says the scale of the collection is impressive.\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: “We have entries from people from all walks of life with different degrees of experience.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our youngest contributor is eight years old.\n<\/p>\n
\n “From emerging young talent to established local artists, the exhibition showcases the breadth, diversity and imagination that flourishs across Inverclyde.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition opens today and celebrates the area’s rich creative community.\n<\/p>\n
\n It runs until Saturday, August 22 with an artists reception on Thursday, July 9 from 5pm to 7pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition is free to visit during Beacon Arts Centre opening hours and offers visitors the chance to experience a wide range of artistic styles, mediums and perspectives while supporting local creative talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Acclaimed artist Garth Ivan has taken on the coveted role from outgoing Fraser Taylor at the Beacon Arts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-534842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}