Local artists and creatives are being invited to register their interest to display their work in an upcoming exhibition in the empty 'Poundland' unit on Kenilworth's Warwick Road.

The exhibition is being organised by Nicola Bagga who helped to put together the gallery of Kenilworth Castle paintings at the start of 2021.

Such was the success of January's exhibition she has decided to to help display some more Kenilworth artwork throughout the year.

"Every time I went past [the exhibition], there was always someone looking in the window," says Nicola.

"There have been lots of responses; many of the artists sold their works and lots of them have had commissions on the back of enquiries from seeing the work in the window.

"It is definitely helping to make Kenilworth artists move visible."

This second exhibition organised by Nicola will be focused around the theme 'Secret Views of Kenilworth'.

"We wanted to keep it Kenilworth-centric, whilst there will be artists from Leamington, and Warwick and the surrounding areas, it will still be Kenilworth orientated, so it will be Secret Views of Kenilworth."

The theme was inspired by a painting by Paul Miller uploaded to his Facebook page. It depicted the back of two houses at the top of the old High Street.

"You may almost recognise it, but not be able to quite tell where it is because it is a different perspective from what you would expect to see of two quite recognisable buildings.

"Everyone focuses on the castle or the old High Street because they are the oldest parts of Kenilworth, and the prettiest in my opinion, but it would be nice to see what comes out of this to get people looking at Kenilworth in a different way and getting a different point of view."

For now, Nicola is asking for anyone who may have an interest in taking part to contact her via email on [email protected] – no commitment is necessary at this stage.

The April exhibition will form part of a calendar of events scheduled for the unit. Currently there is an exhibition organised by 'Kenilworth Artists', this will be refreshed at the beginning of March for a display curated by 'Made in Kenilworth'.

Following Secret Views of Kenilworth, there will be a photography exhibition, before another selection from Kenilworth Artists.

Nicola, is working alongside Becky Webb of Kenilworth Arts Festival and Jacqui Smithson to put together this program of exhibitions.

They are working with Kenilworth School with the potential idea of displaying work from A-Level and GCSE students whom have had their exams cancelled for this year.

Summer instalment could also see a celebration for the 125th anniversary of the Kenilworth Lido as well as an exhibition in conjunction with Coventry Artists to tie in with the City of Culture.

"We want to do something that is focused on views of the pool, interpretations of the pool, but themed around that."

Kenilworth Nub News will bring you the details of each exhibition as and when they are confirmed.

You can see more of Paul Miller's work by following this link.

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