Contemporary art showcased at exhibition

A SURE sign that summer has arrived is when Southport Contemporary Art's gallery in Eastbank Street the ArtHouse throws open its doors to welcome visitors to its much-anticipated Summer Open Exhibition.

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SCA has established a reputation for bringing together a range of high quality contemporary art and craft from both emerging and established artists throughout the year and this year’s Summer Open will demonstrate the scope of creativity and artistic talent across the region.

Co-director of SCA, Norrie Beswick-Calvert explains this year’s theme: “The 2025 Summer Open will celebrate the joyful feeling and colours of summer and the diversity of activities that the summer season allows us to get involved with whether that's music festivals, beach picnics or tea and cake in the garden.

“As always with our open exhibitions we're excited to be hosting work from the wider community and reviewing the submissions for our Summer Open 2025 looks like being a really interesting and uplifting show.”

Norrie sets the tone of this year’s show with her own ambitious entry, Ocean Flora: “Summer intensifies the colour around us and this holds true for the amazing underwater flora that I glimpse and explore on my summer beach walks.”