Cheshire West and Chester Council is working with The Gwynne-Jones Charitable Trust using a new and unique funding model to ensure the ongoing support of the arts in the region. The Charity has stepped in to pay all salary and on costs of a new post at the council-funded Grosvenor Museum for the next 3 years.
This appointment is the new role of a second assistant curator at the Grosvenor Museum Chester. This appointment comes after the promotion of the first assistant art curator who continues their role at the Grosvenor Museum.
The Gwynne-Jones Charitable Trust is a sustained and respected charity in Chester formed in 2011 to advance the promotion of the arts for public display and public benefit.
Clive Pointon, Partner at Aaron and Partners and Chairman of the Trustees said; “We are pleased to support the appointment of the new assistant curator and to continue to support the arts and arts’ education in the region. Direct financial assistance by The Gwynne-Jones Charitable Trust will ensure the prosperity of our cultural heritage to benefit the city and can provide a funding model for other arts organisations.”
Councillor Lisa Denson, Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Cabinet Member for A Fairer Future (Poverty, Public Health and Mental Health) said: “We are very grateful to The Gwynne-Jones Charitable Trust for their support for the Grosvenor Museum and their investment in culture.”
“I’d like to welcome Chris Hughes the newly appointed assistant curator, he’s a fantastic addition to the team at The Grosvenor Museum. He comes to us from Ireland, Melbourne, Australia, New Zealand and The Horniman and Natural History Museums in London.”
Chris Hughes, the newly recruited assistant curator, added; “I’m so excited to be working in Chester at the Grosvenor Museum. Having studied Zoology, then Taxonomy, Biodiversity and Evolution, the legacy at the museum supported many years ago by Chester Society for Natural Sciences and Charles Kingsley, with his connections to Darwin, are particularly significant and relevant to today’s challenges for biodiversity and nature.”
He added; “We are planning a new exhibition at the Grosvenor Museum from October 17th on Botany including the prized Eliza Potts Collection. Eliza lived in Chester on Watergate Street and it will feature lost biodiversity and current habitats from the region.
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