Leicester's premier art and craft gallery . . . you can always find something new to contemplate for your art collection
The Cank Street Gallery, Leicester's largest independent contemporary art gallery, is located at the heart of the city in Leicester Old Town. With an ever-changing selection of paintings, handmade prints and sculpture, we represent emerging and established Leicestershire and UK artists. We feature collaborative exhibitions with the Leicester Society of Artists and hold an annual 'open' art competition for anyone to enter.
With the King Richard III Visitor Centre and Cathedral to one side and the market place to the other, the Old Town's historic lanes and shopping arcades are home to a variety of independent shops giving the area its unique character. Here you can find vintage and boutique clothing, contemporary homewares, galleries and jewellers. The area has a flourishing food, drink and social scene with fine dining, delicious gelato, home roasted coffee and, of course, cake.
Picture Framing Services
We offer a bespoke picture framing service with all work being carried out by our highly skilled framers in the workshop located at the Cank Street premises.
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We collaborate with LSA to bring a diverse series of mini shows to Cank Street Gallery with the aim of promoting the enjoyment of original fine art. Each show featuring an individual member of the LSA.
Andrew Jackson LSA
LSA featured artist April-May 2017
Andrew Jackson's impressive drawings have a quiet intensity that holds the eye. Capturing every brick and blade of grass, the works are full of detail enriched by the quality of light achieved. They share a concern with texture and structure, the interplay of light and shade and careful composition. The selection of drawings had been done over several years and cover a variety of subject matter (the finding of which Andrew states is his biggest challenge).
From a ferry in Mombasa, to a cat on a mat, each artwork concerned a personal memory captured using pencil, graphite stick, putty rubber and smudgy fingers.
Out on location . . . .
It was a beautiful sunny day in May when we visited Rutland with LSA artist, Lisa Timmerman, to arrange a commission.