Trena Cox: Reflections 100

Chester Cathedral is one of twenty-five successful applicants to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The £27k of funding will be used to bring to life an exhibition and programme of activities sharing and celebrating the life of Trena Cox, a twentieth-century woman stained glass artist whose stunning artwork adorns churches across Chester, the North West, North Wales, and further afield. Despite being known in stained glass and decorative arts circles, the legacy of this important artist has been all but forgotten in the public realm.

The exhibition – created in partnership between artist Aleta Doran, Chester Cathedral, Grosvenor Museum, and the University of Chester – will share the newly researched story of Trena Cox’s impressive career which has been undertaken by Aleta Doran, Chester Cathedral’s Artist in Residence and Project Lead for Trena Cox: Reflections 100. Exhibition boards will tell Cox’s story in an accessible and engaging way, with commissioned art from local woman artists responding to her stained glass in a variety of mediums to be displayed around the building. The exhibition will be presented at Chester Cathedral between Monday 7 October – Friday 8 November before moving to the Grosvenor Museum in early 2025, with interest in further displays already expressed.