C-ART has been one long exciting art exhibition with more artists, designers and independent galleries taking part than ever before.

On September 27, the curtain comes down on the massive Cumbria wide visual arts project, put together by Eden Arts and its highly imaginative director Adrian Lochhead.

Large or small, many terrific exhibitions across all four corners of the county have been linked into this year's event.

One such show is Green Door's A Sense of Place at Kendal Museum, which concludes on Saturday.

A major group exhibition, not only is it a five-star contribution to the C-Art programme, but A Sense of Place also celebrates the Lakeland arts collective's 20th anniversary. Featured is a range of two and three dimensional work, including paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, textiles, wood, drawings and glass, in the atmospheric setting of the museum’s basement gallery.

Exhibiting artists include Mike Barlow, Jamie Barnes, Colin Binns, Averyl Bradbrook, Jan Burgess, Barbra Cropper, Sue David, Joyce Eldred, Hilary Fell, Liz Ford-Slater, Eileen Gledhill, Lisa Harrison, Judith Horsley, Brenda Hunter, Maya Lawie, Cally Lawson, Kath Lockhart, Emma Lowe, Liz Lyon, Delcia McNeil, Heather Marlow Stevenson, Marjorie Park, Jill Pemberton, Jim Reidy, Elizabeth Shorrock, Evelyn Sinclair, Rosie Wates, Brie Wharf, Andy Wild, Frances Winder and Maddy Wright.

For GDS, it all started way back in the winter of 1995, when Jill Pemberton, Fiona Clucas, Donna Campbell, Catherine MacDiarmid, and Trish Adcock were all struggling to find a place to develop their art.

Aided by Lakeland arts legend Lene Bragger, who was the visual arts officer at the Brewery at the time, they landed the space at 24 Highgate and, armed with hammers, saws, lengths of wood and panelling, pots of white paint, and many volunteers, built the first six spaces in the former meeting rooms of Westmorland and Lonsdale Conservative Association, eventually increasing to 13 spaces and a communal area, office and kitchen.

Following many creatively successful years, GDS was knock sideways in 2010 when a fire destroyed the Highgate building and many artworks and materials within.

Out of the ashes came Green Door Rising, the name of the campaign to raise money to rehouse the artists in new studios. After several false starts and temporary locations, Green Door found a new permanent home in Kendal's Market Place.

And the rest is history, so to speak.

Kendal Museum is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm.

Visit www.c-art.org.uk.