Installation Archives - Art in Manchester

Nicola Ellis – Metal-Morphosis – Art in Manufacturing 2

10th May 2018

Nicola Ellis Metal-Morphosis Art in Manufacturing 2 Residency – Ritherdon Limited, Blackburn Artist Nicola Ellis has talked to BeeBlogs about her residency at Ritherdon Limited in Blackburn as part of the Art in Manufacturing 2 programme. A sound scape experience in an eerily abandoned ballroom, the full-bodied embrace of a wallpaper mill’s colour capabilities, a cardboard cinema and the procession of tons of industrial machinery are all set…

What’s On – Contemporary art in Manchester

20th April 2018

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Contemporary art in Manchester This April has been a superb month and there are still more exhibitions opening this coming week. After their recent successful opening exhibition with Lesley Halliwell’s ‘Tilted Plane’ Zellij Arts next exhibition will be the work of Iran born artist Fatemeh Takht Keshian Bankley Gallery have ‘That Sinking Feeling‘ from contemporary art partnership ARM. Tanisha Salakoh says that she is inspired by Gerhard Richter…

Art in Manchester – More Exhibitions for April

16th April 2018

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April art in Manchester This week’s BeesBlogs has more new contemporary art in Manchester for readers to see in April. Plus, although we are art in Manchester, Manchester artist Tracy Hill has an exhibition at Warrington Art gallery. We have a new performance work from Elisa Artesero at Artwork Atelier this Thursday which will include music from Caro C and, also starting Thursday, we have a new exhibition from…

BeesBlogs art2c in Manchester – March – One

6th March 2018

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BeesBlogs art2c in Manchester – March – One March heralds in Spring and some great new art2c in Manchester this month. Rather than put together a What’s On of great length, I’ve decided to break it down in weekly bite-size pieces. More next week!! As part of International Women’s Day and Manchester’s Wonder Women Festival, Castlefield Gallery have brought together Ruth Barker and Hannah Leighton-Boyce in their latest exhibition previewing…

BeesBlogs Art2c in Manchester this February Part Two

6th February 2018

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Following on from the last BeesBlogs Art2c in Manchester Part One here are more exhibitions of great Art2c in Manchester: Update from my last BeesBlogs blog: Three of the exhibitions mentioned have now opened. Zellij Arts, Elizabeth Kwant’s latest venture based in the Alexandria Library on Wilmslow Road has had a successful launch of work by Lesley Halliwell entitled ‘Tilted Plane‘. Saul Hay launched ‘Looking Forward’ their first exhibition of…

Nicola Dale ‘The Things That Look Back’ The Portico Library

5th January 2018

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Nicola Dale at The Portico Library 11th Jan – 10th Feb 2018 The Portico Library is one of Manchester’s most iconic buildings. Opened in 1806 as a Library and Newsroom and inspired by a visit to The Athenaeum Liverpool some 10 years earlier by surgeon Michael Ward and his friend Robert Robinson, Thomas Harrison’s classical revival design has stood the test of time. Although The Portico has hosted art…

OA Studios – New Artist Led Space joins Greater Manchester’s Vibrant Art Scene

28th November 2017

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OA Studios. A Welcome Addition to Greater Manchester’s Vibrant Art Scene Hot on the heels of the Paradise Works launch comes OA Studios. I visited the King Street, Salford based Studios new artist led space, complete with its own exhibition gallery, the morning after the night before’s launch party. …..which I think was a great success! A 5 minutes walk from Victoria Station and just off Blackfriars…

Hidden Altrincham 2017 Festival & Paola Bazz at Con Club

12th September 2017

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Hidden Altrincham Festival 2017 Various Venues 14th – 24th September Hidden Altrincham was something I hadn’t heard of until recently. With 50 artists and 30 venues across the town it’s no small undertaking. Hidden Altrincham is the town’s summer art festival and will have daily events and live experiences. Shining a spotlight on Altrincham’s culture, heritage, architecture, independent shops, cafes and restaurants, imaginative residents and exciting businesses, the…

….in Dark Times – Castlefield Gallery – Contemporary Art in Manchester

3rd March 2017

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….in Darker Times – Castlefield Gallery The latest exhibition at Castlefield Gallery in Manchester again focuses on emerging talent in the contemporary art field. The exhibition called …..in Dark Times is tagged “An exhibition on the thingness of things in the age of the thingless medium” features six artists using various media to interpret the exhibitions theme. As Castlefield explain: Much of our contemporary experiences are increasingly mediated by the Internet and…

HOST – Helping Manchester’s Homeless

13th February 2017

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I met artist Hilary Jack at the recent Castlefield Gallery Launch Pad event and found out more about her commission to provide the Spinnigfields Art Commission 2016 artwork for sponsors Allied London. The commission called HOST, is a series of nine discreet and intricately rendered bronze sculptures of hybrid plants, and will eventually be sold to help the homeless of Manchester through the Manchester Homelessness Partnership. Hilary Jack is well used to…

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