Profiles

Visual arts organisations and projects in the North West region.

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Alchemy

Description: Alchemy is the Museum's first sustained research programme for artists. Alchemy initiates and facilitates artists access to The Manchester Museum and The University of Manchester. Principally, we support four Alchemy Artist Fellowships, curate interventions in permanent galleries, host events and help make possible the loan of Museum collections for contemporary art projects. Through supporting artists research and the creation of new work, Alchemy aims to reinvigorate Museum displays, enco…

Alison Kershaw

Description: Alison Kershaw is an artist and curator working in Manchester,UK. She has worked with a number of arts and non-arts organisations including Victoria Baths, Pool Arts and Community Network for Manchester. Alison Kershaw is interested in the who, where and why of arts practice, the location of art, the meaning of place and how art interfaces with other realms of life.…

Apartment

Description: Apartment was an artist led project and exhibition space in a one-bedroom council flat in a sixties tower block in central Manchester. Artists showed work alongside the everyday objects in the flat and made work in response to issues surrounding the location of the space. The space was co-run by artists Hilary Jack and Paul Harfleet; the current resident, who continued to live in the flat alongside the activity that occured. The space ran from 2004-2009, Thanks to all those that visited!!…

Arc (Arts for Recovery in the Community)

Description: The Arc Community Gallery is a new gallery space in South Reddish, Stockport. Arc (Arts for Recovery in the Community) is particularly interested in supporting artists at the outset of their careers, especially those who have been marginalised or socially excluded, for instance because of emotional or psychological distress. Arc members and artists work collaboratively to explore the links between creativity, mental health and wellbeing. The gallery has full disabled access and groups are w…