Profiles

Visual arts organisations and projects in the North West region.

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Manchester Craft and Design Centre

Description: Manchester Craft and Design Centre is a unique organisation comprising 18 retail/studio spaces, an excellent Cafe Aromat and a rolling programme of exhibitions and complimentary events from leading regional, national and international makers and designers. Located in Manchester city centre's Northern Quarter, Manchester Craft and Design Centre is at the hub of a growing innovative and artistic community. It is one of the few places in the UK open to the public where contemporary goods are b…

Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab)

Description: The Madlab/Manchester Digital Laboratory, is a community space for people who want to do and make interesting stuff - a place for geeks, artists, designers, illustrators, hackers, tinkerers, innovators and idle dreamers; an autonomous R&D laboratory and a release valve for Manchester's creative communities. Mad lab is open 10am - 4pm during exhibitions and most evening there are events hosted at Madlab - See Madlabs website for details of regular events.…

Manchester International Festival

Description: Manchester International Festival is the world’s first festival of original, new work and special events and takes place biennially, in Manchester, UK. The Festival launched in 2007 as an artist-led, commissioning festival presenting new works from across the spectrum of performing arts, music, visual arts and popular culture. Among the 25 world premieres in the 2007 Festival were Monkey: Journey to the West, a new opera directed by Chen Shi Zheng composed by Damon Albarn and designed by J…

Manchester Jewellers Network

Description: The Manchester Jewellers Network was established in 2002. Our main aim is to support excellence in our field, exchange ideas and build up a reputation for our work through exhibitions, both nationally & internationally. We provide a forum for emerging jewellers to develop and show new work and an incentive for established jewellers to extend their ranges and take on fresh challenges. We intend to set a precedent for the broadening of exhibition venues available to contemporary jewellery and…