Profiles

Visual arts organisations and projects in the North West region.

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Artland Gallery

Description: Artland Gallery, Manchester’s newest independent gallery, is hosting a major exhibition of war photography from Iraq by award winning New York Times photographer Christoph Bangert. This is the first time that Bangert’s collection, which has received great critical acclaim, has been shown in the UK. Bangert is one of the very few Western photographers to stay the distance in Iraq during some of its bloodiest and most terrifying periods. The result is a series of extraordinary and shocking im…

ArtYarn

Description: ArtYarn is a collaborative fibre arts project coordinated by visual artists Rachael Elwell and Sarah Hardacre. ArtYarn aim to use traditional knitting and crochet techniques in contemporary visual arts projects. And aspire to promote the diversity and versatility of knitting and crochet as a medium. Artyarn are exploring this with a visual arts and contemporary craft approach. As one of it’s ongoing projects, ArtYarn is dedicated to the act of ‘tagging’ an urban environment through the medi…

Ascot Studios – Contemporary Art Gallery

Description: Ascot Studios is a highly successful contemporary art gallery based in Ribchester, in the heart of the Ribble Valley. The exhibition/studio space is over 2500 sqft in size and located within Bee Mill - a converted industrial building. Angela Wakefield, co-founder of Ascot Studios, has enjoyed critical acclaim from industry professionals. “Angela Wakefield is a rising star of British Art… I was struck by the urbanized genre, the scattering of light in form, and the sheer reality of scene. I …

ATM08 Teahouse Discussion Series

Description: A favourite pastime across Asia and other parts of the world, the Asia Triennial Manchester Teahouse Discussion Series provides an opportunity for people to talk about relevant and contemporary issues on the theme of protest – social and political, local and global – while sampling a selection of teas brought over from the ATM08 artists’ home countries. Drink a choice of teas and join in on topical conversations on: • Migration and refuge • Gender and women’s working status • Segregation…