Profiles

Visual arts organisations and projects in the North West region.

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The Royal Standard

Description: The Royal Standard is an artist-led studio group, gallery and social workspace which, from February 2006 to July 2007, was housed in a large former public house in Toxteth, Liverpool. The organisation is at present relocating with . Our vision is to offer the city's artistic and cultural community a location where meeting, talk, engagement and vitality are core values. We host exhibitions drawing from a field of potential that includes graduates, the most exciting emerging artists, establis…

The Salford Restoration Office

Description: The Salford Restoration Office is a curatorial practice established by James Hutchinson and Lesley Young in 2007. It develops projects with cultural institutions in Manchester, addressing questions of artistic context and policy, and generating discussion surrounding the conditions art institutions and artists in the city find themselves operating within. The Salford Restoration Office worked with Dan Shipsides to make Radical Architecture for Castlefield Gallery, developed The Whitworth Ca…

The Snapshot Museum

Description: The Snapshot Museum is solely dedicated to The Snapshot; the photography of everyday life. It houses an extensive archive of People's Photography from the last 100 years. The collection includes black and white and colour photographs, slides, negatives, Polaroids, Photobooth, albums, vintage camera equipment, home movies and other photographic ephemera. Snapshots are candid and honest; sometimes bad, sometimes stunning. They have a charming lack of guile and intention. Within the collection…

The VAULT Gallery

Description: VAULT Gallery is an artist-led exhibition space designed for emerging contemporary artists working in any medium. Supporting emerging contemporary artists by providing accessible and affordable exhibition space, the VAULT is run entirely by volunteers and admission is free to the general public. The gallery (a disused bank vault) offers a unique space for new ideas and approaches, whilst maintaining accessibility for the viewing public. For more information, please visit vaultgallery.o…