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Venture Arts is a progressive visual arts charity based in Manchester with over 30 years of experience
We work alongside learning disabled artists to create exciting new collaborative visual art work using a range of art mediums including illustration, photography, moving image, animation, textiles, printing, ceramics, 3D and paper art and multimedia.
Each year we deliver over 1,700 in house visual art sessions. Our studio is a social, safe and inspiring environment where our team of professional artist tutors nurture individual talents and creativity, supporting all our participants to discover and develop their unique artistic identity.
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Weekly Structure
Monday
Workshop title 1
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 2
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Tuesday
Workshop title 1
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Wednesday
Workshop title 1
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 5
Associate artists Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Thursday
Friday
Workshop title 4
Associate artists Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Saturday
Workshop title 1
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 3
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 4
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 3
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 4
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 3
Associate artists Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 3
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 4
Associate artists Barry Finan & Josh Brown
Workshop title 3
Barry Finan & Josh Brown
The studio
Our accessible art studio is based in Hulme, close to Manchester city centre. The studio is a welcoming, friendly and respectful place, working in painting, illustration, animation, photography, printmaking, ceramics, textiles and more.
The studio features a dark room, a kiln, printing press, digital photographic and video equipment, and specialist textiles equipment. Artists use iMacs, MacBooks and iPads as well as professional editing software such as Photoshop and AfterEffects.
Find us
Our Hulme-based studio is fully accessible and close to Manchester city centre so there are many ways to get to us. Here are some transport options, but before visiting please give us a call and we can give you advice about the best transport options.
By car
If you are driving, we have disabled parking just outside our studio on Old Birley Street.
By bus
Buses from the Piccadilly Gardens are – Stagecoach 85 and 86. Both stop very nearby but the 86 stops outside Hulme Garden Centre (across the road from us!). The Arriva 263 and stagecoach 250 stop at Stretford Road, 3 minute walk away. ou can plan you journey at stagecoachbus.com or arrivabus.co.uk
By train
Oxford Road is the closest rail station to Venture Arts and there are bus stops outside The Principal Hotel where you can get the Stagecoach 86 or 85. For information on train services, routes and timetables, please visit the following links:
www.virgintrains.co.uk
www.nationalrail.co.uk
Or call +44 (0)8457 484950
By tram
The nearest Metrolink stop to Venture Arts is Deansgate-Castlefield, which is around a fifteen minute walk away. For more information please visit www.metrolink.co.uk
On foot
We are walking distance from Oxford Road train station. You can find direction to Venture Arts using Google Maps, just type in Venture Arts as your destination and your location as your journey origin.
By bicycle
There are on street bike racks available directly outside our studio and we are happy to find extra room if needs be.
Educational tools
Open 6 days a week we offer 20 accessible arts sessions per week led by our fab and friendly professional artists.
Our programme is developed for all abilities and interests providing a variety of subjects and mediums aimed at giving each participant new progressive experiences of art and the creative process.
Before you join, we will invite you to come to the studio for a chat and meet some of the other artists you will be working alongside. We can also talk about what interests you so we can match you with the right workshop for you.
Venture Arts Collective
VA Collective is a group of people who have an interest in the work of learning disabled artists as a part of the contemporary visual arts scene in Manchester and beyond.
We will be organising a series of events, masterclasses and showcases that will explore and further conversations around disability in visual arts practice. Aimed at artists, curators, arts organisations, academics and friends of the organisation, we hope to build a voice for diverse practice, have exciting discussions and make progress in society for learning disabled people.
Get involved
Venture Arts, 43 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RF
+44 0161 232 1223
info@venturearts.org
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