Narratives artist Laura Nathan on collaboration and creating art in Manchester Jewish Museum

Laura Nathan is a textile artist and facilitator at Venture Arts. She was one of twelve artists who took part in our ‘Conversations Series III: Narratives’ residency. Below she talks about her experience creating art through exploring a shared family history of the Holocaust with artist Sarah Lee.   “I’ve been a textiles facilitator at … Continued

In her latest blog Venture Arts artist Louise Hewitt visits ‘Althea McNish: Colour is Mine’ at The Whitworth.   Louise is passionate about art and culture, visiting Manchester’s wealth of museums and galleries to gain inspiration for her own art and to write her bi-monthly Venture Arts blog…       The Whitworth was founded in … Continued

We’re excited to be working with Outside In and The Whitworth to deliver the North West Hub for Artist Development, which aims to create and expand opportunities for artists who face barriers to participation in the arts world. As part of this programme we are delivering a series of artist residencies, our latest with artist, Paul David Clark. … Continued

In her latest blog Venture Arts artist Louise Hewitt makes a Christmas visit to Manchester Craft and Design Centre. Louise is passionate about art and culture, visiting Manchester’s wealth of museums and galleries to gain inspiration for her own art and to write her bi-monthly Venture Arts blog…     Manchester Craft and Design Centre was … Continued

We’re thrilled to announce that our partnership with Barry Bennet Ltd (a leading supplier of assistive technology and support) has been honoured with the award for Best Business Partnership at the Manchester Culture Awards 2022.  We started working with our friends at Barry Bennett Ltd back in January of 2021, when their staff completed a … Continued

We’re excited to be working with Outside In and The Whitworth to deliver the North West Hub for Artist Development, which aims to create and expand opportunities for artists who face barriers to participation in the arts world.   As well as running Artist Support Days, Regional Artist Development Officer, Ellie Page, has been organising artist residences … Continued

In her latest blog Venture Arts artist Louise Hewitt visits The Lowry to explore ‘Picture This’.  Louise is passionate about art and culture, visiting Manchester’s wealth of museums and galleries to gain inspiration for her own art and to write her bi-monthly Venture Arts blog…       The art exhibition I went to see is … Continued

In her latest blog Venture Arts artist Louise Hewitt visits The Whitworth to explore their wallpaper exhibition, ‘Open House’.  Louise is passionate about art and culture, visiting Manchester’s wealth of museums and galleries to gain inspiration for her own art and to write her bi-monthly Venture Arts blog…     I love the The Whitworth Art … Continued

It’s Learning Disability Week 2022 from 20th – 26th June. Mencap’s annual campaign is all about making sure the world hears what life is like if you have a learning disability.   It’s true that many people don’t know what a learning disability is, or what life can be like for somebody that has one. … Continued