EXHIBITION & WORKSHOP | Artists present ‘Grow’ for Hey Clay! 2019

Find out more about how we’re celebrating all things clay and releasing inners potters for this years Hey Clay! with an exhibition and one off Slab-Built Plant Pot Workshop.

Manchester 10-Clay event to coincide with the Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run 10k     Talented learning disabled ceramicists from Venture Arts are taking part in a special 10-Clay event to create clay cups in celebration of their Venture Arts team mates who will be running their arts out at the Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run 10k … Continued

10 Phenomenal Artists From April-June 2019, we’ll be introducing you to 10 of our artists, week-by-week. Read their fascinating stories and see how your support helps learning disabled people access a world of new opportunities at Venture Arts. The first in this campaign is: #1 Horace Lindezey Born: 1966   |   Coming to VA since: 1991   |   Artforms: Everything Proudest VA … Continued

Sara Jaspan reviews Jennie Franklin’s solo exhibition ‘Well Done, Good Draw’ at Bury Art Museum Amidst these undulating and unregulated rhythms, a cast of familiar children’s television characters, onomatopoeic phrases and brand logos repeatedly appear; their persistence reminding me of the medley of songs (earworms) that never quite leave my own head. – Sara Jaspan … Continued

World Autism Awareness Week 2019   “Society should be more accepting of people and not assume they can’t do things… we need to celebrate difference and make sure that people recognise what great things people with disabilities can do.” – Amber   We couldn’t have said it better ourselves! To celebrate Autism Awareness Week 2019, … Continued

  ‘Other Transmissions’ is a touring project launching at Tate Liverpool as a Tate Exchange event from 20 – 24 March 2019, coalescing around a programme of drop-in workshops and talks informed by ‘Conversations Series II’ artist residencies led by Venture Arts’ with programme partners’ Castlefield Gallery and the Whitworth.   Artists: Joe Beedles, James Desser, Amy Ellison, Frances Heap, Andrew Johnstone and John … Continued

Venture Arts are proud to announce that their Create to Educate – Schools Project has received a grant of £17,790 from People’s Postcode Trust.   Venture Arts are delighted to have received a grant from People’s Postcode Trust to help us to continue our Create to Educate – Working in Schools programme.   Our Schools … Continued

2017 -18 heralded big changes for Venture Arts as we scaled up our staff team and artist development programme, and started to gain increasing influence on a regional and national stage. Read our annual review here to find out what we got up to: Designed by Naomi Davies https://issuu.com/venturearts1/docs/annual_review_2017-18

The Conversations Series new website documents a five-month long artistic collaboration which began by looking at how artists see themselves, how the art world sees them and the tricky area of labelling of art genres   https://www.conversations-series.com/   Conversations Series is a programme of four artistic projects and residencies delivered by Venture Arts aimed at creating new work in … Continued

    We’re excited to announce that Venture Arts have received a grant for £25,000 from The Garfield Weston Foundation that will help us to continue our core studio programme – Nurturing the artistic talents of learning disabled artists.    Our dynamic artistic programme provides a social and stimulating environment for learning disabled people to … Continued