Manchester Culture Awards | Venture Arts are Finalists in Two Categories | 10 Oct 2018

BIG NEWS! Venture Arts are finalists in the Manchester Culture Awards We’re incredibly excited to announce that Venture Arts are officially finalists for the Manchester Culture Awards in both Promotion of Talent and Leadership & Promotion of Equality & Diversity categories! Thank you to everyone who kindly nominated us, this really means so much to us … Continued

Spilling Out: Castlefield Gallery and Venture Arts at The Manchester Contemporary 2018 (Booth 166) 12 October 2018 — 14 October 2018   Building on our long-standing partnership Castlefield Gallery and Venture Arts are pleased to be presenting Spilling Out at The Manchester Contemporary 2018. Spilling Out will include new and existing works in a range of mediums including ceramics, … Continued

Today marks the start of Conversations Series II in partnership with Castelfield Gallery and the Whitworth. We’re excited to announce the six selected artists who will be taking part in this new collaborative residency to work alongside each other to develop shared ideas, create new work, and reflect on the labels placed upon us by society. John … Continued

PERSPECTIVES | Fred Aldous | 1- 2 October 2018 11am-4pm Kicking off PERSPECTIVES, on the 1-2 October, live from the Northern Quarters’ Fred Aldous Ltd art suppliers, artist Leslie Thompson from Venture Arts and Manchester artist and illustrator Matt Girling will draw inspiration from their memories, as well as capturing the bustling environment and passers-by in … Continued

  Keep a look out for… Perspectives  Exhibitions | Happenings | Creative Exchanges Manchester and Salford  presented by Venture Arts October 2018       Credit: Photograph and GIF created by Ellie Walmsley Artwork: Self Portrait, ceramic head by Darren Gallagher

ARTIST CALL OUT | Conversations Series II   Venture Arts is calling for expressions of interest from visual artists to take part in their new project based in Manchester, Conversations Series II.   Conversations Series II, led by Venture Arts and in partnership with Castlefield Gallery and the Whitworth, will support a collaborative residency that will bring together … Continued

INTRODUCING our new Creative Producer | Jennifer Gilbert Jennifer has been with us for 6 weeks now and she has been settling in to her new life in Manchester after moving up from Brighton. She has hit the ground running planning our forthcoming events and exhibitions….More about there very soon! Here she shares some words … Continued

LEARNING DISABILITY WEEK 2018 Clive Parkinson | Arts and Health Blog   ”Now I’m getting whimsical – but collaborating with these inspiring and diverse people certainly made me who I am today. So it was, that last week I scrabbled about in the loft and pulled out a fat portfolio of paintings and drawings from … Continued

BIG NEWS   We are thrilled to announce that the wonderful Henry Smith Charity have awarded us 3 years of new funding to continue supporting learning disabled people through our Cultural Enrichment Programme. This comes exactly one month after our Making the Case Symposium which marked the completion of a successful series of Venture Arts’ … Continued

Learning Disability Week 2018 ‘Colour in Corrie’ by Amy Ellison   Learning Disability Week 2018 runs from the 18th- 24th of June. This year Mencap’s theme for Learning Disability Week is ‘Health’ with a big focus on their Treat Me Well campaign. To celebrate Learning Disability Week 2018 we are sharing artist Amy Ellison’s colouring … Continued