EVENT | Venture Arts Festive Fair | 5 December

Venture Arts Festive Fair Thursday 5 December Venture Arts Studios 43 & Studio 53, Old Birley Street, Hulme, M15 5RF Book Now   Looking for some festive inspiration?   We’ve got the perfect event to kick-start the Christmas season and give you some good festive feels.   Escape from the hustle and bustle of the … Continued

Thank you Manchester, the most inclusive city in the world! – Amanda Sutton, Director, Venture Arts   We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Venture Arts have won a Manchester Culture Award for Inspiring Innovation for our partnership ship with Castlefield Gallery and the Whitworth.   This exciting partnership between Venture Arts, Castlefield Gallery and … Continued

Venture Arts are finalists in the Manchester Culture Awards 2019   Venture Arts are thrilled to be finalists for the second year running in two categories:   Promotion of Talent and Leadership – Venture Arts Venture Arts is an inspiring organisation. They champion the perspectives and skills of learning disabled artists, through artistic development initiatives and … Continued

“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first” – Ernestine Ulmer Who doesn’t have something to say about eating?     Tabletop invites diners to share stories and experiences of food through art and eating. Around the dinner table will be a showcase of artwork by Venture Arts artists who are inspired by all things edible. Guests will also be able to … Continued

  We are really pleased to see we’re in Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s  The Business magazine – hot off the press! We’re on P48: ‘Assmann and Venture Arts collaborate to display work of learning disabled artists’ in Assmann’s new design showroom, Spring Gardens. More about the Show Space partnership here.

Venture Arts is delighted to be working in partnership with Assman UK to showcase the work of talented Manchester artists with learning disabilities. Venture Arts is holding a showcase event on 24 October – giving businesses and donors the chance to hear about the fantastic benefits of working with and supporting Venture Arts.   In … Continued

Venture Arts invite visitors to engage with artists, academics, curators and experts to explore the emergent positioning of learning disabled artists.     This year Venture Arts, a progressive visual art organisation working with learning disabled artists based in Hulme, Manchester, will highlight two of it’s most prominent Manchester based artists, Barry Anthony Finan and … Continued

Venture Arts Artists Amongst 80 Selected for ‘Environments’, Outside In’s National Open Art Exhibition.   Piano Nobile Gallery, Kings Place, London Opens: 28 October 2019 – 1 January 2020       We are delighted that Venture Arts artists Amy Bell, Deborah Makinde and Leslie Thompson have been selected to feature in ‘Environments’, Outside In’s national … Continued

We are thrilled to announce that artist Leslie Thompson has been selected to feature in Project Ability‘s exhibition, It’s In the Detail, as a part of Glasgow International Festival 2020 from 24 April – 10 May 2020.       The theme for 2020 is Attention. As much a method or approach as a theme, Attention asks us … Continued

”Make no mistake, the work that I saw at Venture Arts is refreshing in its ease, exciting in its execution. Art without the standard artists’ concern for whether their work will be liked, recognised and applauded. So refreshing.” Interviewed by Horace at Venture Arts. by Richard Morris, Manchester’s Finest.