Venture Arts artists describe their Manchester Open highlights

Introduction from Amber…   The Manchester Open is an exhibition at HOME, an arts centre in Manchester that has a theatre, cinema, restaurant and gallery. People applied by themselves or through organisations to be part of the exhibition; it is full of art by people from different cultural backgrounds and different parts of Manchester. It … Continued

As part of their degree, four Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) second-year Event Management students Ceri Davies, Olivia Padley, Maisie Strong and Shauna de Waard (pictured here:) – otherwise known as Interlace Events – are organising and hosting an exciting new event as a fundraiser for Venture Arts.   The DiverCITY event will boast an array … Continued

Team Venture Arts is back for the Great Manchester Run 2020 on Sunday 24 May – making a supercharged effort to run 10k to raise £10k!   Last year’s team raised an amazing total of over £5,000. This time we aim to smash this amount to raise money for new cameras and digital equipment. Our … Continued

Other Transmissions: Conversations with Outsider Art A part of: Conversations Series led by Venture Arts Friday 14 February to Sunday 14 June 2020 The Whitworth, The University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER   Other Transmissions: Conversations with Outsider Art is a creative collaboration on equal terms between a group of six artists, with and … Continued

  Venture Arts are proud to announce that Leslie Thompson will be featured in the largest ever, monochrome exhibition of self-taught, disabled and outsider artists from around the world.   The Jennifer Lauren Gallery is proud to present Monochromatic Minds: Lines of Revelation at Candid Arts Centre in London, featuring black and white work from Madge Gill, Donald Mitchell … Continued

Venture Arts is beyond ecstatic to announce that we’ve been successful in our bid to The National Lottery Community Fund for a major 5-year grant.   This new funding will allow us to build on our brilliant Schools Projects and develop an exciting new training programme for our Artist Mentors. It will create lots of new opportunities for 18-25 year-olds, fund two paid roles at Venture Arts for learning disabled … Continued

Manchester Open Exhibition 2020 HOME Part of PUSH Festival Preview | Friday 17 January 2020 | 6-9pm Exhibition Dates | Saturday 18 January – Sunday 29 March 2020 HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester M15 4FN   Fourteen Venture Arts artists have been selected for HOME’s Manchester Open Exhibition as a part of PUSH Festival. Open … Continued

      We’re taking part in a a brand new virtual balloon race to raise a target of £1,500 for studio equipment.   We’re delighted to be GMCC’s Manchester charity partner for 2020 and we are taking advantage of a the Chamber’s new concept in fundraising developed by a Chamber member in Bolton.   The race … Continued

  “It really does not take long to see the sheer scale and adaptability of Venture Arts’ projects. Their versatility and community-centred outlook means that they are able to collaborate with Manchester’s vibrant and ever-changing art scene.” Written by Aisha Al-Janabi and Georgina Davidson, The Mancunion

  Thumbs Up Castlefield Gallery 24 January – 8 March 2020 Preview 23 January | 6-8pm Artists: Michael Beard, Frances Disley, Harry Meadley, and Leslie Thompson   Castlefield Gallery and Venture Arts present ‘Thumbs Up’.   Castlefield gallery will be reimagined by the artists as a place of research and learning, conversation and exchange. The … Continued