Get involved: Paid opportunities with the Albert Adams: In Context project
Deadline extended: apply now to work on an exciting project which brings together art, archives, visual culture and Black history.
Blog
Introducing – Rowan Pritchard, Art Collection Team Graduate Associate
A warm welcome to Fine Art alumni Rowan Pritchard, who joins the team for two years as Graduate Associate. Here Rowan reflects on their first few weeks in the role - including an entire store move!
Reflections on: Leaving (a study of Autumn)
To celebrate #NationalTreeWeek, artist Lowri Evans reflects on recent project Leaving, a participatory public event which took place under the trees of Salford in Autumn 2021
In The Studio: Babs Smith
As part of our new In the Studio series, we catch up with one of our 2020/21 Graduate Scholars, Babs Smith.
Take part: Leaving, a study of Autumn by Lowri Evans – November 2021
A drop in participatory event with artist Lowri Evans, inspired by Autumn, nature, and natural cycles - stop by for a chat, tea, and biscuits - on campus Thurs 11th Nov
October news: New colleague Alistair introduces our digitisation project & upcoming store move
An exciting period for the Art Collection as we move to a new central art store, and start a programme of digitisation - supported by new partner colleague Alistair Small
Artwork of the Month October 2021 – Albert Adams, selected by Dr Alice Correia
Our new 'artwork of the month' celebrates selected works from the Collection. This #blackhistorymonth art historian Dr Alice Correia explores a self portrait from our Albert Adams archive - ahead of a new symposium she will lead in 2022.
You Belong Here: Talks, tours & extended exhibition dates – plus new artwork launched
Great news - our collaborative exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery has been extended to Spring/Summer 2022
Introducing: Gwen Riley Jones, socially-engaged photographer in residence
Jones joins the Art Collection for 12 months, in partnership with Open Eye Gallery, to ask: "who are the collections for? What stories can they tell? Whose voice can we hear? And how can we think differently about them?"
Energy House: Artist-in-residence project to feature at COP26 showcase
Climate, Retrofitting and Photography: McCoy Wynne to Exhibit at COP26 Universities' Innovation Showcase