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CATALYST: Scholar Spotlight – Joshua Turner

Turner is a photographic artist exploring narratives of symbiosis between the landscape and the individual. ‘A Seat in the Shade’ is part of a larger body of work produced during the Venice Biennale 2019, where the artist undertook a stewarding fellowship co-ordinated by the British Council. Read more about it here!

CATALYST: Lunchtime tour!

Enjoy an informal tour of the current exhibition Catalyst at the New Adelphi Exhibition. Featuring a range of work by 16 alumni artists.

CATALYST: Scholar Spotlight – Adam Rawlinson

Rawlinson is an abstract painter primarily working in oils. His work explores the natural world, with a particular focus on lichen – a symbiotic natural organism. His new work 'The birds will sing, that you are part of everything' is now on show as a part of Catalyst: Celebrating 10 years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme. Read more about it here!

CATALYST: Scholar Spotlight – Lizzie King

Lizzie King uses analogue and digital printmaking and photography to explore the ‘narratives of our human-centred universe’. This work was one of two pieces commissioned for Rediscovering Salford in 2020, a city-wide project inviting artists to respond to green spaces in the city. Read more about it here!

CATALYST: Scholar Spotlight – Jack Jameson

Jack Jameson’s work presents a model utopia, inspired by mythology and folklore. In this world nature prevails, and the ‘forest nymph, water siren and rock troll dwell in in harmony – free to be’. The work combines craft, costume, 3D scanning, printing and rendering, photography, and animation - now on show at CATALYST: Celebrating 10 Years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme. Read more about it here!

CATALYST: Scholar Spotlight – Jesse Glazzard

Glazzard is a photographer and creative director working across personal, commercial and editorial fields. Their series LGBT+ Letters serves to counter the ‘complete lack of queer visibility’ the artist was met with upon coming- out while at secondary school; and aims to challenge the ‘stale stereotypes’ that still hamper the LGBTQIA+ community. - now on show at CATALYST: Celebrating 10 Years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme. Read more about it here!

CATALYST: Scholar Spotlight – Joe Fowler

‘Call to Industry’ is a ‘tongue-in-cheek exploration of Manchester’s fetishisation of industrial spaces and history, via a parody cult initiation video for an organisation which worships industry’ - now on show at CATALYST: Celebrating 10 Years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme. Read more about it here!

CATALYST: Scholar Spotlight – Elliott Flanagan

'A piece of something bigger' (2018) is a film by artist Elliott Flanagan, exploring class subcultures, and personal and social histories. It was shown as part of Art Film Season, but is back for CATALYST: Celebrating 10 Years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme. Read more about it here!

#WMHD2024 – Mindful gallery tours

To celebrate World Mental Health Day 2024, we've launched a new self-guided mindful gallery tour. Pickup a leaflet in the gallery, or download a copy online.