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2024/25 Graduate Scholar Announcement

The University of Salford Art Collection, in partnership with Castlefield Gallery and Wallace & Seymour, are proud to present our 2024 cohort for the Graduate Scholarship Programme!

‘Where should we be now?’ New commissions at Castlefield Gallery

The University of Salford Art Collection are delighted to launch two new commissions, by artists Jeff Knopf (University alumnus) and Theo Simpson, this July 2024

Harold Riley works now on display at The Old Fire Station Bakery

To coincide with the celebration of Harold Riley's life through the Every Line Is Me exhibition at Salford Museum and Gallery, we have put up some more of his pieces in The Old Fire Station across the road.

Graphic representing the Open Call. Text reads: SBR022 Open Call Samarbeta Music Residency Responding to the Hybrid Futures Exhibition

Opportunity: Samarbeta Open Call Residency in response to Hybrid Futures

Apply now for Samarbeta Open Call Residency for musicians to respond to the Hybrid Futures exhibition at Salford Museum & Art Gallery.

A stylised image of procussionist Jennifer Walinetski, in the angular Conductor costume, in a dramatic pose, holding a drum stick in each hand. Behind her are the dramatic and angular foam walls of the Anecoic Chamber at the University of Salford.

New writing on Mishka Henner’s electrifying performance ‘The Conductor’

Two new pieces of writing in response to the debut of The Conductor, a brand new performance artwork developed by Mishka Henner as part of his Energy House 2.0 artist residency. Read reviews from Lizzie King and Jack Nicholls for Corridor8.

A photograph showing dark sillouttes, backlit in blue, as the figures watch The Conductor by Mishka Henner, in the reverberation chamber at the University of Salford.

A Sensory Journey Through Sound and Silence: The Conductor by Mishka Henner – Review by Lizzie King

Lizzie King reviews The Conductor by Mishka Henner, presented as part of the Energy House 2.0 Artist Residencies at Sounds From the Other City, 2024.

Elliott Flanagan’s A Piece of Something Bigger showing soon!

A Piece of Something Bigger officially begins showing on Thursday 23rd May 2024, coinciding with the University of Salford Degree Show!

The silhouette of a percussionist is visible from the upper thighs, wielding two drumsticks, against a backdrop of tumultuous clouds, surrounded by lighting.

Mishka Henner, The Conductor | The world’s thunder comes to Salford

Have you heard the latest news from our Energy House 2.0 Artist Residency Programme? Mishka Henner brings The Conductor to Salford for a world-first at Sounds of the Other City on Sunday 5th May.

A graphic representing the Hybrid Futures Symposiu. Text reads: Hybrid Futures Fri 10 May, Salford. Symposium Making, Showing and Collecting Art in a Time of Climate Crisis. Organic shapes from the Hybrid Futures branding shows green post-it notes written in response to the Hybrid Futures exhibition at Salford 2024.

Book now for the Hybrid Futures Symposium in Salford

Join us and our Hybrid Futures partners for the Hybrid Futures Symposium taking place on the 10th May 2024 at The Old Fire Station, Univeristy of Salford.

Craig Easton : Is Anybody Listening? Commissioning and Collecting Socially Engaged Photography

A summary of the Socially Engaged Photography Symposium held in February 2024 as part of the 'Craig Easton : Is Anybody Listening?' tour.