Do you want to help us put on better events, exhibitions, and decide on new additions to our programme? Then give us your feedback with the new 2025 Annual Survey!

The University of Salford Art Collection, Paradise Works, Islington MIll, Hot Bed Press, and our associates at Castlefield Gallery got together with our current Graduate Scholars to have a look at what they have been up to in their new studios.

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Hello Curatorial Intern Cami O’Hagan here, this will be my final takeover for spotlighting these artworks. It has been a privilege in showing you my journey in discovering the work of Albert Adams through auditing the University’s Special Collection!

Read more about the Special Collection here!

Cami O’Hagan back again! Covering all things Albert Adams in celebration of the University’s Special Collection! Familiarizing you with his life and work.

Read more about the Special Collection here!

Want to know more about our Artists in Residence at Energy House 2.0? In this special edition of Talking Salford Podcast, both Mishka Henner and Emily Speed talk about their practices, projects, careers, and the work they are doing in collaboration with Energy House 2.0!

Curatorial Intern Cami O’Hagan takes over the Art Collection’s feed to bring you artwork(s) of the month for November!

Read more about the Special Collection here!

RHS Garden Bridgewater Artist in Residence
In collaboration with the University of Salford Art Collection, the residency at RHS Bridgewater offers an exciting opportunity to explore the garden and its heritage from a new perspective

Find out more here!

‘Condescending Order’ is a series of zines produced on a monthly basis in 2015, reflecting current political themes. Usually produced in an A5 booklet format, each zine has a variety of formats including poetry, collage and illustration. This series of Zines by Meg Woods is currently on display as a part of CATALYST: Celebrating 10 Years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme.

Read more about it here!

Team Assistant Sam tells us of his time at Frieze 2024 and the variety of work he saw.

Read more here.

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!

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

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!

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!

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!

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!

‘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!

‘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!

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.

Recently, the Hybrid Futures: Hypersea event premiered at Salford Museum & Art Gallery as part of Fat Out Fest, our team assistant Sam gives his thoughts

Alena Ruth Donely exhibits at our new exhibitions CATALYST with their piece ‘Wavy Lady’, 2020.

Find out more here!

During the pandemic, the Art Collection was successful in acquiring two new prints from the Derbyshire SLS (School Library Service) deaccessioning scheme, co-ordinated by Buxton Museum & Art Gallery. We received works by artists Brendan Neiland and Michael Stokoe, complimenting prints we already held by them. The works add to our modest but strong collection of regional printmaking. Art Collection Intern Cami O’Hagan finds out more about the artists & their work below.

An introduction post from Collection Intern and recent graduate Cami O’Hagan, working with the team this Summer / Autumn on collections care, cataloguing and our exhibitions & events programme.

Aidan Doyle’s work explores the relationship with the inner self and the outside world. Using fragmented imagery devoid of original context, the artist considers the choices we have to make on how we portray ourselves to the world: what we choose to share and perform, and what we choose to hide from view.

Read more about it here!

Rorschach Women is part of a larger body of work titled Bathing in the Rorschach. Using a Go Pro camera submerged underwater, the artist captures ethereal and fluid moments, which are then digitally manipulated to create intriguing semi-abstracted imagery, intricate patterns, and symmetrical forms.

Read more about it here!

Join us on the 9th of October 2024 to celebrate our newest exhibition CATALYST – featuring 16 artists from across the North West.

Eventbrite link here!

Memory Compression (2017) is an audiovisual work by Joe Beedles, combining digital video, music, and generative technologies. It is currently being presented as part of CATALYST: Celebrating 10 Years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme.

Read more about it here!

2 artworks from Mollie Balshaw’s Painting Sandwich series are now on display as a part of CATALYST: Celebrating 10 Years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme!

Read more about it here!

Lubna Ali’s ‘My Tiles’, last shown in Print Unltd, is on display as part of our celebratory exhibition!

Katie Aird’s ‘Entropy’ is current on display at CATALYST.

Learn more here!

Suraj Adekola exhibits at our new exhibitions CATALYST with his piece ‘We Should All Be Blacks 6’, 2022.
Find out more here!

Our partners at esea contemporary are holding an exhibition preview for Steph Huang’s There is nothing old under the sun, featuring a new co-commission with the University of Salford Art Collection.

We hope you can come!

The Hybrid Futures exhibition closes on the 22nd September 2024, marking the end of the three year project. To celebrate we’ve teamed up with Fat Out Fest 2024 on a new artist residency and performance!

An in-conversation event between both writers, and artists Jeffrey Knopf and Theo Simpson will be deep diving into the current exhibition on the 14th September, 2-3:30pm at Castlefield Gallery.

Get your tickets!

2024 marks the 10th year of the Graduate Scholarship Programme. To coincide with this we’re having various celebrator events in different locations – up and coming is our newest exhibition CATALYST – Celebrating 10 years of the Graduate Scholarship Programme.

Our friends at Salford Museum and Art Gallery are running some Hybrid Futures activities alongside their Summer Holiday programme. Junk Model Insects Tuesday 30th July 2024 Make a minibeast in junk modelling sessions and pick up a self-led insect hunt to use in the park afterwards. Find out more here! Raindrop Mobiles Tuesday 6th August 2024 […]

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Artist in Residence with Energy House 2.0, Emily Speed, discusses her work and sustainability.

Sam Parker shares his thoughts on LOOK Climate Lab 2024 at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, featuring work from Energy House 2.0 Artist-in-Residence Mishka Henner.

Our annual scheme – now celebrating its 10th year – is now open to applications to 2024 Graduates from the School of Art, Media and Creative Techology

Following artist Gwen Riley Jones’ 18 month residency with the University of Salford Art Collection, a new publication shares reflections on socially-engaged practice and the relevance of collections today.

Help shape our future programming – and enter our prize draw for a £15 Salford Museum cafe voucher! (t&c’s apply).

This year we present a series of artist film screenings from the University of Salford Art Collection, each with an international focus, at the New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery from March to June 2024.

RSVP to the Open Eye Gallery Private View and launch of ‘LOOK Climate Lab 2024’! 6-8 PM on Thursday the 8th of February.

Join us in Birkenhead on 29th February for a thought-provoking symposium around socially engaged photography practice. Free to attend – book now!

Our curator, Lindsay Taylor, reflects on a successful year of exhibitions, commissions and partnership working – with more to come!

Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening & Our Time, Our Place comes to Salford. Find out more about the exhbition tour & engagement programme so far. PLUS all the details of the exhibition at the University.

Rowan Pritchard joined the Art Collection as a Graduate Associate in 2021. After two years with the Collection, Rowan shares refelctions, hightlights and behind the scenes snaps from her time working with the Collection.

The University of Salford Art Collection awarded a platinum Green Impact award for 2022-23, plus special Community Action Award for Hybrid Futures work.

A warm welcome to Sam Parker, our new Team Assistant (Graduate Associate), who reflects on some of our recent programme.

Lizzie King and Gwen Riley Jones share recipies and reflections from Sustaining Photography in four new blog posts.

Artist Lizzie King shares her motivations for working on Sustaining Photography, and why working sustainably as an artist is important to her practice.

Socially Engaged Photographer Gwen Riley Jones shares why the Sustaining Photography project is important to her.

The University of Salford Art Collection and Castlefield Gallery present Salford Scholars at The Manchester Contemporary 2023.

The Sustaining Photography team share step by step instructions on how to make your own plant-based film developer.

Step by step instructions on how to make you’re on plant-based sun prints from the Sustaining Photography team, Gwen Riley Jones and Lizzie King.

Lizzie King and Gwen Riley Jones present Sustaining Photography, an exhibition exploring plant-based alternatives to traditional photography PLUS an exciting engagement programme.

Recent acquisition ‘The Sisyphus Suite’ by Cecile Elstein is now on display in the Clifford Whitworth Library Exhibition Space.

“Visibilities manifests as a focused, thoughtful display that brings works together to address diversity, both in regional communities, and globally.” Mike Pinnington, The Double Negative

Art Collection Team Assistant Rowan, who curated Visibilities, our current exhibition at the New Adelphi, dives deeper into one of the artworks on display for August’s Artwork of the Month.

This role is open to 2023 BA Graduates from the University of Salford, preferably from an Arts subject, who are interested in starting or developing a career in the arts, museums and galleries sector.

Join Visibilities curator Rowan Pritchard, with Stephanie Fletcher (Art Collection, Assistant Curator) for a lunchtime tour of Visibilities: Shaping a story of now.

Every year the Collection runs a number of Live Briefs for our students to work with – and respond to – the Collection in different ways. This month on our blog we feature new work by MA Contemporary Fine Art student Ann Olih,

The University of Salford Art Collection & Castlefield Gallery announce the five graduate artists awarded a place on annual Graduate Sholarship Programme.

The University of Salford Art Collection is delighted to announce Emily Speed as the second artist-in-residence with Energy House 2.0, in partnership with Castlefield Gallery. 

The Team has been awarded two Green Impact National Awards: Innovation for Engagement and Sustainability Hero, for their continuing commitment to sustainability action and engagement.

Launching Hybrid Futures, a multi-part collaboration focusing on climate, sustainability, collaborative learning and co-production.

Team Assistant Rowan Pritchard curates latest on-campus exhibition ‘Visibilities’ coming soon. Save the date: exhibition launch 25th May.

The University of Salford is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Salford artist, Harold Riley, on 18th April 2023 at the age of 88.

Applications open for final year BA students and current MA students to respond to Craig Easton exhibition Is Anybody Listening? Our Time, Our Place.

University of Salford Sustainability Engagement Officer Marta Strzelecka selects artwork of the month in honour of Go Green Salford.

The University of Salford Art Collection is delighted to announce Mishka Henner as the first artist-in-residence with Energy House 2.0, in partnership with Open Eye Gallery and Castlefield Gallery. 

Our annual Graduate Scholarship Programme, run alongside Castlefield Gallery, is now open for applications for 2023.

University of Salford Art Collection is now inviting applications for the second residency in collaboration with Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.

Gwen Riley Jones refelcts on a blog first written in May 2022 discussing early work with Salford Youth Council and the origins of ‘feeling triangle’.

A Throwbhack Thursday blog ahead of the launch of new exhibition ‘Some Days I Feel Triangle’.

Gwen gets to know members of Salford Youth Council. Their conversation begins by discussing ‘What is NOT art?’

The University of Salford Art Collection are seeking BA or MA students from the School of Art, Media and Creative Technology, to produce 2 new portraits – one of outgoing Vice-Chancellor Helen Marshall and one of new Chancellor Lucy Meacock. 

Opportunity: Is Anybody Listening? Our Time, Our Place – Evaluator (Freelance). February 2023 – May 2024. Deadline: Friday 3rd February 2023

North West touring exhibition Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening? launching 12th Jan at Open Eye Gallery, and Our Time, Our Place engagement programme for young people.

From 1st February 2022, Artist in residence Gwen Riley Jones and members of Salford Youth Council take over the campus gallery – for a new show that celebrates wellbeing and creativity.

Fixed Fee: Location: Reporting to: Duration: £21,300 (£300 per day/ one day per week/ 71 weeks) Northwest and hybrid Curator, University of Salford Art Collection December 2022 – April 2024 Context: It is a significant occasion for a Northwest artist – Craig Easton – to win Sony World Photographer of the Year (2021) with his […]

A unique opportunity to spend 18 months working on a residency project inspired by environmental issues, climage change, net zero, and housing. First deadline: 28th Nov

Socially Engaged Photographer Gwen Riley Jones discusses the LOOK Photo Biennial 2022: Climate x University of Salford

Writer and curator Greg Thorpe reflects on the work of Albert Adams and his visit to the University of Salford Art Collection stores to explore the Albert Adams archive.

New projects by McCoy Wynne, Megan Powell and Gwen Riley Jones each explore issues around the climate crisis, environment, and sustainability.

A deeper dive into Rachel’s new work, discussing themes of feminism, surrealism and the human-animal psyche. Thurs 27th Oct @ 5.30pm.

Peer to Peer: UK/HK 2022 is a programme designed to encourage meaningful cultural exchange and to forge enduring partnerships between the UK and Hong Kong’s visual arts sectors.

Socially Engaged Photographer Gwen Riley Jones discusses Salford Youth Council’s visit to the University of Salford Art Collection’s new store and Theirs, Yours, Ours: queer and non-binary perspectives on identity.

Castlefield Gallery and the University of Salford Art Collection announce the six graduate artists awarded a place on their annual scheme: Suraj Adekola, Adian Dolye, Joe Fowler, Alfie Lane, Jacob Longcake, and Laura Socas.

Our Albert Adams project curatorial assistant, PhD student Yanxi Wu, reflects on the fascinating challenges and extraordinary discoveries on her first curatorial experience in the UK.

Anthotype workshops at the Rediscover Salford event remind us to choose more sustainable ways to live.

Salford-based, internationally acclaimed artist Rachel Goodyear to exhibit at Salford Museum & Art Gallery from 15 July 2022

Socially Engaged Photographer in Residence Gwen Riley Jones discusses her work with Action for Conservation, the RHS, the Planting for the Planet exhibition, and anthotypes.

Salford Rediscovered is a celebratory closing party to mark the end of the Rediscovering Salford project, a city-wide programme of events which highlight and celebrate Salford’s green spaces – inspired by the launch of RHS Bridgewater gardens.  

Video artwork Homage to the Rain by Antony Barkworth Knight – selected by the Action for Conservation youth group – will be on display at RHS Garden Bridgewater this summer.

With applications for the 22/23 Graduate Scholarship Programme now open, this month we spoke with current graduate scholar Jeffrey Knopf. As part of his bespoke scholarship, Knopf was awarded a studio space at Paradise Works here in Salford, we check in with him at his studio, for our ongoing ‘In the Studio’ feature.

Our outgoing Digital Content and Engagement Officer, Alistair Small, offers some reflections on the collection’s digitisation project.

The Graduate Scholarship Programme, now in its eighth year, is open for applications for the 2022 cohort.
Deadline: 9.00am Monday 23rd May 2022.

A guest post from Alexandra Mitchell – Archivist at The University of Salford – who reveals the unique collection of archival material in the University’s Brass Band Archive – one of the inspirations behind the artwork The Storm Cone.

We are delighted to announce a new co-commissioned exhibition by Salford based artist Rachel Goodyear, in partnership with Grundy Art Gallery

Theirs, Yours, Ours brings together the work of four University of Salford Alumni who explore queer and non-binary perspectives through print, photography, painting, and installation. 30 Mar – 30 Sept, New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery.

We celebrate Spring and the final months of the You Belong Here exhibition with a new series of events – starting on Sat 2nd April

Gwen gets to know members of Salford Youth Council. Their conversation begins by discussing ‘What is NOT art?’

In the first of a new series highlighting the work of artists in our collection, our Digital Content and Engagement Officer, Alistair Small, pays a visit to the South Manchester studio of Cecile Elstein. 

We are delighted to share the beta version/soft launch of our new online catalogue, featuring hundreds of images – some digitised for the first time.

Hosted by Dr. Alice Correia, the study day will touch on a range of topics from self-portraiture, post-war painting, Black modernism, masculinity and sexuality, and the South African artistic community in London

Friday 28th January Panel Discussion: Are You Living Comfortably? Creating a Culture of Energy Efficiency In Our Homes.

Our Socially Engaged Photographer-in-Residence, Gwen Riley Jones, select’s Wu Chi-Tsung’s ‘Wrinkled Texture 027’, 2015 as January’s Artwork of the Month.

We’re very excited to be launching Are You Living Comfortably? by McCoy Wynne, as part of LOOK Climate Lab 2022 at Open Eye Gallery next week!

In our annual Christmas newsletter, Curator Lindsay Taylor wraps up some of the highlights of the year – Plus, a new exhibition review by Corridor 8

Our Socially Engaged Photographer in Residence – Gwen Riley Jones – shares an update on her residency.

To mark #UKDisabilityHistoryMonth, we’re sharing the work of our 2021 collaborator Vital Capacities – a digital residency project established by videoclub, which embeds accessibility into practice and design.

Our current digitisation programme has allowed us a much closer look at the works in our collection – drawing out deeper details and interpretations. This month we reflect on watercolour triptych ‘Fog Series’ by Ma Qiusha

Deadline extended: apply now to work on an exciting project which brings together art, archives, visual culture and Black history.

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!

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

As part of our new In the Studio series, we catch up with one of our 2020/21 Graduate Scholars, Babs Smith.

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

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

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.

Great news – our collaborative exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery has been extended to Spring/Summer 2022

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?”

Climate, Retrofitting and Photography: McCoy Wynne to Exhibit at COP26 Universities’ Innovation Showcase

Our new commission with Salford based artist Lowri Evans takes inspiration from the trees around the city. Submit your favourites to the #SalfordTree inventory – and look out for participatory sessions in Autumn!

VITAL CAPACITIES by VIDEOCLUB: Introducing a new video work by co-commissioned artist Seo Hye Lee, alongside new works by fellow residency artists Linda Stupart and Laura Lulika

Castlefield Gallery and the University of Salford Art Collection announce the five graduate artists awarded a place on their annual scheme: Katie Aird, Daniel Callan, Jeffrey Knopf, Henna Mahmood, Sara Rawat

Book your free tickets now to our new exhibition with Salford Museum and Art Gallery. Salford based artists Lizzie King, Jack Brown, Hilary Jack and Cheddar Gorgeous show new commissions alongside historic works and archives.

Artist Seo Hye Lee draws from her hearing loss experience to explore hearing, listening, communication and mis-communication, in this new digital residency programme – from 1st June 2021.

The Manchester Print Workshop was based at the University in the 1980s – and produced a vibrant body of work. Did you work, study or visit during the time – and have any memories to share?

New Augmented Reality artwork The Storm Cone launches in Peel Park in May 2021 – featuring staff, students and friends of the University of Salford

New commissions by Salford based artists Jack Brown, Cheddar Gorgeous, Hilary Jack and Lizzie King – which explore and celebrate local green spaces. Set to launch on 29th May 2021.

We are delighted to share that Salford alumnus Craig Easton has been named at Photographer of the Year in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards

Annual scholarship scheme for University of Salford graduates now open for applications – deadline 9am on 4th May 2021.

New article by Sara Jaspan for The Fourdrinier magazine explores Salford’s local radical history and development of green spaces – inspired by our Rediscovering Salford programme.

In collaboration with Open Eye Gallery, we are delighted to announce a new commission with photographers Stephanie Wynne and Steve McCoy at Energy House, Salford

The 2019 film, by Antony Barkworth-Knight, celebrates the experience of rainfall around the globe, through crowd-sourced footage. Showing online from 15th January,

Join UOS Curator Lindsay Taylor, with Open Eye Gallery Director Sarah Fisher, for a presentation at Museum 2050 online symposium – responding to this years’ theme of ‘collaboration’. 5th – 6th December 2020.

Ahead of joining the judging panel for the Sony World Photography Awards, UOS curator Lindsay Taylor takes part in an online Q&A with the organisation.

Limited edition prints and t-shirts now available, featuring Salford-based or Salford-inspired artworks from our permanent collection!

Originally part of our summer micro-commissions programme.

Four exciting new commissions from Salford based artists Jack Brown, Cheddar Gorgeous, Hilary Jack and Lizzie King.

The artists, selected in partnership with Islington Mill and Paradise Works studios, will make new works exploring the parks & green spaces of Salford.

20 artworks launched online today, including 5 new commissions for the Collection – plus a series of social media takeovers alongside.
The exhibition, part of the Peer to Peer UK/HK festival, will run from 11 Nov – 13 Dec.

As part of Peer to Peer UK/HK online festival, we welcome Hong Kong based composer, artist and writer Shane Aspegren for a week long ‘takeover’ on our Instagram. Shane will share recent work, including meditative sound art for ‘wellness during lockdown’.

Energy House at the University of Salford is the first facility of its type in the world – a two bedroom, brick-built terraced house inside an environmentally controllable chamber. We’re looking for a photographer to respond to the unique site.

Now on display at Museum of Liverpool’s digital screens: ‘The Lives We Lead’ by Kiara Mohamed. Part of our summer #covidcommissions programme, in collaboration with Open Eye Gallery.
28th October – 11th November

Book now for free tickets to our UK/HK online festival – featuring 4 days of talks on art, activism, climate, archives, digital, collaboration & more

Creative writing alumni Jazmine Linklater has launched a new poetry book with Guillemot Press; inspired by artworks in the collection by Ruth Barker & Hannah Leighton-Boyce.

Announcing a new online festival of international exchange and collaboration, 11-14 November. Curated by Ying Kwok and organised by the University of Salford Art Collection, Open Eye Gallery, and Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art.

A new Q&A with Manchester-based artist Mandy Cleveland, one of six artists commissioned this Summer. Mandy discusses new work that reflects on feelings of ‘personal and global’ uncertainty during Covid 19.

Beginningless Mind will be streamed online with interactive elements, from 1st September at 6pm BST, via Somerset House Studios. The three-fold audio-visual narrative will examine the ‘flowing process of interconnectedness’

Now available to watch online in full, Birds or Borders is a new animated video by Parham Ghalamdar. Alongside, read a new Q&A with the artist and UOS Curator Lindsay Taylor.

The first in a series of new GIFs by artist Sarah Eyre, responding to the “feeling of being on the cusp; of being suspended between different spaces and states…” during Covid 19

The final in our current series of micro-commissions. Painter Mollie Balshaw records themself painting in the studio – revealing the usually private ‘performance’ behind the work.

The fourth in a series of micro-commissions for artists living, working, or from Salford. Artist & art technician Richard Shields has illustrated an imagined exhibition of works from our art collection…

The University of Salford is delighted to announce Mandy Cleveland as the fifth of six artists selected for new commissions for the Collection

The first of two blog posts with artist Jack Tan, discussing his new commission ‘Tale As Old As Time’. Jack talks with us about the tradition of ‘disaster ceramics’ , and key moments in Chinese civil rights history in the UK.

For the final in our series of new commissions this Summer, the University of Salford Art Collection has teamed up with AND Festival and Somerset House Studios to commission a new digital work by Marija Bozinovska Jones.

The third in a series of micro-commissions, inviting artists to respond to our Collection. Digital artist Pat Flynn has re-interpreted a body of his own work from 2015.

Co-commissioned by the Collection in 2017, the film is now screening online – with new reflections on the topics of the work in light of Covid 19.

The second of our Spring Salford micro-commissions. Photographer Jesse Glazzard revisits a series of work that explores LGBTQ+ identity, class, politics, and creative practice.

In partnership with Castlefield Gallery, the University of Salford is delighted to announce Parham Ghalamdar as the fourth of six artists selected for new commissions for the Collection during COVID 19.

The final in a series of poems shared each week during Covid 19, from our Chancellor and Writer-in-residence Jackie Kay.

We are pleased to announce the third in a series of new artist commissions this Summer.

The latest in a series of weekly poems shared by Chancellor and Writer-in-Residence Jackie Kay CBE

Following our virtual support sessions for artists applying to ACE Emergency Funding, we’re pleased to offer further bookable online studio visits for contemporary artists.

Sharing the first of our Spring micro-commissions, from Paradise Works member Katie Tomlinson. July 2020

Announcing the first in a series of new co-commissions for the Collection, during covid-19. North West based artists Kiara Mohamed and Sarah Eyre are commissioned in partnership with Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool.

The latest in a series of weekly poems. This week, we are sharing Jackie’s poem ‘Caravan in Avielochan’, which has been written to celebrate Gay Pride. Originally published in the collection BANTAM (2017).

The latest in a series of poems, shared weekly online during Covid 19.

We are pleased to announce the online launch of Everything I Have is Yours by Eileen Simpson and Ben White (Open Music Archive) –
an ambitious film and sound work that looks back to the first decade of the UK pop charts (1952-62).

Announcing the Graduate Scholars for the seventh year of our programme, in partnership with Castlefield Gallery and the School of Arts and Media,

The project supports final year students for one year after graduation, including mentoring, support, and studio space.

The latest in a series of weekly poems by University Chancellor Jackie Kay CBE, which reflect on life during lockdown.

This week, Jackie considers the many people who may be living alone during lockdown, and reflects on going back to our ‘old lives’.

The University of Salford was recently awarded funding for further research of the Albert Adams archive.

Dr Correia, Research Fellow in Art History, reflects on one of Adams’ later drawings (Celebration Head, 2003, pictured) in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Five artists have been selected to complete micro-commissions following an open call. The artists – all based in, or with strong connections to Salford – have each taken a different approach to the brief of creating new content in response to the University’s art collection.

This week, Jackie has shared her poem ‘The World Is A Village’, which analyses the paradox of never being more connected but also never being less connected to each other.

This week, we are sharing Jackie’s poem ‘Fiere’, which celebrates friendship across the entire course of a lifetime.

The latest in a series of poems, shared weekly by Chancellor Jackie Kay during COVID-19.

New poetry in response to the COVID 19 crisis, May 2020. This week, Jackie shares her poem ‘Jemini Peaches’.

New poetry in response to the COVID 19 crisis. This week, Jackie has shared the poem ‘Where’s My Keys?’, which is written in the voice of a woman in a care home who has dementia.

The first episode of Leviathan by Shezad Dawood, originally co-commissioned by the University of Salford Art Collection, is streaming online for one week only. May 2020

New poetry in response to the COVID 19 crisis. Jackie’s sixth poem ‘What Key Is It Robbie?’ is about finding comfort in music during these unprecedented times.

New poetry in response to the COVID 19 crisis. This week, Jackie has shared the poem ‘Mask’, to mark the lives of those we have lost during this pandemic.

New poetry in response to the COVID 19 crisis.
This week, Jackie has shared the poem ‘Ballachulish’, remembering a happy trip with her dad to the village of Ballachulish in Scotland.

Calling all artists living, working or with a strong connection to Salford: £200 micro-commissions available. Deadline: 10th May 2020.

New poetry in response to the COVID 19 crisis.
Jackie’s third poem ‘New Era’ reflects on the difficulty of being away from our families and loved ones for an extended period of time.

The Art Collection team are working remotely, developing both short term and long term plans for our work. We remain committed to supporting artists and building a Collection that tells a story of now through three collecting strands: · Chinese Contemporary Art;· About the Digital;· From the North. We are continuing to work with all […]

Update – Virtual support sessions offered during April, for artists in Salford & GM applying for ACE Emergency Funding Streams,

The second in a series of poems by Chancellor Jackie Kay, in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

Jackie’s second poem ‘Clap the Carers’ is about saying thanks and showing our appreciation for those who are working tirelessly on the frontline during this pandemic to care for others.

A message and poem by Chancellor and Writer-in-Residence Professor Jackie Kay CBE, in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Annual scheme for University of Salford graduates now open for applications – deadline Sunday 3rd May 2020.

British music photography from the 1950s and 1960s, from the Open Eye Gallery archive in Liverpool and the University of Salford Art Collection. Plus work by current students.

Our recently commissioned work by Gordon Cheung is currently premiering as part of Cheung’s solo exhibition Tears of Paradise at Edel Assanti, London.

Filmmaker Antony Barkworth-Knight reflects on the rain and upcoming short film Homage to the Rain.

A reflection on PHOTOFAIR Shanghai 2019.

Poems by Charlotte Robson in response to Window (Day 2): Room 118, Titanic Hotel, Stanley Dock, Regent Road, Liverpool (2017) by Luke Ching.

2018/19 Graduate Scholar Sadé Mica’s reflection on the Scholarship Programme.

Amy Greener reflects on her work experience with the Art Collection.

2018/19 Graduate Scholar reflects on the scholarship programme and his time at the Venice Biennial.

BA Fine Art student Richard Benbow, reflects on the work he produced for Acquired: a century of collecting.

Assistant Curator Stephanie Fletcher reflects on her participation in Prof Beryl Graham’s one-week intensive course Curating after New Media.

Art Curator Lindsay Taylor discusses her recent research trip to Japan.

Poem written by Dr Scott Thurston in response to Cao Fei’s film La Town

Danny Morrell in conversation with artist Mishka Henner.

Review by Art Curator Lindsay Taylor.

Danny Morrell explores the work of French Impressionist Adolphe Valette.

Danny Morrell contemplates the work of expressionist artist Albert Adams.

Danny Morrell contemplates L.S. Lowry’s painting Narcia fitting out at the Tyne from our Art Collection.

Supporting our creative graduates.