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Createch Artist Colab 2026: OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS

DEADLINE: SUN 12 JULY 2026, MIDNIGHT We are inviting early to mid-career creatives who live, work or study in Salford to apply for the CreaTech Artist CoLab 2026, an expanded artist development programme exploring the intersection of creativity and technology. Building on last year’s pilot, the 2026 programme has been developed to offer a broader […]

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LOOK Photo Biennial: Is This A Garden? and The Perfect Flower

When? – Launch: 25th June 2026 / 6–8pm / RSVP – Exhibition runs: 26th June – 31st August 2026 Where – Open Eye Gallery Liverpool The Exhibition We are delighted to announce that Yan Wang Preston’s The Perfect Flower will be exhibited as part of Open Eye Gallery’s 2026 LOOK Photo Biennial. The Perfect Flower is part of […]

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OFFSHOOT: Artists in Residence

We are delighted to introduce our second public presentation of OFFSHOOT: Artists in Residence at RHS Garden Bridgewater. This exhibition encourages visitors to explore the gardens in new ways – with three OFFSHOOT artists, and members of the community, displaying art work in a variety of locations. Fiona Robinson and Anoosh Ariamehr are Socially Engaged […]

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Salford Pride: The Pink Picnic

Where: Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU When: 13th June 2026 Tickets: Book here! The Pink Picnic is coming back to Salford this Pride Month, once again bringing a showstopping line up right to our doorstep at Peel Park! 2026’s Picnic will feature disco legends Boney M, Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK winner Kyran Thrax, pop icons such […]

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Grad Scholars: Artist Research Trip Nottingham

Back in April we accompanied our Grad Scholars as they headed down to the lovely Nottingham for an artist research trip. We caught two amazing exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary: One being Cemetery of Martyrs by Dala Nasser. Here monumental wooden trellis structures are draped with funeral shroud fabrics marked charcoal rubbings taken from gravesites of […]

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Programme Director – Re-centre

Lead a new Creative People and Places programme in Salford We are seeking a collaborative and values-led Programme Director to establish and lead Re-centre, Salford’s new Creative People and Places programme. Re-centre has secured £1 million in confirmed funding and will support a long-term vision for community-led culture across the city. Funded by Arts Council […]

Photographs and archival photographs of families and areas are displayed on the wall and leaning on the floor of a gallery space. Images are from various eras, some in colour and some in black and white.

Self-Defined: Symposium at Open Eye Gallery Liverpool

Thursday 28 May /11am – 4pm / Open Eye Gallery / free, RSVP The University of Salford is partnering with Open Eye Gallery and invites you you to attend Self Defined: Symposium. The symposium brings together artists, curators and cultural professionals from regions of Europe less represented in the UK cultural sector. Through conversations on archives, memory […]

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Lindsay Taylor, Art Collection Director to speak at Peer to Peer: UK/Ukraine Symposium

On Wednesday 13th May 2026, Art Collection Director Lindsay Taylor will speak at Peer to Peer: UK/Ukraine online Symposium. This event brings together cultural practitioners, teachers, curators, archivists, researchers and students to explore and exchange knowledge and skills about different aspects of photography. Hosted by the Ukrainian Photography NGO in collaboration with Lviv National Academy […]

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University of Salford Art Collection at Sounds from the Other City 2026

This May the University of Salford Art Collection, in collaboration with Sounds from the Other City, presented two spectacular new artworks to the festival line-up. Our Ears Sometimes Sing to Us by Lola de la Mata was a work spanning across performance, installation, and exhibition which explores the sensory and mechanical elements of the ear […]