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Install shot: a blue painted gallery space. Two walls have different sets of photographs, one landscapes, one microscopic imagery. A vitrine is to the left of them both, we cannot see the contents.

Open 180: Photography and Creative Writing Open Call (All welcome to apply)

As part of the Carry the Clouds Away exhibition programme, the Art Collection are thrilled to announce the next New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery photography and creative writing open call!  We can experience natural landscapes or green spaces in many different ways; for improving our health and well-being, explore nature and document biodiversity, and also to […]

A poster for MA Degree sho titled 'the end of a golden string'. the title is written in a continuous line as if made of a swrirly piece of string. The text is in a deep red brown. around the text is a multicoloured swriling line that in the tp left forms the shape of a horses head.

MA Degree Show Preview x late gallery opening hours for Carry the Clouds Away!

5 – 7pm Wednesday 7th OctoberNew Adelphi Gallery and AtriumAll welcome, no booking required.Refreshments served If you haven’t already seen our current exhibition Carry the Clouds Away at the New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery, why don’t you visit us for our exclusive late opening hours on Wednesday 7th October, 5pm – 7pm. Carry the Clouds Away brings […]

Two people standing the middle of a garden, with bushes and flowers, there is picture boards in front of them.

NOW BOOKING! 28th October. OFFSHOOT: Cultivating connections – art, nature and place

The Symposium: Hosted by the Royal Horticultural Society, University of Salford and Open Eye Gallery, this one-day symposium brings together artists, commissioners, academics, funders, cultural organisations, environmental partners and public sector leaders to explore how cross-sector collaboration can create ambitious, place-based cultural projects. Date and location: Wednesday 28th October  New Adelphi Building,   University of Salford,   […]

A woman records with an underwater microphone in a river surrounded by trees.

River Irwell Soundwalk for Go Green Festival!

For week two of Go Green Festival join artists Hayley Suviste and Lizzie King for a guided sound walk along the River Irwell in Peel Park. During this soundwalk, we will slow down and listen closely to the river and its surroundings, using different recording methods to explore often-hidden layers of sound, including the river’s […]

Black and orange photographic print, with liquid effect.

Book your ticket now: Seeds of Change Conference

Presented by Photography at The University of Salford Thursday 29th – 30th October 2026 Calling all photographers, academics, practitioner and educators! A hybrid conference exploring regenerative practices in digital and analogue photography, presented by Photography at the University of Salford, in collaboration with The Sustainable Darkroom. Tickets for this conference are now live! If you […]

A watercolour of a bandstand, there is a blue sky with bigh white clouds, the bandstand is dark as it may be dusk, the trees are bald as it is winter.

Happy Birthday Peel Park! Celebrating Greenspaces in ‘Carry the Clouds Away’

Carry the Clouds Away: New Adelphi Exhibition GalleryUniversity of Salford17th August – 18th December 2026Free entry, open to the public 10am – 4pm weekdays (excl bank holiday). *Please note the exhibition will not be open during the Peel Park celebrations on 22nd August, but attendees are encouraged to visit during gallery opening hours. This Saturday […]

Pink picnic lineup poster, picturing Kyran Thrax, The Cheeky Girls, Boney M, Big Brovas & Booty Luv, Paige three, and Baby D.

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 […]

Person with a microphone, a large crowd of people and stage behind them on a sunny day.

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 […]

Image of a heart shaped group of pink and green flowers on a grass hill.

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 […]