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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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Photo 100 2026 – Winner Announcement

The Art Collection are thrilled to announce the winner and runner up for Photo 100 open call, celebrating images that best represent the City of Salford’s past, present, and future. PHOTO 100 was inspired by Salford’s 100-year anniversary, we invited students, staff, and alumni to submit images that best encompass Salford’s natural and built environment, […]

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Curator Tour – City of Making Exhibition / Salford 100 Centenary Event

Join curator Stephanie Fletcher for a free gallery tour of the City of Making on Tuesday, 21st April 2026 1-1:30pm. To mark the celebration of Salford’s 100 year anniversary, join curator Stephanie Fletcher for a informal, lunchtime gallery tour of City of Making, an exhibition bringing together contemporary art with historic archives images, reflecting on […]

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Sustainable Collage Workshop by Studio Within

This event is part of Go Green Salford fortnight, festival of Sustainability. Join us for a free drop-in collage workshop in the New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery lead by artist, alumni, and founder of Studio Within Katie Aird! Inspired by our new exhibition City of Making – come along to discover how imagination and sustainability can […]

LOOK Climate Lab 2026: Open Eye Gallery Liverpool

Launch: 22nd January 2026 / 6–8pm / RSVP here Exhibition continues: 23 January – 29 March We are excited to announce that this January our partners at Open Eye Gallery Liverpool are exhibiting LOOK Climate Lab, a biennial programme exploring how photography can be a relevant and powerful medium for talking about climate change. At […]

Mediated Realities

COMING SOON - An new exhibition exploring the way artists have dealt with times of crisis and conveying information in the modern era - curated by our Team Assistant; Sam Parker.