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Sustainable Cyanotype Workshop for Go Green Festival!

For this October’s Go Green festival, join us for a drop in workshop led by artists Lizzie King and Hayley Suviste, where you will get to make your own cyanotype image using plant matter. Connect with nature and get creative! Here you can make your own cyanotype prints, an early photographic practice created in the […]

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Carry the Clouds Away Spotlight: Q&A with Liam Ratcliffe

To celebrate our current exhibition Carry the Clouds Away, Art Collection Team Assistant Keira Marchant has interviewed featured photographer Liam Ratcliffe. Read below to learn about Liam’s photographic practice, inspirations and visions behind his new body of work titled In My Own Strange Way which you can see now by heading down to the New […]

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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 […]

Jessica El Mal’s ‘Spring Rain 09.12.22’

'Spring Rain 09.12.22' draws contrast between the perception of rain in Manchester - where the regular wet weather is often a cause of annoyance - and Morocco – which experiences an annual drought, worsened each year by climate change. Want to know more? Find out here!

Joshua Turner’s ‘Float like a feather, sink like a stone’

Turner is a photographic practitioner based in the North West of England, who uses photography to explore and contemplate the relationship between the land and the individual. In an ongoing practice, he uses books and prints to gather ideas into bodies of work that are simultaneously concerned with existential ideas and personal interactions. Want to know more? Find out here!

Experiencing ‘From The River’s Mouth’

In May 2025 our Artist in Residence at the University of Salford Acoustic Labs, Hayley Suviste, presented a 3-part installation as part of Sounds From The Other City. Artist Lizzie King shares her experience of 'From The River's Mouth' here.

Energy House 2.0: Mishka Henner & Emily Speed

In Spring 2025 we launched an ambitious exhibition of new work by artists Mishka Henner and Emily Speed, in partnership with the Castlefield Gallery, Open Eye Gallery and Energy House Labs. The exhibition is the culmination of 18-month Artist Residencies with Energy House 2.0 at the University of Salford. Find out more here.

OFFSHOOT: Memory Keepers at RHS Garden Bridgewater

Artist in Residence Yan Wang Preston launches OFFSHOOT at RHS Garden Bridgewater. Join us at RHS Garden Bridgewater to meet photographer Yan, hear about her residency to date - and find out how you can become a ‘Memory Keeper’ for our magnificent 300 year old tree!

Artist Q&A – Alex Nelu

As a part of Between the Earth and the Sky our team assistant Sam Parker conducted a Q&A session with artist Alex Nelu to better understand his practice and thought process. Find out more here!