Announcing the 2023/24 Graduate Scholars
The University of Salford Art Collection & Castlefield Gallery announce the five graduate artists awarded a place on annual Graduate Sholarship Programme.
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Sustaining Photography – Lizzie King and Gwen Riley Jones
Sustaining Photography is a collaborative project by Lizzie King & Gwen Riley Jones to connect and engage students at the University of Salford with sustainable photographic processes, using produce from the University’s Community Growing Space. Traditional photographic methods use chemicals that create toxic waste. The project instead is sharing and developing new methods using organic, […]
Announcing: Hybrid Futures
Launching Hybrid Futures, a multi-part collaboration focusing on climate, sustainability, collaborative learning and co-production.
Student Micro Commission Opportunity: Is Anybody Listening: Our Time, Our Place
Applications open for final year BA students and current MA students to respond to Craig Easton exhibition Is Anybody Listening? Our Time, Our Place.
2023 Graduate Scholarship Programme: Now Open for Applications
Our annual Graduate Scholarship Programme, run alongside Castlefield Gallery, is now open for applications for 2023.
From the Vault: ‘I feel triangle’: art can help us confront our emotions and come to terms with them
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'.
#ThrowbackThursday – What is NOT art? Gwen Riley Jones & Salford Youth Council Discuss
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?'
Exhibition: Some Days I Feel Triangle – Gwen Riley Jones & Salford Youth Council
Some Days I Feel Triangle exhibition from Gwen Riley Jones and Salford Youth Council. 1st February-28th April, New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery.
Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening? Our Time, Our Place
2023/2024 The University of Salford Art Collection presented Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening? a touring exhibition at galleries across the Northwest from early 2023, until mid 2024. Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening? was supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, and showcased two award-winning series of photographs, alongside an engagement programme for young people called […]
The Filofax and the Ape: Material approaches to the work of Albert Adams
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.