Curated again this year by Christine Evans from the creative partnership battyandgorgeous
Welcome to the Visual Arts Programme for 2010. Our development this year has been to create more opportunities for you to join in and help us shape the Festival and its creative output. Alongside the usual wonderful exhibitions, evening previews, and open studios, we are very excited to bring you a host of arty activities for you to participate in. This year for the first time our very own Artist in Residence, Phil Ogg, will be working directly with us during the Festival to create an exciting piece of work.
Enjoy familiar faces and delight in work by artists new to the Festival, who were inspired by the local as well as the far afield.
Join the celebrations throughout the week as individual exhibitions hold their preview evenings. See programme entries for participating venues and their preview times. Come and enjoy the creative variety and talent on our doorstep.
Oddest
Thursday 6 May – Thursday 10 Jun
Focussing on architecture and composition, Jane’s paintings are cropped picture-postcard views of different Manchester locations. Come along and see some of her favourite buildings and locations in a new light and witness the sense of identity, aspiration and modernity that Manchester exudes.
Coffee and Chocolate
Friday 21 May – Wednesday 30 Jun
Inspired by the Festival’s tenth anniversary and the local artists they have been working with, these up and coming artists from the Vicars Road Art Collective will delight you with their fresh and original artwork. Watch out for exhibition changeovers during the Festival and all through June.
Chorlton Park Primary School
Monday 24 And Tuesday 25 May 10AM–3PM
How do specific objects trigger our special memories of childhood? Come and enjoy the multi-media response when parent and artist Su Vosper explored this fascinating theme with ten families from Chorlton.
Creative Recycling
from Thursday 20 May
Tin is the material associated with ten year anniversaries. So, bring a tin can decorated symbolically using the number ten for hanging in the Urban Garden… and it will stay there until the Festival is eleven. Sample cans will be in the Gallery window before the Festival.
pad
Thursday 20 May – Wednesday 30 Jun
Come and enjoy Dave Kennedy’s latest collection of work. His photographs include images of Chorlton and Manchester which are printed onto canvas, creating limited edition prints with a wonderful patina.
Marble Beer House
from Thursday 20 May
Is he who is tired of Chorlton tired of life? A painter and writer combine to answer this question. New paintings by Rob Floyd are exhibited, including a portrait of the writer Tom Bailey.
Thai Spice
Friday 21 May – Sat 29 May
Gemma has captured the ambience and essence of South East Asia and Australia in these rich mixed-media canvasses. See the places she visited and her personal experiences captured by an eclectic mix of colour, sound, texture and visual imagery. Gorgeous work!
Franny and Filer
Friday 21 May – Friday 30 July
How would you design and make a collection of jewellery to represent your favourite song from the last decade? Contemporary jewellery and craft gallery, Franny & Filer, asked local jewellers just that. Come and enjoy the results and hear the songs that inspired them!
Battery Park
Friday 21 May – Wednesday 30 Jun
Enjoy this wonderful textile based celebration of Chorlton’s street frontages from the Mini Masters Art Club who worked with local artist Claire Law. Can you spot which local businesses and buildings inspired them?
Asian Fusion
Friday 21 May – Saturday 29 May
Chorlton and its community inspired this mixed and colourful exhibition by Art Fusion, a group of local amateur artists. Come and enjoy their range of styles and approaches, from the traditional to the more adventurous.
Chorlton Central Church
Friday 21 May – Saturday 29 May 12noon–4PM
Come and delight in the talent from this local group of 15 portrait painters who’ve met weekly for the past 3 years. You’ll be delighted with what is on show and might even see a face or two that you recognise!
Chorlton Methodist Church
Saturday 22 and 29 May 10.30AM–3.30PM
Monday 24 – FRI 28 May 12 noon–2.30PM and 7.30–9.30PM
Free
Wander around this enjoyable art and craft exhibition from the congregation of Chorlton Methodist Church and see recycled materials that are given new life as interesting art forms.
St. Werburgh’s
Saturday 22 May and Saturday 29 May 10.30AM–2PM
Monday 24 May – Friday 28 May 11.30AM–4PM
A wonderful creative feast including work from Chorlton Painting Group, costumes from The Athenaeum Dramatic Society, photographs from Manchester Amateur Photographic Society and other arts and crafts from the members of St. Werburgh’s congregation.
4 Corkland Road
Saturday 22 May, Sunday 23 May, Wednesday 26 May, Saturday 29 May 1–5PM
Third year running and Bob brings more for you to be charmed by in this spectacular show in his back garden, with sculpture from him and fellow contributors. It really is a gem not to be missed!
Creative Recycling
Sunday 23 May – Wednesday 30 Jun
Mixed-media and photography exhibition by resident artists Glennis Andrews, Fiona Norton and Jack Lloyd.
Gallery open Wed – Sun 11AM–5PM
Creative Recycling – Rear of The Gallery
Sunday 23 May
GALLERY OPEN WED – SUN 11AM–5PM
Open all week with special displays and incidental performances by local musicians/artists. Plus a demonstration of creative floral arrangements using tin for a base.
4 Corkland Road
Saturday 22 May, Sunday 23 May, Wednesday 26 May, Saturday 29 May 1–5PM
Third year running and Bob brings more for you to be charmed by in this spectacular show in his back garden, with sculpture from him and fellow contributors. It really is a gem not to be missed!
Creative Recycling
Sunday 23 May 1PM onwards
Individuals and groups are invited to decorate one of the ten celebration pallets representing ten years of the life of… you decide. Visit the gallery for more information – all materials supplied.
Arison Gallery
Tuesday 25 May – Monday 21 Jun
Ahmed’s paintings have been described as a juxtaposition between dream and reality. Figurative, abstract and semi-realistic, his recent work continues to offer vibrancy, atmosphere and colour.
4 Corkland Road
Saturday 22 May, Sunday 23 May, Wednesday 26 May, Saturday 29 May 1–5PM
Third year running and Bob brings more for you to be charmed by in this spectacular show in his back garden, with sculpture from him and fellow contributors. It really is a gem not to be missed!
Abbotsford Road
Saturday 29 May 11AM–3PM
Free, drop in, places as available
Drop by for some fun and inspiration to see how things normally thrown in the bin can be turned into attractive and even useful items: sock monsters, junk mail jewellery, bottle-top pin cushions and loads more. Have a go yourself by turning a CD into a sun- catcher, a greeting card into a box or a juice carton into a wallet. Bring your own rubbish or use ours. Suitable for children (6+), young people and adults. www.rubbishrevamped.org.uk
4 Corkland Road
Saturday 22 May, Sunday 23 May, Wednesday 26 May, Saturday 29 May 1–5PM
Third year running and Bob brings more for you to be charmed by in this spectacular show in his back garden, with sculpture from him and fellow contributors. It really is a gem not to be missed!
Chorlton Arts Radio, in association with the Chorlton Arts Festival, is currently broadcasting its first ever broadcast from the 17th to 30th of May 2010 - 24hrs a day!