Events in the Gallery at Bankley Studios Manchester
Previous Events at Bankley Gallery
Boobs, Leaves and Weaves
18-20th April
10am - 4pm
Closes Fri 20th 12pm
Private View 17th April 7-9pm
Sharon Shields explores the role of colour and gender. Lucy Gray uses glitter, embroidery, beads and natural resources to create imaginative worlds. Graham Rimmer draws on the realm of ancient civilisations to make sculpture. My Van Tran uses fairy tales as a resource for collage and painting.
10am - 4pm
Closes Fri 20th 12pm
Private View 17th April 7-9pm
Sharon Shields explores the role of colour and gender. Lucy Gray uses glitter, embroidery, beads and natural resources to create imaginative worlds. Graham Rimmer draws on the realm of ancient civilisations to make sculpture. My Van Tran uses fairy tales as a resource for collage and painting.
Reverb
30th March - 1st April 2012
Opening evening 30th March 6.00 - 9.00pm
Gallery Open 11.00 - 5.00pm
REVERB an exhibition event
Students from the MA Contemporary Fine Art course at Salford University invite you to join them in an interim exhibition at Bankley Gallery. Diverse in their approach these artists offer an insight into contemporary art coming out of Salford University, each using the space to explore their practice within the gallery context. Disciplines range from the traditional to the digital and includes performance art, with two live performances taking place on the opening night. This showcase will prove to be an exciting insight into emerging artists from the North West.
For more information: reverb.exhibition@gmail.com
Opening evening 30th March 6.00 - 9.00pm
Gallery Open 11.00 - 5.00pm
REVERB an exhibition event
Students from the MA Contemporary Fine Art course at Salford University invite you to join them in an interim exhibition at Bankley Gallery. Diverse in their approach these artists offer an insight into contemporary art coming out of Salford University, each using the space to explore their practice within the gallery context. Disciplines range from the traditional to the digital and includes performance art, with two live performances taking place on the opening night. This showcase will prove to be an exciting insight into emerging artists from the North West.
For more information: reverb.exhibition@gmail.com
Magical Gardens
13th March - 26th March 2012
Cedar Mount High School and Stanley Grove Primary School present an exhibition of pupils' artwork
By Appointment Only.
Please contact to arrange a visit:
t.chetwood@cedarmount.manchester.sch.uk
gallery@bankley.org.uk
Cedar Mount High School and Stanley Grove Primary School present an exhibition of pupils' artwork
By Appointment Only.
Please contact to arrange a visit:
t.chetwood@cedarmount.manchester.sch.uk
gallery@bankley.org.uk
Captured Images - The Photograph Comes to Prison - Michael Jacobson-Hardy
Gallery Opening Times: Saturday and Sunday 29th & 30th October and 5th & 6th November.
Other viewings by appointment only.
Contact Carolyncurtismagri@hotmail.com
Bankley Gallery and The Windows Project are hosting an exhibition of photography by Michael Jacobson-Hardy from America.
The event celebrates the opening of The European Prison Education Conference taking place at The Midland Hotel in Manchester at the end of October. Delegates from many different countries will be visiting the gallery to see the photographs, which given an amazing insight into prison life.
Other viewings by appointment only.
Contact Carolyncurtismagri@hotmail.com
Bankley Gallery and The Windows Project are hosting an exhibition of photography by Michael Jacobson-Hardy from America.
The event celebrates the opening of The European Prison Education Conference taking place at The Midland Hotel in Manchester at the end of October. Delegates from many different countries will be visiting the gallery to see the photographs, which given an amazing insight into prison life.
Hung, Drawn and Quartered
17-18th, 24-25th September and 1-2nd October
11-5pm
Preview Friday 16th September 6-9
We are really pleased to be hosting an exhibition from Arena Studios and Gallery from Liverpool for our annual Open Weekend and beyond.
Artists will be drawing in the gallery during the preview and exhibiting a mixture of drawings and installation pieces which will be both innovative and challenging.
11-5pm
Preview Friday 16th September 6-9
We are really pleased to be hosting an exhibition from Arena Studios and Gallery from Liverpool for our annual Open Weekend and beyond.
Artists will be drawing in the gallery during the preview and exhibiting a mixture of drawings and installation pieces which will be both innovative and challenging.
Valuing Women's Work - Valuing Herstory
Exhibition 30th July - 14th August 2011
Gallery Open Saturdays 30th July, 6th August, 13th August 1.00 - 6.00pm
Preview Friday 29th July 6-8pm
Creative hands foundation in partnership with Oxfam will be showing the work of two Sure Start women's groups in South Manchester who have been exploring the value and their personal experiences of unpaid work.
Further information can be obtained from m.lindsay@creativehandsfoundation.org
Gallery Open Saturdays 30th July, 6th August, 13th August 1.00 - 6.00pm
Preview Friday 29th July 6-8pm
Creative hands foundation in partnership with Oxfam will be showing the work of two Sure Start women's groups in South Manchester who have been exploring the value and their personal experiences of unpaid work.
Further information can be obtained from m.lindsay@creativehandsfoundation.org
Distorted Interior Barriers
2nd July - 16th July 2011
Opening evening 2nd July from 3pm onwards
Gallery open Sat & Sun 2 & 3, 9 & 10 and 16 & 17th July 2011 11.00 - 5.00pm
Workshop 9th July 1.00 - 3.00pm
Through wide expanses of texture, collage and colour stretched across the walls and floor, Garth Simmons creates an environment of dislocations and skewed perspectives. His juxtapositions of scale and finely interlaced pattern transform the gallery space into a fully immersive, cerebral landscape.
http://garth-simmons.blogspot.com/
Opening evening 2nd July from 3pm onwards
Gallery open Sat & Sun 2 & 3, 9 & 10 and 16 & 17th July 2011 11.00 - 5.00pm
Workshop 9th July 1.00 - 3.00pm
Through wide expanses of texture, collage and colour stretched across the walls and floor, Garth Simmons creates an environment of dislocations and skewed perspectives. His juxtapositions of scale and finely interlaced pattern transform the gallery space into a fully immersive, cerebral landscape.
http://garth-simmons.blogspot.com/
Pursuing the Narrative
Opening Friday 27th May 2011 6.30 - 9.00pm
Gallery open 28th & 29th May - 4th & 5th, 10th & 11th June 11-5pm
Pursuing the Narrative is a collaboration between two Manchester-based practitioners, writer and artist Jo Manby, and artist Gary James Williams. This exhibition explores the narrative of the written word, installation and the moving image, examining the blurred frontier between written and visual fictions.
Jo Manby is a freelance writer and artist who writes various types of fiction. She works in painting, sculpture and drawing and has extensive experience of gallery curating and project management.
Gary James Williams exhibits internationally, working in a broad interdisciplinary practice. Williams’ work enquires into the creative potentials of the narrative structure, the arena of storytelling and our relationship with the material and the ephemeral.
Photo credits
Pursuing the Narrative drawing © Jo Manby 2011
Preview Event sponsored by Barefoot Wine
Gallery open 28th & 29th May - 4th & 5th, 10th & 11th June 11-5pm
Pursuing the Narrative is a collaboration between two Manchester-based practitioners, writer and artist Jo Manby, and artist Gary James Williams. This exhibition explores the narrative of the written word, installation and the moving image, examining the blurred frontier between written and visual fictions.
Jo Manby is a freelance writer and artist who writes various types of fiction. She works in painting, sculpture and drawing and has extensive experience of gallery curating and project management.
Gary James Williams exhibits internationally, working in a broad interdisciplinary practice. Williams’ work enquires into the creative potentials of the narrative structure, the arena of storytelling and our relationship with the material and the ephemeral.
Photo credits
Pursuing the Narrative drawing © Jo Manby 2011
Preview Event sponsored by Barefoot Wine
Vernacular Spaces - Sangita and Monixa Mistry
Opening Friday 18th March 2011 7.00 - 9.00pm
Artists Discussion Saturday 26th March 2.00 - 4.30pm
Gallery Open Sat & Sun 19th, 20th and 26th, 27th March and Sat & Sun 2nd, 3rd April 10.00 - 4.00pm
A participatory photography project gives insight into how two different communities of high school students from India and England occupy and define their personal space.
www.sangitamistry.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/monixa.creations
Preview Event sponsored by Barefoot Wine
Artists Discussion Saturday 26th March 2.00 - 4.30pm
Gallery Open Sat & Sun 19th, 20th and 26th, 27th March and Sat & Sun 2nd, 3rd April 10.00 - 4.00pm
A participatory photography project gives insight into how two different communities of high school students from India and England occupy and define their personal space.
www.sangitamistry.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/monixa.creations
Preview Event sponsored by Barefoot Wine
Really
Opening Friday 12th November 7-10 pm
Open Sat & Sun 13 & 14, 20 & 21, 27 & 28 Nov 1.00 - 5.00pm or by appointment,
phone Philip Kennedy on 0161 434 9320
Local artist Philip Kennedy shows carvings, fabrications and paintings from the past 5 years exploring figurative and gestural themes with an emphasis on partial and fleeting aspects of the real world
www.philip-kennedy.com
Open Sat & Sun 13 & 14, 20 & 21, 27 & 28 Nov 1.00 - 5.00pm or by appointment,
phone Philip Kennedy on 0161 434 9320
Local artist Philip Kennedy shows carvings, fabrications and paintings from the past 5 years exploring figurative and gestural themes with an emphasis on partial and fleeting aspects of the real world
www.philip-kennedy.com