Arts & culture

This month in Manchester’s Northern Quarter holds the first solo exhibition, THEY COME IN THREES, of Manchester based artist FNTSYWRLD. Featured at the buzzing new three floor exhibition space, Saan1, FNTSYWRLD’s artwork will take over from 17 - 31 October 2022. THEY COME IN THREES will feature ‘On The Streets – Painting for Homelessness’, a project raising money for Manchester’s most prominent homeless helpers.

To mark the city’s celebrations of 50 years of Manchester’s Caribbean Carnival The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust in partnership with Manchester Libraries have a series of free events for Black History Month at Manchester Central Library.

About the grant
The Cultural Partnership grant programme was set up in 2011 to provide core funding for cultural organisations and has run for three consecutive rounds.

The new round of funding will run from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026. Grants of £10,000–£40,000 per annum are available.

Greater Manchester poverty charity Mustard Tree has announced it will host an art exhibition to mark the relaunch of the charity’s city centre training café The Olive Branch. The event will exhibit pieces from resident artist Graham Hudson’s Angels series.

Manchester City Council's Cultural Partnership Grants programme 2023-26 will provide core funding to cultural organisations in Manchester. Grants are available at £10,000 - £40,000 per year (subject to Council decision-making and budget setting) and the programme will launch in September.

To be eligible for this funding, your organisation must be:

MIF/The Factory are looking to pilot partnerships with four small organisations from Manchester or Salford. They’ll provide £10,000 as well as 12 months of logistical and capacity building support.

They are looking to open up direct and honest dialogues to improve knowledge and understanding so the range of voices from across the region are heard and reflected across their wider programme.

National Lottery Heritage Fund is launching a new funding initiative which will give pioneering organisations the freedom to be ambitious in their thinking and help shape the future of the heritage workforce.

The Heritage Innovation Fund will give groups the power to be more experimental, creative and try new ways of working to meet the future demands and ambitions for the UK’s diverse heritage.

Artist led charity Pool Arts have been commissioned by HOME Manchester to produce new work that will be exhibited in HOME’s Granada Galleries from 29 July until 7 September. A preview will take place on 28 July at 6pm.

Afghan artists across the UK and Europe present a festival of Afghan kite-flying, storytelling, music, poetry and dance. Spread across 16 locations in the UK and Europe, Fly With Me invites you to make and fly Afghan kites on 20 August 2022, marking one year since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.