Arts & culture

Applications for artists to be part of the 2022 Manchester Open Exhibition will open on 16 June.

Do you want to be part of a brand new museum opening? Do you want to help bring people together and share Jewish stories with the world? Do you want to support one of Manchester’s most beautiful historic buildings?

Manchester Jewish Museum is thrilled to finally announce it will be reopening its doors from Friday 2 July 2021 following its major capital development redesign and extension, funded in part by a £3m grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

This new fund is designed to support activity to redress the under-representation of participatory artists from ethnically diverse communities in arts and mental health.

In this round, the Baring Foundation are looking for projects that:

Manchester Craft and Design Centre (MCDC) houses 20 studios in the Northern Quarter with a café, exhibition and events space, and supportive staff team. The studios are open to the public, where community of makers create and sell their work.

The Rebuilding Heritage programme is providing free one to one and group support for individuals and organisations in the heritage sector. This support is open to organisations (including voluntary organisations) and to individuals, for example: sole traders/freelancers and those running a limited business.

On Thursday 25 February at 12pm the Booth Centre will launch their Arts Programme for 2021/2022. Join the Booth Centre for a workshop that will explore the idea of developing arts programmes which have the full involvement of people who have experience of homelessness. This workshop will look at what’s possible, what the opportunities are, what the barriers are and how these can be overcome.

Grade II listed music hall Hulme Hippodrome’s future is under threat as the building goes up for sale by auction on 10 February.

An iconic building of social, historical and architectural significance, it has been neglected into a very poor state of repair by its previous owners Gilbert Deya Ministries.

Members of the public are being invited to have their say on how Manchester's history and the people who made it should be reflected in its public spaces across the city, and in so doing help shape future policy on this.

The online consultation runs until 22 March 2021 and is open to everyone with an interest in the subject and the council wants to hear views from as many people as possible.

In March 2020, the lights were dimmed on Manchester’s Arts and Culture sector, with theatres, libraries, museums and arts centres being amongst the first to close their doors to the public at the start of the pandemic.