Independent Shops in Manchester
Here in Manchester, we're spoilt for choice when it comes to local, independent shopping gems – so we thought we'd put together a list of our favourite.
Sara Jaspan
Written by Sara Jaspan
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School Prints at The Hepworth Wakefield
School Prints at The Hepworth Wakefield revives a ground-breaking scheme set up in the 1940s by the British arts campaigner and education activist, Brenda Rawnsley, featuring new work by six contemporary artists.
Free entry
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Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson: In the Family of the Carbons at The Turnpike, Leigh
A new exhibition by Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson at The Turnpike explores the physical and cultural properties of coal, and the impact of our carbon based economies.
Free entry
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NOW: A Dialogue On Female Chinese Contemporary Artists
CFCCA and HOME take part in a new UK-wide programme of exhibitions, commissions and events celebrating female contemporary artists working in China today.
Free entry
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Breathe at Manchester Craft & Design Centre
ENDS SUNDAY. Glass making and digital design combine to remarkable effect in this exhibition which gives physical shape to the sound of the blower’s breath.
Free entry
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Betty Woodman: Ceramics with Painting of the Modern Age at The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
The work of the late, world-renowned ceramicist Betty Woodman has an unforgettable quality. Liverpool Biennial presents a rare opportunity to experience her pioneering designs up close in the North. Free entry
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The Pier Head – Tom Wood at Open Eye Gallery
Open Eye Gallery’s latest exhibition, The Pier Head, captures a slice of Liverpool-Merseyside history in rich anecdotal detail, through a selection of rarely seen images by the acclaimed British photographer Tom Wood.
Free entry
In Conversation: Women in STEM at Museum of Science and Industry
Join the Museum of Science and Industry for a very special event celebrating Women in STEM to mark both International Women’s Day and British Science Week.
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Wonder Women
Wonder Women 2018 is a special edition of Manchester’s annual radical feminist festival, marking 100-years since some women first won the right to vote in Britain with a city-wide programme of art, culture and debate.
From Petticoats to Microscopes at Manchester Museum
As a city, Manchester has been home to some incredible thinkers, activists, scientists and artists over the years, and is relatively good at celebrating them. But how much do you know about Marie Stopes, Margaret Murray or Adela Breton?
Free entry
Exhibition Preview and Premiere of If this is the last thing I say ? at Castlefield Gallery
A unique performance by artist Ruth Barker in response to voicelessness, traumatic childbirth, and the rapidly changing, brutal politics of the present. Coinciding with the preview of Castlefield Gallery’s latest exhibition: Head to Head.
Free entry
Generations of Activism at the People’s History Museum
Join with women of all ages and backgrounds for a day of conversation, creativity and banner making inspired by the objects and themes within the Feminist Webs Archive.
Free entry