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Connecting Spaces at Manchester Craft & Design Centre

Maja Lorkowska, Exhibitions Editor

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Connecting Spaces

Manchester Craft & Design Centre, Manchester
12 April-23 August 2025

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Connecting Spaces at Manchester Craft and Design Centre
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Manchester Craft and Design Centre celebrates the local creative community with Connecting Spaces, a new exhibition organised in collaboration with AWOL Studios. AWOL is a creative hub in Ancoats, offering studio spaces to practitioners of all disciplines and, most importantly, an artistic community in the heart of Manchester.

Connecting Spaces is a result of neighbourly collaboration: MCDC asked AWOL artists to respond to the titular theme, with a particular focus on the importance of location, local relationships and the environment. The display features work from 11 selected artists in an array of techniques and styles, from oil painting and collage to stained glass. The artists are: James Bloomfield, Anastasia Borodina, Sharon Campbell, Jason Carr, Gherdai Hassell, Sara Hindhaugh, Sam Owen Hull, Georgia Noble, Akinyemi Oludele, Sandra Robinson and Jude Wainwright.

Art spaces in city centres are always in a precarious position, so their impact cannot be underestimated – without places like MCDC and AWOL, Manchester simply would not be the same. Come along to see the show (some pieces will be available for sale too!) and join in the celebrations of community spirit.

There will be a Celebration Launch event on Saturday 17 May from 5 pm-7 pm at Manchester Craft and Design Centre, where complimentary nibbles and drinks will be available.

Accessibility

  • Audio Described
  • Parent and Baby
  • Relaxed

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