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Spotlight: Arts Award & Work Experience project
Now in its fourth year, the Arts Award & Work Experience Project is a two-week placement designed for young people who face barriers to accessing arts and culture. The programme...
Artist Spotlight: Rieko Koga on finding hope in the future
You are not just a bystander to Rieko Koga’s Future Diary (2010), you get to be a participant. Draped in waves down the length of the Winterstoke Gallery, a 15m...
Artist Spotlight: Sarah-Joy Ford talks radical curation in Rochdale
Dr Sarah-Joy Ford is a Todmorden based artist and independent scholar working with quilting to explore the complexities and pleasures of lesbian, feminist and queer communities, histories and archives. Her...
Artist Spotlight: Mona Craven tells us what Indian and Scottish embroidery have in common
Mona Craven’s Whitework, An Unravelling wants you to move around it, breath in its many layers, get as close as you dare to examine its swirls of embroidered detail. It...
Artist Spotlight: Anurita Chandola talks space
Anurita Chandola’s work asks us questions such as; what will humans wear on Mars? What would you take with you on a seven month journey with the knowledge that you...
Negotiating Space: A public art experiment
Negotiating Space was giant experimental 1km long line drawing by international artist Luke Jerram. Made of 1000m of 20cm wide magenta ribbon, the fabric took over the exterior of the Grade II* Listed RWA Art Gallery during June 2025. We caught up with Luke...