Events
-
Exhibition: MossWorlds - Re-Storying Urban Lives
12 February - 2 March 2026
Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: MossWorlds – Re-Storying Urban Lives Until 2 March 2026 Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor The exhibition showcases the mosses of Manchester from the 19th Century to the present, tracing their shared artistic, political and botanical stories. Through poetry, musical scores and embroidery,...
Read more
-
Creativity and AI: Entertainment
14:30 - 17:00 26 February 2026
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and June 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the Northwest, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries community. The first event of the 2026...
Read more
-
Exhibition - Encountering Biblical Bodies: Sarah Lightman’s Biblical Women
3 - 26 March 2026
As part of the Centre for Biblical Studies’ CIDRAL-funded programme of events entitled Encountering Biblical Bodies, Creative Manchester are pleased to host works from artist Sarah Lightman’s Biblical Domestic and Menstrual Hystery series in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor. In these paintings, biblical heroines trade halos for housework...
Read more
-
Ripple Effect: Co-researching Work, Precarity + Contribution in Later Life
12:00 - 4 March 2026
International Women's Day 2026 Join us in partnership with MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival) and Healthier Futures for a panel event celebrating International Women's Day 2026. We will be welcoming a panel from Uncertain Futures, a participatory research project exploring art as a research, focusing on understanding inequalities around...
Read more
-
Activating Archives and Collections for Local and Societal Impact
12:30 - 14:30 11 March 2026
Join us for an informal research café exploring the ways in which archives and collections can generate social value. Libraries, galleries, and museums hold archives and collections that, beyond their historical and cultural significance, possess considerable but often under-realised potential to generate social benefits. These benefits can be...
Read more