Podcasts about Manchester Art Gallery

A catch up and chat about coordination at Manchester Art Gallery…..With Bryan and I being pretty busy over the last few months we've not had time to grab a brew, let alone record another pod episode.We met up with Gareth Davis from the Music Room Podcast (Garethsounds on Insta) to see how we could make the NJD better, more informative, interactive and well, just better!. Gareth had some great feedback and insights which we are working on, as well as some guests to join us.This ep is more of a catch up and to chat about something which is essential to drummers and interests both of us..See what you think and let us know your thoughts….DM at NJD on Insta.CheersJupp & Bryan…..

In 1872, Maharajah, an Indian elephant, and his keeper, Lorenzo The Lion Tamer Laurence, walked for ten days from Edinburgh to Manchester. In this Nature on One documentary, zoologist Dr. Richard Collins tells the delightful story of Maharajah's journey. Image courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery.

Like many parts of travel, in recent years I've started to rethink some aspects of museum that I just took for granted in my early years of travel. In this episode, I chat with three guests on a variety of aspects of the ethics of museums, which all gave me great food for thought. First up, I spoke with Chris Christou, who articulates some of the key ethical issues many museums face, especially those that are focused on archaeological artefacts - some of which might not have been acquired in the most ethical of ways! Next, Dylan Thuras of Atlas Obscura tells me about his particular interest in medical museums, and some of the questions surrounding these, and includes an interesting example of a museum he visited in Mexico. Artist Carol McQuaid highlights a recent art gallery scandal involving MONA in Tasmania, Australia, which she had the opportunity to visit recently. While chatting galleries, I was reminded of my recent experience at the Manchester Art Gallery in England, which has recently had a significant rethink of how they run their displays. Links: Chris Christou - The End of Tourism podcast - https://www.theendoftourism.com/ Dylan Thuras - Atlas Obscura podcast https://www.atlasobscura.com/podcast Atlas Obscura article about the Mummies of Guanajuato - https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/museo-de-las-momias-de-guanajuato Carol McQuaid - https://www.theillustratedvagabond.com/ Carol’s World Voyage Sketchbook - https://www.theillustratedvagabond.com/shop/p/illustrated-vagabonds-world-voyage-sketchbook-pre-sale Catherine’s article about the Ladies Lounge in Mona - https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/mona-ladies-lounge-high-tea-inside-the-secretive-new-womenonly-experience-20220530-h243zx.html Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/329 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today, I'm talking to Sasha Igdalova about the exciting research she's been conducting over the past few years around aesthetic experience, slow looking and social interaction in museums.Aleksandra (Sasha) Igdalova is an interdisciplinary researcher in the final year of her Psychology PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London conducting large-scale, experimental studies on slow looking within exhibition spaces at Manchester Art Gallery. Her work investigates how popular engagement strategies may be used to increase aesthetic experience and well-beingListeners to this podcast will know that slow looking has gained in popularity in museums worldwide over the last decade or so. But there hasn't been much research on its effectiveness, until now. In today's chat, we explore two studies - the first study to look at the impact of slow looking in an online environment. This study explores how different audio contexts and types of art affect people's moods and engagement levels in online viewing. The second study is the first large-scale experiment to investigate how social interaction impacts the art museum experience. This study took place in Manchester Art Museum's fabulous dedicated slow looking space known as Room to Breathe. We discuss the implications of both studies for educators..and so much more! This episode is essential listening for anyone interested in slow looking, aesthetic experiences in museums, and the benefits of group interactions for overall well-being in museum environments.Episode Links:Episode 24 Using art and objects to learn wellbeing skills and improve mental health with Louise ThompsonAleksandra (Sasha) Igdalova Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-sasha-igdalova-a66770106/Website: www.aleksandraigdalova.com Researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aleksandra-Igdalova Articles on slow looking:First ever study examining how social interaction impacts art viewing: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/x9wrtFirst ever study looking at slow looking in an experimental manner (online study): https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-59333-001 Free access to it here: https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33048/9/Igdalova%20&%20Chamberlain%20(2023)%20Slow%20looking%20at%20still%20art.pdfCREA interdisciplinary workshop: www.crea-workshop.com The Art Engager Links:The Art Engager: Reimagining Guided Experiences in Museums - sign up for the waitlist to hear when my book will be published!Sign up for my Curated newsletter - a fortnightly dose of cultural inspirationJoin the

We're joined by Karly Allen and Lucia van de Drift from the Lumina Collective, to learn about art mindfulness; how slow-looking and guided mindfulness techniques can transform your experience of looking at art, calm your system and help you find joy in your everyday life.Karly and Lucia have worked with The National Gallery, The British Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, The Royal Academy, The Royal Collection and many more, delivering art mindfulness sessions both in person and online. Karly is an art lecturer and museum educator, and Lucia is a teacher and writer in meditation, mindfulness and Buddhism.Kate heads to the National Gallery to take part in one of their live art mindfulness sessions, while Gwen joins a session online, which you can enjoy too, here:  liminacollective.com/workshops/To find out more about their work head to liminacollective.com/ In this episode we also mention our episode on the importance of rest, with BBC's Claudia Hammond. You can listen here: https://rightupmy.buzzsprout.com/1337593/14946320-ep-53-the-importance-of-rest-with-claudia-hammondThank you to our team:Music - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeSocial Media - Kate BallsIf you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe, share with your friends and leave a review. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you!Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content from as little as £3 p/month at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcastOr, if you'd like to make a one-off donation, you can buy us a virtual coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rightupmyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rightupmy/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552599655093TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rightupmypodcast

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I talk once again to undercover artist Sharon Bennett about her upcoming art show 'Tribe'. Alongside fellow artist Jamie Ashman, Sharon promises an odyssey of fashion, music and dance culture. In this episode we look at how the emergence of fashion tribes have historically always been as a response to socioeconomic upheaval - heralding phases of youth rebellion. We discuss the re-invention of fashion and explore the links between different tribes like Punk and Hip Hop. Sharon also reveals the surprising origins of Mod and Skinhead subcultures. Please join me as we look at life through a different lens.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Fashion tribes have historically emerged as a response to socio-economic upheaval, heralding phases of youth rebellion The exhibition "Tribe" encourages attendees to dress in their fashion tribe of choice, celebrating the impact of these subcultures Sharon and Jamie are undercover artists collaborating on an upcoming art show called "Tribe," which focuses on UK subcultures and fashion tribes. Sharon and Jamie have similar artistic styles and interests in art and fashion, making them a great collaborative pair. Jamie predominantly uses acrylic on paper and canvas for his artwork. He graduated from Saint Martins in fashion but pursued the art route instead of designing clothes. Sharon Bennett's work reflects skinhead culture but maintains a colourful and girly style with dark undertones. Sharon and Jamie are encouraging attendees to come dressed in outfits representing their fashion tribes or to try out a different tribe they've always wanted to be a part of. BEST MOMENTS "I think there's definitely elements of  the mods, that's statement by style."  "Skinheads were very much influenced in the sixties by Jamaican Caribbean immigrants. And they, they took on the music and the fashion and it was all very inclusive of race."  "Punk was obviously an uprising against the government at the time." "Hip hop was very inclusive of all races and it was considered if you could sing, you were artistic, you could dance, then you were, you were involved."  "Your tribe is something that identifies you and you always gonna have a bit of it in your life."  "We love the idea of them being part of the exhibition."  "It's kind of to take everyone back, to get them back into their tribe mentality and also, you know, appreciate the other tribes."   ABOUT THE GUESTS A Cambridgeshire based self-taught artist, Sharon Bennett is passionate about art that is vibrant and striking. Using a range of medium and techniques, Sharon has an artistic style  that is deceptively light and playful with darker undertones and references. Sharon is inspired by pop culture, religion, fashion and passion and has exhibited in London and Cambridgeshire. During 2020, her painting of a baby crow (Trevor), was chosen to be part of Grayson Perry's Art Club – and subsequently exhibited at the Manchester Art Gallery alongside many high-profile artists: Grayson's Art Club - Manchester Art Gallery In 2022 Sharon was diagnosed with breast cancer. As part of her healing she created a lot of art and collaborated with other artists to make images for clothes that were inspired by her cancer journey. This resulted in Sharon organising a fashion show which raised £12k for the charity 'Something To Look Forward To Alongside her cancer artworks, Sharon collaborates with another fashion artist called Jamie Ashman and in December 2023 they created an art exhibition in London based on the Studio 54 disco aesthetic. In May they are holding a show called ‘Tribe' which will explore fashion tribes, identity and youth subcultures.   Socials & Contact https://www.instagram.com/brave_girl_tough_cookie/ Jamie Ashman Instagram: jamie_ashman Website is www.jamieashman.com     CONTACT METHOD FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/caropartridge LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-partridge-03131520 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/partridge_caroline

In our final recording of the year, we consider a little-remembered institution that laid the foundation for many state-led scams to come: the colonial and post-independence era agricultural produce marketing boards. We discussed why they were founded by the colonial state, why they became indispensable to the post-independence regional governments, how they (sort of) ended, and whether they are inherently fraudulent or can be repurposed. Enjoy... And happy holidays! **The cover poster is one of a series of more than 200, commissioned and published by the British government's Empire Marketing Board between 1926 and 1933. The EMB's main functions were to research the production, trade and use of goods throughout the British Empire and to promote the idea of 'Buying Empire'. It organised poster campaigns, exhibitions and shop window displays, 'Empire shopping weeks', lectures, radio talks, school tours, and advertisements in the national and local press. This image, by designer Gerald Pryse, shows an exotic and romanticised view of palm oil production in Nigeria. International trade in palm oil began in the early 1800s and became the principal cargo for slave ships after the abolition of the slave trade. The development of industry in Britain had increased demand for palm oil as a machine lubricant, and trade increased rapidly. As people in Europe began to take sanitation and hygiene more seriously, demand for soap also increased, resulting in the production of oil for soap manufacture by companies such as Lever Brothers. In the early 1870s, exports of palm oil from the Niger Delta totalled about 30,000 tonnes per year. In 1897, competition for control of Nigeria's oil production resulted in the British raid on the Nigerian kingdom of Benin, and the notorious looting of the Benin bronzes. By 1911, British west African territories exported 87,000 tonnes, and Nigeria remained the world's largest exporter of palm oil until 1934. The Empire Marketing Board was closed down in September 1933, partly as a result of government cuts, although colonial governments had also proved reluctant to join it. Manchester Art Gallery was given an almost full set of the posters in 1935. Produced by some of the best artists and designers of the day, they were collected by the gallery as an example of outstanding British design and many are visually stunning. However, seen from today's perspective, their promotion of an imperial world view and use of stereotypical images of people and places makes for often uncomfortable viewing. This information was provided by curators from Manchester Art Gallery.***

After a brief introduction to the subject of typology, Michael Penfold preaches on Daniel as a clear – though lesser-known – type of Christ, particularly from the story of the den of lions. Reading: Dan 6:1-3. (Message preached in Winnipeg Gospel Hall, MB, Canada, 6th Oct 2023) Photo of oil painting of “Daniel's Answer to the King” by Briton Riviere (1890) from the Manchester Art Gallery. The post A Lesser Known Type of Christ (51 min) first appeared on Gospel Hall Audio.

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Claire Mander is the Director and Curator of theCoLAB, a London based curatorial practice which has operated beyond the white cube since 2011.   She conceives and creates opportunities for women sculptors to use unusual sites as experimental laboratories to realise their most ambitious, far-flung and life-affirming work. She recently transformed a neglected half-acre roof terrace on the roof of Temple tube station into the Artist's Garden a platform for women artists to make large-scale site responsive interventions. She has curated over 40 mainly site-specific interventions including Sculpture Shock residency/commissioning programme for interventions into subterranean, ambulatory and historic sites in London, Headlands to Headspace landscape art commissions across Morecambe Bay and Sculpture showcasing the work of seventeen Nordic sculptors across three sites in London.     theCoLAB runs Body and Place drawing residencies in the landscape and is working on the Morecambe Bay Triennial, a residency based series of site responsive commissions across 100 miles of coast in the north west of England. Claire Mander sits on Westminster's City of Sculpture panel and is a Board Member of the National Festival of Making and of the artist-led 303 Projects in Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was formerly Deputy Director of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and a Trustee and Chair of the Steering Committee of UK Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington DC). She is a member of AICA and has published two books and numerous catalogues and has given/chaired many talks about women artists and site-specific commissions including at RCA, The National Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery and about Skulpturlandscap Nordland. She holds an MA (Distinction) from the Courtauld Institute of Art and was a City solicitor. @thecolab.art [instagram] https://www.thecolab.art/temple            music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet' (Rama, Rama, Rama)  by TOT TAYLOR is used by kind permission of the artist ©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020) PRS/MCPS/PPL

In this two-part special edition to mark International Women's Day, we are delighted to welcome renowned author and Suffrage researcher Elizabeth Crawford. With a focus on the Manchester Art Gallery, Elizabeth Crawford chats to Hannah Squire about Annie Swynnerton and Isabel Dacre. Both artists had important connections to the Pre-Raphaelites and the Women's Suffrage movement.    For more information and to subscribe to the Pre-Raphaelite Society, please visit www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org    All donations towards the maintenance of this podcast are gratefully received: https://gofund.me/60a58f68    

PART 2: In this two-part special edition to mark International Women's Day, we are delighted to welcome renowned author and Suffrage researcher Elizabeth Crawford. With a focus on the Manchester Art Gallery, Elizabeth Crawford chats to Hannah Squire about Annie Swynnerton and Isabel Dacre. Both artists had important connections to the Pre-Raphaelites and the Women's Suffrage movement.  For more information and to subscribe to the Pre-Raphaelite Society, please visit www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org    All donations towards the maintenance of this podcast are gratefully received: https://gofund.me/60a58f68

I'm really happy to be talking to Dr Alex Woodall about her wonderful work with objects. We're talking about how the joys of working with objects creatively. We're exploring how you can use objects to spark all sorts of connections, associations and fun in the museum and beyond…Dr Alex Woodall is a museum professional and academic, inspired by the creative use of objects and rummaging in stores. She has 20 years' experience working in learning, interpretation and exhibition management and leadership roles, including at Sheffield Museums, Manchester Art Gallery, the Royal Armouries in Leeds and the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia. She is currently Programme Director for the Postgraduate Creative and Cultural Industries Management degree at the University of Sheffield, where she teaches a large international cohort about museum management. In our chat today, we talk about the joys of working with objects creatively. Alex shares how her love for objects started when she was very small rummaging through her dad's ‘museum' full of amazing finds that he'd dug up in the garden - rocks and fossils and clay pipes and so on. And how that developed into a career-long fascination with all kinds of objects.We talk about what objects do, ​​ how we can use them and what we can get out of working with objects. Alex tells us what an object dialogue box is and how you can use objects to spark all sorts of connections, associations and fun in the museum. She takes us through a wonderful activity that I did with her at the ICOM CECA conference in Denmark recently that helps us to notice more details and find stuff in museums that we would normally overlook. We also talk about how we can use objects to inspire more creativity and imagination organisations in for example meetings, in teams, programming, brainstorming etc. And she shares two wonderful books to read if you're as fascinated by objects as we both are. This is a delightful chat about creating joyful engaging experiences with objects -Enjoy! LINKS HOW TO LOOK AT ART (SLOWLY) - a free guide for looking with 30+ activities!Support the ShowJoin the Slow Looking Club Community on Facebookwww.alexwoodall.co.ukAlex Woodall on Twitterhttps://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/Karl and Kimberley Foster - Object Dialogue Boxes https://www.sorhed.com/http://www.marymaryquitecontrary.org.uk/Books mentioned:Sandra Dudley (2010) Museum Materialities: https://www.routledge.com/Museum-Materialities-Objects-Engagements-Interpretations/Dudley/p/book/9780415492188Pablo Neruda (1994) Odes to Common Things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Common-Things-First-Pablo-Neruda/dp/B0058WGC84Written by Alex Woodall: Woodall A (2020) 'Storehouses of Unimagined...

THIS WEEK on the GWA Podcast, we interview one of the most esteemed young painters working in the world right now, LOUISE GIOVANELLI! Giovanelli's paintings bridge art history and modern pop-cultural narratives and explore the tensions between representation/ abstraction, fiction/ reality, historic/ contemporary, painting/ digital sphere. Retaining the meticulousness of renaissance paintings and coalescing it with 80s and 90s music videos, Giovanellis's delicate and electrically luminous scapes offer a language rooted in history yet feel completely otherworldly. On a screen they feel like one thing, but meet them in the flesh, and they become real, with dabs of white oil paint SPARKLING off the canvas. For me, they are time-based. Sit with these paintings and it's like their surfaces are constantly moving. Born in the 90s and now based in Manchester, Giovanelli has quickly risen up the ranks as one of Britain's leading young painters. Having completed her BA at Manchester School of Art, and her MA at the Stadeschule in Frankfurt with professor Amy Silman in 2020, Louise Giovanelli has since exhibited all over the world, including at Grimm Gallery, the Hayward Gallery's Mixing it Up, Manchester Art Gallery, and more recently, at White Cube in London. Giovanelli's paintings are theatrical and stage-like. She creates a language that feels like a heightened version of reality that looks to renaissance painting and film stills and encompasses photography, classical sculpture, architecture and painting. They feel almost too good to be true, full of mystery and enigma. As the artist has said herself – ‘These curtains, once thrown back, offer this promise to enter another realm – and once closed, contain that promise. The painting hangs in a suspended state, leaving us wondering whether the show is over, or in fact just beginning.' -- ENJOY!!! Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Research assistant: Viva Ruggi Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/ -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY CHRISTIES: www.christies.com

Poet and hip-hop MC Testament takes his good friend Hannah Taylor Jackson to Manchester Art Gallery during Art Assembly, a day celebrating art and creativity across the city of Manchester which took place on 18 June 2022. Together they explore some of the inspiring work commissioned for the day, including David Blandy's installation 'Lost Eons', which imagines Manchester 8,000 years in the future; and also take a look at the gallery's permanent collection, including work by LS Lowry. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I'm so happy to be talking to Karly Allen about her work. We're talking about how mindfulness can help us to connect with and engage with art, how we can bring mindfulness practices to the experience of drawing.  Karly Allen is a UK-based gallery educator, drawing tutor and mindfulness teacher. She has worked for the National Gallery, London, over the past 20 years and has taught widely for UK art collections including the National Portrait Gallery, Wallace Collection and Royal Collection. In 2018, Karly co-foundedhttps://www.liminacollective.com/ ( Limina Collective) to bring mindfulness and reflection practices to museum and online spaces.   We explore how mindfulness and meditation practices, observation of the artwork and drawing interrelate with each other. And how drawing with mindfulness creates connections, opens us up to creativity and helps us to overcome any resistance we might have to drawing or the fear of the blank page. We talk extensively about the benefits and how it help us to tune into a mode of being being open, letting go of preconceptions and habitual patterns of looking.  Links Masterclass: Mona Lisa - Experiments in Drawing with Mindfulness Tuesday 19 July at 17.00 hrs CET This masterclass offers an experimental space to explore drawing and mindfulness, with Leonardo's iconic painting as our focus. Sign up here: https://buy.stripe.com/aEU00A3Th8pP1Wg5ks (https://buy.stripe.com/aEU00A3Th8pP1Wg5ks) https://buymeacoffee.com/clairebown (Support the Show) Find out more about Limina Collective and contact Karly via their website https://www.liminacollective.com (https://www.liminacollective.com) Join the https://liminacollective.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7703085289b8bfad27fbb899b&id=e09f01af3f (Limina Collective monthly newsletter ) Connect on Instagram: @limina_collective @karlykallen Limina Collective's exhibition audios for Manchester Art Gallery, 'Room to Breathe': https://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibitions-and-events/exhibition/room-to-breathe/ (https://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibitions-and-events/exhibition/room-to-breathe/) Limina Collective's series of films for the Royal Academy, 'A Slow Look': https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/articles/tag/slow-look (https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/articles/tag/slow-look) Limina Collective's film for The Wallace Collection, 'Taking Time to Look': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVp4h27aeos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVp4h27aeos)

The Australian Kyrgios, who has proved to be his usual controversial self during the first week of Wimbledon after a number of high profile incidents including rows with umpires and crowd members, grew frustrated with the match official during his third round tie with the fourth seed. ........... The Scout Association faced a backlash last night after it introduced a ‘trans fun badge'for members as young as four. Youngsters were also offered a ‘bisexual fun badge', a ‘lesbian fun badge' and a ‘Pride fun badge'............ BBC DJ Steve Wright quit his Radio 2 show live on air today, after more than 40 years with the broadcaster because bosses want to 'try something different' in the slot - sparking listener fury as Radio 1's Scott Mills is brought in to replace him. Two men from the campaign group Just Stop Oil glued themselves to a painting hung in Manchester Art Gallery today, making them the third set of eco activists to target a gallery this week. A Howard Brown was the wonderfully cheery, bespectacled, sharp-suited customer-services rep who was plucked from obscurity more than 20 years ago to put some bang into banking as the all-singing, all-dancing new face of the Halifax. Hordes of furious visitors to beaches in Cornwall have blasted a parking firm after a machine glitch meant that they were wrongly hit with £100 fines. The wife of a man who was savagely battered by teenagers as he defended an 11-year-old boy in a park has described how her husband has been left unable to talk or look after himself a year later due to his horrific head injuries..

In celebration of Pride Month is a special episode inspired by an exhibition at the Manchester Art Gallery entitled, Derek Jarman Protest! – a major retrospective of the work created by one of the most influential figures in 20th-century British culture. This episode is based on a Saint Podcast talk at the art gallery. It features artist Jez Dolan and curator Fiona Corridan from the Manchester Art Gallery, and explores Derek Jarman's role in shaping the modern image and story of the Roman warrior, plague saint, and gay icon: Saint Sebastian.

A conversation with Dr. Andrew Moor on Derek Jarman, arising from the Derek Jarman Protest exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, on Jarman's significance in British Culture, his legacy as a multimedia artist and his contributions to art, protest cultures and queer cultures.

Please visit the websites for Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, Decentralizing Political Economies, and Arte Útil to learn more.2:00 Evolution Whitworth and Manchester Galleries' mission4:30 Use of art as a process for social change5:00 Manchester Art Gallery5:45 Whitworth Gallery6:50 Healthy mind, body and spirit agenda7:50 Platt Hall redevelopment12:00 Pub as art center in Cumbria14:00 Museum 3.016:30 Arte Útil and Cuban Artist Tania Bruguera 18:10 Whitworth's Office of Arte Útil20:00 Aplicación Legal's use of legal loopholes20:58 Núria Güell's Degenerate Art Protocol22:00 Núria Güell's project involving loophole that allowed occupation of Tower block in Spain after removing doors23:30 Decentralizing Political Economies research platform23:50 Joy Forever exhibition – based on Social Reformer John Ruskin's 1857 two-day lecture on economy as making the right conditions for living 24:55 Interplay between art and economy is fundamental to the way we develop society - how to see the world truthfully and then act ethically 25:25 Art defined as what's done with care and consideration 26:05 Economics the Blockbuster exhibition26:35 Reclaiming art as the operating system for our living conditions, as good housekeeping27:50 Decentralizing Political Economies platform28:30 NFT of William Blake's The Ancient of Days30:40 Proceeds of Blake NFT to be used for social programmes31:41 Story of NFT to be used in exhibition 33:15 U.S. Artist Suzanne Lacy's current show at The Whitworth34:05 SF MoMA's version of a Suzanne Lacy retrospective34:35 Lacy's What Kind of City? A Manual for Social Change36:10 Lacy's Oakland Projects to be used for a new project in Manchester to give youths agency37:55 Lacy's Uncertain Futures project to be used for better working rights for women over 50 years old 39:10 Capacity for change with individuals involved in and benefiting from these projects 42:30 These projects are elegant demonstrations of why art matters42:50 Art world individuals who have a vested interest in the status quo are sometimes the ones who criticize these types of projects43:20 Social justice at the center of these projects 43:50 The Whitworth and Manchester Galleries' design as social instruments 44:10 The beauty of ethics and equitable relationships 45:00 Use of museums' cultural powerTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2021]For more details about joining the monthly discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. Hope to see you there!

A major retrospective of Derek Jarman's work, Protest!, opens at the Manchester Art Gallery this week. One of the most influential figures in 20th century British culture the exhibition focuses on the diverse strands of Jarman's practise as a painter, film maker, writer, set designer and political activist. Novelist Okechukwu Nzelu reviews. Benjamin Cleary talks about his new science fiction film Swan Song starring Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Awkwafina and Glen Close And Nick Ahad visits Scarborough to discover an impressive arts scene in the latest in our postcard series, with Sally Gorham, Adam Cooper, Emily Kaan and Sefton Freeman-Bahn. Presenter: Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu

Russell & Robert meet artists Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley, who have worked together designing and making furniture and other functional woodwork for over 30 years. The scope of their work ranges from the small and domestic to monumental outdoor pieces. By the time the partnership began Jim had already established a reputation for his vessels and small scale furniture.Initially they worked on outdoor projects, building public seats, footbridges, and shelters. They have always said that their intention was to make “work with a strong but quiet presence in the landscape”. This statement remains true, even though they have broadened that landscape to include built environments. Projects include an altar for Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, seats for Compton Verney Art Gallery, RHS Wisley and Warwick University, furniture for Ruthin Crafts Centre, a bridge in North Wales and the large Ridgeons seat in CB1 Cambridge and, more recently a series of work for the Harley Gallery at Welbeck, Nottinghamshire which involved a redesign of the reception area, seating for inside and outside the new gallery to house the Portland collection, and outdoor cafe furniture.Alongside their site-specific commissioned work their studio furniture, much of which is carved from blocks of green oak, often scorched and polished to a lustrous black finish, regularly appears in exhibitions and is in public collections across the world, including the V&A in London, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and Manchester Art Gallery. The work has twice been shortlisted for the Jerwood Furniture prize. In 2019 their work was selected as one of 29 finalists from a field of over 2,500 international entries for the Loewe Craft Prize and exhibited in Tokyo, Japan. More information at Loewe Craft prize 2019This autumn there is work in the 'Signature in Wood' exhibition at the Sarah Myerscough Fine Art gallery and in the 'On the Table' exhibition at Oxford Ceramics Gallery.'On The Table' exhibition runs 22nd December 2021 at Oxford Ceramics Gallery. Follows @OxfordCeramicsGallery and their official website is: www.oxfordceramics.comJim and Liz's website is at: www.jplw.co.uk"Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley treat wood in a way it deserves, not with a finely turned perfection, but with a strong sense of the material's true vigour, retaining that elemental simplicity you find in lengths of raw timber, and in the essential life of the grain. Their various sculptural bowls (Partridge's individual work), seats, benches and bridges are not only bold pieces of concentrated form, but carry a semblance of ritual, a sense of directness and simplicity found too in tribal or early European artefacts. But the language is confidently modern, the work as at home with contemporary architecture as in the broader British landscape from which it springs and with which it so skilfully merges. Born in Leeds in 1953, Partridge attended the John Makepeace School at Parnham House. For many years Jim and Liz have been based in Shropshire." (Bio written by David Whiting). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the first half of a two-part recording made on November the 12th at the Manchester Art Gallery - and the inaugural Emily Williamson Festival. The Festival was created by author and campaigner Tessa Boase and activist and event organiser Tina Lindsay to honour the memory of Emily Williamson, who in 1889, determined to stop the ‘murderous millinery' of the plumage trade, founded an all-female group that just fifteen years later had become the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the RSPB.In the first part of this recording we heard from Professor Melissa Bateson, Emily Williamson's great, great niece, and a fascinating panel discussion chaired by zoologist and wildlife TV presenter Megan McCubbin, with a panel consisting of biologist, nature writer and campaigner Amy-Jane Beer; Beccy Speight, CEO of the RSPB, Juliet Vickery, CEO of the British Trust for Ornithology and President of the British Ornithologists Union, and the Chief Executive of BirdLife International Patricia Zurita.In this second part of the recording, Megan begins by turning to the panel again to discuss what she calls ‘the elephant in the room' – the fact that everyone on the stage is a woman...and later invites questions from the audience. Because the audience weren't mic'd the three questions that were asked are inaudible but the answers given by the panel are far too important just to edit out – so at Tessa's suggestion Off the Leash's Charlie Moores will be repeating those questions and editing them in...we end with an evocative reading by Amy-Jane Beer of an essay she wrote after an evening spent on the Knepp Wildland Estate listening to one of the most remarkable singers on the planet…Off the Leash Podcasts has been proud to support the Emily Williamson Festival, celebrating female voices in conservation and Emily's legacy, which goes to show that one voice - anyone's voice - can make a difference. The Festival website remains live of course, if you'd like to learn more please go to emilywilliamsonstatue.com/festival

Welcome to the first half of a two-part recording made on November the 12th at the Manchester Art Gallery - and the inaugural Emily Williamson Festival. The Festival was created by author and campaigner Tessa Boase and activist and event organiser Tina Lindsay to honour the memory of Emily Williamson, who in 1889, determined to stop the ‘murderous millinery' of the plumage trade, founded an all-female group that just fifteen years later had become the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the RSPB.Tessa and Tina organised a fascinating discussion for the first evening of the festival, chaired by Zoologist and Wildlife TV Presenter Megan McCubbin, with a panel consisting of biologist, nature writer and campaigner Amy-Jane Beer; Beccy Speight, CEO of the RSPB, Juliet Vickery, CEO of the British Trust for Ornithology and President of the British Ornithologists Union, and the Chief Executive of BirdLife International Patricia Zurita.In this first part of the recording, we hear from Tessa Boase herself who explains how she uncovered Emily Williamson's forgotten history, before introducing behavioural scientist Professor Melissa Bateson – who has spent many years researching Starlings and is Emily Williamson's great, great niece. Megan then takes over to talk about the representation of women in conservation, introducing the panel who in turn discuss what nature means to them and explaining the backstory to an object that each has brought along to the Festival…Off the Leash Podcasts has been proud to support the Emily Williamson Festival, celebrating female voices in conservation and Emily's legacy, which goes to show that one voice - anyone's voice - can make a difference. The Festival website remains live of course, if you'd like to learn more please go to emilywilliamsonstatue.com/festival

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November.In this shortcast we hear from artist and sculptural choreographer Hazel Reeves, who is currently the artist in residence at the world-renowned Knepp Wildland Estate in West Sussex where she is surrounded by a surging population of Nightingales and creates remarkable soundscapes filled with the sounds of nature, like the beautiful 'Sculptural Murmurings Project'.Hazel Reeves Website and Twitter feed Hazel Reeves Sculptural Murmurings Project Knepp Wildland Estate WebsiteEmily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

New Talk Art!! Russell & Robert meet artist Louise Giovanelli at Workplace Gallery in central London. Giovanelli makes intense, luminous, paintings that refer both to art history and contemporary mechanics of viewing and consuming imagery. Cropped and isolated images gleaned from historical painting are repeated and restated, dislocated from their origin and repositioned within a rhizomatic sequence of works. Giovanelli employs a layering technique to build works that simultaneously composite multiple modes of representation and painterly lexicons of flatness, translucence, abstraction and realism. Emphasised by underpainting revealed beneath and below the image; and finished with gestural glyph-like inscriptions on top of the illusionistic surface, Giovanelli's works flit restlessly through a multiplicity of painterly strategies bringing together interruptions, false starts, and obfuscation into a corrupted yet beautiful polyphonic totality. Louise Giovanelli was born in London in 1993 and lives and works in Manchester UK. She completed her BA in Fine Art at Manchester School of Art in 2015, and she recently studied at Städelschule in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany under Amy Sillman. Her work was recently featured in The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting published by Anomie Press. Recent solo exhibitions include Aerial Silk, Grimm, New York; Manchester Art Gallery and A Throw to the Side, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery; Slow to Respond, Touchstones Gallery, Rochdale; From Here to Here, Part 1 & 2, The Grundy Gallery, Blackpool. Giovanelli's work is in numerous museum collections including: The University of Salford Art Collection; The Grundy Gallery Collection; Manchester Art Gallery Collection; Warrington Museum and Art Gallery Collection; Touchstones Gallery Collection; and Private Collections in UK, USA, Canada, China, Slovakia, Germany, and Italy.Follow @Louise___Giovanelli on Instagram and her galleries Grimm and Workplace. Special thanks to Workplace for letting us record in the gallery! Also, we recommend visiting the Hayward Gallery to see 'Mixing It Up' which runs until 12th December 2021, a group exhibition featuring Louise's recent works. Learn more here: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/art-exhibitions/mixing-it-painting-todayFor images of all artworks discussed in this episode visit @TalkArt. Talk Art theme music by Jack Northover @JackNorthoverMusic courtesy of HowlTown.com We've just joined Twitter too @TalkArt. If you've enjoyed this episode PLEASE leave us your feedback and maybe 5 stars if we're worthy in the Apple Podcast store. For all requests, please email talkart@independenttalent.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November.In this shortcast,  Chloe Jeffries from Climate Emergency Manchester tells us about how Emily's legacy continues in the work the group does locally to tackle the climate crisis. She discusses how different skills can be valuable in campaigning and activism, and talks about the group's Active Citizenship Toolkit which breaks down how to engage with these issues and how we can all contribute in an impactful way. Climate Emergency Manchester Website and Twitter feedActive Citizenship Toolkit WebsiteEmily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November.Nicola Chester is the RSPB‘s first and longest-running female columnist, writing for their Nature's Home Magazine. She has just released her newest book 'On Gallows Down', described as being "about how Nicola came to realise that it is she who can decide where she belongs, for home is a place in nature and imagination, which must be protected through words and actions". In this shortcast, Nicola describes her personal connection with nature and the ever-present need to protect it. She says that we can all find our own way to protest and reads a couple of extracts from 'On Gallows Down' that detail what she has already lost and reminds us all what we still have to lose. Nicola Chester Nature Notes blog and Twitter feedOn Gallows Down (Chelsea Green Publishing, 7th October 2021)RSPB  Website and Twitter feedEmily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November (NB the event was 12 - 14 Nov, but has now been shortened).A shortcast from the street artist known as ATM, whose beautiful wildlife murals are dotted around the UK and beyond. He speaks about what he hopes to inspire with his work and the action we can all take on a local level for wildlife. Like Emily Williamson, he wants to reinforce our cultural connection with the natural world, something that is sorely needed to help create a sustainable future for us and, well, for everything.ATM's website which features a number of his beautiful and evocative paintings is at  atmstreetart.com/ATM Website and Twitter feedEmily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November (NB the event was 12 - 14 Nov, but has now been shortened). In this shortcast, author Laline Paul speaks about activism and the need to wake up, look at issues straight on, get involved and - while we're at it - stick two fingers up at anybody who criticises us for doing so! Laline is author of 'The Ice', 'The Bees' and 'Pod', which is coming out in the Spring next year. Laline Paull Website and Twitter feedEmily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November (NB the event was 12 - 14 Nov, but has now been shortened). In this shortcast, Danielle Shaw - Communications Officer at Birdlife International and author of the blog Nature's Good News - talks about the power of environmental storytelling and how success stories, like Emily Willaimson's, can motivate others to take action, rather than falling into a feeling of helplessness that we all know too well. Danielle celebrates that there are so many influential female voices in what was once a very male-dominated sector - and while there's still work to be done to make sure that diverse voices are being heard in this space, it shows how far we've come thanks to people like Emily. Danielle Shaw Nature's Good NewsEmily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November (NB the event was 12 - 14 Nov, but has now been shortened).In this shortcast nature therapy guide & eco coach Holly Barber – who you may know as ecomonkey – tells us how she found her drive to start the Global Wildlife Rescue Project, how concepts of our relationship with nature vary around the world, and how getting outside can help us deal with modern living due to our biology. Much like Emily Williamson in her day, Holly's work tries to reconnect people with the natural world so that they don't take it for granted. The ecomonkey Website and Twitter feedGlobal Wildlife Rescue Project WebsiteEmily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November (NB the event was 12 - 14 Nov, but has now been shortened)."Find the humanity in the midst of the conflict". In this shortcast, award-winning author and campaigner Mary Colwell talks about what she learned when she set out to experience curlew decline, and what inspiration she has taken from Emily Williamson about changing hearts, minds and the status quo.Mary Colwell Website (curlewmedia.com) and Twitter feedEmily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

Today I'm really excited to be chatting to Louise Thompson - a museums and wellbeing consultant as well as the health and wellbeing manager at Manchester Art Gallery for the past 9 years. We're talking how about art and objects can be used to learn wellbeing skills and improve mental health. Louise has over 12 years experience of arts and health practice and is hugely passionate about using culture and creativity to improve people's wellbeing. We discuss: Louise's work and some of the wonderful projects she's worked on recently - the https://manchesterartgallery.org/learn/becoming-a-mum/ (Becoming a Mum art therapy) project during lockdown and the pioneering https://manchesterartgallery.org/learn/mindful-museum/ (Mindful Museum) at https://manchesterartgallery.org/ (Manchester Art Gallery). how artworks can create a sense of community and how art and cultural collections can make us feel less alone and more connected. how attitudes to mental health have changed over the past few years and how museums, art and objects can play a role in improving wellbeing and mental health mindfulness and the particular type of mindfulness that informs Louise's work - trauma-sensitive mindfulness - and how cultural institutions are brilliantly placed to teach mindfulness in a trauma-sensitive way. Louise shares so much value in our chat - make sure you listen to the whole episode to catch it all! LinksSupport the Show - https://buymeacoffee.com/clairebown (https://buymeacoffee.com/clairebown) Masterclass -The Mindful Museum: Using Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness to Engage with Cultural Collections https://thinkingmuseum.com/product/voice-masterclass/ ( )https://thinkingmuseum.com/product/the-mindful-museum/ (https://thinkingmuseum.com/product/the-mindful-museum/) Well Mindful website https://well-mindful.com/ (https://well-mindful.com/) Louise Thompson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/well_mindful_/ (https://www.instagram.com/well_mindful_/) Louise Thompson on Twitter https://twitter.com/Louise_Tea_ (https://twitter.com/Louise_Tea_) Becoming a Mum https://manchesterartgallery.org/learn/becoming-a-mum/ (https://manchesterartgallery.org/learn/becoming-a-mum/) Lead art psychotherapist for Becoming a Mum - Sarah Greaves Sarah Greaves Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahgreavesart/ (https://www.instagram.com/sarahgreavesart/) The Mindful Museum https://manchesterartgallery.org/learn/mindful-museum/ (https://manchesterartgallery.org/learn/mindful-museum/)

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November (NB the event was 12 - 14 Nov, but has now been shortened).In this shortcast, Off the Leash Podcasts' Charlie Moores talks about his own experience as a birder and how he never knew how much he had to thank Emily Williamson for. He also talks about how much more work there is to do, and how it's just as important as ever that we use our voices for nature. Emily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women Founders

Off the Leash Podcasts is proud to publish a series of shortcasts supporting the Emily Williamson Festival.  Emily was a co-founder of the RSPB and an eco-activist before the term was even invented. Taking inspiration from her legacy, modern day change-makers will be exploring the links between Conservation, Campaigning, Science and Art in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 13th of November (NB the event was 12 - 14 Nov, but has now been shortened).In this shortcast, Tessa Boase -  journalist, campaigner, and  the organiser of the Emily Williamson Festival  - explains who Emily was and the legacy that the festival is celebrating in a weekend of events at Manchester Art Gallery between the 12th and 14th November 2021. Emily Williamson Festival Conservation, Campaigning, Science, ArtA statue for Emily Williamson  emilywilliamsonstatue.comShortcast #18 Tessa Boase | The Story of the RSPB's Women FoundersTessa Boase Etta Lemon The Woman who Saved the Birds (Goodreads)

If you've been missing the real-life experience of going into an actual museum or art gallery then we've got the thing for you, Ellie's been catching up with Manchester Art Gallery about how you can get involved with their brand new project. To find our more about Making Conversation you can head to their website, www.manchesterartgallery.org/learn/adults/making-conversation Image shows: Manchester Art Gallery Logo 

In this podcast with Mike Garry, we focus on the importance and value of expressing our language through poetry. In a truly illuminating conversation, where Mike also kindly reads two poems aloud, we get into a whole range of discussion points about the importance of reading and language, his work with thousands of kids a year, and finding empathy, knowledge and understanding through poetry. I'd imagine this will stick with me for a while - thanks for your time Mike! Listen here! Mike Garry was a librarian for 15 years before becoming a poet. Mike became a “Champion Reader” recognized for his work in promoting reading to young people. His poetry career began when he started to read his poems to the hundreds of young people he worked with during study sessions. They loved what they heard and encouraged him to perform at live poetry events and Slams, which he did, instantly winning prizes throughout the UK. Mike started performing his poems in Prisons, Young Offenders units, Mental Health Hospitals, Children's Homes and local pubs. Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays recently described Mike's poetry as “The best street poetry I've ever heard” and iconic designer Peter Saville described Mikes as a “genius” He was Poet in Residence at Strangeways Prison, and has works closely with Manchester United, the BBC, The Barclays Premier league, Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Art Gallery and works at literature festivals throughout the world.

‘Culture Matters' is a new series of panel events looking look at how different creative industries have navigated, and will bounce back from, the lockdown.Our first event explores ‘Galleries',  the essential spaces that connect artists with audiences, which have been largely closed across the UK since the pandemic began. The State of the Arts enlisted three leading figures working with galleries, museums and exhibitions in the North to feature on our panel…Alistair Hudson – Director of the Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth.Courtney Spencer – Director of the Leeds Summer Group Show and former director of Left Bank Leeds.Nicola Triscott – Director/CEO of FACT Liverpool.From new ideas on the role of institutions, to the changing behaviours of audiences, to the impact of the pandemic on regional culture, there's plenty to unpack in this hour long chat. Listen to this special recording of our first panel event!

If you're white, does it mean you're racist? I discussed with author and lecturer Daniel Blight. I pushed back on separating systems of oppression and white supremacy versus the people these ideas filter through. Nonetheless it was a truly insightful and interesting conversation.  Daniel C. Blight is a writer based in London. He works on various forms of the essay, fiction and poetry, and has written for 1000 Words, Aperture, Foam, frieze, The Guardian, Philosophy of Photography, Photoworks, Vogue Italia, Manchester Art Gallery, UCL Art Museum, Art Museum of Estonia, FOMU Belgium and the Australian Centre for Photography. His first book, The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization, was co-published by SPBH Editions and Art on the Underground in September 2019. He is Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Historical & Critical Studies in Photography, School of Media, University of Brighton.   I.G. @TheGambian @Kultural.Renaissance Twitter: @MomodouTaal @DanielCBlight

Art Director and Pop Culture Curator, Mat Bancroft shares his creative process by fighting for the art against tensions that counter it by curating and detailing the movements he’s inspired by and involved in by assembling, cataloguing, managing, and presenting their artistic and cultural importance.From Johnny Marr's Art Director to being part of the curation team that organized and realized True Faith - an exhibition of the artistic legacy and influence of Joy Division and New Order exhibit at the Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester International Festival in 2017. Spearheaded various pop culture archives including the archives of Factory Records, Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton, and his current work on Derek Jarman’s archive for Art Fund UK.Web: www.unknownorigins.comTwitter: UnknownOrigins9Instagram: unknownoriginsuo77

Radio feature previewing 'Bus Regulation: The Musical' by Ellie Harrison premiered at Manchester Art Gallery on 28 September 2019

Radio feature previewing 'Bus Regulation: The Musical' by Ellie Harrison premiered at Manchester Art Gallery on 28 September 2019

We’re taking you on the road from the Haworth moors to the Manchester Art Gallery. Listen in as we take you on a tour of the Brontë Parsonage, discuss William Weightman, the genius of Annie Swynnerton, and go behind the scenes at The Pankhust Centre!

Painter, sculptor, architect and engineer- Leonardo da Vinci is regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. To mark the 500th anniversary of his death, 144 of his drawings from the Royal Collection are to be exhibited in 12 galleries and museums nationwide. Senior curator Natasha Howes, and Mark Roughley, medical illustrator and Art in Science lecturer at Liverpool School of Art and Design discuss the Renaissance master's anatomical work on show at Manchester Art Gallery.Green Book - a film about an Italian-American bouncer turned chauffeur for an African-American concert pianist, driving through the Deep South in Jim Crow America, arrives in the UK garlanded with awards and Oscar and Bafta nominations. Al Bailey, Co-founder and Director of Programming at Manchester International Film Festival, reviews.As Sian Edwards prepares to conduct Opera North's latest production of Janáček's Katya Kabanova, she discusses the appeal of the Czech composer's music, and what she plans to bring to his dark tale of a woman in search of love but trapped by convention.Earlier this month, the Department for Education announced plans for a new model music curriculum with the aim of stopping the decline in the number of pupils studying music at GCSE and A Level. The plan has faced criticism including thirty academics with backgrounds in music and education signing an open letter to the DfE. The Right Honourable Nick Gibb, Minister for School Standards, and Dr Jonathan Savage from Manchester Metropolitan University, and former Chair of Expert Subject Advisory Group for Music 2013, join Gaylene to discuss if the proposed new curriculum is the right answer to the right question.

Talking to Alistair Hudson, Director of both Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth about the history of the two institutions, their role in the city, how they will evolve in the future, collecting in the 21st century, and connecting with the people of Manchester. With some diversions into museology and comments on collecting.

Daniel chats with Alistair Hudson, Director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth.

Daniel chats with Alistair Hudson, Director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth.

Artist Sonia Boyce's career has been punctuated by series of firsts - the first black woman to have her work collected by the Tate, the first black woman to be elected a Royal Academician. As her first retrospective opens, Sonia discusses her art and why she removed a painting from the walls of Manchester Art Gallery.On the 100th anniversary of Debussy's death two interpreters of his music discuss his life, legacy and influences. Lucy Parham tours a show playing his piano music interspersed with readings from Debussy's own writings and letters while Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla the conductor of the city of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has curated a season of Debussy's orchestral works. Testament is a rapper, beatboxer and theatre maker who's now based in Yorkshire. That county is the setting of Black Men Walking, a touring production that takes as its real life inspiration a group of black men - and some women - who go walking in the Peak District once a month. It uses music, poetry and the rich and largely unsung history of black people in this country, and countryside, to tell its story. Presenter: Gaylene Gould Producer: Hannah Robins.

To mark the 100th anniversary of women over 30 getting the vote in the UK we have a themed programme looking at the art that was created alongside the suffrage campaign and we celebrate the contribution of female artists. For the last two weeks we've been asking Front Row listeners to nominate their favourite art work by a woman. Jenny Éclair and Rosie Fletcher come into the studio to champion their picks in a head to head choosing Tracey Emin's My Bed and Nora Ephron's script for When Harry Met Sally respectively. In Spring 1907 the first suffragette play opened at the Royal Court - Votes for Women by Elizabeth Robins. This rarely performed play is being revived by the New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme and we speak to adaptor and director of the production Theresa Heskins about whether the play has relevance today. Annie Swynnerton was a suffragist and the first woman to be elected to the Royal Academy of Art. As a retrospective of her work prepares to open at Manchester Art Gallery, Charlotte Keatley gets a sneak preview and explains Swynnerton's significance. Performance poet Kat Francois reads and discusses a poem commissioned by Front Row to mark 100 years since women got the vote. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Hannah Robins.

That rich men attract beautiful women - and vice versa - has for centuries been obvious and unquestioned. Suddenly a few noisy scandals have started a social avalanche that some call the new puritanism. In the past week Formula 1 racing has abolished the 'grid girls' whose role had been to look glamorous in the company of racing drivers; the Professional Darts Corporation, in consultation with BBC TV, has done away with the 'walk-on girls' who had provided a similar service for the masters of the triple-twenty; and the UK's gambling regulator has threatened to boycott the world's largest gambling industry conference, accusing exhibitors of using 'scantily clad' women to attract people to their product displays. Reaching back into Victorian times for things to tut about, Manchester Art Gallery last week removed from display Waterhouse's painting 'Hylas and the Nymphs' - then, after a public outcry, put it back. Feminists such as Janet Street-Porter have welcomed all this. 'At last,' she says, 'we're moving out of the stone age.' Others think what women choose to do with their bodies is their own business, be they prostitutes, lap-dancers, fashion models or pretty waitresses flirting for tips. Do we want a world in which it's as bad to employ women for their looks as it would be to discriminate on the basis of race or religion? The objectification of women - our Moral Maze this week. Chaired by Michael Buerk, with Matthew Taylor, Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips and Giles Fraser.

In this episode, Nick and Carey talk about a couple of related items: the decision by the Manchester Art Gallery to remove the painting 'Hylas and the Nymphs' by John William Waterhouse, in order to 'provoke debate', and Formula One's announcement that they will no longer use 'grid girls' (they're to be replaced with 'grid kids' We talk about objectification, changing attitudes and the implications for porn if all titillating female roles are now going to be taken by children. We also take in the fallout (so far) of the #metoo movement - is it proportional, and is it too early to say if real change has happened?Links to the stories: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/manchester-art-gallery-removes-waterhouse-nude-naked-nymphs-painting-hylas-girls-times-up-metoo-a8190606.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/42950040 

We interview chef Mary-Ellen McTague about the Manchester Art Gallery cafe, the change from fine dining, why kids can pay what their parents want, and what the future holds.

Flippers n' all x ello lovely fumans' 'just a few thoughts that have been running through fishes head' x So.. like it says, makes a fish smile x Big loves, hip bumps n' flippers up y'all x PROUD PROUD PROUD x BIG LOVES FOR THE MANY x … not the few! the mix is also available as performed, in two parts (1&2), one earlier on in the afternoon and the second, later in the evening x hic x please see profile to listen or dl x big loves x if you enjoyed the hiphip bits' Please check brother ‘ kormac ‘ profile on Soundcloud as a large amount of this set is from his material x there is a new album too but I have only played one track from it x x the image is from the Manchester Art Gallery collection x FISH LOVE MANCHESTER x

An interview with Kate Jesson, curator at Manchester Art Gallery, about the photography show at Manchester Art Gallery ‘ Strange and Familiar: Britain as revealed by International Photographers’, which she curated alongside British photographer Martin Parr. Strange and Familiar considers how international photographers from the 1930s onwards have captured the social, cultural and political identity of the UK. http://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibitions-and-events/exhibition/strange-and-familiar/ Image: Bruce Gilden, Factory in the Midlands, 2014. © Bruce Gilden/Magnum Photos

With Mark Lawson This morning it was announced that Rufus Norris will succeed Nicholas Hytner as the new director of the National Theatre. Norris, who has been associate director of the National Theatre for two years, where he directed the Amen Corner and London Road among other productions, will take over from April 2015. Rufus Norris talks to Mark Lawson about his future plans. As Sir David Jason, the star of Only Fools And Horses, Open All Hours, The Darling Buds of May, and A Touch of Frost, marks his five decade long career with an autobiography, he reveals why his career began almost by accident and how he can do an uncanny impression of Julian Clary. The artist Jeremy Deller shows Mark around his latest exhibition, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, which has opened at Manchester Art Gallery. The show, which will tour the UK, explores what Deller sees as the continuing impact of the Industrial Revolution on British popular culture. Producer Ekene Akalawu.

With Kirsty Lang. Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard's follow-up to his award-winning prison drama A Prophet is an earthy romantic fable about the unlikely relationship between a bare-knuckle boxer and a trainer of killer whales. Marion Cotillard, the star of Rust and Bone, talks to Kirsty, and critic Sandra Hebron reviews the film. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry from Aerosmith discuss their album, Music From Another Dimension. The band members talk about working with Julian Lennon and Johnny Depp, and why it's been over a decade since they last released new material. Paper is the subject of a new exhibition, The First Cut, at Manchester Art Gallery. The show features 31 artists from around the world who use this most basic of artistic materials to create their art. Kirsty Lang talks to Rob Ryan, one of the artists involved in the show who is known for his detailed papercuts, and curator Fiona Corridan. As Secret Cinema launch a Secret Hotel, writer Adam Smith acts as our guide on a whistle-stop tour of the great hotels in film, from The Shining to Psycho, and imagines what your experience might be if you were to stay there. Producer Ellie Bury.

With John Wilson. Prima Ballerina Tamara Rojo will be the new Artistic Director of English National Ballet, it was announced today. She discusses what this means for her dancing career and how she intends to strike the difficult balance between choreographic innovation and balancing the books. The children's TV series Horrible Histories returned this week, offering a comic take on often gruesome parts of the past. Series producer Caroline Norris and actor Simon Farnaby talk about how they take inspiration from adult shows such as Blackadder, and the role of their musical numbers, including turning RAF fighter pilots into a dancing boy band. The new film Mozart's Sister argues that she - like her brother - was a musical prodigy, but was prevented from performing or composing because of the period's repressive attitudes towards women. Nicholas Kenyon, managing director of the Barbican Centre, London, reviews. Roger Ballen's photographs of working-class white South African life are renowned for their square, black and white format, and uncompromising subject matter. As a retrospective of his 30 year career opens at Manchester Art Gallery, he reflects on how he hopes his camera captures the souls of his subjects. Producer: Philippa Ritchie.

Hello from the Cheshire Plain. Spring is definitely in the air! This episode sees the launch of a new, occasional, series A Postcard From... A prize is available for anyone who can identify the music clips in the postcard! Works in Progress: No work on the Damson Shawl as part of the Caithness Craft Collective Knitalong. Ravelry details are here. I've completed a second bear this year for the Mother Bear KAL/CAL over at the CogKNITive podcast. This one is called Frank, in honour the the recently departed Frank Carson. Woolsack Update: I'm partway through another cushion for Woolsack. Although I described the pattern, I didn't actually name it (shame on me). It is Tilting at Windmills by Woolly Thoughts. Spinning: I'm still spinning the Cheviot I got in the Secret Santa on the UK Spinners board on Ravelry from Shunklies. I'm now over three-quarters of the way through it. A Postcard from...Manchester Whilst writing these show notes, I've made the horrific discovery that my memory card has corrupted, so I only have a few photos that I took on my phone to share, and those do not include the detail from The Hireling Shepherd by William Holman Hunt. So sorry! The Jasperware by Wedgewood on the landing in the Manchester Art Gallery. And the landing itself, looking at the casts of the Parthenon friezes. This is the sign I mentioned when I was outside Affleck's. I took some superb pictures of the theatre-in-the-round structure inside The Royal Exchange, but sadly you'll just have to put up with these two wobbly shots of the same area, to go with the shortened clip (I was just too quiet!) Links: Woolsack; Mother Bear Project; iMake Podcast; Knit A Journey Podcast; Fred Aldous; Purl City Yarns. Music: Rondopolska by Barry Philips, from the album Tråd, available from Magnatune. We have a listeners' map. Please go on over to pop in a pin - I'd love to see where you all are! Feel free to leave a comment here or at http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/, or email me at yarnsfromtheplain AT googlemail DOT com. We have a Ravelry group here, so come on over to chat. You can find me on Ravelry as talesfromtheplain and on Twitter as talesfromplain (although Tweeting can be sporadic!). TTFN, Nic

With Mark Lawson, who talks to actor Tim Pigott-Smith as he takes the title role in King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Cultural Historian and Pre-Raphaelite biographer Fiona MacCarthy reviews the new Ford Madox Brown retrospective at Manchester Art Gallery. And novelist Nicholas Royle reviews Hidden, a new BBC One conspiracy thriller starring Philip Glenister. Producer Ekene Akalawu.

Name- Heather BirchallCurrent job and place of employment- Curator (Historic Fine Art), Whitworth Art Gallery, the University of ManchesterWhat did you study at sixth form or college?- History, English, French Did you go to University or any other higher education institution? If so, where and what did you study?- Hull University, BA History- Nottingham University, MA History of Art What was or who was the biggest influence on your choice of career?- Oh my goodness. Probably visiting Manchester Art Gallery as a child and looking at all the Pre-Raphaelites, and wishing that I would grow up to be like one of the women in Rossetti’s paintings. Alas, that didn’t happen, but it did alert me to working with pictures and putting them in new contexts. Any other comments?- "Blake’s Shadow" has been a pleasure to work on – I have discovered new things about artists, musicians and filmmakers who have literally followed his "shadow". I hope it will be a huge success. Download the first part of the video interview with Heather Birchall