Future Flares Festival returns for a 3rd Edition to explore our changing world through art, performance and play
Future Flares Festival returns for the third time, to bring a vibrant programme of performances, talks and workshops
Category AHEAD Stories
Karen Barbour, ‘Where the Fruits of the Trees Are Jewels’
Karen Barbour’s first solo show in the UK. Comprising twenty-nine paintings on paper that include a new body of work as well as paintings and collages that have been re-visited over the years, it dwells on the California-based artist’s intense concern for the spiritual in painting and how it might serve to alter psychological perspectives on landscape, cityscape or our internal relationship with our environment in general.
Archaeological secrets of heritage artefacts to be uncovered by accessible new £1m hi-tech lab
Heritage organisations of any size will be able to bring their heritage artefacts to a new digital centre based at Manchester Met’s PrintCity
Policy impact of free schools educational policy
New research, conducted by Manchester Metropolitan University in partnership with the National Foundation for Educational Research, will help fill the evidence gap as to whether policy can help increase opportunities and reduce disparities across the UK in education.
The Proud Place: Manchester’s Golden LGBT+ Community Hub and Architectural Gem
The Proud Place is the new golden and energy efficient three-storey LGBT+ Community Centre and Queer Public Place in Manchester’s city centre. Completed in 2022, it is the only purpose-built LGBT+ community centre in the UK and provides a safe and accessible ‘third place’ for LGBT+ people.
Tree Equity Day ‘Voices of the Future’
Tree Equity Day was attended by representatives from DEFRA, Natural England, the Community Forests, the Tree Council, the Chartered College of Teachers and the National Trust
Creative Resilience and End-of-Life Care: Insights from the Jarman Now Project
Dr Elisa Oliver discusses the first in a series of feasibility events supported by AHEAD in collaboration with Jarman Now.
AHEAD Case Study : Intangible Sounds as part of Manchester Histories Festival
Intangible Sounds is part of Manchester Histories Festival and coincided with MMU’s 200 Years celebrations. It focuses on music and sound heritages.
Ahead of the curve: approaching inclusive growth in collaboration with arts, humanities and social sciences
Ahead of the curve: approaching inclusive growth in collaboration with arts, humanities and social sciences.
Conversations with History: Past, Present and Futures of Manchester’s Art Ecology
Dani Child, Senior Lecturer in Art History brings together historians and creatives working in Manchester and local regions on the occasions of the 200 year anniversaries of Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Met and the 40th anniversary of Castlefield Gallery for two public events. These events initiated important conversations about the past, present and future of Manchester (and the North)’s art ecology.