Here's a mini round-up of some of the upcoming events from around the North in January/February. Get in touch if you know of any events coming up that you'd like to shout about.
Online
Right Aligned: In Conversation
Virtual talks every Friday. All events 11:00-11:45 GMT
Price: £3.83 – £5.98
4th Feb
Tricks Studio are animators, designers, producers and creatives based in Chester
11th Feb
Dave Flanagan is an illustrator originally from Manchester, now living and working in Preston, Lancashire
25th Feb
Ben Oliphant is a designer based in Glasgow
North West
Art exhibition hosted by Castlefield Galleries in their new space in Warrington.
8th-22nd Jan
Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces: 24 Sankey St, Golden Square, Warrington, WA1 1TD
Manchester-based archive owner, Cheryl O’Meara, explores an exceptional private collection of over 50,000 antique fabric swatches and wallpaper books spanning from the mid-18th century to the 1980s.
10th Jan and 7th Feb – 16:00 GMT
Price: £11.37
The Monastery, 89 Gorton Lane, Manchester, M12 5WF
Wine, cheese and life drawing in Liverpool docks. A perfect Thursday night.
Thurs, 13th January – 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMT
Price: £12
Make North Docks, Unit 1, 34 Regent Street, Liverpool, L3 7bn
Design and print your own linocuts in this suitable for all experiences workshop by The Floating Ar Workshop.
Thurs, 13th Jan – 19:00-21:30 GMT
Price: £24.95 – £26.46
ÖL Nano Brewery & Bar, Oxford Road, Manchester,M1 7ED
From quick sketches to longer studies, Partisan Collective hosts a monthly drawing club from movies, choosing striking frames and making a range of drawings.
Mon, 17th Jan – 19:00-20:00
Price: Free – £3.00
Partisan Collective, Unit 2, New Islington Mill Regent Trading Estate, Oldfield Rd, Salford, M5 4DE
HOME’s Gallery walls will be filled with work from 400+ Greater Manchester residents, selected by a panel consisting of art experts and community representatives.
Fri 21st Jan – Sun 27 Mar
HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, M15 4FN
A monthly get together for lovers of print, risograph, and collaboration located in Stockport.
21st Jan & 18th Feb – 19:00-22:00 GMT
Price: Donation
Underbank Studios, 11 Little Underbank, Stockport, SK1 1LA
Try out the endangered craft of Water Marbling, also known as Ebru, in this workshop in Altrincham.
Sun, 6th Feb – 13:00-17:00 GMT
Price: £59-95
Altrincham, 35 Design Space, Altrincham, WA14
What does democracy mean to you? This display in Tate Liverpool brings together artworks that look at what it means to live in a democracy.
14th Nov 2020 - 11th Sept 2022 – All-day
Price: Free
Tate Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4BB
North East
Showcasing artistic talent by North East artists from the centre of Newcastle.
Multiple dates throughout Jan – 17:00 GMT
Price: Free
Gallagher & Turner, 30 Saint Mary's Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7PQ
Learn how to use Risograph at Bread + Roses in Bradford.
Multiple dates throughout Jan & Feb
Price: £28
Bread + Roses, 14 North Parade, Bradford, BD1 3HT
Create colourful prints in this family-friendly workshop at The Hepworth in Wakefield.
6th & 30th Jan – Multiple times of the day
Price: Free
The Hepworth Wakefield, Gallery Walk, Wakefield, WF1 5AW
Textile designer Millie Rothera leads an introduction to screen printing onto fabric in Bingley, Yorkshire.
Sun, 23rd January – 10:00-14:00 GMT
Price: £60
The Craft House, 109-111 Main Street, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 2HT
Learn and explore the basics of monoprinting at the Leeds Print Workshop.
Thu, 27th Jan – 18:00-21:00 GMT
Price: £40
Leeds Print Workshop, Patrick Studios, St. Mary's Lane, Leeds, LS9 7EH
Joe Duffield, founder of the Leeds-based independent screen printer, no brand, leads an Introduction to Screen Printing at the Salts Works, Shipley.
Sat, 29th Jan – 13:00-16:00 GMT
Price: £50
Salts Works, Salts Works, 202 Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3JF
Learn the basics of screen printing onto tote bags, t-shirts & textiles at The Art House, Wakefield.
Sat, 29th January – 11:00-16:00 GMT
Price: £55
The Art House, Drury Lane, Wakefield, WF1 2TE
Artist Theresa Easton's 3-part workshop at the BALTIC Centre, Gateshead, explores the influence of poster & print-making in the celebration of queer and feminist identities.
Sat, 5th Feb – 10:30 GMT
Price: Free
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BA
Cath Brooke will be hosting an Introduction to monoprinting techniques to create colourful layered one-off unique prints at the Salt Works, Shipley.
Sat, 12th Feb – 13:00-16:00 GMT
Price: £50
Salts Works, Salts Works, 202 Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3JF
Scotland
Join artist and writer Calum Sutherland and writer Kiah Endelman for a series of two writing workshops in Aberdeen.
Sat, 15th Jan – 14:00-16:00 PM GMT
Price: Free
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1FQ
Print your own poster celebrating the music you love using type from the Glasgow Press collection before printing on the vintage letterpresses.
Wed, 19th Jan – 18:30-20:30 GMT
Price: £40
Clydebrae Street, 6/21, Govan, G51 2AJ
Edinburgh's Safari Lounge hosts a relaxed and informal figure drawing session with a monoprinty twist.
Wed, 26th Jan – 18:45-21:00 GMT
Price: £21.43
The Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5SN
An evening course exploring three printmaking techniques: lino printing, collagraphy and screen printing.
Thu, 27th Jan – 5:30 PM
Price: £0 – £176
Argyll College UHI, Kilmory Industrial Estate, Lochgilphead, PA31 8SH
An exhibition navigating experiments in art education and alternative pedagogical initiatives from the early 20th Century to the present.
Multiple dates throughout Jan & Feb
Price: Free
Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, 13 Perth Road, Dundee, DD1 4HT
Explore the hidden design that exists all around us everyday at the V&A Dundee.
Multiple dates until 16th Jan
Price: Free V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZ
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