Tales of Manchester

Emma Evans

Art, Music, Spoken Word and local beer! All inspired by ‘Tales of Manchester’, a new exhibition, coming to the Carlton Club with an exciting opening night on the 20th October 7pm. Get your tickets here.

The exhibition, created by Manchester artist Emma Evans, is gathering pace and there is also a great line up coming together featuring Spoken Word from some of the best writers from Greater Manchester. Romina Ramos, Louise Machen, Bryan Dunne, Lisa O’Hare, Thirsty poet AKA Matt Concannon and Oliver James Bonas, all Greater Manchester based poets that have written pieces, especially for the exhibition which act as an inspiration for the new work Emma has created.

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Emma, has had a very busy couple of years developing her new business, Wandering Palate in Monton, alongside her entrepreneur husband, Will Evans, wanted to create something special celebrating the people, places and vibrancy of the changing face of Manchester through her own colourful and energetic art style.

The creative scene in Manchester is as vibrant as ever, and I want to celebrate that and encourage others to participate whenever possible

Emma wanted to create much more than a traditional art exhibition, she said “After moving here many years ago from Leeds to study I fell in love with Manchester, the creative scene and the strong sense of Community. In creating this exhibition I have captured that sense of belonging by collaborating with other creatives to include music and spoken word”.

Emma adds, “I wanted to showcase my work at the Carlton Club as it is a real community space. The creative scene in Manchester is as vibrant as ever, and I want to celebrate that and encourage others to participate whenever possible”. Emma runs a regular Life Drawing class at Wandering Palate as well as running a whole range of workshops working with Charities and community groups across Greater Manchester.

The exhibition is supported by the MancSpirit Charity, a Manchester-based charity that harnesses Creativity and the Arts to inspire positive mental wellbeing. Damian Carr, MancSpirit’s co-founder said, “It has been an absolute pleasure supporting this exhibition and event, having worked with Emma and those performing the spoken word I have no doubt that everyone who visits will have an amazing time and come away inspired with a huge smile on their face”.