Hope Mill in Ancoats is the new home of Pool Arts, though the office will still receive post at our St Luke’s office. Studio manager, James Bloomfield wil be coordinating work at the studio.
Enabling members to have access to studio space has been the long term goal of Pool Arts, and now since 2009, thanks to Arts Council England, North West and Lankelly Chase Foundation we are making it happen.
There are bookable spaces, in a central Manchester studio complex, which houses a wide range of creative individuals and organisations and where Pool Arts members will be able to book to work for up to two weeks at a time for a small monthly fee of £15. To find out about joining pool arts, e.mail us. poolarts@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Pool Arts members can now arrange mentoring sessions with Jim Bloomfield. Mentoring means that you have someone to support your practice, talk over ideas and strategies; think about the future direction of your work; look at opportunities and get bits of training in skills you need. Mentoring fits in with you – it may be …
Our next exhibition will feature LaurenW’s striking and very popular prints of Manchester houses. Lauren was commissioned by Longsight Housing Co-op to make these prints of some of their properties and the show will be held at The SHED in May – or thereabouts. If you live in Manchester and know the streets of the …
The studio is in regular use with Pool Arts members having 7 days a week access. The booking system is currently through studio manager and cooridnator Jim, and we try to make access as easy as possible. Though its off the beaten track for some, we live in hope that the new metrolink will open …
Hope Mill in Ancoats is the new studio home of Pool Arts, though the office will still receive mail at St Lukes, our registered office. Enabling members to have studio space has been the long term goal of Pool Arts, and since 2009, thanks to Arts Council England, North West and Lankelly Chase Foundation we …
This “Experiential Still Life Drawing” 5 weekly sessions course is hosted by Brian, one of our neighbours at Hope Mill. The course will take place in our studio, but please contact Brian on 07816 791023 for more details of how to get involved. It starts on Tuesday 21st February. Limited places are still available
People’s History Museum have a very fine show of political posters in their main gallery. They chart the changes in style and also tell the history of general elections in Britain. We just had our own guided tour of the show with curator and would urge everyone to visit! Visit The Art Guide for news …
