Happy Holidays from Paradise Works!
This year Paradise Works celebrated our 3rd ever Open Studios and what an-action packed three years it's been! Thank you to everyone who has supported us and our events in 2019. Here's some of this year's highlights...
Exhibitions & Events - Group shows included Buffer Zones curated by Nathaniel Pitt, Show Me Up's You Still There?, Millennialism with Will Marshall & Emily Simpson, Mission to Touch the Sun curated by K.P.Culver & William Noel Clarke, and MADE IT curated by Short Supply. For one night only we welcomed Venture Arts for Conversations Series II and Cinema Paradiso as part of HOME's Artist Film Weekender, and we were delighted to present solo exhibitions of new works from John Powell Jones, Chez Tenneson & Sam Porritt.
Artist in Residence 2019-Liverpool based artist Gregory Herbert shared new works made in response to our site on the Salford/Manchester border over Open Studios weekend.
Open Studios + The Manchester Contemporary - We were delighted to present new works from studio member Richard Hughes at this year's Manchester Contemporary. This year's Open Studios saw the launch of Paradise Works Multiples, affordable artworks from PW artists and friends, alongside the preview of Millennialism in our gallery.
New Arrivals at Paradise works - This summer we were joined by graduate award winners Bridget Coderc and Maisie Pritchard, and artists Katie Tomlinson and Nicola Elis. We were also delighted to welcome Naomi Tattum as studio manager, who has been an enormous help in shaping up the administration.
Arts Council England Funding - We are thankful to Arts Council England for support with our programme, studio improvements and organisational development activities this year. Working with arts consultants Adapt for Arts we have begun taking the next steps necessary to future-proof Paradise Works, develop our organisational structure and undertake go-and-see visits to Birmingham and Glasgow with our newly formed PW Artist Team
Congratulations to...
That's enough about us. Our proactive artist community regularly exhibit and are awarded commissions across the UK and beyond, notable achievements also include:
Artist & co-director Lucy Harvey who was the recipient of 2019 visual arts Clore Fellowship, supported by a-n.
Robin Megannity, Jez Dolan & Hilary Jack whose works were acquired by the Government Art Collection.
Louise Giovanelli, Nicola Elis, Nina Chua & Hilary Jack whose work was acquired by the Manchester Art Gallery collection.
Kieran Leach , Jack Brown and Katie Tomlinson who were selected for Castlefield Gallery and a-n' s Artists’ International Delegation 2019, Denmark.
Winter & Kurth who were selected for 'Hothouse 2019' by the Crafts Council England.
Jez Dolan who was awarded the Developing Your Creative Practice Fund- Arts Council England.
Precious Innes who was awarded a-n Professional Development Funding.
