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🎉 Happy 30th Birthday to The National Lottery! @LottoGoodCauses has been absolutely instrumental in supporting our vision for learning disabled people to be recognised, celebrated and valued in the arts and in society. So a huge thank you to all the players! #NationalLottery30

🖼️ New limited edition prints NOW AVAILABLE at the The Whitworth Art Gallery! 'Batman' by artist Josh Brown and 'The Queen' (part of the Blue Plaque series) by Horace Lindezey are now available to purchase. 🔗buff.ly/3UOcY6n

Our next Visual Arts Award goes to Barry Anthony Finan. A self-taught artist, he makes bold, text-based work called ‘WRRIGHHTINNGSERRSS’: repetitive letters that elongate words and become scripts, personal messages and hopes for the future Read more👇 phf.org.uk/funding/awards… 3/

⚡HUGE NEWS! | Venture Arts artist Barry Anthony Finan is in London this evening and has just received the prestigious 'Awards for Artists' from @phf_uk! This is an amazing moment in Barry's career and a defining point of recognition for his practice. #AwardsForArtists

🎉 JOIN US THIS WEEKEND! We're at The Manchester Contemporary. Venture Arts will at stand 128 showcasing artworks by some of our fabulous CoLab Series artists. A full weekend of art and opportunities to meet the artists behind the work 🔗Book tickets: buff.ly/3NMk870

💫 ARTIST RESIDENCY | Sally Hirst at The Whitworth. Venture Arts artist Sally Hirst is currently an Artist in Residence in the Everyday Art School at the Whitworth Art Gallery where her practice is influenced by the gallery. Huge congratulations to Sally for this placement!

🌟 Making Space | Josh Brown returns to The Royal Academy of Arts! Venture Arts artist Josh Brown has entered his second phase of attending ‘Making Space’, an inclusive artist development project for a group of learning-disabled & neurodivergent artists held at the Royal Academy

⚡ The day you've all been waiting for is here... 📆 The 2025 Venture Arts #Calendar has landed! Featuring work from 13 Venture Arts artists, the calendar is on sale now for £14. 👉 You can buy them online, or by visiting the Venture Arts studio. buff.ly/4hzdD5g

📣 ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT | MCR Art Fair This year we will be at the Manchester Contemporary Art Fair with Venture Arts artists James Desser, Amy Ellison, Andrew Hylton & Terry Williams & their collaborations with Jeffrey Knopf, Claire Dorsett, Linda Hemmersbach and Adam Rawlinson.

⚛️💪 COLAB Series | 'Museum After Hours' Venture Arts artists Luca Agathogli and Liam Ashworth had the opportunity to showcase their artworks to audiences at the Science and Industry Museum After Hours event last Saturday. The project was part of Venture Arts Colab series.

🍳 EXHIBITION | ’Un Oeuf Is Un Oeuf’ We were thrilled to be at the opening of ‘’Un Oeuf Is Un Oeuf’' at TJ Boulting in London! Visitors can enjoy artworks by artists brought together under the theme of the ‘egg’ including work by Venture Arts artist Liam Ashworth. Show ends 16/11

⚛️ THIS SATURDAY | Dive into a world of extremes at this special adult-only evening event for 'Museum After Hours' at the Science and Industry Museum. ⏰ Sat 26 October 7-8pm 🎫 Book your tickets via their website: buff.ly/4d93R6q

💫 We're taking our CoLab Series to the Manchester Contemporary next month! We’re thrilled to be back showcasing at the Manchester Contemporary this year, sharing work from a number of our recent artist collaborations. 🔗 Ticket link: buff.ly/4eKB2yW

🎉 FUNDING NEWS | We are delighted to be recipients of a grant from the Henry Smith Charity. This grant will fund a further 3 years of our Cultural Enrichment Programme. A huge thank you to Henry Smith Charity.

BLOG | Louise Hewitt visits Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre In her latest blog Venture Arts artist Louise Hewitt visits Bury Art Museum exploring their various galleries and getting inspired by work by SarahJoy Ford. 🔗 Read the full blog here: buff.ly/403NqVY

What a pleasure it’s been to show Horace Lindezey’s ‘We Are Gathered Here Today’ @Fitzroviachapel to so many people… it’s a beautiful representation of art at its best … full of memory, commonality, colour and life! Bravo Horace!!

🥚 EXHIBITION | Un Oeuf Is Un Oeuf Private View: 10 October 6-8pm Exhibition continues: 11 October - 16 November 2024 T.J Boulting, London Artwork “How Not To Make Egg On Toast” by Venture Arts artist Liam Ashworth will feature in fortthcoming group show Un Oeuf Is Un Oeuf.

🎉 We are thrilled to be FINALISTS in this years Manchester Culture Awards🎉 We have been shortlisted for Manchester Culture Awards, including: ⚡ Promotion of Equality and Social Justice – Venture Arts ⚡Independent Creative of the Year - Laura Nathan We are so proud!

🐯 ARTIST RESIDENCY | Andrew Johnstone began a 6 month residency last week with Manchester Museum, where he'll be working every Wednesday until March next year. The residency will work alongside the museum's WILD exhibition. We can’t wait to see what Andrew creates!