About Us
The University programmes a range of exhibitions by students, staff and individual artists, as well as presenting exhibitions from the permanent fine art collection. Our main exhibition spaces are the Egg Space at the University of Salford, MediaCityUK, the Clifford Whitworth Library and the Lowry Outlet Mall. We also organise a wide range of events and concerts in and around the campus. For our full programme of activities use the menu of the left to find out what is going on.
Between you and me
Students bring Ordsall Hall gossip to life
Thursday 17 May, Friday 18 May and Tuesday 22 - Friday 25 May, 6.30pm
Ordsall Hall
The livelier side of Ordsall Hall is being brought to life by University of Salford students over the coming two weeks.
Stories about the Hall’s maids, masters, soldiers and even ladies of the night are among those being created by performing arts students from the University or Salford. Under the title ‘Between you and me’, visitors can eavesdrop on a topsy-turvy history evoked with gossip, echoes, comedy and drama during the performances this week and next.
The second-year students have created unique indoor and outdoor heritage interpretations based on the many biographies and stories associated with Ordsall Hall, which reopened in 2011 after a £6m renovation, and still contains some of its 14th century structure.
They worked in partnership with staff and curators at the Hall and lecturers Richard Talbot, Roland Metcalf and Niki Woods, who all have experience of professional performance, directing or production.The work is part of a public engagement project funded by the University of Salford School of Media, Music and Performance and supported in kind by Salford Community Leisure.
Performances: Thursday 17 May, Friday 18 May and Tuesday 22 - Friday 25 May, 6.30 - 7.30pm
Admission: £4 (£3 concessions), tickets available on the door. Suitable for all ages.
Venue: Ordsall Hall, Ordsall Lane, Salford M5 3AN
Please note: Some parts of the performance take place outdoors. Press dress appropriately.
Urban photographer Len Grant to present W640 digital photography prize
Friday 18 May, 6 - 8pm
The Egg, University of Salford, MediaCityUK
Award winning urban photographer and writer, Len Grant, is set to reveal winners of W640, a new digital photography prize competition open to BA (Hons) Photography students at a special presentation evening, to be held at MediaCityUK on Friday 18th May 2012.
‘W640’ will celebrate the creative talent of Year 1 & 2 students on the University of Salford’s BA (Hons) Photography Course. Lawrence Giles, course leader said “The students are creating some remarkable and innovative new work in response to this opportunity and I’m really looking forward to seeing it showcased in The Egg at MediaCityUK”. Len Grant, who has documented North-West regeneration for the past two decades, will also lead the competition judging panel. He will be joined by Lawrence Giles and University Collections Curator, Stephen Whittle.
Winners will be announced at a special exhibition launch, to take place at MediaCityUK on 18 May, 6 - 8pm.
Launch Open: Friday 18 May, 6 - 8pm
Admission: Free, open to all
Venue: The Egg, University of Salford, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Salford, M50 2HE
Exhibition general opening times:
Open: Monday 21 May - Friday 1 June. Mondays - Fridays; shown at various times throughout the day as part of the Egg screen programme schedule.
Admission: Free
Venue: The Egg, University of Salford, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Salford, M50 2HE
I LIVE TEMPORARY
Until Friday 1 June
I LIVE TEMPORARY is a digital installation created by homeless people in Manchester, in collaboration with experimental arts organisation, arthur+martha.
Combining text, sound and image, arthur+martha works with people who are pushed to the margins of society – older people in hospital, excluded school pupils, holocaust survivors and many others.
Image: Humanity Abounds by project participant A. Customised postcard of a LS Lowry artwork. Postcard kindly donated by The Lowry.
Open: Until Friday 1 June, Mondays - Fridays at various times throughout the day as part of the Egg screen programme schedule.
Admission: Free
Venue: The Egg, University of Salford, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Salford, M50 2HE
http://arthur-and-martha.blogspot.co.uk
http://twitter.com/tweetfromengels
The Albert Adams archive
'Incarceration' until Friday 29th June at Working Class Movement Library
'The burden' until Tuesday 3rd July at Clifford Whitworth Library
Two linked exhibitions of the works of artist Albert Adams are currently on view at the Working Class Movement Library, Salford and the Clifford Whitworth Library, University of Salford. ‘Incarceration’ highlights his response to acts of political oppression and recent atrocities, ranging from Darfur to Abu Ghraib and the imprisonment of political prisoners on Robben Island. ‘The burden’ offers an overview of Adams life and career and his exploration of his own sense of identity.
Albert Adams was born in Johannesburg in 1929. Unable to pursue his education as an artist because of the apartheid policy he moved to the UK in 1953 to study at the Slade School of Art. Adams is recognised today as a gifted Expressionist painter and printmaker. His politically charged painting 'South Africa 1959' in the collection of Johannesburgh Art Gallery is know as the 'South African Guernica'
Albert Adams 'Incarceration'
Until Friday 29 June
Working Class Movement Library
51 Crescent, Salford, M5 4WX
Open: Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 5pm; plus Saturdays 19th May and 16th June, 10am - 4pm
Admission: Free
www.wcml.org.uk
Albert Adams 'The burden'
Until Tuesday 3 July
Clifford Whitworth Library (ground floor)
Peel Park Campus, University of Salford, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT
Open: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm; plus Sundays 12 - 4pm
Admission: Free
