Author: Emma Jackson

Lorna Green At The Bollington Festival May 2019

MAFA President, Gerry Halpin MBE PMAFA, was invited to give a short talk about MAFA

“Seen On Merseyside” by Julia Midgley Accepted For The RA Summer Exhibition

Sky Arts Landscape Artist Of The Year 2019

Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 Landscape Artist of the Year offers you the chance to win a £10,000 commission for a British institution’s permanent collection and £500 of art
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27th April – 8th June 2019 Verity Howard at Bluecoat Display Centre

This exhibition will celebrate the work of recent graduates and newly emerging designer makers, chosen for their innovative design qualities and making skills.

The Atkinson, Stockport, The Landing, Summer 2019.

Members of the Academy were delighted to have the opportunity to show their work at The Atkinson Southport, a welcome return after their last exhibition, some 20 years ago, featuring the
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Christine Southworth Exhibits In The Society of Women Artists Annual at the Mall Galleries.

Christine Southworth has three charcoal drawings in the Society of Women Artist annual exhibition, at the Mall Galleries London, On the 24th-29th September.

‘One Year On’ Waterside Arts Centre, Sale. Preview Sept 19 6 – 9pm.

MAFA artist Angela Herd-Hall was a prizewinner at last year’s Waterside Open Art Exhibition last year, and has now been selected to show more of her work there this month.
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Barbara Sykes at the Great Northern Art Show

MAFA member Barbara Sykes has been invited to exhibit six of her drawings and paintings in the Great North Art Show in Ripon Cathedral ‪from 31 August to 22 September
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MAFA Trustees Awards 2019

MAFA President Gerry Halpin met with fellow members Anthony Ratcliffe and John Hewitt to select and make the 2019 awards at Manchester Metropolitan University School of Art

Small Works exhibition: The Whitaker

Small Works 30 November 2019 – 2 February 2020 The Whitaker, Rossendale. Our Christmas exhibition this year is a group show by The Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. Running from
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Finishing Touches to new MAFA exhibition

Staff are making the finishing touches to the new MAFA exhibition at The Whitaker, Rossendale. The artworks have been hung on the gallery walls and the sculptures have been positioned
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Private View at the Whitaker

          Staff at The Whitaker will be busy installing the new MAFA exhibition this week. Screwdrivers, mirror plates and stepladders are at the ready to hang
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MAFA celebrates 160 years

This month MAFA celebrates its 160th birthday. This makes it one of the oldest art societies in the UK. It was first set up in 1859 and was originally based
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A Two Location Exhibition of Work by MAFA Artist Colin Taylor

We are delighted to invite you to this unique collaboration between Colin Taylor, The Royal Exchange Theatre and Contemporary Six.

Melanie Wilks Gives An Artists Talk Tonight at 7pm – SNAPArts, Wakefield

MAFA member Melanie Wilks will be giving an Artist’s Talk on 25th September, at 7 0’Clock in SNAPArts, Walker House, 22 Bond St., Wakefield as part of The Yorkshire Sculpture
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MAFA Autumn Exhibition 2019

21 September 2019 – 1 November 2019 Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery, Stockport. An exhibition of work by members of Manchester Academy of Fine Art. The exhibition was opened by
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John McCombs is at the Royal Society Annual Exhibition 26th November – 8th December 2019

MAFAPP artist John McCombs is showing recent work in London One of four paintings ‘Riverbanks, Saddleworth, Autumn’ by John McCombs ROI RBA is on show at the Royal Society of
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Art of the Everyday

Looking at the world through the eyes of the everyday, MAFA artists explore things at we take for granted. The everyday tasks that we do and the things that we see every day which often go unnoticed.

Women at The Academy – the artists who challenges convention and helped reshape MAFA

Manchester: home of Corrie, football and rain. Right? Well, yes, but Manchester is intrinsically linked with protest and the fight for women’s rights.

Featured Artist – Shaun Smyth

Our featured artist is Shaun Smyth. We’re taking a look at how he is capturing our industrial heritage as it gradually disappears from the North-West.

All the Best

Please note that some of our planned exhibitions for 2020 are having to be rescheduled due to the government advice and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. New dates for this exhibition will be released as soon as possible.

This exhibition features all the best works by members of MAFA. From sculptures to prints and oil paintings see what our artists have been working on recently.

Past exhibitions

Here are some of MAFA’s most recent past exhibitions.

New members

Every year MAFA elects new members to the organisation. We are always looking for new artistic talent and passion. Anyone based within the UK and professionally active can apply.

Visual Quality of Materials in Sculpture

Join MAFA member David Sprakes in a lecture on the Visual Quality of Materials in Scupture at the Mall Galleries in London. There is free entry to the annual exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists for whose who attend this talk.

MAFA Day at the Weavers Factory

The Weavers Factory are organising a MAFA day on the 26 April 2020 for MAFA members and friends to celebrate Barbara Sykes new exhibition The Human Condition.

Outlandish

Branching out to do something different, MAFA member, W. John Hewitt has recently completed Outlandish a colloborative work of poetry and drawings with writers Jo Clement and Damian Le Bas.
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Framing This

                           Artist and MAFA member Richard Fitton has recently set up his own bespoke framing business creating beautiful
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Gerry Halpin Manc of the Month

MAFA member and past President Gerry Halpin has been named as Manc of the month in January 2020 by Cotton On MCR. Cotton On was set up in 2017 to
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John Sprakes’ Journey into Abstraction

MAFA member John Sprakes has recently launched his book Journey Into Abstraction. In it, he discusses his artistic career spanning over sixty years. The book looks at the development of
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Featured Artist

Our latest featured MAFA artist is David Barrow. His new series of paintings are based around Walking Days in Wigan.

Call Out: Online Exhibition

Call Out to MAFA artists: MAFA is planning an online exhibition of members artwork. This online exhibition will go live during September 2020.

Painting in Lockdown

Take a look at this film about Lockdown painting created by MAFA member Ian Mood commissioned by Stoke On Trent Cultural Education Partnership.

MMU Graduate Awards

MAFA is keen to support and encourage new artists and has traditionally awarded prizes to Manchester School of Art graduate students.

Hannah Fawcett winner of MAFA’s Graduate Painting Award

This week we’re exploring the artwork of MMU graduate Hannah Fawcett, winner of MAFA’s painting award.

Seeking an Artist: Britain’s Lost Walks

The National Film and Television School are seeking an artist to shoot a TV pilot in Lancaster at the end of next month, it’s called Britain’s Lost Walks.

MAFA during the First World War

Throughout the First World War, MAFA artists captured the conflict through their artwork. They also raised funds for the war effort and organised exhibitions to lift the mood of the Manchester people.