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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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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Artist and MAFA member Richard Fitton has recently set up his own bespoke framing business creating beautiful
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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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‘Wetin dey’ a painting by MAFA artist Peter Davis has been selected for the John Moores Painting Prize exhibition.
Read more...MAFA artist Jane Braithwaite has recently taken part in the Equus Film and Arts Festival, hosted from Lexington, Kentucky in the USA
Read more...MAFA member Michael Ashcroft has been awarded The Alan Gourley Memorial Award for his painting by the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.
Read more...MAFA members Anthony Ratcliffe and Julia Midgley are currently working on an exciting new project, Art in the Park.
Read more...Many of MAFA’s artists have made the move to digital recently creating films showing techniques and particpating in online exhibitions & virtual interviews.
Read more...We catch up with MAFA artist Gerry Halpin who tells us what it has been like to paint during lockdown and the effects of the pandemic on his work.
Read more...Malcolm Taylor is currently showing his paintings alongside work by artist Anna Gibson in Linden Mill Gallery, Hebden Bridge.
Read more...MAFA artist Andrew Kinmont welcome you to his first online Private View where you can view his new collection of artwork.
Read more...MAFA artist Alison Diamond-Rogers will be opening a new solo exhibition at Alledale Forge and Studios from 2 July – 31 July 2021
Read more...Janina Cebertowicz has recently created this film as a tribute to her late husband MAFA member Don McKinlay who sadly passed away in 2017.
Read more...MAFA artist Anthony Ratcliffe will be showing a woodcut print in the biennial ‘Print International’ at the Ty Pawb Arts Centre in Wrexham.
Read more...MAFA artist Julia Midgley will be showing a selection of her original prints, etchings and mono prints at the Saul Hay Gallery.
Read more...Anthony Ratcliffe’s new artwork looks at the seasonal lifecycle of trees, exploring how they play an integral part in the identity of our northern landscapes.
Read more...Kate Collins’ colloborates with poet Denis Taylor.
Read more...Three members of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, John Hewitt, Julia Midgley and Professor Tim Brennan, will be discussing their relationship with drawing in conversation with Sophie Benson. The
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Tim Brennan’s manoeuvres come to Manchester in the form of a new free guidebook. This is the opening quote from one of three new guided walks that make up my
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This is a special two-hour event celebrating 200 Years of Manchester Art Gallery. Our archivist, Peter Davis, will be there with our new President, Janina Cebertowicz, to give the public a rare
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