150th Anniversary News & Events In 2009 and 2010 M.A.F.A. celebrated its 150th Anniversary. In this section of our website you can see an archive of the celebratory events that
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Tour of Anthony Ratcliffe Exhibition MAFA Member Anthony Ratcliffe gave a tour of his exhibition ‘Shoreline and Watershed’ at the ‘MMU Special Collections Gallery’ to members of MAFA nd the
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Patrick Jones MAFA MMU Graduate Award Winner 2015 Patrick Jones My practice at present uses charcoal on paper and mono-printing. Sometimes I have installed the works so that time becomes
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Verity Howard MAFA MMU Graduate Award Winner 2015 Verity Howard My practice explores using surface decoration techniques, such as monoprinting, and constructing form through slab building. I aim to create
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Vicky Olivera MAFA MMU Graduate Award Winner 2015 Vicky Olivera I am a Textile artist and the overarching topic of my work is how life experiences and thoughts leave visible
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MAFA President Gerry Halpin MBE talks about the MMU Graduate Awards Gerry Halpin MBE with Verity Howard Visiting MMU on behalf of MAFA last week and viewing a superb and richly
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Comments From Award giver Glenys Latham upon the MAFA Graduate Awards Included in 2015 MMU Graduate Awards are four additional awards which are personal donations. Three from MAFA’s Trustees who are
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Manchester Academy Of Fine Art 2017 Spring Exhibition. This years MAFA exhibition will be held at the Stockport Art Gallery From Saturday 25th February until Tuesday 11th April 2017
Read more...John McCombs was MAFA President between 2008 and 2015 John’s gallery at 12 King St, Delph, Saddleworth is open every day except Monday and full details can be found on his
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Manchester Academy of Fine Arts Spring Show 2016 Gerry Halpin MBE. This month Manchester Academy of Fine Arts is at the The Portico Library in Manchester holding it’s
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David Lee Opens MAFA’s 2017 Exhibition which runs untill Tuesday 11th April. MAFA is delighted that David Lee, renowned art critic and publisher, opened this years Spring Exhibition at Stockport Memorial
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John Sprakes Exhibition At the Mall galleries, London. The Exhibition was open: 6 to 11 March, 10am to 5pm
Read more...It was a lot of work putting the Spring Exhibition together at Stockport Memorial Art gallery but it was all worthwhile. This is a quote from the MAFA President, Gerry
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It was a lot of work putting the Spring Exhibition together at Stockport Memorial Art gallery but it was all worthwhile. This is a quote from the MAFA President, Gerry
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BENEATH THE WAVES Photographs and paintings by Paul Webster & Henry Quick. An exhibition of paintings and photographs entitled ‘Beneath the Waves’ to commemorate the centenary of the First World
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‘New Lines In Space’ Colin Taylor’s Solo Exhibition at The Contemporary Six Gallery, Manchester – 1st – 21st June 2017
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MAFA announced this years ‘People’s Prize Winner’ is Kath Lowe.
Read more...This Years People’s Prize Winner is Kath Lowe MAFA announced on Saturday 15th April that Kath Lowe’s painting was voted by visitors to the 2017 members Exhibition at Stockport Memorial
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An exhibition of MAFA new member Peter Davis’s invites MAFA members and friends to the group show with four other artists.
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‘Between The Lines’ An exhibition of Malcolm Taylor’s work at Water Street Gallery, Todmorden. Malcolm Taylor is having a solo exhibition at Water Street Gallery, Todmorden, from Friday 8th September
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Julia Midgley A.R.W.S. R.E. Dip A.D. studio: 01606 77006 mobile: 07887 525050 www.juliamidgley.co.uk http://juliamidgleydrawings.blogspot.co.uk julia@juliamidgley.co.uk
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Two MAFA members were selected for the ‘Wanderer’ exhibition at the Chapel Gallery Ormskirk they are Anthony Ratcliffe and Katie Lenegan.
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Buy Art Fair 2017, 27-29 October at Manchester Central Celebrating ten years of the North’s favourite art fair. See thousands of pieces of art from one hundred exhibiting galleries and
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MAFA’s latest members exhibition runs from 21st October to the 18th November 2017 at the Portico Library Gallery. Opening details can be found on the Portico website. The photos here
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You and your guest are cordially invited to the launch of Zeitgeist at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, kindly sponsored by Martin Dawes and Samsung. Peter Davis is a prize-winning
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New Light and Huddersfield Art Gallery invite you and your guests to the Preview of the New Light Prize Exhibition A chance to see some of the North’s finest artists in
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I’ve had two of my paintings selected for the Royal Society of British Artists’ annual exhibition at Mall Galleries, London. So if you’re in London on Tuesday 20th March and
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‘RHYTHMS IN SCULPTURE’ by DAVID SPRAKES MAFA. A solo exhibition at BEVERLEY MUSEUM and ART GALLERY. CHAMPNEY ROAD. BEVERLEY. EAST YORKSHIRE. HU17 8HE. 5TH MAY-30TH JUNE 2018. An exhibition of
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The gallery shows some of the work that our members will be showing at the Crossley Gallery and will be available for sale during the exhibition. Members can add, or
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This is Manchester A Michael Ashcroft exhibition at Contemporary Six Thursday, November 1 – Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Preview: Thursday, November 1, 17:30–20:00 Contemporary Six, 37 Princess Street, Manchester, M2
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RETROSPECTIVE – ULRICH WEST – JAN 12TH – MAR 3RD – GALLERY ONE Retrospective by local artist kick starts our exhibition programme for 2019. Over 100 pieces of work will
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Constructing the Mersey Gateway Bridge Drawings and paintings by Shaun Smyth MONDAY 18 FEBRUARY – FRIDAY 5 APRIL The River Mersey has played a significant role throughout Artist Shaun
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Artmill Gallery presents Malcolm Taylor Private View Friday 5th April 5.30-7pm at the Theatre Royal Exhibition will run until 22nd June Malcolm has been painting for over 40 years.He is Vice President of Manchester Academy
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Anthony Ratcliffe is exhibiting at the Kirkby Gallery, Knowsley this summer, the exhibition features woodcut prints, watercolours, drawings and book art.
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