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03/09/2026

Be the first to experience Supermedium: Kelan Andrews and Petra Szemán ✨

Join us for the public preview on Thursday 8 October and step into an exhibition exploring what it means to animate - to bring life to human-scale animatronics, or to a digital avatar crossing candy-coloured landscapes.

Supermedium brings together commissions and existing work by Kelan Andrews and Petra Szemán, alongside fascinating items from the legendary Cosgrove Hall Films Archive.

The artists’ new works have been developed in dialogue with an archive that holds items from some of the UK’s most iconic and beloved animations, including Danger Mouse, The BFG, The Wind in the Willows and Postman Pat.

📅 Public Preview: Thursday 8 October
🎟️ Free and open to all - read more and book in bio!

Booking isn’t essential, but it helps us keep track of numbers. book your free place via the link in our bio.

Come along, have a first look and celebrate the opening with us.

Waterside Cosgrove Hall Films Archive Kelan Andrews Petra Szemán

Images:

1, 3) Install image, Towards a new monomyth_, Petra Szemán (2024) QUAD, Derby, Courtesy of the Artist

2) Legs, Kelan Andrews (2023). Courtesy of the Artist.

4) Scene, Kelan Andrews (2024). Courtesy of the Artist

01/09/2026

We may be closed for a while whilst we set up what’s next, but our Castlefield Gallery Shop is still accessible online! Featuring a curated selection of publications from exhibitions and projects over our history, to collaborations with artists from our past and present on special and limited edition artworks.

Browse our curated selection on our online store today.

Link in bio 🖼️ your purchase goes towards supporting both artists & our charity ✨

28/08/2026

It’s the final weekend to come down and see Disc Unknown, a solo exhibition by Joe O’Rourke. Watch this film by Jules Lister and hear about the making of this project - from a partnership between Castlefield Gallery and Pipeline () to this solo exhibition that adapted to both galleries.

We’re open today and this weekend from 12-5:30pm

Film courtesy of Jules Lister ()

26/08/2026

“At Castlefield Gallery, we see artists as people who can lead conversations within the sector rather than simply responding to conversations that are already happening. Environmental thinking is a really strong example of that. Artists are exploring changing landscapes, climate, biodiversity, materials and our relationship with the more-than-human world in ways that can challenge how audiences understand those subjects.”

This month we caught up with Castlefield Gallery & Volunteer Coordinator Kacey Stonnell for our ongoing series Artists and Sustainability, where we ask artists or those who work in the cultural sector to share short responses about their work and how it might relate to climate change.

Read the full discussion via the link in our bio 🌱🍀☘️🍃🌴🌵🌳🌲🌳

25/08/2026

It’s the final week to see Disc Unknown, a solo exhibition by Joe O’Rourke. There are still a few spots left on the artist and curator tour this Thursday from 12-1:30pm ! Book a free spot on the tour in our bio.

We’re open Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 5:30pm

Images: installation photography of Disc Unknown at Castlefiled Gallery, 2026, courtesy of Jules Lister

24/08/2026

WILD WITNESS
LIVE PERFORMANCE ON THE WALK

What if you could see Manchester differently?
On the Wild Witness Walk, the city becomes a stage with live folk performances appearing along the route and bringing hidden histories, traditions and urban nature to life.

Expect clog dancing, Bhangra and more as we move through Manchester, encountering performers in unexpected places and connecting with the people, stories and more-than-human life that make up the city.

🕺 Stephanie Besford-West: live clog dancing
💃 Hardeep Sahota: Bhangra
🎻 More TBA

Led by artist Lucy Wright, Wild Witness invites us to walk, listen, move and look again at the city around us.
Come and see Manchester differently.

📍 Manchester
📅 Saturday 12 September 2026
🕚 11am to 3pm
🎟️ Free: booking now open
Book your free place via the link in our bio.

Images:
Title: Dusking, film still, courtesy of Lucy Wright
Illustrations by Izzie Hinton-Smith (Izzie Hinton Smith ⭐️)

Hardeep Sahota
Stephanie Besford West

17/08/2026

On Practice is a series featuring Castlefield Gallery Associates members, offering a glimpse into the ideas, processes and questions shaping their work right now. Through these reflections we get to know the people behind the artistic practice, how they think, and what they’re currently exploring. This month we interviewed Mary Lou Lawless-Gill.

📷 images
Title: Mary Lou Lawless Gill, photograph taken by Shona McGuiness

Revolutionary Letters (2025) Oil on Canvas 300 x 203cm

A Bottle of Beer A Sweetheart A Package of Ci******es A Candle (2026) Oil on Canvas 162 x 123cm

You Have Been Pardoned Miraculously! (2026) Oil on Canvas 65 x 120cm

13/08/2026

🌿 ONE MONTH TO GO: WILD WITNESS 🌿

FOR NATURE. FOR EACH OTHER.

In one month, join artist Lucy Wright and Castlefield Gallery for Wild Witness, a free artist-led day of walking, creativity and collective action in celebration of the nature living alongside us in Manchester.

🚶 Join the Walk
Experience the city differently as we walk with the more-than-human life that already calls Manchester home, from wildflowers reclaiming forgotten ground to the birds, insects, fungi and plants inhabiting our canals, streets and overlooked spaces.

🌱 Join the Gathering
Come together for conversation and creative activities, with a chance to reflect, connect and celebrate our shared natural world.

Or make a day of it and join us for both!

Manchester’s streets have a long history of processions, from protest and Pride to carnivals and celebrations. Wild Witness continues that tradition, asking what happens when we take to the streets not just for ourselves, but for the other lives with which we share the city.

The event is free, but booking is required.

🎟️ Book onto the Walk, the Gathering, or both via the link in our bio.

Images:
Slide 1 - illustration by Izzie Hinton-Smith
Slide 2 - photo courtesy of Lucy Wright, illustrations by Izzie Hinton-Smith

12/08/2026

Watch artist Joe O’Rourke () discuss the ideas behind Disc Unknown, his solo exhibition currently showing at Castlefield Gallery until 30 August.

Watch the full video via the link in our bio.

This film is courtesy of Jules Lister ()

11/08/2026

👋 Meet the People We Work With is our series of short conversations introducing the artists, volunteers, collaborators and supporters who help shape Castlefield Gallery.

It’s a chance to get to know the people behind the work we do to supports artists across the North West, and beyond.

This month, we caught up with Alex Butcher, one of our brilliant volunteers, to hear more about his experience with Castlefield Gallery.

Read the full conversation in our bio ✨

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Thursday	12pm - 5:30pm
Friday	12pm - 5:30pm
Saturday	12pm - 5:30pm
Sunday	12pm - 5:30pm

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