Last Chance to See Embracing Manchester at St Ann’s Church
This Wednesday is your last chance to catch this exhibition of work by artist Ghislaine Howard at St. Ann’s Church. Embracing Manchester depicts muslim man Baktash Noori hugging people in St. Ann’s Square, and was opened to coincide with the church’s Spirit of Manchester festival. See our full preview for more information.
Until Wed 6 Jun, St. Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Street, Manchester, M2 7LF. 10am – 5pm, www.stannsmanchester.com

Manchester Histories Festival Launch Party at Manchester Art Gallery
The Manchester Histories Festival launches for another year, offering a packed programme of talks, discussions and screenings. The launch party will take place in Manchester Art Gallery, featuring protest poetry readings, debates and loads of information on the festival, straight from the mouths of the people who organised it. To find out more about the festival itself, why not check out our full preview.
Thu 7 Jun, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL. 6pm – 8pm, www.eventbrite.co.uk

Emergence Preview at AIR Gallery
Altrincham AIR Gallery launches its latest exhibition this week. Emergence collects the work of artists who submitted to the gallery’s AIR Open competition: The gallery’s annual open submissions event. The four winners from last year, working in all different areas of visuals arts, will be presenting brand new work – showcasing their development as artists over the past twelve months. The gallery will be hosting a private viewing on Thursday evening, but if you can’t make that, the exhibition will be running from Friday through til the end of the month.
Thu 7 Jun, AIR Gallery, 30 Grosvenor Road, Altrincham, WA14 1LD. 6pm – 8pm, www.airgallery.space

Words:
Jon Whiteley
Published on:
Sun 3 Jun 2018