Following on from the success of our previous events, Manchester Made will return to Waterside this year with an exhibition and two craft fairs (summer and winter) celebrating the amazing work that is being made by artists, designers and makers here in Greater Manchester.
The Manchester Made Exhibition will feature two and three dimensional art and craft from creatives working within Greater Manchester. Launching on Saturday 3 May and following a preview evening on Thursday 1 May, the exhibition will run in Waterside’s Lauriston Gallery until Sunday 27 July.
The summer Manchester Made Craft Fair will take place upstairs in and around The Chambers on Saturday 19 July. It will be a one day table top fair of high quality handmade contemporary craft.
Information for Artists
- Work will be selected for the Manchester Made Exhibition by the curating team at Waterside, alongside specialist guest juror Claire Turner, Gallery Director at Comme Ca Art
- Selected artists will need to deliver and collect any unsold artwork. Key dates which artists should check before applying are as follows:
In person or courier delivery: 14 or 15 April.
In person or courier collection: 28, 29 or 30 July.
- All work must have been made since July 2023. Selected work must be available for sale or commission. Waterside Arts will retain 35% commission from any sales and commissions made from the exhibition
- The deadline for applications is midnight Friday 28 March. Artists will be informed of the selections by Friday 4 April
- Artists who would like to apply for both the exhibition and the summer craft fair can tick below to be considered for both. Submissions for the summer craft fair alone will be live on Friday 14 March and will remain open until Friday 18 April. Please note applications for the craft fair will be notified by Friday 25 April
- Work will be selected for the summer craft fair by craft fair organisers, Michelle Keeling (Visual Arts Curator at Waterside) and Jo Lavelle (A Great Find Manchester)
Application Images
Artists can submit up to two artworks for consideration. For the purposes of application one artwork may be a single piece or multiple pieces that have been made together to form one artwork (for example a triptych). Please supply up to three images per artwork. At least one image must be of the artwork in its entirety. Please select images that show as much detail as possible of the work.
Images should be compiled in one folder and submitted via WeTransfer, supplied as jpegs (landscape or portrait) at a maximum file size of 1MB per image. Please label the images with your name and a number for each artwork.
Example for one artwork with three images submitted - Sarah Smith 1, Sarah Smith 1b, Sarah Smith 1c
Artists who wish to be considered for both the exhibition and craft fair - if work for the craft fair application differs from your work submitted for exhibition, please add up to three additional images to your WeTransfer folder labelled with your name and "Craft Fair".
For any queries please contact Michelle [email protected]