NEW ART SPACES LEIGH: LAUNCH EXHIBITION – Saturday 21 September 2013, 10am-6pm

Castlefield Gallery, in association with Wigan-based arts organisation Cross Street Arts, presents the launch exhibition for New Art Spaces Leigh, showcasing the work of ten emerging artists with an exhibition of painting, print, photography, mixed media and sound.

Working with the support of Acrebrae Limited, Castlefield Gallery has taken on a temporarily unoccupied shop space on Bradshawgate, Leigh’s busy retail thoroughfare, to provide a ‘pop-up’ exhibition venue for creative practitioners.

New Art Spaces Leigh presents work by ten artists from the CG Associates membership scheme who are local to Leigh and Wigan; they have been producing work for the launch in the large 1st floor office space above the shop, which has been repurposed by Castlefield Gallery as an artists’ project and work space.

The New Art Spaces Leigh launch exhibition features works by the following artists:

Gabrielle Anderson / Lindsey Brown / Caroline Collinson / Victoria Ellis / Abigail Jackson / Joshua Lorenz / Aaron Pearce / Gemma Tully & Nicola Broxson / Victoria Walsh

This event accompanies Cross Street Arts’ We Are Open exhibition and open studio event in nearby Standish, Wigan, which launches on Friday 20 September at 7:30pm. www.crossstreetarts.co.uk/

Address: Publication House 14-16 Bradshawgate Leigh WN7 4LX

Opening Times:  Sat 21 Sept 10am-6pm. For access following the launch event please contact: newartspaces@castlefieldgallery.co.uk

More on New Art Spaces:

Castlefield Gallery’s vision is for the North West to be a place where artists can live and produce work while presenting their work in national and international contexts. Its mission is to nurture talent, explore cultural trends and deepen our audience’s relationship to contemporary art.

New Art Spaces provides pop-up spaces for emerging talent in the North West in which to develop their creative practice at very low cost.

Find out more about New Art Spaces at: castlefieldgallery.co.uk/associates/newartspaces/

More on CG Associates:

CG Associates is a membership scheme for artists, writers and independent curators working in contemporary art. It was initiated by Castlefield Gallery to support members in developing their work and careers by providing information, skills, opportunities, resources, promotion and critical dialogue.

The CG Associates scheme acts as a hub, bringing together artists, curators and writers, facilitating critical exchange and engagement with members’ work and strengthening the artistic ecology of the North West.