Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces
Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces are unique pop-up project spaces and artist studios situated on highstreets in towns across Greater Manchester and the North West. Since the scheme began in 2009, we have established New Art Spaces at multiple locations including Manchester city centre and Bolton. Our current project spaces are in Warrington, Wigan and Chester.
New Art Spaces provide affordable studio spaces for artists. The studios are set up in unused department stores and other prominent buildings, usually in the town centre. This allows connection between artists and their local communities, breathing new life and creativity into the highstreet. Each New Art Spaces location also holds a public-facing exhibition space that is available for artists to use at any time; the artists in residence have used these spaces to produce successful cross-disciplinary projects and group exhibitions.
New Art Spaces also encourages engagement and collaboration between local arts and cultural organisations, being invited into the exhibition space but also allowing artists to branch out and work with local organisations and communities.
Depending on the site, the space is often more vast than an average shared studio, and these open areas allow artists the freedom to develop their creative practice and make large-scale artworks without the usual confines and limitations they may face. The possibilities of how the space can be utilised are valuable to all types of creative activity. 24-7 access to the studio is granted for all artists in residence, and one of our priorities is keeping the cost to the artist to a minimum.
How to apply?
Members of Castlefield Gallery Associates* may have the opportunity to apply for a studio space based on availability and by submitting an application. We are currently accepting applications for Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces: Warrington. See the other requirements and apply by downloading the below.
*Please note, being a member of Castlefield Gallery Associates does not guarantee you a place in Castlefield Gallery: New Art Spaces.
Apply for a studio space in Warrington
Application Pack
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NEW ART SPACES CHESTER
New Art Spaces: Chester provides opportunities for window exhibitions in its window spaces inside the Grosvenor Shopping Centre.
Previous exhibitions include:
NEW ART SPACES: WIGAN
New Art Spaces: Wigan provides artist project space, alongside opportunities for window exhibitions in its window spaces on both Standishgate and inside the Grand Arcade Shopping Centre, as well as exhibition and event space on its ground floor level in the Grand Arcade.
Previous exhibitions include:
- Nicole Prior, Data Rooms
- New Art Spaces: Wigan artists’ group exhibition, New Shift
- Brass Art, Touch AR, in partnership with The Turnpike
- Aaron Pearce solo exhibition There’s only so far that the eye can see
- Obstructions, Extension, further exploring themes from the original Obstructions exhibition held at Castlefield Gallery
- Casey Orr, Saturday Girl About Town
- Duet, New Art Spaces: Wigan meets Ashton Art Group
- LOOK PHOTO BIENNIAL 2022
NEW ART SPACES: WARRINGTON
New Art Spaces: Warrington provides artist project space, opportunities for exhibitions in its window space, alongside exhibition and event space on its ground floor level on Sankey Street in Warrington town centre.
Previous exhibitions include:
- First Light, showcasing northern photography graduates of 2020
- New Art Spaces: Warrington artists’ group exhibition Space For Nine
- Short Supply presents SLAP-BANG, as part of the Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival
- The Art of Protest – The Story of Hongkongers
- Tina Ramos Ekogongo, Black Queens
- I used to be, an immersive installation and performance by Julia Griffin
- Marie Jones: That’s Not My Retrospective…
- This will give you something to dream about curated by Little Nell
We are currently accepting applications for Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces: Warrington. See the requirements and apply by downloading the application pack above.
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- The Art of Protest – The Story of Hongkongers at Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces: Warrington. Photographed by Long Tse.
From top to bottom:
- Picturing High Streets at New Art Spaces: Chester. Photographed by Rob Battersby.
- Touch AR by Brass Art at New Art Spaces: Wigan. Photographed by Livia Lazar.
- Slap-Bang! at Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces: Warrington. Photographed by Molly Mansley.
