SPARK #32B: From Equinox to Equinox

As we approach the spring Equinox, SPARK members are invited to a bring and share meal in Kay Shah’s immersive installation Degrees of Duality, and to talk about what people would like from SPARK over the coming year/s.

The SPARK network was set up by Castlefield Gallery in 2022 to facilitate a Greater Manchester/North West-based network of artists wanting to intervene in the climate crisis. The gallery initiated SPARK in response to the high demand for places on the 2021/22 SUSTAIN programme focussed on low carbon artmaking. 

SPARK #32B follows SPARK sessions at Manchester Art Gallery, Rogue, The Birley (Preston), Eccles Friends Meeting House, Manchester Museum, AIR Gallery, Paradise Works, Editional Studio, Cadishead and Little Woolden Moss, Gallery Oldham, the John Rylands Library, Dunham Massey, Lindow Moss, Castlefield Viaduct, Gallery Oldham and The Atkinson. At the end of 2023 SPARK held the group exhibition SPARK and associated events programme at Rogue Studios.

Castlefield Gallery continues to provide admin and co-ordination support via its Artist Environmental Lead, Jane Lawson.

https://www.instagram.com/sparkartistsnetwork/

Directions
Castlefield Gallery is 3 minutes walk from Deansgate rail and Metrolink stations; directions available here https://www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk/visit/

The gallery is wheelchair accessible

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Unscientific sample of favourite SPARK sessions, January 2025 (Jane Lawson)