Artist Development

About

Nurturing the next generation

Wherever you are on your creative journey, we’ll support you every step of the way through the Lowry Artist Develop Programmes.

Since 2009, we’ve been some of the voices shouting the loudest in the world of Artist Development. We’re all about unlocking opportunities, growing talent and providing ways for artists to show bold and one-of-kind work to audiences everywhere - close to home and in other corners of the world.

We’re proud to say the Lowry Artist Development Programme is supported by Arts Council England and Salford City Council. 

We dream big so you can too

We fuel innovation. We empower your ideas. We drive positive change in the creative and arts sectors. We help make the impossible possible because what’s important to you is important to us.

Investing in people not projects

We build long-term relationships with artists with no pressure to produce finished performances or exhibitions. We’re here for the whole journey, not just the end result. 

We work hard to ensure that underrepresented artists get access to priority support - those who are marginalised due to their age, sexuality, gender identity, ethnicity, disability status, religion or belief, socio-economic status, caring or parental responsibilities.

At Lowry, art is for everyone and culture is for the many, not the few. We champion artists and creatives with all kinds of stories to tell. 

Feeling inspired?

We’re always excited to chat to new partners, artists and funders about how we could join forces.

Get in touch by emailing artistdevelopment@thelowry.com - we’d love to hear from you!

Programmes

Artist Network
Our Artist Network is a free, open access programme supporting professional artists at all stages of their career.
Associate Artists
Partnerships with mid-career artists who want to tackle the challenges of our industry as well as developing their practice.
Developed With
Developed With is a 12-18 month programme supporting dynamic artists and companies.
Advisory Groups
We are delighted to announce The Lowry’s first Artist Development Advisory Groups and to welcome the 10 independent artists and creatives working across live performance and visual arts as our new Advisory Group members.
Previous Projects
An overview of our previous artist development and alumni programmes.
New Earth Academy
In partnership with New Earth Theatre, New Earth Academy+ is a new development programme for East Asian and South East Asian performers and theatre makers based in the North West of England
Venice Biennale
Learn more about our involvement in the British Council's 2024 Venice Fellowship programme.
Creative Producer Development Programme
Lowry, HOME, Z-Arts and London based Stage One are delighted to be working together to pilot a new Creative Producer Development (CPD) course from September 2024 – January 2025. Designed for early career independent producers, based in Greater Manchester who are passionate about producing live work and looking for time and space to build on their experience.
Hothouse
We’re delighted to present Sixth House Theatre – a brand-new theatre company founded at Lowry in 2024. The company includes 6 multidisciplinary artists based in Greater Manchester who are pushing the boundaries of live work today to create theatre for tomorrow.