Artist Network

ARTIST NETWORK AT LOWRY

Our Artist Network is a free, open access programme supporting professional artists at all stages of their career to focus on their creative and professional development. Our programme has a year-round offer including regular workshops, socials, ticket offers, Scratch Nights and other one-off or short–term opportunities to develop creative practice, explore new ideas and build networks.

WHO'S IT FOR?

Independent artists, collectives and companies, creative producers and administrators at all stages of career working across performing or visual arts. This also includes anyone with an aspiration to work creatively in the creative sector.

ARTIST NETWORK NEWSLETTER

Every month we send out an Artist Network newsletter with the latest updated on current and new opportunities for artists at Lowry. Our newsletters spotlights everything we have available from training and development opportunities to residencies, Scratch Nights and local and regional opportunities from our Friends.

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Current Opportunities

Rigging workshop for people in technical theatre who identify as women or non-binary

Join Alex Harvey (Artistic Director of Ockham's Razor) as they return for another hands-on practical introductory workshop on the art of technical rigging.

Tue 11 Feb 2025, 10am-4.30pm

Registration will close Tue 28 Jan at 5pm

Artist Network Sunday @ Local/National/International

Ease into the new year with our Artist Sunday brunch and get to meet other Greater Manchester artists and practitioners working across performance and visual arts. Start the new year right building new friendships over sarnies!

Sun 16 Feb 2025, 12pm-2.30pm

Workshop: Assault on the Leviathan

John Powell-Jones will be hosting an introduction to a new RPG style game called, Assault On The Leviathan, made in collaboration with John Howes. In this workshop, John will share his artistic practice of world building, comics, science fiction, horror and gaming. 

Wed 26 Feb 2025, 7pm-9.30pm

Workshop: Scores for moving with vibration and frequency with Joseph Lau

Join Joseph Lau as he facilitates a workshop sharing current movement, dance and choreographic practices utilised during research on his new work in development ‘Elephants’, including: vibration, frequency and embodied imagery as source of movement material, and developing scores from eco-stories.

MON 3 MAR 2025, 7PM-9PM

Free to attend, 18yrs+

The mixtape project workshop by imitating the dog

A spoken word, music & video workshop with Testament & Laura Spark

Wordsmiths, lyricists, beatmakers and content creators… Got something to say? Then this project is for you!

WED 5 MAR 2025, 2PM-4.30PM