Darkroom Workshops

This exhibition studies workers’ protests, through needlelace and knit. The work investigates bread as a symbol: of life, of money, of struggle. As a furious but powerless woman. Helen imagines a softer, sweeter world.

Exhibition launch and drop-in event for bigSMALL, an exhibition by Martha Lyons Haywood. bigSMALL is an exhibition of sculpture that explores stubbornness to survive; the spider in the gale, the pigeon in the storm, and the human in the heartbreak.

Alison Cooper will open a project space for sonic collaboration, reflection and discussions around endangered language with a focus on Lancashire dialect. There will be exploration around language's links to ecosystems, a sense of place and connection to

Take a moment to hone in your listening skills. If you create your own sound and music or not, this session will sharpen how you experience sound.  Join Alison Cooper (Composer, Curator & DJ) for an immersive experience inspired by Pauline Oliveros’ prac

Mormorio is an Italian word meaning murmur or murmuring. For example ‘il mormorio delle onde’ = the lapping of the waves This is an exhibition by 3 artists using different mediums and methods of working whose work is inspired by the theme of water

Join a collective of Rochdale photographers for an exhibition exploring what photography can mean, be and say outside of simply recording a view or memorable occasion. With a drop in and chat session.

Semi-narrative works based on personal symbolism and aspects of automatism and abstraction. These are prints of drawings made during a residency in Ningbo, China last year based on a famous Chinese folk story called ‘The Butterfly Lovers’.

Children aged 5 and under are invited to drop in and explore an immersive environment with sensory lights and live music. The floor will be covered with a giant canvas that everyone is invited to draw on to create a huge graphic score

All the people we are yet to meet by Mary Naylor: An exhibition of painted portraits, A children’s drop in workshop & A portraiture workshop.

There are currently 14 rare breed horses and ponies who are "At Risk" of their breeds disappearing. Esther Towler's photography documents native breeds who have grazed and shaped our land for hundreds of years.