Arts Council England - Own Art
John Broadbent has always had an interest in art - part of his student grant was spent on buying paintings whilst he was at University he likes the way art affects him. John tells Own Art he's made a conscious decision to only collect works by living artists and that it's often the initial visual impact that draws him in. He doesn't worry about where something might go in the house or if it matches the curtains!
Michael and Hilary Quick prefer to support artists and buy art rather than invest their money in the bank. They really value the relationship they have developed with the gallery they like to buy work...
On April 5th Castlefield Gallery has become a 'studio', 'lab' and creative centre point for three cross-platform performances by Ronald Fraser-Munroe, Michael Barnes-Wynters and Naomi Kashiwagi framed...
The Portrait Years by Atef Abu Saif, translated and read by Alice Guthrie. Produced by Manchester Literature Festival in association with Literature Across Frontiers.
Derek speaks of the ethos behind his and Lisa Stansbie's international online literary and art magazine, soanway.org.uk, and its history. He makes reference to the first print edition of soanyway (iss...
Greville is one of the collectors featured in the exhibition 'A Private Affair: Personal Collections of Contemporary Art' at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, 25 January - 5 May 2012. T...
