The Grateful Web

Hello and welcome to The Grateful Web with me Dr Jo Clements.  This week I’m delighted to be taking to Katy Morrison, Katy is a Manchester-based independent curator/researcher and is the Director of PINK, a curatorial project and artist studio space in Stockport. She is pursuing a practice-based PhD at Manchester School of Art, exploring artist residencies as performative spaces for curatorial enquiry. Do join me for this fascinating discussion where we talk about the pitfalls and benefits of our working class roots, how her background in hospitality has given her the tools and business mindset to create spaces where art can thrive. Discover her innovative curatorial approach, the importance of resource-led practices, and her vision for sustainable, community-focused art spaces.https://www.pink-mcr.com/about@pinkmcr_ @katherineanastasia_If you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting it. I am currently unfunded any support you can give to help keep this labour of love going would be really appreciated. You can sign up to my Patreon for just £2 a month, make a one-off donation, or get in touch if you’d like to support in another way. I genuinely believe this is becoming a valuable resource—an evolving archive documenting what’s happening across the art world in the North West of England and want to continue shouting about our art community and meeting more brilliant artists.https://www.patreon.com/14900165/join Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Grateful Web with Dr Jo Clements. This week I’m joined by artists Alan Ward @alanjward_axisdesign and Jeffrey Knopf @jeffrey_knopf to talk about their collaborative exhibition *Nothing Remained Unchanged but the Clouds*.Do tune in to this fascinating conversation about a project that started out with one slide bought on ebay during lockdown that developed into an amazing collaborative project with participants from a whole French village.Developed through eventual residencies in Grandpré in the French Ardennes, the project weaves together photography, text, 3D scanning, and community participation to create a kind of living archive — where fragments of memory (personal, historical, imagined) are held, reshaped, and seen anew.Alan brings a deep sensitivity to narrative and sequencing, shaped by decades as a book designer, while Jeff’s use of mobile 3D scanning introduces a fascinating instability — where objects blur, shift, and take on new meanings.🔗 Listen now: [link in bio]🎧 Available on all major platformsLinks below for more details and images of the project and to buy a copy of the fabulous accompanying book – which I highly recommend:https://www.alanjward.co.uk/news/https://www.alanjward.co.uk/product/pre-launch-subscription-offer-nothing-remained-unchanged-but-the-clouds/  https://www.jeffreyknopf.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I am joined by artists Dr Kimberley Foster and Jane Scobie to discuss their participation in the Compass Residency. The residency connects two artists based in Manchester—Margaret O’Brien and Emma Illingworth—with Kimberley and Jane who are based in Norfolk. The project is organised by Proforma and Cromer Art Space in Norfolk  and is structured around a dialogue between urban and coastal environments.The Manchester phase of the residency takes place at Rogue artists Studios, located within a former school building. This setting provides a layered context in which histories of learning, labour, and place intersect, offering a rich framework for artistic development and it is here that I first met with Kimberley and JaneKimberley’s work engages closely with the building’s educational past, reflecting on questions of pedagogy and the legacy of learning environments. By drawing connections between historical and contemporary approaches to knowledge, her practice considers how these structures continue to inform artistic thinking.In contrast, Jane’s work responds to the surrounding landscape, focusing on the traces of the area’s industrial history. Through careful observation and documentation, she examines the material and cultural remnants that persist within the urban environment.Together, their perspectives offer two complementary approaches to site-responsive practice, shaped by the context of the residency and the specificities of place.@kimberleyfostersorhed @emmaillingworth_ @obrienmgt @janescobieartist https://cromer-artspace.uk/event/compass/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks episode I’m joined by members Rebecca, Blake and Aliya from 1838 Collective - an artist-led organisation based at Islington Mill in Salford. Founded by 7 postgraduate students who met at Manchester School of Art, the collective takes its name from 1838, the year the school was established. Their work focuses on supporting emerging and graduate artists as they navigate the often-uncertain shift from art education into professional practice. Through exhibitions, workshops and a strong culture of peer support, they’re building a community that helps artists in Manchester develop their work, their networks and their confidence.    @1838_collective Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I’m delighted to be talking to artists Sophy King and John-Paul Brown about their major new exhibition The Guardians of Living Matter at The Lowry in Salford, currently on show until 29th March 2026. Sophy King is a multidisciplinary environmental artist whose work interrogates the nature–culture continuum through installation, film, and sound to examine ecological systems under the pressure of climate crisis. Her research across the moors and lowlands surrounding Manchester focuses on moss, fungi, peat, wildfire, and water—both as material and subject—probing our entanglement with damaged landscapes while proposing urban rewilding and sustainable futures.  John-Paul Browns practice spans large-scale installation, documentary photography, expanded drawing, and painting. His work layers personal narrative with geopolitical and environmental realities, combining material sensitivity with environmentally conscious production methods. Like King, his commitment to low-carbon practice is not an add-on but a structural principle—shaping both aesthetics and ethics. Together they present this fabulous, ambitious multimedia exhibition unfolding across four galleries. At the centre of the exhibition is a vast, multi-sensory, immersive installation that explores a hope inducing speculative future: a living sculpture where mycelium and AI co-exist, a fictional research lab containing factual research, new ambitious large scale bodies of work and a delicious mixture of entangled logics and imagined possibilities for fungal and artificial systems.  Instagram: @sophykingart Website: www.sophyking.comInstagram: @johnpaulbrown_ Website: www.johnpaulbrown.com https://thelowry.com/the-guardians-of-living-matter-myvx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Grateful Web, Dr. Jo Clements interviews filmmaker Jeremiah Quinn, who shares insights into his diverse body of work, including documentaries that focus on social justice and forgotten narratives. They discuss the importance of sound design in filmmaking, the impact of his films like 'Oluwale' and 'Incognito', and the emotional connections that storytelling can create. Quinn also highlights his experiences working with charities and his upcoming projects, including a film about artist Heather Alderson. Quinn is a multi-skilled, multiple award-winning filmmaker, videographer and screenwriter.  He is close to completing his first feature documentary about an undisclosed subject which he has filmed in nine countries on three continents over the last three years.His work spans documentary and narrative, short and long-form,  much of it rooted in social justice. His films have helped raise significant funds for organisations,  transformed institutions, and in some cases, changed the course of people’s careers. They also pack a serious emotional punch.Links to Quinns work and the artists mentioned in this episode @jeremiahq_quinn1 https://www.youtube.com/@jeremiahq/videos HeatherAlderson @heathera077 and David Gledhill @davidgledhillartist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this brand new episode I speak to the brilliant multi-disciplinary artist John Powell JonesJohn Powell-Jones is a UK-based artist whose work spans sculpture, animation, print and installation. Drawing on horror, folklore and the visual language of videogames, he creates speculative worlds populated by mutated beings and unstable technologies. His practice examines how power, ideology and myth shape perceptions of the body, the other and the future. Often working with ceramics and hand-built props, Powell-Jones combines meticulous craft with DIY worlding to produce narratives that are darkly humorous, unsettling and critically charged. He has exhibited widely across the UK and Europe, presenting projects that merge countercultural aesthetics with experimental storytelling. https://www.johnpowell-jones.co.ukhttps://johnpowelljones.bigcartel.com@johnpowell_jones  If you enjoyed this episode please follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, apple podcasts, Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts.  Thank you so much to those regular listeners who have been supporting me in this endeavour. If you want to support me further, please do check out my Patreon page, for just £2 a month you can help me to keep this podcast going – link in bio/show notes   This podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I’m delighted to talk to Amanda Sutton Director of Venture ArtsBased in Manchester, Venture Arts is a supported studio that provides professional facilities, long-term artistic development, and artistic support that enables neurodivergent learning disabled artists to develop their own visual languages, produce ambitious work, and build sustainable careers within the contemporary art world.Under Amanda’s leadership, Venture Arts has become nationally and internationally recognised for its exhibitions, commissions, collaborations with major cultural institutions, and its commitment to challenging who the art world is for, and whose work is valued. In this conversation, we talk about how Venture Arts works day-to-day as a supported studio, the conditions artists need to thrive, and what happens when access, care, and excellence are placed at the centre of an organisation’s practice. We also discuss what learning disabled artist Nnena Kalus’s recent Turner Prize win means for artists, organisations, and the future of inclusive contemporary art.https://venturearts.org@venturearts_ If you enjoyed this episode please follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, apple podcasts, Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to the grateful web. I’m Dr Jo Clements -  artist, artists coach and your grateful web host  My guest today is the brilliant Jamie Holman     A multidisciplinary artist, Jamie Holman seeks to make visible the exciting connection and propositions that manifest when heritage collides with contemporary practice. His research often proposes the emergence of culture through the celebration of topics & movements including subcultures, trades unions, folklore, activism, mill workers, football, labour & poetry.  Jamie’s work includes deep research particularly into archives, often resulting in the discovery of unknown working class histories and stories of individuals who have impacted the future of our nation, it’s culture and communities.  He often works in collaboration with communities, many of whom are categorised as not engaging in art   Recent commissions include ‘Wonderful Electric’ a four-part commission for the capital development of Blackburn Youth Zone, and his solo exhibition ‘Contagious Acts’ at The Whitaker.https://www.jamieholman.co.uk   @jamie_holman_studio If you enjoyed this episode please follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, apple podcasts, Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you so much to those regular listeners who have been supporting me in this endeavour. If you want to support me further, please do check out my Patreon page, for just £2 a month you can help me to keep this podcast going – https://www.patreon.com/cw/JoClementsTheGratefulWeb  This podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is the fabulous artist Jude Wainwright  Jude is a figurative and surrealist painter based in Manchester. Her work explores identity, emotion and storytelling through staged, symbolic self-portraits that blur the line between the real and the imagined. Drawing on theatrical gesture, costume and surreal settings, she examines how we construct and conceal the self, reflecting on the boundaries between authenticity, performance and control. Alongside her practice, Jude is the Studio Manager at AWOL Studios in Ancoats, where she supports a large community of artists and creatives. In 2022, she reached the semi-finals of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, and in 2025 returned to Sky Arts as a guest presenter, leading two Portrait Artist Masterclass episodes on narrative portraiture. Jude is an Associate Member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Artists, and her work has been exhibited widely across the UK and internationally.@judewainwright_  https://www.judewainwright.com. If you enjoyed this episode please follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, apple podcasts, Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts.  Thank you so much to those regular listeners who have been supporting me in this endeavour. If you want to support me further, please do check out my Patreon page, for just £2 a month you can help me to keep this podcast going – link in bio/show notes   This podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A warm welcome to the 14th episode of the Weaving Connections series on The Grateful Web the podcast that weaves connections with some of the fabulous people I’m privileged to call part of my arts community here in Manchester and the North West.I’m Dr Jo Clements -  artist, artists coach and your grateful web host My guest today is the artist Rowland Hill.  Rowland studied Drama and English and worked as an award-winning artist film curator before graduating in 2018 with a Masters from the Slade School of Fine Art where she received the Clare Winsten Memorial Award. In 2024 she presented her debut institutional solo exhibition Logical Song at Castlefield Gallery in Manchester which she transformed into an ambiguous attraction. In the same year she was shortlisted for the prestigious Jerwood & MAYK Bursary for artists working in radical live performance.Her projects have been supported and commissioned by institutions including the Jerwood Foundation, Raven Row, Hospitalfield, Turner Contemporary, and Flux Factory in New York and she’s performed and directed work at the Southbank Centre, Tate Britain and The Lowry among others.www.rowland-hill.com @row.land.hill Thank you so much to those regular listeners who have been supporting me in this endeavour. If you want to support me further, please do check out my Patreon page, for just £2 a month you can help me to keep this podcast going – link https://www.patreon.com/cw/JoClementsTheGratefulWebIf you enjoyed this episode please follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, apple podcasts, Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts.This podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Grateful Web,  I’m  Dr Jo Clements and In this episode I’m delighted to speak to curator Chris Bailkoski. Chris is an independent curator with over 20 years’ experience developing collaborative practices with artists to co-create dynamic exhibitions and events, predominantly focusing on grassroots visual and musical artists in Greater Manchester. He has founded several cultural spaces including music venue SOUP (2010), artist development platform PROFORMA (2017) and resident-led gallery Longsight Community Art Space CIC (2022). In 2024, Chris relocated to Norfolk and is currently embarking on new projects in the region and across the UK. If you enjoyed this episode please , follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, AND apple podcasts.This podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of The grateful Web  I’m honoured to be joined by Sara Hindhaugh, a visual artist whose work weaves together fragments of memory, autobiography, and myth. Born in the Solomon Islands, Sara studied Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art and is a valued member of  AWOL Studios in Manchester. Her practice spans drawing, painting, printmaking, embroidery, book arts, and sculpture. Themes of time, grief, vulnerability, and salvation run through her work, shaped by delicate, time-consuming processes and materials that are as fragile as they are powerful. With threads of Oceanic and Chinese culture, humour, and deeply personal storytelling, Sara creates intense and moving narratives that reflect her emotionally honest, formidable approach to life.  https://www.sarahindhaugh.com @awolstudiosmcr @saraehindhaugh Please note there is mention of suicide in this episode.If you enjoyed this episode please , follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, AND apple podcasts.This podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this FINAL edition of my special series The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today I’m joined by artist Martin Nash.  A long-standing member and director of Rogue Artists’ Studios, in this last episode of the 30@30 series before we open our doors tomorrow, Martin tells us about his work and the history of the origins of Rogue Studios, it’s journey and expansion through 3 different buildings and how our marvellous artists community came to our current home at the former Varna St School.Having first studied Architecture and Martin completed a Degree in Printed and Woven Textiles at Manchester. This grounding in Architecture and Textiles, both arts which have a practical application and deal with the flat surface as well as 3 dimensional space and form, has informed the evolution of Martin's work. From his early days in a Manchester studio near Piccadilly, producing prints and paintings inspired by architectural shapes, he’s gone on to create public sculpture commissions, corporate works, and exhibitions across the UK.http://www.martin-nash.co.uk  We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today I’m delighted to be joined by Rebecca Davy. Rebecca is an artist- predominantly a painter- based in Rogue Artists Studios. She studied at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating with a BA in Fine Art in 2003, where she was awarded the Ken Billany Prize for Painting, and went on to complete her Masters in Fine Art there in 2006.Rebecca’s practice centres on still life painting. She describes the act of pushing paint around a canvas as both lush and meditative—a way of finding stillness in a chaotic world. Her work often focuses on colourful, ephemeral objects that spark curiosity and that carry echoes of still life’s traditional association with memento mori.The slow meditative process of painting is in contrast to the way she initially captures the objects in photography. A fraction of a moment stretched out through paint, to appreciate little things that make life joyful. Rebecca has exhibited in the UK and abroad, both in solo and group shows.She exhibits with Comme ca Art and her work has been seen in the Lowry Hotel, Harvey Nichols, Manchester, and INNSIDE by MeliaRebecca’s instagram is @rdavyartHer work via Comme Ca Art can be seen at www.commecaart.com/rebecca-davyWe look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today I’m joined by Karol Kochanowski, a Polish-born artist and painter based at Rogue Artists Studios in Manchester. A graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University, Karol’s work has been shown across the UK, Germany, the US, and Greece, and in 2020 he received the Granada Foundation Gallery Exhibition Award at the Manchester Open for his piece Class.Karol’s paintings explore the hidden layers of the subconscious, drawing viewers into a dialogue with what is unspoken and unseen. His practice is shaped not only by this fascination with the mind, but also by a deep commitment to human rights, cultural diversity, and the LGBTQI+ community. He is also a co-founder of EARTS, a collective supporting European artists in Manchester and beyond.https://www.karol-kochanowski.com @karolkochanowskiWe look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today I’m joined by Julie Cassels a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores textiles, clothing, and the way fabric has been depicted and reinterpreted throughout art history. Working with photography transferred onto fabric, paper, and aluminium, Julie’s series-based works are not displayed behind glass but rather exhibited to embrace the materiality of their surfaces After an early career as a Systems Analyst in England and New Zealand, Julie graduated with a degree in Visual Arts from Salford in 2004 and an MA in Textiles and Fashion at MMU in 2005. Since then, she’s exhibited widely in the UK, Europe, and New Zealand. Her work appears in ‘Everyday Delight’ a Shutter Hub Editions publication and her practice is discussed in the book ‘Reframing Photography – Theory and Practice’, published by Routledge.She has been a finalist in the GM Arts prize 2019, the Women in Art Prize and in The Eve Arnold Photography Prize Category, in both 2024 and 2025.  Www.JulieCassels.co.ukInstagram @julie.cassels  We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today’s guest is the painter and printmaker Michelle Leigh. Working in oils, watercolour, etching and woodcut, Michelle creates richly imaginative works that weave together myth, memory, and everyday experience.She studied Fine Art at Manchester Polytechnic, graduating with First Class Honours, and went on to complete a Master’s at Newcastle with support from the British Academy. Her work has been exhibited widely including at The Whitworth Gallery, and Manchester Art Gallery, and her work is held in both public and private collections worldwide including in the UK, the US, Portugal, Vienna and beyond.Featured in publications such as Who’s Who in Art 2008 and A Colourful Canvas: Twelve Women Artists in the Northwest by @wendyjlevyfineart  Michelle has also been recognised internationally, including as runner-up for the Ben Uri Gallery’s Artist of the Year Award. Her latest solo show, A Taste of Arcadia is currently at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, running until February 2026.In summing up Michelle adds '...I cover flat surfaces with paint, it could be said to be a frivolous occupation in many ways, but I take it dead seriously'.  You can see her work on Instagram @michelleleighartist or at www.michelleleighart.com currently showing work @salford_museum We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester.   Today I’m joined by painter Ruth Murray. Her paintings often place women in quiet, everyday scenes—yet beneath the familiar lies a tension. They can evoke feelings of alienation, paranoia, or the subtle weight of social expectations, while also finding a contemplative beauty in isolation and mourning. By loading these domestic or natural settings with psychological depth, Ruth gently unsettles traditional depictions of women, making space for gestures and details that shift our sense of what might otherwise seem ordinary.Ruth graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2008, and her career since has been widely celebrated: she’s a past Derek Hill Scholar at the British School at Rome, recipient of Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grants, winner of the 2020 Jackson’s Painting Prize, and an elected member of both Contemporary British Painters and Contemporary British Portrait Painters. Her work is held in private and public collections worldwide, including UNESCO’s Creative Cities Collection, Manchester Art Gallery, and the Whitaker Museum.She has exhibited extensively across the UK and Europe, with recent shows at the Garden Museum in London, Cambridge University’s ARB, and Manchester Art Gallery, among many others.@ruthmurrayartist    @gardenmuseum We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Mike BlackMike is a photographer based at Rogue Studios Manchester UK he works in both commercial and fine art photography and has worked for a wide range of clients and artists. Please do check out his Instagram @mikeblackphoto where he has taken lots of really beautiful images of Rogue studios in the run up to our Open studios on the 20th September 2025.🎧 You can listen to a new conversation - one released everyday - over the 30 days leading up to our Open Studios -  on @the_grateful_web — available on Acast, Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you get your podcasts! Do like, follow and share!To mark Rogue’s 30th anniversary we will be showing two group exhibitions during open studios - ‘Soft Proof’ featuring work from studio members past and present curated by Short Supply, celebrating the unfinished, the in-progress, and the unapologetically imperfect and ‘From the Shadow’ - new work by Ten Obstructions.📍 Save the date:🗓 Saturday 20th September, 12–8pm📍 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1Over 100 artists’ studios to explore inside the historic Varna Street School! 🏫From the Shadow runs September 6th – 28th and Soft Proof September 20th until 5th  October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Simon WoolhamSimon is an artist, curator, performer and academic whose practice centres on expanded drawing and narrative. Simon studied Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan   University before completing an MA at Chelsea College of Art, and later a practice-led PhD exploring walking, and narrative in physical, virtual, and psychological space, expanding on the notion of an artists’ residency of the mind. He has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally and was the artistic programmer and curator at PAPER Gallery here in Manchester for a decade and has developed projects with numerous organisations across the UK. Simon also performs as The Frog a roaming, shape-shifting alter-ego and plays in the band L.A.S.H. He’s currently co-editing a new book, Drawing as Placemaking: Environment, History and Identity for Bloomsbury alongside a current collaborative residency project at Gorton Monastery, funded by the University of Huddersfield.Frog on the Water: HOMWAARD BOUND JustGiving link:https://www.justgiving.com/page/frogonthewaterakahomewardboundDrawing Out The Canal project with DPUK:https://drawingprojects.uk/index.php/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/209-simon-woolham-drawing-out-the-canal-10-to-26-october-2019Drawing as Placenmaking: Environment, History and Identity Bloomsbury Publishing pre-order link:https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/drawing-as-placemaking-9781350457058/@simonwooham  @thefrogperformer  @l.a.s.h.1We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Lucy RidgesLucy is a visual artist and photographer based in Manchester, specialising in analogue photography and traditional mark-making techniques. Over the past decade her work has focused on the representation of the female form through experimental photographic processes such as cyanotype printing, multiple exposures, photopolymer gravure and hand colouring.Her work explores the relationship between the human body, nature, and the cosmos, embracing the tactile and unpredictable qualities of analogue processes. Lucy also works as a portrait photographer, primarily shooting musicians, comedians and actors. Work has been published in: The Guardian, The Times, New Scientist, Vogue. She has exhibited widely across the UK, including at The Lowry, Salford; HOME, Manchester; Bankley Gallery, Manchester; and Lumen Crypt, London. Lucy has also participated in artist residencies in Iceland, La Gomera, the Isle of Skye, and Cornwall.Lucy holds an MA in Photography from Manchester Metropolitan University and a BA(Hons) in Fine Art from the University of Central Lancashire. She lectures in Photography at Salford University and is working towards a solo show which will be held in the project space at Rogue Studios next November. https://www.lucyridges.com/about  @lucy_ridgesWe look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Margaret O’Brien. Margaret works between the UK and Ireland, creating large-scale installations that combine sculpture, live sound, light, moving image and kinetics. Her practice is rooted in experimentation, exploring failure, malfunction and instability as spaces of discovery.She’s interested in how things fall apart, break down, or resist control — and how that reflects our everyday and existential struggles. There’s always a psychological charge in her work, whether it comes through unexpected sound, light, or even smell, and although her perspective can be dystopian, it’s not without humour.Margaret has exhibited widely, completed major international residencies, and her work is held in public and private collections, including the Arts Council of Ireland. Alongside her practice, she’s been a lecturer, subject moderator, and collaborator with art-science groups such as Paralab here in Manchester.https://www.margaretobrien.co.uk  @obrienmgt  We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Hannah Leighton-Boyce.Hannah works across a variety of sculpture formats including collage, writing, installation, and live event. Her most recent work explores processes of joining, repair, renewal, and transformation to reimagine a means of holding together fragments of writing, body, form and landscape.  At the recent night of performance and video, ‘The Same deep Water as You’ @pinkmcrshe read from the work ‘Notes from meanwhile’- a series of vignettes where she recalls, amongst other things - fever-induced hallucinations and dreams in which she willed her body to accept cells that had travelled across the world and returned to her in a clear plastic bag, the thoughts of a piece of chewing gum, the feeling of slipping away, being a body of water, and a conversation with a hip. In recent years she has exhibited work at The National Festival of Making, White Columns, Bury Sculpture Centre Castlefield Gallery and Glasgow Women’s Library. Next month she begins both a ‘Women in Print’ residency at art lab contemporary print studio    @artlabcps and a collaborative DYCP funded project with @row.land.hill building on conversations around their collage practices and, later in the year, will be heading to the Scottish Sculpture Workshop to develop some new work.Website: https://www.hannahleightonboyce.com  @hlboyce We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Susie MacMurraySusie is a British artist whose work includes drawing and sculpture. She is also known for her architectural installations. She has an international profile, showing in the USA and Europe as well as the UK.As a former professional classical musician and mature student at MMU in the late 90’s, Susie was drawn to interrogate the elements that moulded her sensibilities as an orchestral performer. That language and focus became the bedrock of her practice. An interest in fragility and sensuality, the immersive and the ephemeral, alongside the process of building up, layering and orchestrating material dialogues in the form of repetition remains at the core of her practice today.Susie is represented by the sculpture gallery Pangolin London.https://www.susie-macmurray.co.uk  www.pangolinlondon.com @susiemacmurrayWe look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. I’m Jo Clements – artist, coach, and host of this podcast and today I’m swapping roles – instead of being the one asking the questions, I’m being interviewed for Rogue Studios’ 30@30 series by the brilliant Mollie Balshaw from Short Supply.My work explores how knowledge- especially knowledge that is embodied, gendered, or classed – is transmitted, stored, and valued. Through sculpture, drawing, sound, and digital media, I investigate how meaning is constructed through both physical and cultural systems, from neural networks to educational materials. Frequently sensual, tantalisingly tactile and often tongue in cheek my work exudes an ambiguous mix of the serious and the absurd.I hold a Fine Art practice-based PhD, have exhibited in solo shows at mid-Pennine Art Gallery, Bury Art Museum, The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery and Claudel hall, Clermont-Ferrand, France and was the overall winner of the Greater Manchester Arts Prize in 2018. My work is held in private collections across the UK. I also support artists through coaching and mentoring across the UK and Ireland.Artists website: https://www.joclements.co.uk  Coaching website: https://www.joclements.ukInsta @jo_clements Podcast @the_grateful_web We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Mollie and Rebekha Balshaw from Short SupplyShort Supply are an artist-led organisation based in the North of England and since 2019, they’ve been carving out radical, joyful, and accessible pathways into the art world—especially for early-career artists who are queer, working-class, or from regional backgrounds.Through exhibitions, commissions, public programmes, and partnerships, Short Supply has supported hundreds of artists and become a trusted platform for cultural equity—bridging the gap between emerging voices and established institutions ensuring talent doesn’t go to waste just because it sits outside of traditional networks.Whilst also maintaining strong visual arts and curatorial practices Mollie  and Rebekha with their characteristic self-determination and humour lead Short Supply’s artist-first mission with empathy,  resilience, radical imagination, and care.You can find out more about their practices at https://www.shortsupply.org where you can also find links to their book ‘517 Degrees’ and on Instagram @shortsupplymcr We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester.  On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Nicola Dale. Nicola is an artist from Manchester. She has performed at major institutions including The Hepworth Wakefield, Saatchi Gallery and Turner Contemporary. She has exhibited widely in the UK and undertaken residencies internationally. She is a keen collaborator, working with practitioners across the arts, recently including performer Florence Lam (Peer to Peer, Hong Kong); artist/curator Garth Gratrix; and composer Ailís Ní Ríain (A-lesh Knee Ree-un) (IMBOLC festival, Northern Ireland) amongst others. Her work is included in a number of collections including The Grundy, Blackpool; University of Salford Art Collection; John Rylands Library; The University of Manchester and Tate (artist’s book archive).   You can see Nicola’s work here https://www.nicoladale.com and @nicola_dale_  We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pm Listen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Jen OrpinJen lives and works in Manchester, she’s been a member of Rogue Studios since 2000 and is a Member of Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. She co-founded Rogue Women in 2019 and is the founder of A Small Space collective. Her motorway paintings have featured in several publications including the Guardian online and twice in the Observer’s New Review and on BBC Radio 6music and ITVX. As well as being selected and invited into group shows across the UK and abroad, she’s also exhibited at art fairs in Manchester, London, South Korea and has had solo shows in Manchester, London and Seoul. She’s currently exhibiting in ‘Rolling, Action…Paint! in Norway and has been selected for the three previous Royal Academy Summer Shows. Her work is held in private collections both here and internationally and in two UK public collections, including the New Art Gallery Walsall and Manchester Art Gallery where you’ll find her painting hanging in the Lowry and Valette room. Web: www.jenorpinpaintings.comInstagram: @jenorpinpainterWe look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m delighted to be chatting with Mike Chavez-DawsonMike is an interdisciplinary artist curator based at Rogue Artists’ Studios (since 2000). He is also a lecturer on the Foundation course at the University of Salford.Mike has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally at Tate Britain, the Barbican, ICA, the British Art Show 7 at Nottingham Contemporary, ART BUSAN in Seoul, South Korea, Juxtapose Art Fair with PINK in Aarhus, Denmark, ZsONAMACO MEXICO ARTE CONTEMPORANEO 2017, Design Miami, GEEK Art in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, The Whitworth Art Gallery, HOME, Castlefield Gallery, and the Grundy Art Gallery.His works are held in public collections at Manchester Art Gallery, Bury Art Museum, the Pod Collective (Coventry), and The Whitaker Art Gallery and Museum, as well as in numerous private collections.He won the Whitstable Biennale Open in 2008, was selected for Fountain 17 as part of Hull’s UK City of Culture program in 2017, and was longlisted for Artangel’s 2013 Open, making the top 100. @mchavezdawsonart We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m delighted to be chatting with Maggie StickMaggies studio practice explores belonging, cultural heritage, migration, transformation, and systems of oppression through printmaking, performance, and mixed media. Alongside this, she works as a socially engaged artist locally and internationally, creating collaborative projects and workshops that give space for communities to share stories. Beyond the studio, she performs as DJ Try, mixing underground electronic [email protected]  We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode I’m thrilled to chat with Museum consultant Louise Thompson. Louise’s work has quite literally transformed lives through art. From 2006 to 2024, Louise was the Health and Wellbeing Manager at Manchester Art Gallery, where, she led the development of its creative health programme, growing it from a small seed of an idea into something internationally recognised, impactful, and   widely adopted.Through collaboration with multiple community partners and agencies, she expanded the Gallery’s reach with dedication and creative vision, working closely with the city’s most vulnerable communities and discovering unique, meaningful ways to engage them with art and collections.Louise is the creative force behind The Mindful Museum campaign, which helped other museums and galleries embed mindfulness into their programming and working with trauma professionals and people with lived experience she has also led pivotal research into how cultural spaces could become more trauma-informedNow working as a consultant, Louise continues to support organisations in designing evidence-based, creative approaches to health and wellbeing. You can find more about Louise’s research project A Room to Breathe via notes LINK HEREhttps://manchesterartgallery.org/event/room-to-breathe/ -  and there’s still time to experience her wellbeing audio guide at the Liverpool Biennial, running until 14th September 2025. https://www.biennial.com/event/grounded-here-wellbeing-audio-guide/If you enjoyed this episode please , follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, AND apple podcasts, You can also find and follow us on Instagram @the _grateful _web and @jo_clementsThis podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m delighted to be chatting with Geoff Molineux One of the very first members of Rogue Studios nearly 30 years ago, Geoff has been at the heart of its story ever since. His practice is wonderfully eclectic, moving with ease between painting, 3D and time-based works, installation, interventions, photography, video, performance and collaborations with other artists. Though he trained as a painter Geoff has never been content to stay within the frame, instead pushing into new forms and unexpected spaces. His work carries the spirit of curiosity and adventure, always asking what art can do, where it can go, and how it can connect.As Geoff says himself: “I endeavour to continue to explore boundaries.”We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today I’m delighted to be chatting with Steve Oliver. Steve’s work circles issues of provenance, privacy, censorship, authenticity and the struggle to extract a signal from the noise of the internet. The extreme specificity of the work, rendered through prosaic subject matter generates a psychological tension; never quite narrative, nor symbolic. He was born in Manchester, has exhibited widely and seldom. He holds an MA in Fine Art from MMU, and has been helping artists make things better at SAMCT, University of Salford, since 2008https://www.steve-oliver-studio.com/home @steve_oliver_studio  We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today I’m joined by John Hamilton a painter, illustrator, and printmaker based at Rogue since 1995. John has exhibited widely across the UK and internationally, with work held in collections from Australia to Germany and the USA.Alongside painting, drawing, and printmaking, John also writes and illustrates childrens books. His titles include The Boy Who Really Really Really Loves Lizards, published by Manchester Museum, and The Girl Who Really Really Really Loves Dinosaurs published by the Natural History Museum in London.At the heart of John’s artwork are figures in disguise, caught in mischievous or theatrical moments—like stills from a play or film. His images are playful, sometimes mysterious, always inviting the viewer to imagine the story unfolding beyond the frame.http://www.johnhamiltonartist.com  @johnhamiltonartistWe look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On todays episode I am delighted to be joined by multidisciplinary artist Sophy King. Sophy’s work explores the nature–culture continuum through deep engagement with place. Working across installation, film, and sound, her practice interrogates how we experience and relate to the world around us. Rooted in the contexts of the Anthropocene and Planthroposcene, her work engages with ideas of Deep Time and Vibrant Matter, examining ecological systems and phenomena in the face of the climate crisis. Her  research has focused on the moors and lowlands around Manchester, investigating their social, economic, and ecological dynamics while probing our entangled relationship with the environment and exploring possibilities for urban rewilding and alternative sustainable futures.She’s also one half of The Guardians of Living Matter, her ongoing collaboration with artist John-Paul Brown, with a major exhibition opening at The Lowry in Salford in January 2026. https://www.sophyking.com/about @sophykingart  We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today, I’m delighted to welcome artist Sarah Feinmann.  Sarah’s work is inspired by place and the textural materials she chooses to interpret these spaces, paint, collage, and printmaking. She explores the overlooked details of urban and rural landscapes, interpreting them through a contemporary lens. Her practice is an exploration of the layers of both the physical and conceptual, that make up the landscapes and spaces she engages with.  She regularly exhibits with Ten Obstructions,  A Small Space and The Pearl and the Oyster in Preston. She  recently showed in 40 Years of the Future: Painting at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester having exhibited, there in 1984 when the gallery first opened. She will be exhibiting with Ten Obstructions in From the Shadow in the Platform Space during September.     https://www.sarahfeinmann.com/ and instagram is @sarahfeinmann and @tenonstructions  We look forward to seeing you at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. During the 30 day run-up to our annual Open Studios, I’ll be sharing a daily short podcast featuring one of our studio members, highlighting the incredible diversity of practices that make Rogue such a vital creative community. Today, I’m delighted to welcome artist Jo McGonigal. Jo is an artist living and working in Manchester, UK. She is also a Lecturer in Fine Art at the University of Leeds. In 2020 she joined Outside Architecture, an artist-led collaborative group based in London, participating in exhibitions and events internationally. Her practice has gained significant recognition within the last few years, with a number of important mid-career group shows, several solo shows and a series of ambitious larger-scale projects. She was shortlisted for the prestigious Tate Northwest Prize in 2020; longlisted for the British Art Show 2020 and nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Award in 2017 and 2018. McGonigal has gallery representation with Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow.   We look forward to seeing you at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. During the 30 day run-up to our annual Open Studios, I’ll be sharing a daily short podcast featuring one of our studio members, highlighting the incredible diversity of practices that make Rogue such a vital creative community. In this episode I speak to Andrew McDonald. Andy has exhibited nationally and internationally, including with MIMA, Castlefield Gallery, Chapter, The Grundy Gallery, and was featured in British Art Show 6. McDonald’s making process is intense, extended periods of drawing and production demanding months of the artist’s time, Be this animation or large-scale ink drawing. Imagery of caves, lightning bolts or pieces of rope are drawn with a line of nervous energy. McDonald is preoccupied with romantic notions of the tortured artist and its place in modernism something he finds equally heroic and absurd.You can find Andy’s work @andrewmcdonald4279  To mark Rogue’s 30th anniversary we will be showing two group exhibitions during open studios - ‘Soft Proof’ featuring work from studio members past and present curated by Short Supply, celebrating the unfinished, the in-progress, and the unapologetically imperfect and ‘From the Shadow’ - new work by Ten Obstructions.📍 Save the date:🗓 Saturday 20th September, 12–8pm📍 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1Over 100 artists’ studios to explore inside the historic Varna Street School! 🏫From the Shadow runs September 6th – 28th and Soft Proof September 20th until 5th  October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. Today I’m delighted to welcome artist Margaret Cahill.Margaret uses her own photographs as source material as well as appropriated images from a variety of media as the principle source material  for series of paintings and collages that are informed by a particular place yet allow for a universal resonance. They explore the possibility of multi-layered narratives: the sense of places known and unknown – incidents remembered and imagined – the elusive nature of memory, both collective and personal.Margaret was visiting lecturer in Fine Art at the University of Bolton 2003-2008 and  has exhibited widely in London and the UK as well as internationally.Her work is held in the collection of Salford Museum and Art Gallery, South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and Halliwells as well as private collections in the UK, Europe and America.For more examples of her work see https://rastudios.co.uk/project/margaret-cahill/Join us at Rogue Artists’ Studios on Saturday 20th September 12-8pm for our 30th anniversary Open Studios and the launch of  exhibition Soft Proof. The exhibition features work from current and fomer studio members and runs until 5th October at rogue Studios Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. During the 30 day run-up to our annual Open Studios, I’ll be sharing a daily short podcast featuring one of our studio members, highlighting the incredible diversity of practices that make Rogue such a vital creative community. Today I’m delighted to welcome artist Rachael Addis. Rachael is a contemporary painter who creates visually beautiful works full of captivating detail. A graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts (London) Rachael is now based at Rogue Artists Studios in Manchester and has recently created an 8-metre-long mural for Europe’s largest music venue Co-Op live.You can see Rachael’s work at https://www.rachael-addis-artist.com/about and @rachael.addis.artist We look forward to seeing you at Rogue Studios 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. During the 30 day run-up to our annual Open Studios, I’ll be sharing a daily short podcast featuring one of our studio members, highlighting the incredible diversity of practices that make Rogue such a vital creative community.   ✨ Today on  Rogue Studios 30@30 we’re thrilled to introduce you to Lynn Setterington🧵✨Lynn is a textile artist whose work weaves together community, history, and storytelling. She creates tactile social history documents with local and global communities — raising awareness of social issues and amplifying overlooked voices.In the 1990s, Lynn gained recognition for her hand-sewn embroideries and kantha quilts, and today her work is held in major museum and private collections worldwide. She’s also undertaken numerous commissions, and her practice continues to evolve in powerful ways.Her PhD from UCA draws on E.P. Thompson’s idea of “history from below” 📖, focusing on the sewn signature as both method and approach — old and new. You can find Lynn’s work at https://lynnsetterington.co.uk and @lynnsetterington Join us at Rogue Artists’ Studios on Saturday 20th September 12-8pm for our 30th anniversary Open Studios and the launch of  exhibition Soft Proof. The exhibition features work from current and fomer studio members and runs until 5th October at rogue Studios Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. During the 30 day run-up to our annual Open Studios, I’ll be sharing a daily short podcast featuring one of our studio members, highlighting the incredible diversity of practices that make Rogue such a vital creative community. Today, I’m delighted to welcome painter and printmaker Ian McKay. For over 18 years Ian ran the hugely successful Gorton Visual Arts group for older people and those with disabilities curating shows and winning awards along the way. You can visit Ian in studio G6C on the ground floor at Rogue or at https://www.mckayart.co.uk or instagram @mac_art2002 We look forward to seeing you at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester m11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. During the 30 day run-up to our annual Open Studios, I’ll be sharing a daily short podcast featuring one of our studio members, highlighting the incredible diversity of practices that make Rogue such a vital creative community. This year, Rogue marks its 30th anniversary with a special Open Studios and the launch of Soft Proof—a group exhibition curated by Short Supply, celebrating the unfinished, the in-progress, and the unapologetically imperfect.Today, I’m delighted to welcome musician, musical instrument maker and photographer Christian Weaver to talk about his work. Do come and visit Christian in his basement studio during open studios where you can see examples of his work and chat about his connections to Cuba and why he makes and donates drums to musicians in Cuba. You can view his photography at http://christian-weaver.pixpa.com/ and his music at https://soundcloud.com/latimbala  Listen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts.Join us at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pm to explore over 100 artists’ studios inside the historic Varna Street School. The exhibition runs until the 5th of October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On todays episode I’m delighted to be joined by artist Luce BergmanBergman's autoethnographic work springs from arts-based research in response to museum collections, social history and personal story. She works across a broad range of media including moving image, music, performance, words, graphic design and book art. For her current solo show Apologues at The Whitaker, Museum and Art gallery, Bergman has used 3D illustration as a way of making visual puns that represent common narratives in uncommon ways, constructing small scale sculptural installations from old found objects and archives to explore gender and the human condition. Do try and get to Luces wonderful exhibition at the beautiful Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, Rawtenstal on until the 21st September 2025 opening times are Wed - Sun: 10am - 4pm with a  Late night opening on Thursdays until 8pm. You can also follow her on Instagram @lucebergman or on her website RHEUMS.MEIf you enjoyed this episode please , follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, AND apple podcasts, You can also find and follow us on Instagram @the_grateful_web and @jo_clementsThis podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I’m joined by artist  Mishka Henner. Born in Belgium and living in Manchester UK, Mishka’s work challenges conventional perspectives and encourages viewers to reconsider their relationship with the world, technology, and the lasting imprint of human activity.His multidisciplinary practice moves through digital terrain, uncovering the cultural and geopolitical forces that shape our present. Through books, films, photographs, and sculptural works, he explores the industrial and cultural infrastructures that underpin daily life, drawing on extensive documentary research and meticulously reconstructed imagery sourced online.Mishka’s work has featured in exhibitions at some of the world’s most renowned institutions, including MoMA and the Met in New York, the Pompidou centres in Paris and Metz, the V&A in London, FOAM Amsterdam, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing and Turner Contemporary, Margate among others. In 2013, he received the Infinity Award for Art from the International Center of Photography, and was shortlisted for both the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and the Prix Pictet.  for his large-scale works focusing on landscapes carved by the oil and beef industries of America.You can find more of Mishkas work at  www.mishkahenner.com  where you will also find a link to his podcast Mishka WHO? Or on Instagram @mishkahenner where you can also find images of  his AI generated exhibition review by the fictional Myra Haven https://www.instagram.com/p/C3p1g8Nor76/?img_index=7If you enjoyed this episode please , follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, Spotify, AND apple podcasts, You can also find and follow us on Instagram @ the_grateful_web and at jo_clementsThis podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode I’m delighted to welcome someone who sits right at the heart of conversations about how artists survive, work, and thrive in the UK—Julie Lomax, Chief Executive of a-n The Artists Information Company.With more than 20 years’ director-level experience in arts organisations and national funding bodies, Julie is a dedicated champion of and advocate for artists and their role in the worldWith a growing community of over 34,000 artists and arts professionals, a-n (with Julie at the helm) provides support, advice, community and resources for artists in an artworld landscape that can often feel difficult to navigate.During our conversation Julie reveals even more new resources for a-n members - coming soon!  So Whether you're a new arts graduate, emerging, or mid-career artist this is one of those conversations that you’ll be really glad that you listened to. Big thanks to Julie for your insight, your advocacy, and your time. And to a-n for being outspoken champions of the value of artists to society and for your continuing belief in the way that artists connect us, enrich our lives and create wonder for the world. And if you're curious to find out more, just head over to a-n.co.uk. If you're not already a member, it's a great time to join and tap into a brilliant range of support, resources, and advice designed to help you thrive.If you enjoyed this episode please , follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, AND apple podcasts, You can also find and follow us on Instagram at - the_grateful_web and at jo_clementsThis podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest is the brilliant Jenny Steele, an artist whose sculptural practice weaves together heritage techniques and deep emotion. Since 2020, Jenny has retrained extensively in loom weaving, basketry, rush weaving and passementerie, building a tactile, joyful and sensorial language through materials. Her work explores the power of celebration as a rebellious, affirming act, while also holding space for grief which stems from experiencing multiple bereavements from early to teen yearsJenny’s sculptures are made from sustainable, locally sourced materials—from discarded industrial yarns of Northern mills to flora, seaweed and willow—offering a profound connection to place, memory and belonging.You can find out more about Jenny’s work at https://www.jennysteele.co.uk and on instagram and X @jennycsteeleIf you enjoyed this episode please , follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, AND apple podcasts, You can also find and follow us on Instagram @the_grateful_web and @jo_clementsSo Until next time—keep making, keep thinking, and keep weaving those connections. See you soon!This podcast has been made possible with generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund and by an a-n Artists Bursary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I speak with the fascinating scientist and writer Matthew Cobb whose books and research cover a wide range of topics from, in no particular order – how we came to understand the process of reproduction, how maggots smell, to genetics, how the brain works, to the French resistance! We explore the imaginative and collaborative nature of both art and science - discussing Matthew’s current work on a biography of Francis Crick (out in Nov 2025), the challenges of communicating complex scientific ideas, and the role of creativity in both scientific and artistic practice.We talk about the mysteries of consciousness, the power of metaphor in science, and how storytelling shapes understanding. Matthew reflects on the influences that have shaped his thinking, the importance of generosity in academia, and the shared curiosity that drives both artists and scientists. Matthews enthusiastic, wide range of knowledge and insights celebrate not just what we know, but the beauty of what we don’t yet understand.Works by Matthew can be found online, in bookshops or your local library. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I talk to the wonderful artist David Gledhill about his work and upcoming exhibition at Rogue Gallery, Manchester. David has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, including Frankfurt, Berlin, Milan and Brussels and was recently awarded a PhD from PAHC at the Manchester School of Art.In addition to his activity as an artist, David has contributed writing and reviews to numerous artist’s projects and publications. He is co-director of Rogue Artists’ Studios CIC in Manchester, the largest artists’ studios in the North of England. David’s recent work centres on the use of both personal and institutional photographic archives to produce sequences of paintings that address historical and political themes through the lived experience of their subjects. Works by David are in the collections of East Sussex County Council, Rank Xerox, Halliwell's, Touchstones Rochdale, Deutsche Kreditbank AG Berlin, and Steven Berkoff.Please do go and check out Davids fabulous exhibition titled Parties, - the private view is this Saturday June 14th from 2-5pm at Rogue studios, 2-6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU and will be open to the public every Friday and Saturday 12-5 pm until July 27th. It really is incredible. If you enjoyed this episode please , follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, AND apple podcasts, You can also find and follow us on Instagram at - the underscore grateful underscore web and at jo underscore clementsThis podcast has been made possible with the generous support from GMCA Inspire Fund that has a remit to support the regrowth and strengthening of the creative sector in Greater Manchester and by an a-n Artists Bursary to support artists development in learning new skills, undertaking mentoring or dedicating time to their practice.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.