The North West and Me, or How Red Bricks and Road Signs Have Defined my Life and Work - by Caz Latham

CazLatham Piccadilly Arches / 1519 from Piccadilly / View from Bury Art Museum

One of my most persistent and vivid memories as a child growing up in Blackpool, was of having a keen desire to live in a certain type of house. Not a...

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Didsbury Summer Open - Isra's story

isras-mini-records Artworks by Isra Mubashir

The exhibition, for me, came at a good time, as it was when I started to hate creating art, studying and work as I inched ever closer to my A-level ex...

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Didsbury Summer Open - Sarah-Clare's concrete poetry

Didsbury-Open-2025-Sarah-Clare-Conlon Poet Sarah-Clare Conlon and her concrete poetry

When I submitted my artwork to the Didsbury Summer Open, I knew I was taking a punt, as it's not what you'd call usual exhibition fare. I'm a writer a...

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Didsbury Summer Open - Noworyta Blues beater

Karen Karen, oil on canvas 65cm x 30cm, made in 2025 by Yvonne Noworyta

Hello out there, let me introduce myself I'm Yvonne Noworyta, not always known by that name, but my partner being of polish descent has much to do wit...

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Didsbury Summer Open - Screenprints inspired by the Parsonage

Heritage-Days-for-DAF Heritage Days (right) by Rachel Mozley

After teaching BA (Hons) Graphic Design for many years, i've finally found time to rediscover my own creativity. I'm revisiting silkscreen printing at...

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Didsbury Summer Open - Elle's story

Elle and Freya Assistant curators Elle Wood Bowyer and Freya Lomas

While finishing my Master's, I had the chance to co-curate Gallery 3 at the Didsbury Parsonage Trust as part of the Didsbury Summer Open. It arrived a...

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Didsbury Summer Open - Freya's story

Freya Lomas - assistant curator Assistant curator Freya Lomas

This summer, I had the joy of volunteering with Didsbury Arts Festival, supporting the curation and delivery of the first-ever Didsbury Summer Op...

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