Unit X Presents
Manchester Creative Festival
15 – 16 May 2013
The Manchester Creative Festival is a celebration of the creative talent and dynamic energy that Manchester is so well known for. Led by the Manchester School of Art, the festival will see venues and businesses turned into galleries with a range of art installations, exhibitions, films and projections.
2013 is the 175th anniversary of Manchester School of Art, and to celebrate we are staging 175 events during the year. All the events in the festival are part of this, and are signified with a unique number which you will see from the pink dot on the map and at each venue.
Working in partnership with the venues, students have created and designed work as part of our innovative Unit X module. Students from courses in the areas of Media, Art, and Design come together to work with the outside world. First Year students work on projects under the theme of Manchester. Second Years work in groups relevant to their chosen career.
The quality, range and diversity of the art and design exhibitions and installations produced by the Manchester School of Art in partnership with the venues and businesses is ample evidence of the city’s continuing vibrant, creative pulse. We hope you will enjoy visiting places you may not have been to before, and seeing places you already know in new and interesting ways.
For more information about this years unit x projects visit our blog at projectunitx.wordpress.com
Venues
Hilton House (First floor) – Unit X Hub
26-28 Hilton St, Manchester, M1 2EH
15th & 16th May
Manchester Craft and Design Centre
17 Oak St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, Greater Manchester M4 5JD
16th May
Penthouse NQ Pond Space (Hilton House foyer)
Hilton House, 26-28 Hilton Street, Manchester, M1 1EH
15th & 16th May
Unit X Blog Latest
- Studio Work! 12 May
- Working for Diane Harrison Designs 12 May
- Blue Sky Thinking 12 May
- David Lynch 11 May
- The Spirit of Creativity 11 May
- Go go fly your kite… 2 May
- A little trace of us 21 Apr
- Flight 15 Apr
Unit X Celebration Event
16th May 2013, 6pm – 10.30pm
2022NQ, 20 Dale Street
To round off two action packed days of exhibitions, installations and experiences all over the Northern Quarter and Manchester come down to the 2022 in the northern quarter for our end of Unit X Festival celebration.
The evening includes an exhibition of second year Book Illustration, Zine based work and animation. The film work will be screened alongside the live music that inspired it; Ben Heyworth's new album 'This Morning Call' followed by a DJ.
Sign up for the celebration via eventbrite at: unitx.eventbrite.com
Hope to see you there!
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