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Moving Clay is a successful group of North West-based artists working in a
variety of media. We aim to mount exhibitions, provide workshops and
demonstrations in places not normally associated with the arts, and to offer one
another support and encouragement.
variety of media. We aim to mount exhibitions, provide workshops and
demonstrations in places not normally associated with the arts, and to offer one
another support and encouragement.
Set up in 1996 by a group of local ceramicists, Moving Clay soon evolved to
include artists from disciplines as varied as
ceramics, painting, printmaking, textiles,
wood, glass and jewellery. Members are
include artists from disciplines as varied as
ceramics, painting, printmaking, textiles,
wood, glass and jewellery. Members are
encouraged to explore all kinds of opportunities for exhibiting as well as to learn from one another, and to share their expertise with others, particularly those who may be excluded from the arts for one reason or another.
The group exhibit their work throughout the British Isles, often mounting shows in leisure centres, corporate headquarters, vacant shop premises and shopping centres as well as the more usual gallery settings. Through funding secured from North West Arts and The Mabel Evens trust, they have been able to purchase their own secured exhibition stands and cases which gives them the flexibility to bring their shows to places that would not normally have the facilities to do so.
For several years Manchester Airport has sponsored Moving Clay under their Arts Sponsorship Scheme, and the group occupy permanent exhibition cases in the Art Walk in Terminal 1. Recently the group has also been sponsored by Jobling Gowler Solicitors in Macclesfield and has a changing exhibition in their Park Lane offices. They have also shown in The Triangle, Manchester and Knutsford Civic Centre, and in an empty showroom in Macclesfield town centre for the acclaimed ‘Macclesfield Art Shop’ project.
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