Forge: Artists & Craftmakers Development Day
Forge is a development day for craftmakers, designer-makers and contemporary visual artists. You can book individual sessions or join for the full day.
Creatives Brunch Club Takeover
10:15 am - 11:30 am, free
Connect with fellow artists in this informal session, including advice from the Waterside team on how to approach galleries and taking part in exhibitions.
Social Media Skills Workshop
11:30 am - 1:45 pm (includes lunch break), £15
A session for artists and creatives seeking to understand which is the best platform for them and how to create simple and effective social media campaigns.
Photography on a Budget Workshop
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, £15
Photographer and videographer Jason Lock leads this session for 2D and 3D artists, looking at how to create professional level product shots on low or no budget. Essential advice for how to make your work look its best.
Image supplied by Waterside
- Location
- Waterside
- Date
- 15 September
- Time
- 10:15 am – 4:00 pm
- Where held
- In person only
- Age range
- Ages 0-100
- Price
- £25.00
- Family friendly
- Toilets
- Café on site
- Gift Shop
- Accessible Toilet
- Baby Changing Facilities
- Hearing Aid Loop
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Age friendly
- Guide Dogs welcome
- Assistance Dogs welcome
Map is currently unavailable.
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Event date: 17 August – 3 October
What Is Precious?
What Is Precious comes to Waterside, bringing a curated selection of Design Nation members, whose practices challenge our perceptions of material value through the lens of sustainability and contemporary craft.
Event date: 17 August – 3 October
ADORN
As part of the inaugural Manchester Jewellery Week, this exhibition brings together a collection of selected contemporary jewellers who create statement pieces of art jewellery, covering a range of disciplines, from precious metals to glass.
Event date: 4 September
The 39 Steps
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Event date: 8 September
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Sale Library
A thriving community hub featuring books, computers, digital resources, free Wi-Fi, the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive and Trafford Local Studies and Archive Centre.
Trafford Local Studies and Archives Centre
Based at Sale Waterside, alongside Sale Library and the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive, Trafford Local Studies and Archives Centre preserves and shares Trafford’s history through collections of photographs, maps and records, supporting research, learning, and local heritage discovery.
Sale Leisure Centre
A community leisure centre including a gym, studio classes, swimming pool, gymnastics courses and swimming lessons.
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Cosgrove Hall Films Archive
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