What’s on
Our galleries and exhibitions are free to enter and open Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm (Closed Mondays)
We also run a series of events alongside our exhibitions programme. We work with international and local artists and organisations to run workshops, film screenings, talks and performances designed to be accessible for all audiences.
Exhibitions
Upcoming Events
Fermentation Workshop with Sean Roy Parker
Learn how to ferment your own foods, whilst reflecting on the global nature of our food consumption habits, with artist Sean Roy Parker.
Film Screening: Repatriating the Object with No Shadow
Erika Tan’s Repatriating the Object with No Shadow: Along, Against, Within and Through critiques the A to Z alphabet, and explicates its Eurocentric and colonial origins.
Panel Discussion: Art, Airscapes and the Anthropocene
Organised by John van Aitken and Jane Brake from the Institute of Urban Dreaming, this event brings together artists, scientists and activists to discuss the urban air quality emergency.
Film Screening: Nation, Identity and Diaspora
CFCCA presents a screening of artists’ moving image works, exploring a range of diasporic experiences in the UK which take a critical look on notions of nation, identity and diaspora.
Performance by Will Pham
Artist Will Pham will be premiering a new performance work which includes spoken word, moving image and a specially composed musical score.
Talk and Workshop: Heart and Parcel
In this practical workshop Heart & Parcel will explore how food can symbolise the fluidity of identity, and how they work with migrant communities across Greater Manchester to inform their work.
Panel Discussion: Chinese Diaspora Now
Panel discussion with artists, cultural practitioners and theorists to discuss and unpick the concept of ‘British-Chinese’, ‘Chinese diaspora’ and beyond.
Zine Making Workshop with daikon*
Explore the artistic and activist potential of the zine form with daikon*, a platform for the writing and art of women, non-binary and trans people in the Southeast and East Asian diaspora.
Lecture by Jack Tan
Artist Jack Tan presents a lecture to explore the term diaspora and the complexities of defining and navigating this concept.
