Chinese Arts Centre

Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England

Website

www.chinese-arts-centre.org

E-mail

info@chinese-arts-centre.org

Telephone

0161 832 7271

Fax

0161 832 7513

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Chinese Arts Centre is the international development agency for contemporary Chinese artists. In Nov 2003 we opened a new purpose built gallery, designed by Manchester's award-winning OMI architects. The building houses to two state of the art spaces, a large gallery and a more flexible project space, ideal environments in which to celebrate and profile new work.

Visitors can sit back and sample a unique selection of teas in a sumptuously decorated teahouse, featuring Chinese tea urns sourced from China, a first in Manchester, and to buy gifts in the gallery shop, many of which are handcrafted in China and exclusive to Chinese Arts Centre.

Venue Type:

Gallery

Opening hours

Tues - Sat: 10.00 - 17.00
Sun - Mon: Closed

Closed: Bank & National Holidays

Admission charges

Chinese Arts Centre is fully accessible. Admission is free

General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language audio guide available
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
Disability access
  • Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
  • Braille information and/or interpretation
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England

Website

www.chinese-arts-centre.org

E-mail

info@chinese-arts-centre.org

Telephone

0161 832 7271

Fax

0161 832 7513

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The main gallery is 150 metres sq and houses Chinese Arts Centre's curated exhibitions and takes in tours from the national and international scene.

The new building offers several ‘physical' facilities for artists' use. The project space of 50 sq. metres will be a studio for resident artists who are taking part in Chinese Art Centre's Breathe residency programme and a space for open studios. We also offer surgeries, advice and consultation services for artists as well as providing administrative support and IT facilities in a purpose built study/resources space.

To compliment our hugely successful artist-lead school workshops and outreach programme, the education suite has the very latest IT facilities available to enhance learning. This will mean that Chinese Arts Centre will continue to be at the forefront of disseminating information about Chinese creativity, from the traditional through to the contemporary. The education suite is also available for conference hire.

Collection details

Architecture, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Film and Media, Fine Art, Performing Arts, Photography

Key artists and exhibits

  • Xu Bing; Liu Xiao Xian; Dinu Li; Ming Wong; Gordon Cheung; He An; Anthony Lam; Guo Wei; He Duoling; Shaoyinong and Muchen; Community Museum Project; William Yang; Ellinda Siu; Chun-Chao Chiu; Suki Chan

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Specialist publications on collections available

Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England

Website

www.chinese-arts-centre.org

E-mail

info@chinese-arts-centre.org

Telephone

0161 832 7271

Fax

0161 832 7513

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.
Ladder

First Step: Jeremy Hutchison

10 January — 12 May 2012 *on now

Err

In January 2011, Jeremy Hutchison sent an email to factories all over the world. He wanted to know what happens when you lodge an error in the 'smooth wheels of globalisation'. Err is a project developed as part of Jeremy's MA Degree show at Slade, London.

The works represent a collection of objects, made by individual factory workers with a specific design fault of their own choice. From the 17 collected objects, 6 were made in China. The First Step Space will showcase these individually crafted objects along with their creators' details, raising issues of miscommunication, function and dysfunction, and mass-production verses the unique.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Website

http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/residencies/first-step/jeremy-hutchison/

Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England

Website

www.chinese-arts-centre.org

E-mail

info@chinese-arts-centre.org

Telephone

0161 832 7271

Fax

0161 832 7513

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.
Young Pioneers at Three Gorges

Solo Exhibition by Chen Man

10 February — 7 April 2012 *on now

Chen Man is one of the most well known female Chinese photographers of the 21st century and is a leading fashion photographer in China.

Chen Man's images play with the juxtaposition of old and new, real and imaginary, ordinary and ideal. She frequently uses modern city landscapes and historical buildings in China as the backdrop for her images and mixes it with street culture, animation, sci-fi and pop references.

Chen Man's rise coincides with emergence of a consumer culture in China and the desire for luxury consumer goods. The power and poignancy of her work lies in her ability to understand people's desires and to visualise them through her striking images. A role model for the post-80s generation, her images capture the personalities and attitudes of a new generation of Chinese.

This will be Chen Man's first UK solo exhibition.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Website

http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/?p=3724

Jen Wu

Breathe Residency: Jen Wu

7 November 2011 — 12 February 2012 *on now

Jen Wu's practice is concerned with social and material narratives of transformation. It manifests itself through a multidisciplinary field combining sculpture, events, film and curation. Previous projects have included transforming London's ICA into an all-night exhibition as nightclub. During her residency Jen will be taking in Manchester and its various histories from 18th century local politics to the city's infamous 90's music scene.

For more information and to get involved, contact us via our mailing form - http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/contact/. Expect events, collaborations and Manchester stories to evolve both in and out of the residency space.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Website

http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/residencies/breathe/jen-wu/

Songs for My Grandmother

A Live Performance by Seaming To

23 February 2012

Songs for My Grandmother is an ambitious new work by vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Seaming To

It brings together the skills and experience of three generations of Chinese women. This new work will involve Seaming on vocal and electronics, and her mother Enloc Wu on piano. It is a homage to and celebration of one woman's life seen through the eyes of her grand-daughter in collaboration with a poet, Judy Kendall. Seaming will interview her grandmother about her upbringing and experience in order to set her grandmother's words and memories to lyrics.

Another performance will also be held at The Vortex Club in London on 26 February 2012.

This project has been supported by the PRS for Music.
http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/events/live-performance-by-seaming-to/

Suitable for

  • Any age

When

12-6pm

Where

Chinese Arts Centre

Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England

Website

www.chinese-arts-centre.org

E-mail

info@chinese-arts-centre.org

Telephone

0161 832 7271

Fax

0161 832 7513

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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