Associate Artist Joe Kiney Whitmore recently featured in a Wigan & Leigh Art Map #OnTheArtMap profile. Joe is a self-taught oil painter and portrait artist who works predominantly from life. Read the profile to find out about Joe’s practice, life at Spinners Mill and his thoughts on being a Wigan artist.
We are pleased to announce that Cross Street Arts 25 in ‘24 open air exhibition is now on show in our outdoor space outside Wigan Market. Featuring work by 23 of our members, make sure you pop on down and have a look.
Head over to Tesco Wigan and vote for Cross Street Arts with a blue token. This will help us deliver free art workshops and healthy snacks to children and families during the school holidays.
Cross Street Arts is 25 in 2024!
Get ready to celebrate 25 amazing years of creativity, community, and art of Cross Street Arts.
Don’t miss out on this special party that kicks off a series of events throughout the year to honour our incredible studios and its fantastic people.
Join us for a night of live music, performances, and dance featuring our talented local artists: Sea of Black Cans and John Fairhurst
This exciting event will take place at The Boulevard, an iconic venue and local hub for live music in Wigan.
Doors will open at 7:30 PM, and the live music will start at 8:15 PM.
Mark your calendars and come celebrate with us Cross Street Arts Silver Anniversary Celebration!
A Happy New Year from everyone at Cross Street Arts. Our artists have been hard at work and have lots of exciting exhibitions, workshops and projects to start of the year with a bang.
From exhibitions Creating Place II, Manchester Open 2024 and Seeing Things, to some amazing workshops and the Wigan & Leigh Art Map project. There are loads of things to get involved in between January and April.
Find out what our artists have planned by visiting our events page.
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Watch our artists at work in their studios and see videos of our exhibitions.
Come see local artist’s first solo show in our NEW GALLERY and take a tour of our first Open Studios since 2019.
Wigan multimedia artist Matylda Augustynek will be showcasing new works in her first solo show FARtHER in the brand-new Cross Street Arts Gallery upstairs in The Standish Centre. CSA are thrilled to open this new gallery space with an ambitious exhibition from Matylda, a 28-year-old mum-of-one who is also a sculptor, painter, videographer and her portfolio includes lino prints, short films and photography.
New gallery space opening soon! Cross Street Arts are excited to announce a brand-new gallery space upstairs in The Standish Centre. CSA are thrilled to open this new gallery space with an ambitious exhibition from Matylda, a 28-year-old mum-of-one who is also a sculptor, painter, videographer and her portfolio includes lino prints, short films and photography.
Matylda’s one-woman show FARtHER, is a retrospective of significant milestones such as graduating from university and becoming a first-time mother.
The new gallery and exhibition will open on Friday 5th August 2022.
https://crossstreetarts.com/event/farther-exhibition-matylda-augustynek/
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Wigan Arts Festival Bubbles Exhibition
31st July – 14th August 2021
Since the beginning of lockdown in 2020 the word ‘bubble’ has taken on new meanings for everyone on how we position ourselves in an uncertain world. A sense of security can be created in our own support bubble with friends and family that protects our sense of community, connection and happiness.
Boundaries can be established within our personal bubble that can also evoke feelings of isolation and disconnection from those around us affecting our mental health. Bubbles can also conjure memories in the simple joy of blowing bubbles in our milk as a child or the disappointment of expectations as our bubble is burst. As part of Wigan Arts Festival, Cross Street Arts studio and associate artists will examine this concept of bubbles across different mediums from painting to sculpture to mixed media.