Graduate Scholars & Alumni

 

In 2014 we launched the annual Graduate Scholarship Scheme, with our School of Arts and Media, industry partners Castlefield Gallery, and a range of local artist-led studios.

The programme offers graduates a bespoke 12 month period of support to continue their professional practice, including: studio membership, mentoring, peer support, professional development sessions, and a cash award.

Over 30 graduates have completed the scheme, and gone on to a range of creative careers. The Art Collection acquires an artwork, (or documentation of practice) from each graduate scholar, after their participation in the scheme.

In 2022 the scheme enters it’s ninth year, with studio partners Islington Mill, Paradise Works and Hotbed Press, alongside Redeye the Photography Network.

A colour photograph shows a black person. They have curly hair styled in a bob and are wearing a necklace and earings made from coloured pencil segments, and a dress with a green and yellow floral pattern. They have their nose piereced and visible armpit hair. Their right eye is half obscured by shadow.
Jesse Glazzard, LGBT+ Letters, 2018-19
Sarah Hardacre, Arms Open to Welcome the Sun, 2012
A view of a desolate and destructed post-apocalyptic Media City with an abandoned forklift loader in the centre.
James Chadderton, Media City (from the Manchester Apocalyse series), 2012
A pink, black, white, and yellow abstract print.
Joey Collins, Gathering of Strangers, 2018
Willow Rowlands, A Way of Organising a Pig, 2015
Meg Woods, Condescending Order 1-5, 2015
A digital photograph shows Jackie Kay, a black woman with short hair, wearing a black and red paterned shirt.
Claudia Alonso, Jackie Kay, 2015
Sarah Hardacre, Forget Mermaids, 2012
Joshua Turner, A Seat in the Shade, 2020
A CRT TV sites on the edge of a black and pink cabinet. Behind, a thin light net curtain allows a soft glow of light into the room. The TV screen is paused, the bottom half is black, in the upper half a pair of eyes and hat are just visible.
SHARP, Dancing with Elvis, 1999-2021