Alexandra Arts

General information

Alexandra Arts was founded in 2010 by Norwegian Artist, Lotte Karlsen. Its team includes award-winning Celto-Japanese artist and producer, Naomi Kashiwagi, arts and social justice campaigner and designer, Amy Clancy, and Moving Image duo, Pablo Melchor and Bedos Mavanubu.

The collective draws its inspiration from Alexandra Park, one of the earliest and most complete of Manchester’s Victorian parks, which has been serving the communities of Whalley Range and Moss Side for 144 years.

The collective aims to empower the local community around the park through engagement with their local environment and social history, and to promote the wealth of talented female artists in Manchester, and beyond, by providing a platform for their work.

In 2014, Alexandra Arts established Pankhurst in the Park to highlight Alexandra Park’s rich historical connection to the Suffrage Movement and its inspiring socio-political heritage, which has until now has left no trace locally.

Pankhurst in the Park 2016 is an Arts Council England funded, public programme of artist commissions, an international curator in residency and outreach and educational programme in partnership with St Mary’s Primary School in Moss Side. It is taking place in Manchester from March – May, 2016 and in New York in September, 2016. The 2016 programme builds on the hugely successful events of 2014/15.

http://www.alexandra-arts.org.uk/pankhurst-in-the-park/