The exhibition ‘All Shall Be Afforded Dignity’ celebrates 30 years of democracy in South Africa and offers a chance to reflect on the enduring question of ‘dignity for all’ in South Africa and beyond.

A masterclass on Chinese calligraphy with an expert artist from China, presented in partnership with the Manchester Chinese Centre.

The art of bookbinding and how it becomes an art of belonging through natural materials, the environment and symbols.

Celebrate the last day of the Weird as Folk Exhibition in style with a panel discussion and then a play out of folk and protest music.

Artist Lucy Wright shares her new sculptures to mark the next phase of Weird as Folk with music by Magpahi.

Families are welcome to come and explore the exhbition, sit in our forest of stories, read books in our handling collection and create their own boggart.

Public opening of a collection of bookmarks made by artists curated and introduced by Joe Devlin of Nuts and Bolts Manchester.

Families are welcome to come and explore the exhbition, sit in our forest of stories, read books in our handling collection and create their own boggart.

Families are welcome to come and explore the exhbition, sit in our forest of stories, read books in our handling collection and create their own boggart.

Join us online as we read and discuss Anne Brontë's classic but overlooked novel volume by volume.

Families are welcome to come and explore the exhbition, sit in our forest of stories, read books in our handling collection and create their own boggart.

Families are welcome to come and explore the exhbition, sit in our forest of stories, read books in our handling collection and create their own boggart.

Discover the magic of glass painting in a fairy tale setting at the Portico Library!

Join us on the first day of Women’s History Month to paint the iconic queen on genuine Egyptian papyrus at this Ancient Egypt-themed art workshop!

Welcome to our grow in the dark art class organised by Creative Society Manchester

Come and make some papyrus style paper for you own imaginings of Egypt ancient and modern.

You are invited to curate and assemble your zine from shared stories, recipes, poems, illustrations, and extracts from books that are part of the exhibition.

Under the care of our friendly expert instructors, you will learn how to create your own geometric patterns with our step-by-step guidance. This type of art has a rich historical tradition, and we will learn more about its history, whilst we practice the skill of creating our very own art pieces.

An event using food creatively for families and young people. Jessica Loveday prepares dyes and inks from ingredients to a meal, using these pigments, she guides you through drawing and painting exercises.

Dining In: Exploring Manchester’s histories through our stomachs is an exhibition about the history of dining and food in the Northwest of England, how that’s changed over time, and the future of food and dining through interactive events at the Portico Library.

An interdisciplinary workshop exploring identity and heritage through photography and writing to make ministure 'self-collages' with Lydia Hounat.

An immersive edible experience exploring the links between the culinary and the artistic

Join artist Thu Le Ha to make models that put people at the heart of buildings.

Swim with mermaids and merman and create one in your image.

Come along to Creative Society’s Ancient Egypt themed art workshop, where we will paint the iconic Queen Nefertiti on authentic Egyptian papyrus!

Foreign Investment comes to our historic library courtesy of the Modest Show with an art interpretation and dinner to discuss ethics and genetics.

We’re teaming up with Creative Society Manchester to bring the classic book by Emily Bronte to live through art. Join us for a fun, creative art workshop inspired by the classic story of love, passion and tragedy on the Yorkshire Moors! All materials provided!