Weird As Folk exhibition

partnerships, artists, critical friends and collaborators list and links

Centre for Folklore, Todmorden: Home | Centre for Folklore Myth Magic

Lucy Wright, Artist Collaborator:

Lucy Wright is an artist based in Leeds, UK. Her work combines painting, making and performing. Lucy’s practice sits at the intersection of folklore and place, often using as source material the large personal archive of photographs and research she has gathered over nearly a decade of documenting female and queer-led folk customs. Many of her project's reference and subvert traditional practices—both material and performed—to explore the contestations of gender and class in the archive. Recurrent themes in her works include female solitude, the relationships between the body and the landscape.

Socials: Instagram: Lucy Wright (@lucy_j_wright) • Instagram photos and videos

Website: Lucy Wright PhD, Artist

Ryan Peter French

'Ryan Peter French is a Manchester-born artist whose practice integrates classical oil painting with new media to explore how traditional and contemporary artistic methods can coexist and inform each other. A first-class graduate of Fine Art from Manchester School of Art, French has cultivated a unique creative process, drawing inspiration from the rich visual language of the Italian Renaissance, the dreamlike qualities of Surrealism, and the explorative spirit of psychogeography.'

Website: Ryan Peter French

Instagram: Ryan (@ryanpeterfrench) • Instagram photos and videos

Sumayyah Eldin

Website: Wellbeing | The Creative Society Manchester | Manchester

Facebook: Creative Society Manchester | Manchester | Facebook

Instagram: The Creative Society Manchester™ (@creativesocietymanchester) • Instagram photos and videos

HappeningInMCR

HappeningInMCR is an artist-led visual arts information hub based in Manchester. Alongside hosting a Community Micro-Gallery in Afflecks, HappeningInMCR provides regular updates on visual arts within the Greater Manchester area, including events, exhibitions, and jobs. Their ethos is that everyone should have the same access and exposure, no matter one’s background or position, in the competitive artworld.

The Folk Life Drawing sessions at the Portico Library served as a way for HappeningInMCR to develop their physical and collaborative approach, towards making an impact in the local art scene. They are keen to work on future projects in the same vein, that continue making arts and culture more accessible, whilst staying true to the team’s creative backgrounds.”

To keep up to speed with Greater Manchester’s thriving art scene, give them a follow at @happeninginmcr on Instagram.

HappeningInMCR are:

• Jasmine: Co-Director, Producer, Admin and Coordinator

• Nasha: Founder, Co-Director, Creative Director and Co-Curator

• Tom: Gallery Technician and Co-Curator

• Zhen: Graphic Designer

Website/ Socials:

HappeningInMCR (@happeninginmcr) • Instagram photos and videos