Rochdale Events - Touchstones Rochdale

Steve Garside is a Rochdale-born selftaught visual artist, poet and published writer. His landscape paintings for this exhibition have been inspired by photographs collected from people across the globe that he has met on Facebook, the social networking site.

The very first Laureate for Storytelling, Taffy has a repertoire of more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies collected mainly from traditional oral sources. Hear just a few of his stories during this very special evening of entertainment.

Adult event (16 years and over). Booking essential.

Part of the 'History, Mystery and Myth' exhibition at Touchstones Rochdale. Funded by The Department for Business Innovation and Skills, The Learning Revolution, Transformation Fund.

F.A.C.T Sundays - Family Activity Creative Tours - the opportunity for families to come and join the Front of House team on the last Sunday of every month for an afternoon of crafty fun for all ages with a tour of the exhibitions included.

Join artist Alan Birch to make your own original print inspired by the Victorian Stories exhibition.

Join staff from the Art Gallery and artist Alan Birch to create your own print and learn tips on how to present your work for the forthcoming People’s Art 2010 exhibition and share your ideas on how we can encourage more young people to participate in the exhibition. Booking required.

For young people aged 11+

Make your own mask to take home inspired by The Creatures Show exhibition.

Discover more tall tales and hidden histories inspired by objects from our collections.
Join us in this guided tour of objects behind the scenes at the Arts and Heritage Resource Centre. Perhaps you can share some of your memories with us too?
Please book your places in advance.

This exhibition brings together cute and curious hand-made creatures from four leading contemporary craft makers.

Julie Arkell’s papier maché characters invoke nostalgia for a bygone age; Abigail Brown’s textile-based birds and woodland creatures are inspired by her own childhood; Samantha Bryan’s sculptures inspired by Victorian gadgetry depict the unusual everyday life of fairies and Anya Keeley makes one-off assemblages using found, reclaimed & donated vintage materials combined with wire-work.

Jack Crabtree was born in Rochdale in 1938. He studied at Rochdale College of Art before going on to St Martin’s and the Royal Academy School in London. Since then he has carved out a significant career combining teaching, including an appointment as Professor of Fine Art at the University of Ulster in Belfast, with numerous fellowships, commissions and solo exhibitions particularly in Wales, England, Germany and Ireland. His work features in the collections of institutions such as the Ulster Museum, the National Trust and the National Museum of Wales.

This exhibition shows for the first time a recent body of work which was primarily made at the artist’s late mother’s house on Overt Street in Rochdale. It captures aspects of urban life which the artist observed on his journeys from his home in France to visit his mother in Rochdale.

Drop in during normal opening hours – no booking required. Complete the quiz and get your chance to be entered into the free prize draw.