A one-day festival championing art and creativity is set to take place in Manchester City Centre this summer. On Saturday, June 18, Art Fund will host Art Assembly 2022 - City as Art School, alongside a collective of Manchester's leading arts organisations.
The festival will showcase newly co-commissioned and co-created artworks and installations across the city. Art Fund - the national fundraising charity for art - has organised the event alongside some of Manchester's biggest art institutions including Castlefield Gallery, HOME, Manchester Art Gallery, The Whitworth and The Manchester College.
Eight new artworks by ten Greater Manchester artists will be dotted around the city for people to visit, illustrating how busy squares, streets, pavements and billboards all have the potential to become a place of creative learning. These works span a wide range of media, from film and painting, to textiles, performance and music.
