AWOL Studios

11/08/2026

10/08/2026

Unravelling ✨

🧶A group visual art exhibition organised and curated by Jasmine Gardner at SEESAW | where creatives work
Unravelling celebrates artists from the wider East and South East Asian (ESEA) creative community in Greater Manchester. This group exhibition unravels the connections that shape perspectives of heritage and identity. Through diverse practices, the artworks reveal the artist’s individual relationships to home, family, methods of making, folklore, and the preservation, adaptation, or rejection of tradition. 🧶

Exhibiting artists:
Cyrus Ho

Erica Pham

hattie kongaunruan
＠hiu_manista

Ivana Lam | Fashion & Live Illustrator
Jasmine Gardner
James Cheung
Jensen Chung
jdp_street
Deborah Ng / Kadebruh.Squid 墨餘

Li-Hsuan

rae.y.lee
W_Yin_Design

With support from besea.n Peiwen Legacy Fund and the team at Seesaw 🧶

Exhibition: 4th - 29th September 2026, open Mon - Fri, 08.30 am - 16:00 pm, free entry and no booking required.
SEESAW, 86 Princess St, Manchester M1 6NG, Cafe and Foyer.
Soft opening Friday 4th September 6 - 9pm
Mid Autumn Moon Festival Closing Ceremony: Friday 25th September 6 - 9:30pm

See you there 🧶

06/08/2026

✨JAZZ & ART EXHIBITION✨

AWOL Studios resident Akinyemi Oludele presents a three-day exhibition at Art Gallery 🙌

Opening times:
19 August 2026 | 4pm–9pm
20 August 2026 | 4pm–9pm
21 August 2026 | 4pm–9pm

SAAN1 Art Gallery
5 Kelvin Street
Manchester
M4 1ET

www.akinyemioludele.com

28/07/2026

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities. ✨
Spend the day exploring five floors of working studios inside the Grade II* former cotton mill, Hope Mill, and meet the artists, makers and creatives who call AWOL home.
Discover fine art, painting, sculpture, textiles, filmmaking, illustration, photography, printmaking, crafts and much more.
Come along to buy, commission, chat, or simply look around - all welcome!

A huge thank you to AWOL resident Alex Crooked Cartoon for our beautiful poster design 🙌

Please share and spread the word – we can’t wait to see you!
📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

24/07/2026

04/07/2026

AWOL Residents Exhibition at Station South Levenshulme ✨

We’re taking AWOL on tour 🚲

Head to the brilliant Station South in Levenshulme for a showcase of work by artists from AWOL Studios artist studios, ancoats 🙌

🎉 Opening gathering: Thursday 23 July, 7–9pm
Come and meet some of our AWOL residents, have a drink and celebrate the opening with us!

📍 Station South, Levenshulme
🗓 23 July – 31 August 2026
Free to visit.

Check Station South Levenshulme for opening times.

03/07/2026

Looking for something to do this weekend? ✨

The Comme Ca Art x AWOL Studios Open Call Exhibition is open tomorrow from 11am - 2pm, with just one week left to visit.

Featuring a fantastic selection of contemporary artists, it’s the perfect opportunity to discover new work and support emerging and established artists.

We’d love to see you!

✨ The Comme Ca Art x AWOL Studios Open Call Exhibition continues until Saturday 11th July 2026.

Opening Times:
Saturday: 11am–2pm

or

Wednesday & Thursday: 11am–4pm (by appointment - email [email protected])

📸pic CCA

Comme Ca Art
Hope Mill
113 Pollard Street
Ancoats
M4 7JA

29/06/2026

29/06/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Comme Ca Art x AWOL Studios Open Call Winner, Anastasia Borodina! ✨

We’re delighted to announce Anastasia Borodina as this year’s winner with her outstanding painting, ‘Storm Warning’.
borodina
Storm Warning
Oil on Linen
91 × 106 cm

The judges were captivated by this powerful work, praising its exceptional technical skill, atmosphere and commanding presence. A huge congratulations to Anastasia on this well-deserved achievement!

If you haven’t visited yet, there’s still time to see this years open call exhibition at the Comme Ca Art Gallery, Ancoats.

AWOL Studios CCA
✨ The exhibition continues until Saturday 11th July 2026.
Opening Times:
Saturday: 11am–2pm
or
Wednesday & Thursday: 11am–4pm (by appointment – email [email protected])

Comme Ca Art
Hope Mill,
113 Pollard Street,
Ancoats
M4 7JA