Happy New Year from the Wigan & Leigh Art Map team!
We’re delighted there’s now 72 wonderful local artists and arts organisations on the art map, with 5 artists featured in more detail on our website. It’s been lovely to add so many of you to the map this year and we’re looking forward to growing our community more in 2025.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first drop-in session and artist social! We introduced the project to many new faces and added more fantastic local artists to our growing digital resource. There’s more chances coming up to join us in the new year:
Wigan & Leigh Art Map drop-in sessions
Pop along to talk all things art map over a brew and a biscuit.
Golborne Library: Saturday 11th January, 10.30am – 12pm
Tyldesley Library: Saturday 29th March, 10.30am – 12pm
Artists Social
Meet other artists in your area, take part in our fun creative activities and have a good catch up!
Little Fifteen, Wigan: Saturday 8th February 12.20 – 2.30pm
Let us know you’re coming here!
Brand new…
Artist’s profiles
We’re delighted to be adding two new artists from Creative Spin to our profile features page! Check out our introduction to leathercraft org The Wolf Workshop, and our interview with portrait artist Joe Kiney Whitmore.
Winstanley College student placements
In 2025, we are excited to share that we are welcoming four media students from Winstanley College on placement with us. The placement offers students the opportunity to complete work experience counting towards their qualification whilst learning from local creative experts. We are hoping our students will meet artists and creative practitioners across the borough alongside helping us with social media, video work and interviews. We can’t wait to hear their ideas!
Current Opportunities
Everyday Wigan CEO Vacancy
Everyday Wigan are looking for a warm, knowledgeable and experienced Chief Executive Officer to oversee operational management of the venue and team, drive development and lead on their strategic vision.
- Find out more and apply
- Application deadline: Monday 13th January
TMBC: Artist Creative Commission Call Out
Tameside Council in partnership with Greater Manchester Arts Network (GM Arts) is inviting proposals from artists, companies or collectives based in Greater Manchester to develop an idea alongside Tameside residents that can be developed and produced for presentation in Tameside in November 2025.
- Application Deadline: Tuesday 14th January 2025, 11pm
- Research & Development Budget £3,000.
- Commission Budget £19,000.
- Find out more and apply
Arts Council January Advice Session for First Time Applicants to National Lottery Project Grants
Arts Council England is the national development body for arts and culture across England. They support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to visual art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. They are holding FREE online Introductory sessions to the Arts Council and funding for creative work. This webinar is for first time applicants based in the North of England or those who may have never heard about the Arts Council before.
- The session will be online via Zoom on Thursday 30th January at 12 – 1.30pm. There will be BSL interpretation and Live Captioning during the session.
- Find out more and register
Thanks for keeping in touch and we’ll see you at an event soon!
Liz & Charlotte