@uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
A University of Manchester research platform, developing and championing interdisciplinary research in Creativity and Creative practices. https://linktr.ee/uomcreativemcr For general enquiries please email creative@manchester.ac.uk.
Tomorrow, Manchester hosts The BRIT Awards for the first time 🏆
You can get BRITs-ready and visit the John Rylands Library tomorrow for The BRITs Collection Encounter, celebrating music and popular culture across the decades.
📅 Saturday 28 February, 2–3pm
📍 John Rylands Reading Room, 150 Deansgate
Last chance to view in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: MossWorlds– Re-Storying Urban Lives
📅 Until 2 March 2026
📍Sam Alex Glass Corridor
The exhibition is based on an interdisciplinary research project undertaken at The University of Manchester during 2024-5, supported by Creative Manchester.
IN TWO WEEKS: Activating Archives for Local and Societal Impact
📅 11 March, 12.30–2.30pm
📍 John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate
🎟️ https://ow.ly/Ru1550Yf00N
Join us as we explore how archival collections can be 'activated' through robust, ethical and sustained community partnerships.
📢ONE MONTH: Music & Manchester - The past, present & future of computers in electronic music
🗓️25/03📍Kilburn Building
🎟️ https://ow.ly/ZAVH50Yc9jG
🔊Followed by THE TURING – MACHINE: a sound installation: How do algorithms, AI & digital tech interact with us?
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
One week until,
International Women's Day 2026:
Ripple Effect: Co-researching Work, Precarity + Contributions in Later Life
📆Date: Wednesday March 4 , 12pm - 2:30pm
📍 @thewhitworth.bsky.social
🎟️ https://ow.ly/kOOq50XToyp
Image Credit: Andrew Brooks
#IWD2026
📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Research Café – Religion, Culture and Community
📅 23 April, 12–2pm
📍Manchester Museum
🎟️ https://ow.ly/TXbc50YkYuY
Join us this St George's Day as we explore how cultural institutions and faith spaces can bring people together in increasingly divided societies.
#GivetoGain #InternationalWomensDay2026 #IWD2026
@uomreligion.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
IN THREE WEEKS: Encountering Biblical Bodies - Sarah Lightman’s Biblical Women
📅 16 March, 4.30–6.30pm
📍SG.16, Samuel Alexander Building
🎟️ https://ow.ly/f1lT50YkjC4
Join us for a research café discussing an exhibition of artist Sarah Lightman’s Biblical Domestic and Menstrual Hystery series.
Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: MossWorlds – Re-Storying Urban Lives
📅 Until 2 March 2026
📍Sam Alex Glass Corridor
The exhibition is based on an interdisciplinary research project undertaken at The University of Manchester during 2024-5, supported by Creative Manchester.
IN THREE WEEKS: Activating Archives for Local and Societal Impact
📅 11 March, 12.30–2.30pm
📍 John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate
🎟️ https://ow.ly/Ru1550Yf00N
Join us as we explore how archival collections can be 'activated' through robust, ethical and sustained community partnerships.
📢FIVE WEEKS: Music & Manchester - The past, present & future of computers in electronic music
🗓️25/03📍Kilburn Building
🎟️ https://ow.ly/ZAVH50Yc9jG
🔊Followed by THE TURING – MACHINE: a sound installation: How do algorithms, AI & digital tech interact with us?
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Two weeks until - International Women's Day 2026:
Ripple Effect: Co-researching Work, Precarity + Contributions in Later Life
📆Date: Wednesday March 4 , 12pm - 2:30pm
📍 @thewhitworth.bsky.social
🎟️ https://ow.ly/kOOq50XToyp
Image Credit: Andrew Brooks
#IWD2026
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Activating Archives for Local and Societal Impact
📅 11 March, 12.30–2.30pm
📍 John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate
🎟️ https://ow.ly/Ru1550Yf00N
Join us as we explore how archival collections can be 'activated' through robust, ethical and sustained community partnerships.
It was an absolute joy to have been a poet on the MossWorlds project and re-story moss in collaboration with such inspiring folks.
Embrace the mossibilities!
Thank you to all of our speakers for their contributions, and thank you to all who came to listen and view the exhibition!
‘Mossworlds: Re-Storying Urban Lives’ will be on display in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor until 2 March 🌱
This evening we were delighted to host a research café discussing the exhibition ‘MossWorlds: Re-Storying Urban Lives’. A viewing of the exhibition was followed by panel discussion featuring researchers on the project, @researchnt.bsky.social and the Firs environmental research station.
12.02.2026 19:05 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1@uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
12.02.2026 15:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: MossWorlds – Re-Storying Urban Lives
📅 Until 2 March 2026
📍Sam Alex Glass Corridor
The exhibition is based on an interdisciplinary research project undertaken at The University of Manchester during 2024-5, supported by Creative Manchester.
📢NEW EVENT: Music & Manchester - The past, present & future of computers in electronic music
🗓️25/03📍Kilburn Building
🎟️ https://ow.ly/ZAVH50Yc9jG
🔊Followed by THE TURING – MACHINE: a sound installation: How do algorithms, AI & digital tech interact with us?
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
📢 Calling all creatives: join the February edition of the GM Creative Industries Mixer series!
📅 Wednesday 11 February, 6–9pm
📍The Social at Aviva Studios @factoryintl.bsky.social
Register: https://ow.ly/bemW50YbIx2
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Researchers at the University of Manchester: Join the Platforms teams for ‘Interdisciplinary &’, a series of four workshops modelling different networking methods to foster collaboration and showcase excellence in interdisciplinary research.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/wh6Y50Y5WX5
Last chance to view: AI at Manchester
📅 Running until 11 February
📍 Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor
Creative Manchester are celebrating 75 years since Alan Turing established the Turing Test by spotlighting the work of early career researchers on the future of AI.
@mcrcityoflit.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
05.02.2026 16:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join the Linguistic Diversity Collective, Creative Manchester and Manchester Museum as we participate in Manchester City of Lit’s International Mother Language Day 2026 celebrations!
📅 21 Feb, 11am–12pm
📍Manchester Museum
🎟️ https://ow.ly/l5sw50Y9o5y
#MCRIMLD26 #motherlanguageday
UPCOMING EVENT: International Women's Day 2026:
Ripple Effect: Co-researching Work, Precarity + Contributions in Later Life
📆Date: Wednesday March 4 , 12pm - 2:30pm
📍 @thewhitworth.bsky.social
🎟️ https://ow.ly/kOOq50XToyp
Image Credit: Andrew Brooks
#IWD2026
@uomscieng.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomlibrary.bsky.social @uomif.bsky.social
03.02.2026 15:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The CreaTech Network Series returns for 2026 with the first of three events, 'Creativity and AI: Entertainment', led by Digital Futures in partnership with Creative Manchester and Turing Innovation Catalyst!
📅 26 Feb, 2.30pm–5pm
📍 Contact Theatre, Oxford Road
🎟️ Register: https://ow.ly/QMiF50Y5Wio
@digitaluom.bsky.social @healthierfutures.bsky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social
03.02.2026 09:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Researchers at the University of Manchester: Join the Platforms teams for ‘Interdisciplinary &’, a series of four workshops modelling different networking methods to foster collaboration and showcase excellence in interdisciplinary research.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/goJU50Y5VBj
Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: AI at Manchester
📅 Running until 11 February
📍 Sam Alex Glass Corridor
Creative Manchester are celebrating 75 years since Alan Turing established the Turing Test by spotlighting the work of early career researchers on the future of AI.