Segment Arts

08/08/2023

Powerhouse Portraits promotional video (1min 20secs).
A vivid photo exhibition focussing on the people of Moss Side by the people of Moss Side. With a retrospective by Ian Johns of 30 years of photographing the area and the people.

By Segment Arts funded by Arts Council England National Lottery Community Fund.

Entry is FREE and the exhibition covers all the walls of the public spaces of the building. It continues until 31 Oct 2023.

05/08/2023

Great launch last Saturday, exhibition continues to 31st Oct. Tnx Erinma Bell Nasima Bee Deanne Heron and all who came
[photo credits Kooj Chuhan ]
Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Crossing Footprints Young Identity First Cut Z-arts HOME Mcr HIDEAWAY YOUTH PROJECT Hulme Community Garden Centre Manchester Libraries Mosscare St Vincent's Housing Group Factory International Upping it Moss Side Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust The Whitworth Manchester Art Gallery Arts Council England The National Lottery Community Fund

31/07/2023

Go see this! Powerhouse Portraits at The Powerhouse Moss Side Manchester, until 31 October 2023.

https://manchesterwire.co.uk/powerhouse-portraits-celebrates-the-intergenerational-lives-and-stories-of-moss-side/?fbclid=IwAR2iK_3Tb74yO3QIXxPSR8ts1cDcV4TBHIteV1i0-oZst8x-6XtnR9QlM9A

A new photographic, creative writing and art exhibition celebrating the diverse identity of Moss Side comes to The Powerhouse this weekend.

31/07/2023

Great write up about Powerhouse Portraits photographic exhibition celebrating the intergenerational lives and stories of Moss Side at The Powerhouse in Moss Side Manchester until 31 October 2023.



https://manchesterwire.co.uk/powerhouse-portraits-celebrates-the-intergenerational-lives-and-stories-of-moss-side/

28/07/2023

V nice article in I LOVE MANCHESTER about the exhibition, the launch is tomorrow, Saturday 2-4pm, come down and/or pls share this post if you can.
The exhibition and magazine publication highlight the centred creative process and the personal albums produced by participants featuring photographs from workshop sessions and day to day lives.
It also includes a 30 year retrospective from photographer Ian Johns, who originally graduated from Jamaica School of Art and has been determined to challenge negative stereotypes of the African Caribbean community. The work on show includes selected photos from Johns’ Fatherhood Projects. This work is testament to the role black Father’s play, recorded with the tenderness and empathy of shared experience.
https://ilovemanchester.com/moss-side-powerhouse-portraits-exhibition
Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Crossing Footprints Young Identity First Cut Z-arts HOME Mcr HIDEAWAY YOUTH PROJECT Hulme Community Garden Centre Manchester Libraries Mosscare St Vincent's Housing Group Factory International Upping it Moss Side Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust The Whitworth Manchester Art Gallery Arts Council England The National Lottery Community Fund

A remarkable photography, creative writing, and art exhibition titled "Powerhouse Portraits" is set to take centre stage at The Powerhouse in Moss Side, Manchester, from 29 July until 31 October 2023.

25/07/2023

It's this Saturday! The exhibition and magazine launch on 29th July 2-4pm. 99 disposable cameras, sketchbooks and notebooks were issued to 40 participants, ranging from 8 to 87 years old, who took photographs and wrote about their lives and experiences for this exhibition and book. With special guest Prof Erinma Bell MBE, photography showcase by Moss Side artist IAN JOHNS, poetry from Nasima Bee , local creatives from the project the writer Deanne Heron and photographer Dorothy Ennis-Hand , and more. At Moss Side Powerhouse, hope to see some of you there.
Details on the event page https://facebook.com/events/s/powerhouse-portraits-exhibitio/1955125094852240/
a Segment Arts project led by Leo Macdonald Oulds in partnership with Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse and Crossing Footprints, collaborating with Young Identity and First Cut .
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06/07/2023

Exhibition Preview and Magazine Launch
Saturday 29 July 2-4pm: A vivid reflection of people and locality through photography and text by community members and creatives from Moss Side
+ IAN JOHNS: retrospective showcase from 40 years photographing Moss Side
a Segment Arts project in partnership with Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse and Crossing Footprints https://crossingfootprints.com/powerhouse-portraits-exhibition-launch/ and http://www.segmentarts.org
With poetry by Nasima Bee (Young Identity) and special guest local peace activist Professor Erinma Bell MBE DL JP.
Additional speakers from the Moss Side community: writer Deanne Heron, artist Ian Johns and photographer Dorothy Ennis Hand. Refreshments, snacks, speakers and musical ambience.
Exhibition continues to 31st October
at Powerhouse, 140 Raby St, Moss Side, Manchester M14 4SL

Local people have come together at Powerhouse to portray some of the people and places around Moss Side and nearby that are familiar to them. Three sets of workshops with different ages from 8 to 80 years ran for a period of just six weeks, all groups developing skills in photography using disposable cameras and in creative writing.
The workshops were led by visual artist Leo Macdonald-Oulds from Segment Arts, with writer Nasima Bee from Young Identity and artist / photographer Ian Johns from First Cut and co-produced with Kooj Chuhan from Crossing Footprints. The groups captured a variety of everyday moments for a diverse range of lives, full of character, atmosphere, intimacy and a dash of humour. The material produced has been carefully edited into a magazine-style publication and a vibrant community exhibition. Come down and join us!

Powerhouse Portraits Exhibition: Preview and Magazine Launch A vivid reflection of people and locality through photography and textSaturday 29 July 2-4pm + IAN JOHNS: retrospective showcase from 40…

24/06/2023

V interesting exhibition using happening now in Glasgow's area, once well known for being 'Britain's most abandoned slum'. Gorbals Now and Then, produced in collaboration with visual artist Bash Khan and produced by Iseult Timmermans as part of Street Level Photoworks Culture Collective programme.

Street Level provides inspiring encounters in art photography locally and internationally; a creative setting to exhibit, produce, participate, and buy photography.

15/06/2023

Fantastic work being produced by the adults and seniors group on Tuesday afternoons, really creative, expressive and productive. Really amazing talent flowering in the room! Each set of photos, writing and album will be unique, and represented in the exhibition and publication - coming v soon watch this space Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse First Cut Young Identity Crossing Footprints
(photo credits: Kooj Chuhan)

07/06/2023

COMMUNITY PORTRAIT OF MOSS SIDE: FREE PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITING AND MAGAZINE MAKING WORKSHOPS.
We're in week 3 of this project but there is still space for a few people to join the 13-18 age group (in fact it's more of a 15-20 age group):
Join the Powerhouse Portraits Project and be part of a group creating a community portrait of and around Moss Side, have your work featured in a vibrant magazine and exhibition, also create your own photo album to take home. A set of 6 free workshops for young people aged from 13 years up to 18 years or so, living around or near the Moss Side area. Beginning on 23rd May the workshops take place every Tuesday 5pm-7pm at Powerhouse Community Centre and Library, 140 Raby Street, Moss Side M14 4SL. A few from a refugee background have signed up, among others, more would be welcome.
The workshops are led by visual artist Leo Macdonald-Oulds from Segment Arts, writer Nasima Bee from Young Identity, artist and photographer Ian Johns from First Cut Media and co-produced by digital artist Kooj Chuhan from Crossing Footprints. This is a fantastic opportunity to create something special that will have both artistic and community value for years to come. If you are interested, please sign up via our Eventbrite page at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/powerhouse-portraits-project-1318-year-olds-tickets-626925921307 .
The set of workshops are repeated for two other age ranges, firstly 8-12 years on Mondays after school and older adults / seniors on Tuesday afternoon. This will create an intergenerational portrayal for the final exhibition and magazine.

Free photography and magazine making workshops for residents of the Moss Side area.