Artists

Ackroyd & Harvey

Ackroyd & Harvey's multi-disciplinary work intersects art, activism, architecture, biology, ecology and history, and references memory and time, nature and culture.

Adam Chodzko

Contemporary visual artist exploring possibilities of our beliefs and behaviours.

Adam Dant

Adam is an international renowned artist whose large-scale narrative drawings and prints can be found in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Tate, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon as well as many leading private collections including that of HRH The Prince of Wales.  

Akeim Toussaint Buck

Akeim Toussaint Buck is an interdisciplinary performer and creative, born in Jamaica and raised in England.

Alan Dein

John Akomfrah is a hugely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, post-colonialism, temporality and aesthetics.

Alasdair Roberts

Alasdair Roberts is a stalwart supporter of the Leigh Folk Festival over many years. He’s worked with Drag City Records (Joanna Newsom, Bonnie Prince Billy) since 1997 releasing several albums.

Aleema Gray

Aleema Gray is Community History Curator at the Museum of London and PhD researcher at Warwick University.

Alison Ballard

Alison Ballard examines our relationships to objects, places, and one-another, through a range of mediums including film, installation, audio, and performance.TRAILER

Alison Cooke

Alison Cooke is a ceramic artist. She works site responsively with clay dug from interventions such as mining, scientific research or construction.

Alison MacLeod

Anna Falcini is a visual artist whose work deals with the porous atmospheres of geography and the interface of language.

Alison Moore

Alison Moore's short fiction has been included in Best British Short Stories, Best British Horror and more.

Ames Pennington

Ames Pennington makes work that uses humour to connect human experiences and socio-political issues.

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