Saturday January 31st – Saturday March 14th 2026 FELT is a collection of artwork that shares lived experience of mental health through the eyes of 18-30 year olds. Blending fine art, textiles, and sculpture, FELT showcases the voices of Greater Manchester-based artists born within Arc’s lifespan who have turned their lived experiences of mental ill-health […]
HORIZONS Artist Development Programme 2026 Applications are now open for ‘Horizons’, a new training and development programme supporting socially engaged Global Majority* Artists into Creative Mental Health facilitation. We are looking for 6x socially engaged visual artists living or working in Greater Manchester to join a paid arts & mental-health training programme. Programme Content: Paid […]
Handmade at Hat Works is back! We’re thrilled to announce the return of our popular Handmade at Hat Works makers market. Mark your calendars forJuly 19th 2025 and join us at the iconic Hat Works for a day filled with inspiration and creativity. Made to Make a DifferenceFrom studio to shop: a new collection of […]
Looking for things to do in Stockport with the kids? Arc Saturday Art Clubs Adults and children aged 3+ are welcome on the last Saturday of every month, January to November (excluding August) for the Arc Saturday Art Club! A great family day out for art and crafts lovers. If you’re looking for things to […]
FELT Open Call for Visual Art by Young Artists FELT — always shifting, never quite the same. Pulled from our past, living in the moment or showing up when we least expect it: how we felt can grind us down, knock us sideways or carry us forward. Feelings don’t run in straight lines! Whether you’ve […]
October 2nd – November 29th 2025 We’re celebrating Arc leading arts and mental health programmes for the past 30 years with a colourful retrospective exhibition. The exhibition itself features photographs of projects and artwork from across the years, plus some key pieces of artwork from major projects, including We Are Dreamers, The Other in Mother […]
Monday 6th – Sunday 12th October 2025 is Arc’s 5th Arts and Health Week. We’re inviting everyone to take part and discover the benefits of creativity for their mental health and wellbeing. This project is part-funded by the UK Government. If you’re based around Stockport there will be a programme of free arts and health […]
September 27th – November 1st 2025 Our Long Goodbye is an exhibition of photographs, films and creative writing about one mother and her daughter’s journey with Alzheimer’s, by Jenny Harris. It candidly and sensitively shows the everyday love and heartbreak of someone you know living with dementia. The relationship between Jenny and her mum at […]
Let’s look back 14 years on this #ThrowbackThursday! My first day volunteering with Arc was at ‘Reddish Vale Folk Day’, which at the time I think was an annual event. We created a communal mixed media artwork with locals attending the day festival on Sunday, June 26th, 2011. My mum came along to help too, […]
Handmade at Hat Works is back! We’re thrilled to announce the return of our popular Handmade at Hat Works makers market. Mark your calendars forJuly 19th 2025 and join us at the iconic Hat Works for a day filled with inspiration and creativity. Made to Make a DifferenceFrom studio to shop: a new collection of […]
Thursday June 5th – Saturday September 13th 2025 ‘Scientific Rambles’ is an exhibition by four artist-antiquarians inspired by local archaeology, cartography, layers of ancient landscape and the stories of the Three Shires. Initially informed by the notable antiquarian JD Sainter and his Rambles Around Macclesfield, their work is inspired by the interconnected landscape of the […]
Welcome to Arc! If you’re just getting to know us, here’s the story of where we’ve come from, what we believe in, and how creativity has helped us build a community that supports mental health and wellbeing. Where It All Began Back in 1995, something special started in Stockport… A small visual arts project called […]
