Longsight Art Space

17/04/2026

Community Arts and Politics Workshops

You’re invited to join these two free workshops as part of a public research project about online climate debates.

We will begin with a relaxed group chat about the kinds of images and posts we see online every day. Then we’ll create artworks together using paint, paper cuts, stencils, markers, and canvas.

No art experience needed. All materials provided.

Thursday 23 April 2026’ & Wednesday 13 May 2026
6 pm - 8 pm
Longsight Art Space
89 Northmoor Road, Lonsight, Manchester, M12 5RT

About the Project: Faces and Threads is a new project transforming research on climate change debates into art co-created with communities. Working with an artist, curator, and working with Longsight Art Space in Manchester and Basement Arts Project in Leeds, the project captures the emotions behind online climate controversies often shaped by social media influencers. Together with marginalised groups frequently targeted by misinformation, the project creates and exhibits an installation that turns complex digital debates into tangible experiences. Local residents are invited to take part in facilitated events, sharing their perspectives and contributing to analysis. Through collaboration, art becomes a space for dialogue, resilience, and community voice.

Funded by the University of Leeds.

*Free ticket link in bio. The tickets are only advertised for gauging the number of participants.

13/04/2026

Words From Where We Live
This April, we’re opening up a space to write, reflect and find your voice, right here in Longsight.
Over 12 weeks, we’ll explore poetry as a way of telling our stories. The places we know, the people we love, the things we carry. No experience needed.

Facilitated by Elmi Ali, a North-West-based creative whose practice spans writing, directing, facilitating, translation, performance, and education.

Every Friday, 6-8pm
Starting 24th April
The Pavilion, Crowcroft Park, M12 5QY

All welcome. Free to join. Link in bio to register.

Supported by

07/04/2026

We are so proud to share that Longsight Art Space has been awarded a Cultural Partnership Grant by Manchester City Council for 2026 to 2029.

This is our first time being part of the portfolio and it means the world to us. Longsight has always been rich in culture. It lives in our languages, our food, our craft, and the way our communities show up for one another every day. This funding gives us the stability to keep building on that and to plan ahead for the first time as an organisation.

Huge congratulations to all the brilliant organisations in this year’s portfolio. We are honoured to be alongside .mcr and all the other incredible organisations doing vital cultural work across this city. Manchester is lucky to have you all.

Thank you to Manchester City Council, to our partners, our volunteers, and most of all to the people of Longsight. This is yours. 🥹🤍

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03/04/2026

The wind turns twice a year, and for a thousand years it moved whole worlds across the Indian Ocean.

For our second dinner, we’re gathering around that ocean - East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, the Persian Gulf and the people those waters carried here to Longsight.

Come on Tuesday 14th of April for an evening of food, poetry and conversation. Hosted by Elmi Ali, with food from Hadramout, a Yemeni restaurant just off Wilmslow Road, named for the coastline whose sailors travelled those same routes for centuries.

The evening also marks the launch of Words From Where We Live, a community poetry circle meeting here every Friday at Longsight Art Space.

Entry is free, but spaces are limited so if your plans change, please release your ticket on Eventbrite so someone else can join us. Link is in bio^

Come as you are. Dress in blue. 💙

Part of The Longsight Table: twelve dinners, twelve themes, one community.

Supported by the Westhill Endowment Fund and We Love MCR.

30/03/2026

So often, love shows up quietly in the meals we prepare, the tables we set, the care we pour into feeding others.

This Ramadan, we created a space where that love could be returned. An intimate Iftar shared between women of all ages, where no one had to host, cook, or carry - just arrive, be held, and eat together.

We asked a simple question:
Can you remember a dish that felt like love?
And in return, we were given stories, memories, and pieces of people’s hearts: written, drawn, and shared. :’)

25 women. Ages spanning generations.

Thank you to everyone who came, shared, and made the night what it was. 🌼

by Westhill Endowment Fund
Special mention to and for being an absolutely amazing host. And a big shoutout to for setting the venue with her ever-inspirational design!

Much love!

16/03/2026

Something is changing on Slade Lane!

Longsight Art Space, Manchester City Council, and Editional Studios have been working together to redesign and reimagine this local garden. New playable graphics have been added, and we are continuing to improve signage across the surrounding area which is all with the aim of giving this spot a new identity and energy.😍

This project sits within the wider Longsight Community Plan, a resident-led framework built through collaboration with local residents and community organisations. It is a bottom-up approach to find solutions to the issues that the people living in the neighbourhood feel most affected by.

Come along to celebrate Eid and to play some fun and exciting garden games! 💚

We will be sharing more updates as the work continues. If you’d like to know more about the Longsight Community Plan and how to get involved, drop us a message.

Poster Design: the brilliant

02/03/2026

Mothers, daughters and sisters - Iftar at Longsight Art Space; Tuesday 10th March, catered by Sips & Dips ( .uk )

Whether you bring your mum for a well-earned night off, or come alone to break your fast with other women - join us for an intimate, relaxed Iftar.

Tickets are free but spaces are limited and you’ll find the link in our bio^. Food is on us, and if you’d like to bring something sweet to share, you’re more than welcome.

Part of The Longsight Table a monthly dinner series at Longsight Art Space, each one a different theme, a different table to pull up a chair to.

Supported by Westhill Endowment Fund.

11/01/2026

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It was great to have our Friends of Crowcroft Park Men’s Group and SNUG MCR at scrutiny today to talk about the impact of investment in the park and getting the pavilion and toilet facilities reopened for community use.

Abid Chohan and I know how much residents value our parks and green spaces which is why we have prioritised investment in them through the Councils NIRF funding.

We have asked for NIRF funding to continue beyond 2026 to ensure we can continue to invest in residents priorities at a ward level. 🌳🌱🧹

24/10/2025

*A Journey Through Manchester’s Black Hidden History*

300 children. 5 schools. 1 city’s hidden history.

One of the most ground-breaking Black History Month exhibitions in Manchester told through the eyes of 300 local children.

Over two months, artist worked with schools across Longsight, Gorton and Levenshulme, guiding Year 6 students to explore Black Mancunian history from the origins of the Manchester Caribbean Carnival to the 5th Pan African Congress.

Held in Manchester in 1945, the 5th Pan-African Congress was a defining moment in the global fight against colonialism and racism. A gathering that inspired independence movements across Africa and the Caribbean. Through art, the children reflected on its enduring legacy and what it means for identity, equality and belonging today.

Their creative responses now form a powerful exhibition.

At: Longsight Art Space
From: 25 October - 2 November 2025

02/10/2025

Longsight Family Matters opens this week 💛

Over six months, families in Longsight came together to create and share their stories through clay, collage, photography, textiles, weaving, painting and more. What emerged were honest reflections on play, wellbeing, disability, me-time, and the realities of family life in our community.

This exhibition shows what happens when families are given the space to talk, experiment, and imagine together. It’s a labour of love, created in the middle of never-ending caring duties, long shifts, and the challenges of everyday life.

A special thank you to Chi Emecheta for being such a brilliant Project Manager and guiding this project with care and love.

📅 4 - 10 October
📍 Longsight Art Space

This project was carried out in collaboration with Save the Children.