REFRACT EXHIBITIONS
Refract is a festival of theatre, performance, music and artwork curated by Waterside Arts and Creative Industries Trafford. The ten day programme uses spaces both inside and outside Waterside,
The festival launched in 2017 at Waterside, since then we have supported new and emerging artists in the Lauriston gallery.
RE:CAST EXHIBITION 2018
Ceramic artists Grace Igoe and Katie Nelson feature in a joint exhibition of newly commissioned and recent work with striking 3D pieces which explore body image and mental health.
Katie is a graduate of MMU's School of Art and is based in Manchester. Her work combines casting techniques with graphic imagery to produce unsettling pieces which entice the viewer and subvert expectations.
https://www.katienelsonstudio.com
Grace is a ceramic practitioner based in Sale and a fellow also an MMU School of Art graduate. Grace's work practice communicates awareness about autism through ideas of fragmentation and the experience of handling ceramic work.
RE:FLECT EXHIBITION 2019
Re:flect is an interactive experience created and curated by Chloe Knights and Ella Boston for Refract 2019, two fresh graduates from Manchester School of Art’s Three Dimensional Design course. Together Chloe and Ella will create a ‘please do touch' experience which provides an escapism for audiences, focusing on being present and connected to the senses and to others.
As people step into the space, they step out of the hustle and bustle of metropolitan life and allow themselves to tune in to their most mundane senses through a series of interactive objects, materials and installations.