Alan Birch

  Alan Birch is currently working on a banner to be used in a protest march at the Tory Party Conference in October. The banner will feature in a protest against cruel cuts to school budgets. More pics after the event.          

Artists new to print , were shown intaglio techniques by artist Alan Birch at Bury Art Gallery over the Bank Holiday weekend. Artists engraved added texture and collage to their prints as they explored the creative opportunities offered by the process. Some excellent prints were produced some of which will be shown in local galleries.

Families took part in a printmaking workshop led by Alan Birch at The Whitworth during the summer holidays. The activity linked with the Beyond Dementia exhibition at the gallery proved very popular with over 6o people taking part. Artists were asked to take their inspiration from  images and shapes in the show where people living […]

Year 10-pupil from Wellington School worked with artists at the Whitworth producing some great drawings, paintings and prints. Pupils working with Alan Birch, worked on chine colle engravings on the theme of natural forms and insects. IMages were taken from work on display in the Whitworth Art Gallery and images brought into the session were […]

Alan Birch spent a productive day working with Year 10 pupils at Salindine Nook Academy High School in Huddersfield. Pupils explored techniques of mono print, relief, intaglio and collograph during the day and produced some vibrant work to enhance their GCSe coursework. “Thank you so much for Friday, We all really enjoyed it! ” Rachel […]

Work produced by the Dementia Friends opened at the Whitworth at the end of August. This brilliant and innovative exhibition is the result of a creative collaboration between Arts for Health,  the Whitworth and the Fabulously Forgetful Friends , a group of people living with dementia runs until September. Creative work produced earlier in the […]

Artist Alan Birch spent two days working with talented and creative pupils at Waterfoot Primary School. Working on the theme of transformation, Alan showed some images of Mexican folk objects and the work of Max Ernst and Hannah Hoch. Children then created their own individual creatures from collages before drawing, engraving and printing their own prints. […]

Artist Alan Birch, spent the morning in St Elizabeths Primary School in Wythenshawe on behalf of the Whitworth Art Gallery. Pupils from Year 4 , 5 and 6 explored a range of printmaking media. Relief prints, drypoints and polystyrene prints were produced during the morning and the pupils really engaged with the subject. The vibrant […]

Year 10 pupils from Wellington High School spent the morning with printmaker Alan Birch at The Whitworth in Manchester. Using the work of Lucienne Day as inspiration, pupils make studies in pencil before engraving their forms into drypoint plates. These they later inked and printed, later adding chine collie, natural forms and relief shapes into […]

The talented artists of Ramsbottom and the surrounding area, were shown as part of the Reignite Exhibition at Ramsbottom Library. The show to promote Adult Learning in Bury saw work by a host of courses, celebrating the creative talent of the creative classes. The prints of class members taught by Alan Birch was excellent. Vibrant […]

25 Year 9 pupils at Blessed Trinity Rc College,Burnley spent a day with printmaker Alan Birch, extending their work into a whole range of printing techniques. Drypoint, Chine colle, relief, collograph and mixed media pieces were explored and some great work was produced. The work produced should enhance their coursework in advance of their embarking […]

Alan Birch spent the afternoon in the Critical Care Unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary as part of the Health and Wellbeing Programme. Alan together with artist Lucy Burscough and musician Rachel engaged nurses and visitors alike to gauge their opinions on the existing and future decoration of the unit. Over 22 nurses and visitors took part, […]

Artists in Ramsbottom have been showing their skills at a printmaking class at Ramsbottom Library. The printmaking sessions at the library are part of Bury Adult Learning Service. Artists have explored reduction  lino, relief, engraving drypoint , mono print and chine colle. There area many talented artists around! Adult Education is vital.

As part of the Health and Wellbeing programme, in conjunction with the Manchester Museum , Alan Birch spent a morning working with nurses and carers specialising in the care and treatment of Dementia. Over 30 nurses listened to Wendy Gallagher talk about the arts programme before drawing and discussing personal objects and objects from the […]

Year 1 and 2 pupils from St Hilda’s Primary School in Chorlton spent 3 days working with artist Alan Birch representing the Whitworth Art Gallery. Pupils created space aliens , printing from recycled objects, relief printing of planets with polystyrene,  create planets of the solar system by printing from modern and antique wallpapers from the […]