AWOL Studios

AWOL Studios Est. 2007 | Creative Studios in Ancoats, Manchester. Based in the Grade II* listed Hope Mill. 🏭💕
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✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨Dotto - Studio 508DOTTO is the studio of Manchester-based artist, designer and printmaker, Da...
08/09/2026

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨

Dotto - Studio 508

DOTTO is the studio of Manchester-based artist, designer and printmaker, Danielle Molyneux.
Dani makes graphic type art, rooted in connection. 
For cultural brands, arts venues and neighbourhood hang-outs. 
Places where people gather.

Meet Dotto and discover her work in studio 508 at our Open Day on 10th October!

www.dotto.studio

Image credits: Elle Brotherhood, Emma Finch | Photographer & Educator , Chris Henley, Shaun Bardsley

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities✨

Poster design Crooked Cartoon

📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard St
M4 7JA

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨Jasmine Gardner - Studio 310Jasmine Gardner - Jasmine Su Juanyan Gardner (b.1997), is a Manc...
07/09/2026

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨

Jasmine Gardner - Studio 310

Jasmine Gardner - Jasmine Su Juanyan Gardner (b.1997), is a Manchester-based artist whose work primarily focuses on binding traditional Chinese art forms such as painting and paper cutting, with contemporary social issues surrounding her lived experience as an adoptee from the age of 8 months old. Themes deriving from lived experience are channeled through traditional Chinese artforms and mythology as a method to connect to her heritage.

Meet Jasmine and discover her work in studio 310 at our Open Day on 10th October!

Online Portfolio: https://jasmine-gardner.jimdosite.com/

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities✨

Poster design Crooked Cartoon

📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard St
M4 7JA

Artful Remembrance✨A MAFA Manchester Academy of Fine Arts Group Exhibition at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery P.V. 1...
06/09/2026

Artful Remembrance✨
A MAFA Manchester Academy of Fine Arts Group Exhibition
at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery

P.V. 12th Sept 1-3pm, all welcome!

✨Exploring how art can commemorate, preserve and transform memory✨

Featuring original works by over 50 MAFA artists including a few AWOL Studios residents past and present!

“From deeply personal reflections to shared histories, the exhibition brings together work by Manchester Academy of Fine Arts members exploring the people, places, objects and experiences that continue to shape us.

Through painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing and mixed media, Artful Remembrance invites visitors to reflect on the enduring power of memory and the many ways art helps us make sense of the past.”

Artful Remembrance - MAFA Artists Group Show
📍 Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery, Wellington Rd South, Stockport, SK3 8AB
📅 12th September - 29th October 2026 | Thursdays -Sundays (check gallery open times)
🎟 Free admission

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨Happy Go Lucky - Studio 219Happy Go Lucky - Happy Go Lucky is a creative studio specialising...
05/09/2026

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨

Happy Go Lucky - Studio 219

Happy Go Lucky - Happy Go Lucky is a creative studio specialising in graphic design, illustration and branding.

Meet Happy Go Lucky and discover their work in studio 219 at our Open Day on 10th October!

www.happygolucky.uk  

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities✨

Poster design Crooked Cartoon

📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard St
M4 7JA

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨Olga Mun - Studio 209
Olga Mun - I’m a contemporary painter working mainly on large-scale fig...
03/09/2026

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨

Olga Mun - Studio 209

Olga Mun - I’m a contemporary painter working mainly on large-scale figurative and semi-abstract paintings. My work brings together memory, migration, mythology and the human body, often creating strange dreamlike worlds inhabited by people, animals and hybrid figures.

Meet the Olga and discover her work in studio 209 at our Open Day on 10th October!

www.olgamun.com

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities✨

Poster design Crooked Cartoon

📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard St
M4 7JA

03/09/2026

I have one place left on the Tuesday and Thursday course, interested?

Mornings 10am-12.30pm

Do message for more info 😁

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨Brian Raymond, Creative Art Courses - The Gallery, studio 516“I run Brian Raymond. We are a s...
02/09/2026

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨

Brian Raymond, Creative Art Courses - The Gallery, studio 516

“I run Brian Raymond. We are a small independent art-school offering you an inspiring art studio and a safe creative space to pursue your creative ambitions to become the artist you wish to be. We specialise in drawing, mixed-media, painting, life drawing, and creativity. We offer classes, courses and workshops for all aspiring adult art students including absolute-beginners and returners. We’d love to welcome you to our studio and share with you our passion for teaching and inspiring others.”

Meet Brian and discover his work in studio 516 (The Gallery) at our Open Day on 10th October!

https://www.creativeartcourses.org/

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities✨

Poster design Crooked Cartoon

📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard St
M4 7JA

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨DMZ - Ground Floor Studios 07 & 08
DMZ is an artist studio group & collective who have recent...
01/09/2026

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨

DMZ - Ground Floor Studios 07 & 08

DMZ is an artist studio group & collective who have recently moved to AWOL. Over the years they have been an incubation space for emerging Mancunian visual artists and cultural leaders. Current members include Spencer Dent, Ruby Fergerson, Hannaa Hamdache, Ellie Hill, Charlotte Holt, Rowan Pritchard, Kay Shah & Bobbie Wilson. Spanning disciplines and mediums, as a collective their work goes beyond the visual arts, seeking to create meaningful opportunities for artists living and working in the North West.

DMZ studios👽
Row Pritchard Charlotte Holt Kay Shah | Artist Bobbie Wilson spencer dent 𝙴𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕

Meet the DMZ collective and discover their work in our Ground floor studios 07 & 08 at our AWOL Open Day on 10th October!

www.dmzstudio.co.uk

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities✨

Poster design Crooked Cartoon

📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard St
M4 7JA

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨4JB3 - Studio 3104JB3 is the creative practice of Jack Berry, an artist depicting scenes of a...
31/08/2026

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨

4JB3 - Studio 310
4JB3 is the creative practice of Jack Berry, an artist depicting scenes of a reality of his own creation through painting, bleaching, fabric dyes and clothing projects. In a style often reminiscent of the video games, cartoons and films that he grew up with in the 2000s, 4JB3 uses recurring iconography such as fluid contour-esque shapes and a character named J-BOY.

Meet Jack and discover his work in studio 310 at our Open Day on 10th October!
Website: 4JB3.com

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities✨

Poster design Crooked Cartoon

📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard St
M4 7JA

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨Mat Greaves - Studio 507Mat Greaves is an artist from Manchester. He explores the humourous a...
28/08/2026

✨ AWOL RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT ✨

Mat Greaves - Studio 507
Mat Greaves is an artist from Manchester. He explores the humourous and surreal aspects of modern life through his multi-disciplinary practice of comics, cartooning and oil painting. 

Meet Mat and discover his work in Studio 507 at our Open Day on 10th October!

matgreaves.com

🏭 AWOL Studios Open Day 🏭
Saturday 10th October
1–7pm
✨ Peek behind the scenes at one of Manchester’s largest creative communities✨

Poster design Crooked Cartoon

📍 More info at awol-studios.co.uk/open-studios

AWOL Studios
Hope Mill
113 Pollard St
M4 7JA

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Hope Mill, 113 Pollard Street
Manchester
M47JA

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0161 637 7004

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