About Us
Blank Media Collective champions emerging artists, writers, musicians and performers by giving them a unique platform to showcase their work. We support a diverse range of practitioners through the following means:
- Curation and implementation of exhibitions
- Facilitation of live music/performance events
- Publication in blankpages online magazine
- Free portfolio hosting on our website
- Sales of artwork through our online store
- Workshop facilitation
- Widening community involvement in the arts
- Career development support and mentoring
We actively encourage collaborations both between differing art forms and artists, helping to develop relationships to aid their future careers. Blank Media Collective continues to create associations with a wide range of groups, organisations and businesses.
Blank Media Collective is a Company Limited by Guarantee (7476925) established in 2006 and is run from its base at BLANKSPACE, Manchester by a dedicated team of volunteers. The organisation is developing an excellent reputation for the high quality of its output. Blank Media Collective are proud to offer a vital support network to hundreds of creative practitioners from throughout the UK and abroad as well as its base in the North-West.
For further information on Blank Media Collective and how to get involved please email Mark at .
BLANKSPACE
BLANKSPACE is a creative hub run by Blank Media Collective, showcasing multi-disciplinary activities; visual arts & sculpture, spoken & written word, live art & performance. Collaborations, innovation and experimentation are at the forefront. Our passion for impact, community accessibility and maximum visibility are intrinsic to our artistic plan.
Exhibition Opening Times: Wednesday-Sunday: 11am-5pm | Thursday: 11am-7pm | Closed: Monday-Tuesday
Address: BLANKSPACE | 43 Hulme Street | Manchester | M15 6AW | Tel: +44(0)161 222 6164
Support Our Work
Blank Media Collective is a Company Limited by Guarantee (7476925) relying upon fundraising and external support to promote the work of emerging practitioners. The work that we do would not be possible without the kind support and donations that we receive.
We use donations to:
- Support BLANKSPACE and related overheads
- Contribute towards artists' fees and expenses
- Implement and advertise Blank Media Collective exhibitions and events
- Contribute towards the hire of external venues for exhibitions and events
- Help meet the hosting costs of our website
Help us to continue our work by making a donation via PayPal
Meet The Team!
Mark Devereux - Director & Head of Exhibitions
Mark Devereux is a visual artist based in Manchester and specialises in the use of camera-less photography, as well as using the camera as a tool to create abstract imagery. The theme of Alchemy is significant throughout Mark’s practice, ranging from the ways in which the work is created to the connotations that it has for the viewer. He graduated from Staffordshire University with a BA in Design: Photography and MA in Fine Art. Mark is the Director and Head of Exhibitions for Blank Media Collective.
Website: http://www.markdevereux.co.uk
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John Leyland - Director & blankpages Editor
John Leyland is a writer, poet and performer based in Manchester. A graduate from Liverpool John Moores University in Imaginative Writing, John is a poetic magic realist. His work often explores the communal nature of personal relationships. He transports the audience to an honest, creative truth, observing with significance the importance of detail. John has performed extensively in Manchester, the North West and beyond (appearing at Contact Theatre, greenroom, Matt and Phred’s Jazz Club, Mad Ferret Festival, Not Part Of Festival, Manchester Literature Festival, Big Chill Festival among many others). John is Director of Blank Media Collective and Editor of blankpages, Blank Media Collective’s online magazine.
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Kate Charlton - Exhibitions Lead Curator
Kate graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2008 with a degree in Three Dimensional Design, specialising in ceramics. She then returned to complete a Masters degree in Contemporary Curating. Since graduating from her Masters in 2010 Kate has divided her time between curatorial projects and focusing on her own personal practice which, although is mainly ceramic based has ranged between tattoo design and knitting! She has recently set up her own humble ceramic studio in a garage in Manchester, from which she is busy building on her collection of decorative ceramics. Kate is Exhibitions Lead Curator with Blank Media Collective.
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Michael Thorp - Exhibitions Team Manager & Head of Design
Michael Thorp is a Manchester based artist and illustrator. As an illustrator Michael uses a variety of media including drawn images, found objects and photography to create his illustrations. As a painter his work explores the paths we choose to take through life and the ultimate unknown that waits for us at it’s end. Michael graduated from Coventry University with a BA Hons in Fine Art and Illustration. Michael is Blank Media Collective’s Exhibitions Team Manager and Head of Design.
Website: http://www.michaelthorp.com
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Jamie Hyde - Exhibitions Curator
Jamie Hyde is a visual artist, film maker and musician based in Manchester. Much of his work is inspired by Film Noir and his own experimentation and imagination. Since graduating from University with an MA in the arts, Jamie has developed his skills to work within a College music department. Jamie is one of the founding members of Blank Media Collective and Exhibitions Curator.
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Rose Barraclough - Exhibitions Curator
Rose Barraclough graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2009 with a degree in Contemporary Fine Art. Her practice attempts to remove the artist from the creation process of art. She utilises artificial creativity to make artistic decisions, and then places them into sculptural systems. She likes geeky tech, platform games and pretending she’s good at them both. Rose spent some time on a residency in Canada, building solar-paneled drawing-machines on mountains. She now lives and works in Manchester and is an Exhibitions Curator for Blank Media Collective.
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Peter Fallon - Exhibitions Curator
Peter is in his Final Year studying Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University. The main subject within his practice is scepticism, usually represented by photographs of landscapes and architecture. He likes music, films, dinosaurs and tea (specifically and strictly Yorkshire Gold), but most importantly he likes art and he’s very excited to be a new member of the Blank Media Collective exhibitions team.
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Abigail Ledger-Lomas - blankpages Assistant Editor
Abigail Ledger–Lomas is a freelance creative working across marketing, communications and publishing. She’s assistant editor of blankpages magazine and co-runs Blank Media Collective’s In_Tuition Creative Writing Workshops.
Website: http://www.pondermentsandwanderments.blogspot.com
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Simon Meredith - blankpages Visual Editor
Simon Meredith is a freelance junior designer and illustrator. Since graduating from Manchester School of Architecture in 2010 he has worked with the Architects’ Journal and Four23 creative studio on print production, layout, branding and digital projects. As an illustrator much of his work portrays his surrounding environment and the people within it. Simon is Visual Editor for blankpages online magazine.
Website: http://cargocollective.com/simonmeredith
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Daniel Carpenter - blankpages Fiction Editor
Daniel Carpenter has been published in Rainy City Stories, Shoestring Magazine, and co-hosts Bad Language, a platform for new writing in Manchester. He blogs at daniel-carpenter.blogspot.com. Daniel is the Fiction Editor for blankpages online magazine.
Website: http://daniel-carpenter.blogspot.com
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Sarah Handyside - blankpages Features Editor
Sarah is from further north than Manchester (but doesn’t sound like it), has an English Literature degree (but doesn’t want to be a teacher - yet), and loves to write (pretty much anything). Having spent years involved with vague umbrellas of ‘new and emerging art’ - creative writing groups, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Mad Ferret - she’s passionate about promoting and celebrating creativity through blankpages. Art matters. Sarah is the Features Editor for blankpages online magazine.
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Kate O’Hara - blankpages Development Coordinator
Kate graduated from Bristol University in 2005 with a degree in Drama where she specialised in avant-garde and devised performance. Since leaving university Kate’s first job was in the community media sector and for the last 4 years she has worked within the UK film industry. She has executive produced over 20 short films for the UK Film Council, as well as coordinating short film schemes for the UKFC and working as a development executive with writers in the north-west. She has also curated the Virgin Media short film competition since it started in 2008. Kate is currently freelancing in production and project management. Kate has a passion for working with and supporting new talent both in the north-west and nationwide. Kate is blankpages Development Coordinator.
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Martin Dale - Financial Administrator
Martin Dale has extensive experience in retail management and financial controls. He is a bit of a self-confessed book worm and loves going out hiking in the Peak District, Wales and Cumbria. Martin is Blank Media Collective’s Financial Administrator.
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Chris Maloney - Strategic Development Consultant
Chris is an Associate Lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture. In 2008 Chris coordinated the successful bid to bring the European Architecture Students Assembly back to the UK, he went on to be Chairman of the organising team for the even held in 2010 city centre Manchester. As part of the assembly he founded easaHQ as a gallery for emerging artists and subsequently brokered the agreement to pass the tenancy to Blank Media Collective. Chris will use his experience from organising easa010 to work closely with Blank Media Collective Directors in as a Strategic Development Consultant regarding key aspects of their development strategy within the city.
Website: http://www.chris.arcfolio.co.uk
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Chris Leyland - BLANKSPACE Venue Manager
Chris graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2000 and is now working freelance. Although only beginning to seriously establish his practice late in 2007, Chris has already won prizes for his personal work and taken part in group shows. Chris also helped to set up and run a mobile educational photography unit with Redeye and delivered many workshops in galleries and schools. He has also recently begun to expand his educational work as a practitioner with Curious Minds. Chris is the BLANKSPACE Venue Manager.
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Simon Mills - Web Designer
Simon Mills is a freelance documentary/commercial photographer and web designer based in Aberdeen. He has worked for clients including Wallpaper magazine, Sketch City and Eurocultured Festival. Much of his photography work focusses on the things that we see every day but gives them a heightened level of importance. His web designs are always concentrated on the customer and target audience, using his own creativity and style to create both informative and visual appealing sites. Simon is the web-designer for blankmediacollective.org.
Website: http://www.simonmillsphotography.com
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