Bury Art Museum partnership with Cosgrove Hall Films Archive on a new animation engagement project.

Bury Art Museum are pleased to announce their partnership on a new animation engagement project with Creative Industries Trafford and Cosgrove Hall Films Archive.

Engaging with animation enables communities across Greater Manchester and beyond to access animation and storytelling skills for wellbeing, health and cultural enrichment.

Artists Maddie Branagan and Carson Animation are collaborating with the gallery’s resident Friday Artists learning exciting new techniques during the programme of skills workshops, provided by the iconic animation giant.

The internationally acclaimed Cosgrove Hall Archives collection, contains some of the best-loved children’s characters of the twentieth century, including Danger Mouse, Postman Pat, Wind in the Willows, The BFG, Chorlton & the Wheelies and many more. The Chorlton-cum-Hardy based studio was founded by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall in 1976, it quickly became the UK’s largest animation house. Waterside are custodians of the CHF archive, based in Sale, Trafford. Housing and preserving the collection since 2017.

The Friday Art Group began as Choices (NHS), aimed at promoting positive health and well-being through art. The group is now a long-running weekly social experience where being creative has become an important part of their lives. This former NHS group have been coming to classes at Bury Art Museum, guided by BAM team member and artist Lee Crocker for over 13 years, seeing confidence grow in their abilities.

They are continuing moving from strength to strength, one of the group recently showed in a group exhibition at Sotherby's London, another has completed an artist residency at The Whitworth with Venture Arts, others have become members and won awards as part of Bury Art Society.

Bury Art Museum prides itself in promoting art for everyone through its programme of exhibitions and events.

This archival project has been supported by Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council and the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund in partnership with Creative Industries Trafford.

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For further information please contact Peter Doherty in the council press office on 0161 253 6096. Alternatively please email communications@bury.gov.uk