Creative Rochdale Skill Share Programme
22 November 2023
Your Trust is proud to be involved in the launch of a new programme exploring how artists and youth workers can work…
National Gallery’s 2023 Artist in Residence
09 November 2023
Touchstones are delighted to be named as the Partner Museum for this year’s National Gallery Artist in Residence award. The award is…
Planning permission submitted for Touchstones’ redevelopment
23 August 2023
Redevelopment of Touchstones, the Rochdale’s arts and heritage venue is progressing, with a planning application now submitted. The building is set to…
Touchstones launches new podcast The Touchstones Tapes
22 August 2023
Touchstones has teamed up with Audio Always, a pioneering podcast production company, to produce a brand new podcast series, The Touchstones Tapes.…
Pride in the Park 2023: “What pride is supposed to be”
26 July 2023
Chase Waterman returns to Pride in the Park 2023 as the Rochdale in Rainbows celebration took place for a second year. When…
Temporary closure plan for Touchstones ahead of redevelopment
04 May 2023
Touchstones Rochdale has announced its plans for the temporary closure of the building for extensive redevelopment, working together with Rochdale Borough Council…
Shezad Dawood’s Leviathan Cycle at Touchstones launches Hybrid Futures
31 March 2023
Touchstones is working in partnership with Castlefield Gallery in Manchester, Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool, University of Salford Art Collection and Shezad…
Touchstones help bring Egyptologist Howard Carter’s Luxor home to life with reproduction
16 November 2022
A reproduction of a painting in Touchstones’ collection has been sent to Egypt to adorn the walls of Carter House, the former…
Rochdale Borough Sport & Culture Awards returns to celebrate inspirational people from within the borough
05 July 2022
Following a two year break due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Rochdale Borough Sport and Culture Awards return this year to celebrate…
£1million Arts Council funding granted to Rochdale Borough
02 December 2021
We are delighted to announce that Your Trust, along with other Consortium members, won a £1million grant from Arts Council England to…
Call for papers for conference looking at art galleries in 1980s Britain
15 September 2021
We’re pleased to announce a major one-day conference taking place at Touchstones on Friday 21 January 2022, examining the intersection of art,…
Iconic Lowry pieces take tour of Greater Manchester in the back of a white transit van
17 August 2021
Residents of Larkhill Court estate in Middleton were treated to an exclusive exhibition of two Lowry paintings on Thursday afternoon. Touchstones Art…