£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…
Middleton artist who worked for Vivienne Westwood hosts exclusive talk at Touchstones
26 July 2021
A Middleton-born artist who worked for iconic fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood recently hosted an exclusive talk at Touchstones gallery in Rochdale…
Lifeline grant received from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund
12 October 2020
Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust has been awarded £666,457 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face…
What’s Important
30 September 2020
What’s Important For many of us the uncertainty of Covid-19 has forced us to re-evaluate what we value the most. We’ve all…
2020 pantomimes postponed at Middleton Arena and Heywood Civic Centre
17 September 2020
It is with sadness that we announce that the 2020 pantomimes at Middleton Arena and Heywood Civic Centre have been postponed until…
Cultural Routes – Creative Opportunities for 50yrs+
12 March 2020
Touchstones is delighted to be delivering Cultural Routes, a professional development programme, designed to support the work of over 50s creative practitioners…
Four Points by George Meyrick
17 June 2019
Todmorden-based artist George Meyrick is currently showing a single work called Four Points at Touchstones to coincide with his current exhibition (Wedge)…
Maeve Rendle: What Cannot Be Turned Aside – Corridor 8 review by Paul Cordwell
12 October 2018
Artist Maeve Rendle’s work shows a recurring fascination with sounds sculpted by the human voice and its co-option as a means of…
Community responses to ‘Herstory’
10 August 2018
With the generous support from Art Fund we invited a range of local women and young people to add their voices to…
Opportunity: Women’s Community Movement Project
13 July 2018
In October 2018, Contemporary Forward will exhibit new work by internationally-renowned artist Rachel Kneebone. Alongside this, we will commission acclaimed choreographer TC…