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Last year, we made some space. Look what happened. 🧡

A room full of artwork. A room full of people. New conversations, new connections, new opportunities. Artists seeing their work celebrated, sometimes for the very first time since graduating.

This was MADE IT 2025.

And this Saturday, we’re doing it all over again.

20 artists from across the North West. New work, new faces, new ideas. Months of work behind the scenes, all leading up to one afternoon when we finally get to open the doors and share it with you.

We started MADE IT because we believe graduating artists deserve more than a degree show and a pat on the back. They deserve to be seen, supported and taken seriously.

This year’s exhibition might be our biggest statement yet.

MADE IT 2026
📍 The Whitaker, Rawtenstall
📅 Saturday 17 October, 2–4pm

If you’ve ever wanted to discover the next generation of artists before everybody else does, this is your invitation.

Come and be part of it. Bring someone with you. Tell someone who needs to know.

Let’s fill this room again.

Huge thanks to @lewischetcuti for capturing the sweet little film for us 📸

@whitakermuseum @firststreetmcr @artistsnowuk @uos_artcollection @zealous_co

#MADEIT2026 #NorthWestArt #EmergingArtists #Classof2026

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🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️ #bioplastic #lace #biolace 🪽

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MADE IT 2025 Preview vibes ✅🎉

We’ve taken over TWO FLOORS at PINK and filled them with graduate art, so come on down.

Thanks so much @lewischetcuti for putting this brilliant after-film together for us – we had a wonderful evening – this is the art world we love to be part of! 💪

✨ The exhibition runs 7–20 November at PINK, 12–5pm daily, we’ll share your invigilators each day

📍 Ground Floor & Second Floor

♿ Step free with lift access throughout

DON’T FORGET! You get to have your say who wins our People’s Choice Award - you can only vote IRL in the space, so make sure you head over 🗳️

Access: Both exhibitions are step free, with lift access throughout.

#ContemporaryArtUK #UKArtScene #NewArtistsToWatch
#UKArtistCommunity #ArtGraduates2025 #ArtExhibitionUK
#ArtistPlatform #ArtForEveryone #AlternativeArt #ArtistSupport #ArtistsSupportingArtists #MakeItYourWay #EmergingArtists #ArtistLed #StockportArts #ManchesterArtScene

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Some pictures of my work @great_northern_events at the Victoria Baths Manchester! Such an incredible opportunity to show and meet some amazing people. Three days of interesting conversations alongside @stewart.h.designs @cameron_p_blacksmithing @sb_mythics @the.copper.forge

Looking forward to more exciting things coming up in the near future! 🩶🩶🩶🩶

#malinon

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💥 MADE IT 2025 💥

🎓 PV: Thursday 6 November 6-9pm
🎓 Show continues: Friday 7 November - Thursday 20 November

MADE IT is the North West’s Annual Graduate Art Prize celebrating graduate talent across the region.

Join us @pinkmcr_ in Stockport to celebrate this year’s ‘ones to watch’ from across the visual arts.

This year our exhibiting artists are:
Francesca Aikman // Haleema Aziz // Heather Tully Bolton // Molly Josephine Alabama Carnell // Ruby Cascarina // Paul Cullen // Maitreyee Deshpande // Freya Donald // Louis Fryer // Paul Michael Gedge // Joab Harrison // Poppy Holden-Sim // Deeqa Ismail // Cass Jones // Georgina Lingard // Matthew Livesey // Grace Marshall // Anita Memarzadeh // Megan Morley // Nicky Nadine // Mali Non Robertson // Nel Robertson // Isabella Tennant // Jessie Webster // Frances Williams

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s up for grabs as well as a spot in the show:

🏆 Curator’s Choice: £200 cash
🏆 People’s Choice: Studio visit + 2026 show slot
🏆 CASS ART Prize: Solo show in 2026

About the show: The North West’s graduate art prize returns, with more partners, prizes, and possibilities than ever. Shoutout to @glasshousecollectiv.e and our growing team of supporters making 2025 our boldest year yet!

MADE IT is more than just a graduate exhibition; it’s a platform for bold beginnings. Launched in 2019 by Short Supply, it champions emerging artists from the North West at a pivotal moment in their careers, turning the uncertainty of graduation into a launchpad for creative ambition. Each year, MADE IT showcases the freshest talent from across the region, connecting artists with industry leaders, curators, galleries and new audiences. It’s a celebration of potential, a statement of intent, and a space where the next generation of artists *make it* on their own terms.

#ContemporaryArtUK #UKArtScene #NewArtistsToWatch
#UKArtistCommunity #ArtGraduates2025 #ArtExhibitionUK
#ArtistPlatform #ArtForEveryone #AlternativeArt #ArtistSupport #ArtistsSupportingArtists #MakeItYourWay #EmergingArtists #ArtistLed #StockportArts #ManchesterArtScene

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Some more pictures of our bio plastic and laser collaboration . Merging our practices by manipulating this bio material through technological processes, a fusion man-made and organic elements

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#bioplastic #lasercut

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This is a merging of our practices where we worked together earlier this summer to develop bio-material through technological processes. Sharing a deep interest in sustainability and material development, as well as the fusion of man-made and organic elements, we combined bio-plastic with laser engraving techniques.

The unexpected interactions between the laser and the material revealed new possibilities and directions for further exploration. It highlights the potential of combining emerging materials with digital fabrication processes in a way that feels innovative.

Really excited to keep working together on this process!

#bioplastic #lasercut

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Alongside the release of my book, Touching Distance, I’ll be displaying work at the MSOA Degree Show.

There’ll be copies of the book, as well as some 16x20” handprints, made in association with @pollardstreetphoto 🙏

Come down and see my work, as well as pieces by talented peers across the art school.

*The work remains on display to the public between the 7th and 20th of June.

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Well that was a bit mad wasn’t it?

In 2024, we hosted over 150 events in our funny art space. Turns out you lot love chatting over pints and artwork - who knew…

We’ve been working pretty hard to bring you some of the hottest freshest exhibitions / spoken word nights / print fairs / talks / socials / workshops in 2025 🌟

2024 SEESAW Exhibition Alumni (🌚) include @leehams_spellbook @imo.sophia @wallofdeath_art @4jb3studio @jaspa.art @caroline_dowsett @stephenhansonart @tedbainsmithart @in_demand_mcr @jahdayfordesign @dmz_studio @shortsupplymcr @grishnaregala @transrebelcowboy @rubydesigns.co.uk @maddje.art @poppymas0n @gempooledesign @jonah_puente @ewegittins

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🦷🐇🦷knitting🦴🤍🦷🐻‍❄️🦷

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TAP 01

With works from Fine Art, Photography, Textiles and Craft.

Pieces by; George Potter, Annabel Kika, Nel Robertson, Mali Robertson, Saleem Sameja, Beatrice Sike-Oleniuc, Archie Elliot, Amelie Weller, Rosa Evans, Isabel Dagtoglou

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Jewelz by Mealz necklaces and rings featured in ‘Return to Earth’, an editorial shot and styled by me for @yran.magazine 🗝️

Exploring the relationship between two beings and their environment, this editorial sees its protagonists worship the natural world as if it were a God, highlighting nature’s inherent mystical qualities and symbolism. Inspired by Jung’s ideas of purification of the self through nature, the shoot also pulls on traditional cult imagery and practices, such as scarification of symbols resembling sea microbes to demonstrate total devotion to the natural world. The title, ‘Return to Earth,’ is both a nod to the extra-terrestrial qualities of the portrayed beings, as well as well as a direct imperative to ground oneself in nature and return to traditional practices.

Creative direction, photography, SFX, styling: @amelia.godel

Assistant: @lillydoherty_
Models: @jackwjameson @sapphiresatriani

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