Exhibitions

The Parsonage is open 7 days a week: Monday to Saturday 9.30 - 16.00 | Sundays 9.00 - 16.00.

On Sundays, all galleries will be free for you to see the exhibitions, but on other days the rooms may not be accessible. If you want to check ahead of your visit, please ring us on 0161 445 7661.

Ray Grover

I have been making images in one form or another for 30+ years, using photography, paint and mixed media. In the last decade I have gravitated more and more to abstracts.

These abstracts have been created using acrylic paint and mixed media on canvas and board. My aim is to please the eye and engage the viewer.

GALLERY 1 & 3

Becci Upton

Artist, teacher, designer, maker, wife, mother, daughter, jack of all trades… that is me in a nutshell. I love the creative process and observing the world around me locally, in microenvironments and on my travels worldwide. My family and friends are also a constant source of inspiration, creating memories in what become special locations and a focus within my own artwork. Cartography imagery and our sense of place and belonging is at the core of all the pieces I produce. The maps relate directly to my local area or a meaningful location and how it has evolved over time, adapting to the people within it. Maps have an unexpected beauty combined with the metal etch plates made in copper and brass. Exploring hand drawn designs and etching resist techniques in combination with old maps has been at the forefront of how and why each piece has its own personality and appearance. No two pieces are ever the same. If you have a special location and would like to discuss a commissioned piece, bespoke for you, please take and card or contact me via Instagram.

STEVE PARLE ROOM

Catherine Earl & Yvonne Noworyta

Catherine is a full time artist from Manchester. She studied at MsoA and worked as a teacher before returning to MsoA to complete an Masters degree in Painting. Catherine has taken part in exhibitions as well as her own solo exhibitions across the country. Catherine is inspired by artists such as L.S.Lowry and Edward Hopper. Its their sense of minimalism while capturing sublime landscapes within their vicinity that peaks her interest. Catherine takes particular interest in landscapes and buildings in remote settings on her travels around Yorkshire as well as local areas. The ambiguity of those structures fascinate her. She wants the audience to look further and ask questions like who lives there and why. She inspires mystery and intrigue. Catherine enjoys using oil paint on wood.

Yvonne Noworyta is a North West painter, she recently graduated Manchester School of Art and is keen to support artwork in the Manchester area. Seeking interesting and exciting collaborations – this time with a fellow student on the course, Catherine. While recently showing work with Decorum artists at the Whitaker in Rossendale - now exploring personal issues alongside the ‘darker elements ‘. Pleased to be here again (after taking part in the Didsbury festival 2025.) in the lovely surroundings of the Parsonage. Yvonne paints with a regard to the materiality of paint - the support for the work is important either on board or calico, calico giving a reference to previous interest in cloth. This time the intrigue and sense of place found in the work of colleague Catherine, highlights the tribute to the emptiness and atmosphere of deserted territory. The floral tributes mark the fragility of our time here, a subject that has been important in Yvonne’s work, as a tool for exploration and reflection. Now looking forward to more settled times the veiled layers of paint skim the surface to create texture and a nod towards the past while appreciating the here and now.