The Horsfall

Creative venue & events using #art to improve #wellbeing. Part of award winning charity @42ndstreetmcr who've supported young people's #mentalhealth since 1980.

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Check out "Discover The Horsfall" https://t.co/HDSEzuu7PP @Eventbrite

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Fletcher Moss & Didsbury Parsonage Gardens - The beautiful & tranquil location where @PABitez film was shot. Also featured on Gemma’s ‘Shine A Light’ on safe spaces map, highlighting the spaces young people in Manchester feel safe & find peace🌳🌺🪻🌾
#NatureRest #CreativeRest

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“Thank you @thehorsfall @manchesterjewelleryschool & @manchestercraft for the opportunity to make jewellery!🌟We got to try lots of techniques & tools on copper & then make our final design in silver. It was so much fun to play around & have the freedom to create what we wanted!”

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Collages exploring the benefits of creativity and the experience of non-judgmental creative space⁠
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#TheRightToACreativeLife #CreativeHealthIsMentalHealth #Creativity #CreativeSpace #CreativeRest #MentalHealth #CreativeHealth #CreativeLife

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In the making: ‘earth to heart' 🌎️ 🤍🏺
Over the summer, artist Lily Brown in partnership & resident makers Shakti & Bhaggie Patel from @ImprintsofEarth explored what ‘Creativity Means to Me’ @ManchesterCraft
#Creativity #CreativeLife #CreativeRest #CreativeHealth #earthbyheart

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David Bamber - Dream House @HomeMcr until 1st September⁠
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#CreativeCity #Creativity #CreativeSpace #CreativeRest #MentalHealth #CreativeHealth #CreativeLife

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Princess Arinola Adegbite is a Jamaican-born Nigerian poet, songwriter, filmmaker & student based in Manchester & has appeared in the Young Writers Anthologies & has received multiple Young Writers Awards.
Look out for 'The Light You Have Been Looking For' by Bitez coming soon!

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'Art is an idea...Art is a silhouette of the future,' Princess Arinola sharing on the panel at our #APrescriptionForLife Mental Health and Arts Symposium Manchester Central Library

Design by @ChloeYasWatts

#Creativity #MentalHealth #CreativeHealth #CreativeLife #CreativeRest

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Summer with The Horsfall 🌟🌞
the Horsfall creative making jewellery with @ManchesterCraft during one of our summer workshop series sessions 💫

#Creativity #CreativeSpace #CreativeRest #MentalHealth #CreativeHealth #CreativeLife #CreativeCity

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We’re so excited for @manchesterpride tomorrow! We’re doing the last bits of prep today and our staff and young people are busy printing T-shirts and putting the final touches to our banner. Keep an eye out for us in the parade… we’ll be the #QueerOutlaws!

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How great are these T-shirt, badge and sticker designs by @cazdoesart and @cryptic_cyanide?! We’ll be wearing and sharing them at the @manchesterpride parade tomorrow so keep an eye out for us! We’ll be the cowboy themed #QueerOutlaws 🎠

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"The Light You Have Been Looking For" - By Princess Arinola Adegbite in memory of Mary Oliver⁠
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@PABitez ⁠
#Creativity #CreativeSpace #CreativeRest #MentalHealth #CreativeHealth #CreativeLife #RightToACreativeLife #TheFutureIsOursFestival

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Land and Sea Exhibition by Chris Williams, currently open at The Old Parsonage at Didsbury Parsonage Gardens. until 26th August.⁠
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#CreativeLife #Wellbeing #Creativity #CreativeSpace #CreativeRest #MentalHealth #CreativeHealth #ManchesterArt #Didsbury #EventsManchester

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"Creativity is love. Creativity is my love language to myself. When the world is heavy & confusing, I can find some calm in my art and art generally. During the best & worst moments of my life I’ve found myself needing to write, sing, paint or dance. " - Princess Arinola Adegbite

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Out of all the messages & voices you hear each day, are you able to hear yours? Do you know which #SweetDreams truly belong to you? ⁠
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Sweet Dreams @factory_international⁠
⁠About 'Real Good Chicken' but also about so much more.⁠
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#Creativity #YourVoice #CreativeExpression

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#Throwback to #ManchesterPride 22 - Peas and Q's ⁠ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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We are looking forward to walking again this year!⁠
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#Pride #LGBTQ+

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#ThrowbackThursday to last years ‘Our Queerly Beloved’ Manchester Pride where we dressed to the theme Lavender Weddings

#Pride #ManchesterPride #LGBTQ+ #BelovedQueer #OurBelovedQueer #LavenderWeddings

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Do you work for a #VCSE with young people aged 11-25 in Manchester & would like to learn how to support young people & their mental health using creativity?⁠
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To book email [email protected]

#CreativeHealth #Creativity #MakingManchesterFairer #MentalHealth

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The trunk of the old Weeping Ash Willow Tree, planted over 200 years ago in Didsbury Parsonage Gardens, was carved into the Green Man, by wood sculptor Andy Burgess, when it died, in September 2023⁠ - 'The Green Man is believed to be an ancient symbol of life, death & rebirth'