Mid Pennine Arts

Who we are

Mid Pennine Arts brings art, people and places together to transform perceptions and change lives. Mid Pennine Arts is a commissioning agency, working through collaboration to create high quality art in response to the rich and diverse contexts of North West England. Based in the Pennines, they have a long and powerful track record, working with artists to rise to the exciting challenges posed by dramatic and often beautiful rural and post-industrial landscapes, hand in hand with their diverse and resilient communities. MPA believe in the transformative power of contemporary art. They work in some of the poorest communities in the UK, but deliver ambitious, challenging work that has won national and international awards and achieves profound and lasting social and economic outcomes. Mid Pennine Arts’ Creative Learning team engages with people of all ages, but especially young people. They work with creative practitioners across all artforms. They plan, deliver and evaluate projects in a variety of contexts, from formal learning to more informal work in public spaces and all their programmes are developed through collaborative partnership working.