Announcing the 2025/26 Manchester School of Art Castlefield Gallery Graduate Mentees

Posted on 22 July 2025

Castlefield Gallery is proud to announce that the 2025-26 Manchester School of Art Castlefield Gallery Graduate Mentees are:

Jay Dahler
Imogen Griffiths
Fay Pritchard

Jay, Imogen and Fay will take part in a year-long programme, developed and delivered by Castlefield Gallery to support artists in their first year after graduation. The programme features mentoring and guidance, practical workshops, a programme of local and national trips to introduce a range of artist scenes and contexts, and 12-month honorary membership of Castlefield Gallery Associates, the gallery’s development scheme for artists. The programme is supported by Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Castlefield Gallery has also awarded 12-month complimentary Castlefield Gallery Associate memberships to Manchester School of Fine Art BA (Hons) graduates:

Charlie Fogg
Pearl Thompson
Emelye Barlow
Taylor Bellwood
Mary Lou Lawless-Gill

Images

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Jay Dahler, This is Not a Table, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.

From left to right, top to bottom:

Imogen Griffiths, In the Dark, Dark Wood, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jay Dahler, This is Not a Table, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Fay Pritchard, Bleeding skies and Tanuki, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Charlie Fogg, Triptych, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Work by Taylor Bellwood.
Pearl Thompson, move through me child i am your mother/ daughter i am you i am the one you seek mother god extend the flexors caress the wall for a key locked into a fruiting memory move through me, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Mary Lou Lawless-Gill, Poems in Praise of my Husband, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Emelye Barlow, Las Amarillas, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.

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