Back the Baths

Turquoise and Sand, by Suzanne Bethell, mixed media on canvas 30 x 30 x 4 (signed by the artist). Suzanne is a painter and printmaker and a finalist earlier this year in the inaugural open exhibition at Home, Manchester. Interested in the power of colour to affect mood and mind state, she has responded to the rich glazes of tiles, the deep greens and turquoises found within the Baths, producing a series of square tile-like canvases.

One of seven printable downloads of drawings by each of the artists, who have been responding to the theme of Victoria Baths and the social history, design and decorative aesthetics of this Edwardian public building. The drawing will be emailed to you for downloading and printing at home as soon as can be arranged. Note: If you'd like all seven prints, see the separate reward "Seven Prints for Seven Pounds". (Images in Project Overview)

Set of three Victoria Baths postcards. Perfect for keeping in touch with friends or family, or sticking on the fridge to remind you to visit the Baths when we're open again. Includes P&P

All seven printable downloads of drawings by Manchester-based artists, who have been responding to the theme of Victoria Baths and the social history, design and decorative aesthetics of this Edwardian public building. The drawings will be emailed to you for downloading and printing at home as soon as can be arranged. Note: if you'd like just one print for £1, see the seperate reward "Print for a Pound". (Images in Project Overview)

Pre-buy a place on any Wednesday guided building tour, ready for when they restart. Tours are one-hour long and will take place on Wednesdays from 1pm, once we reopen. The Tea Room and Gift Shop are open too, for a cuppa or a tea towel! We'll email this reward.

Choose a Victoria Baths tea towel from the two available designs. Includes P&P

40-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle featuring the Angel of Purity stained glass window in full colour. 9cm x 8.5cm. Includes P&P

Organic cotton tote bag featuring black and white design of the Angel of Purity stained glass window. Includes P&P

Pre-buy two vouchers for a place on any Wednesday guided building tour, ready for when they restart. Tours are one-hour long and will take place on Wednesdays from 1pm, once we reopen. The Tea Room and Gift Shop are open too, for a cuppa or a tea towel! We'll email this reward which will be in the form of two separate vouchers - perfect for gifts for friends and family.

Membership of the 'Friends of Victoria Baths' for one year. Benefits include free entry to Victoria Baths own weekend events and guided tours, two printed newsletters a year, regular e-bulletins with events, offers and news, occasional discounts, priority booking for swimming events and the good feeling that comes with supporting a very special charity.

Pre-buy five vouchers for a place on any Wednesday guided building tour, ready for when they restart. Tours are one-hour long and will take place on Wednesdays from 1pm, once we reopen. The Tea Room and Gift Shop are open too, for a cuppa or a tea towel! We'll email this reward, which will be in the form of five separate vouchers - perfect for gifts to family and friends.

Limited Edition Signed Print, ‘Aesthetic Consequences’ by Kevin Boardman. Kevin is an artist, educator and creative consultant. He has responding to the iconic tiles and bricks of Victoria Baths and how the build-up of these shapes forms complex structures and empowering spaces to function in a variety of ways. His work for this project work is taking root in his city centre apartment, making tiled interventions around his home.

Aarti Pandey, ‘Echoes of Nautch (Dance)’ A3 Limited edition print. Aarti is a sculptor and has been experimenting with film due to the lockdown. This is a printed image from her film 'First Class Males' which sees images of Indian dancing girls superimposed onto digitally pixilated images of the baths.

Limited edition signed print of ‘Free Movement’ installation by Patrick O’Donnell. Patrick is a multi-disciplined artist working in site intervention, sculpture and film. Currently involved in the Castlefield Gallery Bolder programme, Paddy has previously worked at Victoria Baths on a residency in 2019 and is using work that he produced and experimented as a starting point to produce new work in film and interventions.

Limited edition signed print of her painting ‘Gala Pool’ by Sophie Nixon. Sophie is a painter of urban Manchester, of architecture and quiet cityscapes. She has painted a series of oil paintings that describe her own visual response to Victoria Baths, to the beautiful light coming through the ceiling glass, the period details and the sense of solitude she felt in those empty upstairs rooms. An image of the painting is in the Overview on this pg.

Reflection in stained glass II Oil on board 25x35cm by Donna Wood (signed by the artist). Donna is a filmmaker and painter who has produced films and paintings about Victoria Baths during a residency in 2019 and is now developing a series of new paintings that examine pattern and the decorative motifs used in the tiles and architecture of the baths. Image in Project Overview.

Bathing Boutiques by Nan Collantine, screenprint collage mounted onto archival paper, 40x60cm. Much of Nan Collantine’s painting, printmaking and film responds to place, and her love of swimming pools, past and present count as her favourite subjects. Here that place is the old baths in the Roman spa town of Buxton, then called Aqua Arnemetiae.