Events
Events outdoors and in, and for families, art lovers and friends.
Find out what events are taking place and what's coming up.
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Bee There for Maggie’s
On Thursday 10 November 2022, a special collection of unique paintings will be auctioned at the Whitworth. The sale of the Bee There for Maggie’s collection by artist Justin Eagleton will raise money for Maggie’s Manchester to support people living with cancer. All ten unique artworks will be on display at the Whitworth for a week before the auction.
The exhibition runs from 3-9 November 2022 and is open to all during gallery opening days.
The private auction is by invitation only on Thursday 10 November.
If you are interested in attending the auction please contact Maggie's directly for details.Please click the link to discover more about this exhibition
Bee There for Maggie's information
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Pilkington Lecture | Gus Casely-Hayford OBE
Making a Museum: Crafting a New V&A for East London|
Gus Casely-Hayford, Director of V&A East, will talk about one of the world’s most significant new museum projects.
The Pilkington Lecture is organised by the Friends of the Whitworth (FoW).Thursday 6 October, 5pm
Tickets £15
Free entry for students with IDPlease book your ticket directly with the Friends of the Whitworth
Phone bookings: 07772 461808 – Tuesday-Friday, 10am-2pm, until 30 September.
Follow the link below for further information.Visit the FoW website for full details
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Open House Events
Open House is a project that connects life lived in front of the wallpaper with the 10,000 wall coverings looked after at the Whitworth. Across 2022, we are holding a series of events to help launch the project, hear your stories, gather photographs, and help strengthen these connections.
Events run from April to December 2022
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Natural Cultural Health Service
The Whitworth is open again and we're very happy to welcome you back to the gallery and park.
We're aiming to run most of our regular NCHS sessions, outdoors, in the gallery's Art Garden, Alex Bernstein Garden, and Whitworth Park. A few of our sessions will continue to take place, via zoom, online.
See our main NCHS page for details
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Creative Responses to the Menopause
Menopause Musing
Creative Responses to the Menopause is new a series of free monthly events
New sessions for 2022
Creative Responses to the Menopause is part of the Whitworth's series of friendly, sociable events designed by, with, and for older people.
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A Modest Show – City-wide Events Programme
Click the link below to discover A Modest Show's programme of public events, taking place in various venues across Manchester.
The exhibition Fayre Share Fayre is currently on display at the Whitworth and is part of A Modest Show, the collateral programme to British Art Show 9.Events run until September 2022
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Family Events
Come and discover, create and learn together at the Whitworth.
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Early Years | PLAY Live – Online
An online programme with live Zoom PLAY workshops on a chosen Monday each month.
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Age Friendly – Handmade – Online
The Whitworth's regular Age Friendly Programme: Handmade
Sociable craft workshops for adults aged 50+On Fridays, 2-4pm (term time only)
Free, pre-booking is essentialHandmade is part of the Whitworth's series of friendly, sociable events designed by, with and for older people.
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Still Parents project
Launched in October 2019, Still Parents is the Whitworth’s award-winning programme to support parents who have experienced the loss of a baby in pregnancy or just after birth. A series of free monthly art workshops in partnership with SANDs, Stillbirth & Neonatal Death charity.
Ongoing project dates TBC
During the Coronavirus pandemic, we took these workshops online, and sessions will continue on Zoom for now.
Follow this link for more information.Read more
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PLAY Live Baby – Online
Live sensory play sessions on Zoom, especially for babies born in lockdown and their grown-ups.
We've taken our Art Baby programme online. On a chosen Monday each month, we run live Zoom play workshops.Read more
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Tuesday Talks
A collaboration between the Whitworth and Manchester Metropolitan University. Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art.
This event programme has been temporarily paused.
Please follow the gallery's social media channels for updates.Read more
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PODCAST: One Conversation Please
Podcast by Linda Brogan & John Lloyd. "The Reno was a legendary funk and soul, cellar club in Moss Side, Manchester. Predominantly populated by mixed race born in the 1950s. ... 2020 we reflect on our journey to lead us to the next steps." Linda Brogan
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Sunday Concerts
Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in our South Gallery overlooking Whitworth Park.
This event programme has been temporarily paused.
Please follow the gallery's social media channels for updates.Read more
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Heritage Volunteering Group Conference 2020
The Heritage Volunteering Group annual conference originally planned for this June has been postponed until 2021, the new date is to be confirmed.
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Whitworth Studies
Whitworth Studies offers a programme of talks, events and performances for a broad public audience.
2020-21 Events have moved online, while our live event programme has been temporarily paused.
Please follow the gallery's social media channels for updates.Read more
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School of Sustainabilty
The Bukky Baldwin Universe is launched the ‘School of Sustainability’ in 2019. School of Sustainability was a series of workshops aimed at equipping the public in hand crafted design and creative techniques. The workshops covered skills from natural fabric dyeing to embroidery, crochet, macramé, jewellery making and many more.
This programme has now ended.
Please follow Bucky's social media channels for updates.Read more
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Thursday Lates
Late openings every Thursday with music, performances, talks and screenings.
This event programme has been temporarily paused.
Please follow the gallery's social media channels for updates.Read more
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Mossa Movement
Creative dance classes for children and families with additional learning needs.
The Mossa Movement event programme has been temporarily paused.
Please follow the gallery's social media channels for updates.Read more
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Young People
Whitworth Young Contemporaries, a programme developed by, with and for young people.
This programme is currently online only.
Please follow the WYC social media channels for updates.Read more
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English Corner
Our gallery and its collections are worth talking about. So what better place to come than the Whitworth for people learning to speak English?
This event programme has been temporarily paused.
Please follow the gallery's social media channels for updates.Read more
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Tours
Our gallery TOUR programme has been temporarily paused.
Please follow the gallery's social media channels for updates.Read more
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