Events
Talks, tours, workshops and more at the Whitworth – both outdoors and in.
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Get a deeper insight into the Whitworth’s gallery and park. Led by a member of our Visitor Team, our daily tours (Tuesdays - Sundays at 2pm) alternate between a more detailed look at our current exhibitions and works on display, and an escape to the outdoors to share the stories of Whitworth Park. For more information, please visit our Gallery Tours page.
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Artist in Residence
Join Venture Arts artist Sally Hirst most Thursdays in our Everyday Art School space on our Mezzanine.
Every Thursday
10am-2pm
Free, drop inFind out more
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Recoverist Curators: Final Curator tour
What happens when the act of curating becomes an act of cultural and social activism? Recoverist Curators: Reimagining the World We Live In has spent the last year informing that question. With the exhibition now entering its final weeks - you are invited to a last public tour with three of the curators.
Thursday 25 June
6pm-7pm
Free, booking requiredBook your place now
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Workshop: Where are you really from?
To celebrate Refugee Week and Pride Month, this workshop invites you to explore the concept of “home”, both as a physical place and as an internal sense of belonging, through the medium of film and zine-making.
Saturday 27 June
1pm-3pm
Free, booking requiredBook your place now
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STEPHEN: Films by Melanie Manchot + Q&A
This unique screening of the feature film STEPHEN includes additional short films and clips, selected by Melanie Manchot to offer a unique insight into her practice, create context and provide sources of ideas for discussion. Screenings followed by Q&A with Melanie Manchot and Lena Theodoropoulou (Lecturer in Public Health, University of Liverpool).
Thursday 2 July
6:30pm-8pm
£3, booking requiredBook your place now
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Exhibition Preview
Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven Preview
Thursday 9 July
6–8pm
Free, booking requiredJoin us for a special preview of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven and be among the first to experience this major international exhibition at the Whitworth. Explore newly commissioned works alongside historic textiles, meet artists and collaborators, and enjoy an evening of conversation, discovery and celebration.
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Workshop with Somi Ko
Saturday 11 July
10am–12pm
Free, booking requiredWork directly with artist Somi Ko in this hands-on session inspired by Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, exploring the tactile possibilities of hanji paper. Participants will learn to crochet using hand-spun fibre, gaining insight into Ko’s meditative approach to material, time and the body.
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Embroidery Workshop with Jounghye Yoo
Saturday 11 July
10am–12pm
Free, booking requiredJoin exhibiting artist Jounghye Yoo for a special embroidery workshop inspired by Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, centred on her installation Gilded Veil, which brings together Korean silk embroidery and Indian ajrakh block printing. Participants will embroider onto intricately hand-printed and naturally dyed ajrakh fabric created by master dyer Dr Ismail Khatri, engaging directly with these cross-cultural techniques and taking home a unique textile piece.
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What We Bring From Home — Workshop with Vian Hussein
Saturday 11 July
10:30am–12:30pm & 2–4pm
Free, Booking requiredInspired by Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, this hands-on textile workshop with artist Vian Hussein invites participants to explore identity, memory and belonging through fabric. Using paint, embroidery and mark-making, you’ll create a personal textile piece while contributing to a shared artwork that reflects collective stories and experiences.
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Embroidery Workshops with Ibukun Baldwin
Second Saturdays (Aug–Dec)
11am–1pm
Free, booking requiredBuilding on the themes of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven and artist Jounghye Yoo’s work, these sessions, led by Ibukun Baldwin, offer a relaxed introduction to embroidery through hands-on making. Participants will work on intricately hand-printed ajrakh textiles featured in Yoo’s installation, and create their own piece to take home.
Workshop dates:Saturday 8 August 2026
Saturday 12 September 2026
Saturday 10 October 2026
Saturday 14 November 2026
Saturday 12 December 2026Book your place now
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Curator Tour with Victoria Hartley
Thursday 23 July 2026
6–7pm
Free, booking requiredAssistant Curator Victoria Hartley leads this introduction to Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, focusing on the connections between contemporary commissions and the Whitworth’s world-class textile collection. Discover how historic and contemporary works are brought into conversation across time and place.
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Blether Craft Club’s Ceramics Workshop
Join El Garrard from Blether Craft Club to make a ceramic tile inspired by The Practice of Liberation. Blether is a community arts collective who run events, workshops and a monthly Craft Club at the Carlton Club in Manchester.
Thursday 3 September
6pm - 8pm
From £32, with concessions availableBook your place now
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A virtual journey in Edo Japan (1603-1868): mapping famous places
Join us for our fourth talk in the series The Floating World: People and Landscapes in Edo with Dr Sonia Favi on the topic A virtual journey in Edo Japan (1603-1868): mapping famous places, introduced by Dr Erica Baffelli.
Thursday 17 September
6:30pm-8pm
Free, booking requiredBook your place now
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Beneath the Great Wave Curator tour with Imogen Holmes-Roe
Join Imogen Holmes-Roe, Curator of Historic Fine Art as she gives an overview of this landmark exhibition, where Imogen will be pulling out some of the social and historical themes from within the exhibition.
Thursday 24 September
6pm-7pm
Free, booking requiredBook your place now
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Beneath the Great Wave Curator Tour with Imogen Holmes-Roe
Join Imogen Holmes-Roe, Curator of Historic Fine Art as she gives an overview of this landmark exhibition, where Imogen will be pulling out some of the social and historical themes from within the exhibition.
Thursday 29 October
6pm-7pm
Free, booking requiredBook your place now
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