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Age Friendly: Handmade

14:00 12 January - 16:00 13 July 2018
Sociable craft workshops, produced by and for older people in partnership with Age Friendly Manchester Fridays (Except during school holidays), 2pm - 4pm. Booking essential. Free …

Age Friendly: Processions Project

10:00 8 May - 14:00 10 June 2018
The Whitworth has been chosen as a partner in this national project to celebrate 100 years of SOME women getting the vote. As part of this national project we are running a series…

Alison Wilding

16 February - 12 August 2018
Turner Prize nominee and Royal Academician Alison Wilding presents works spanning the past 20 years of her career. This new show at the Whitworth will comprise of three major sculptures,…

Apna: Ours Yours Everybody’s

3 February - 13 May 2018
Apna is a word used in many languages across South Asia meaning ‘ours, yours or everybody’s’. This reflects how the Whitworth shares the collection that is housed here. In the Collections…

Beyond Borders

20 May 2017 - 3 June 2018
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging.…

Bodies of Colour: Breaking With Stereotypes in the Wallpaper Collection

4 May 2018 - 28 April 2019
This latest exhibition uses the Whitworth’s extensive and significant wallpaper collection to focus on how Imperial attitudes to people are reflected in wallpaper. The wallpapers in…

BP-ICAM Webinar: Technology at the Heart of the Low Carbon Transition

15:00 - 16:00 10 May 2018
Technology at the Heart of the Low Carbon Transition The energy industry is changing at a pace not seen in decades. In this BP-ICAM webinar, Gardiner Hill, Director of Climate Change…

CIDRAL Symposium: 'Contemporary Enchantments: A Workshop on Art and Magic Today'

14:00 - 18:00 10 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity Convened by Dr Charlie Miller (Art History and Visual Studies, University of Manchester)

Cozens and Cozens

16 June 2017 - 24 June 2018
Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century. Alexander was a drawing master who dedicated his career to teaching young…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Dominika Kurek-Chomycz (Liverpool Hope), "God and Jealousy in the Septuagint"

14:00 - 16:00 10 May 2018
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

English Corner

10:30 6 October 2017 - 12:00 31 May 2019
Fourth Friday of each month 10.30am–12pm Monthly conversation classes for people who are learning to speak English. Free, no need to book

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

In the Land

27 January - 4 November 2018
Rethinking the form, texture and space of the natural landscape. This exhibition looks back at a period of intense experimentation in British painting and sculpture where artists,…

Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

30 March - 28 August 2018
Ten Thousand Waves is the most recent in a series of major moving image acquisitions by the Whitworth and was supported through Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund. Rooted in the Morecambe…

John Stezaker

1 December 2017 - 24 June 2018
Using vintage photographs, old film stills, postcards and book illustrations, John Stezaker makes collages that subvert their original imagery, creating unique and compelling works…

Lovell Lecture: Professor Sheena Cruickshank

19:30 - 21:00 10 May 2018
On You, Inside You: The Amazing and Horrible World of Parasites Professor Sheena Cruickshank Parasites are the most common form of cellular life on our planet and can be defined as…

metaphysics@manchester workshop

10:00 10 - 17:00 11 May 2018
A two-day workshop on a wide range of metaphysical topics, hosted by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Manchester. For further information, please go to the Eventbrite…

Nature Through Roman Eyes

10:00 6 April - 17:00 30 October 2018
Nature Through Roman Eyes is inspired by the work of Roman writer Pliny the Elder. His Natural History – a 37 book encyclopaedia of the ancient world - covers every subject from astronomy…

Rainbows, Stars and Flying Horses: Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:45 10 May 2018
The John Rylands Library: See our 19th century printing press come to life. Inspired by the Alchemy of Colour exhibition we will be printing beautiful images with an amazing rainbow…

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park. Daily tours are designed for…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Gamelan

13:10 - 14:00 10 May 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. Second-year Music students on the Ensemble Performance module demonstrate their newly acquired expertise…

What Makes Aid Effective? with Pablo Yanguas and Daniel Honig

15:00 - 16:30 10 May 2018
In conversation with Pablo Yanguas and Daniel Honig Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-makes-aid-effective-gdi-in-conversation-tickets-45589202532 What limits the…

Whitworth Studies: Contemporary Enchantments - Workshop on Art and Magic Today

15:00 - 17:00 10 May 2018
"Contemporary Enchantments: A Workshop on Art and Magic Today" Speakers include: Dr Jonathan Allen (artist and curator); Dr Betti Marenko (Central St Martins); Dr Charlie Miller (University of Manchester)

Cities of Strangeness, 1350-1700 conference

11 May 2018
strangers / estrangement / becoming-strange. The period spanning the years 1350-1700 saw a massive expansion in urban populations, transforming social formations. Changes and developments…

Manchester Medieval Society Yearly Excursion

09:00 - 19:00 12 May 2018
Excursion to the Peak District, itinerary to be confirmed

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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